Irresponsible Crew's Tragedies In The Late 1840s

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Moreover, the crew on the ships could be highly irresponsible. During ship sailings, it was evitable to face bad weather. In a moral sense, it was the crew’s responsibility to make sure they met the needs of their passengers. However, in the late 1840s, many tragedies happened because of irresponsible crewmembers. One of the famous examples was the tragedy of the Hannah, which crashed into an iceberg. The captain and crew got on a lifeboat and left all the passengers to freeze and die in the ocean. Another famous example was the John. During sailing, the ship was wrecked, and many passengers on the ship died. Ironically, none of the crew on the ship died. Rawle, the captain of the John, was later captured and accused of manslaughter. These