The first four watertight compartments were filling rapidly with water, the boiler-man's tunnel connecting the firemen's quarters in the bow with boiler room six was seriously damaged, and water was flowing into that boiler room.
The first four watertight compartments were filling rapidly with water. Water was the boiler. Man's tunnel connecting the firemen's quarters in the bow with boiler room six was seriously damaged. Water was flowing into that boiler room.