TITANIC WRECK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1428, 1 May 1912, Page 5

TITANIC WRECK.

THIRTY-SIX FIRfiS DRAWN. GREAT HOLE IN ENGINE-ROOM. "YOU'VE DONE YOUR BEST." By Teleeraph—Press Associ&tion-Copyrielit. (l!ec. Mny 1, 0.30 a.m.) London, April HO. Lending sinkers of tlio Titanic- -stnto tlmt the bullclu'iiil doors could not bo opened (o mlmit Mr. Shepherd, engineer, who broke his leg falling through a manhole. I'our of the stokeholds renuiincd dry. The work in the engineroom was continued until two o'clock. Thirty-sis fires wore drawn before the end. One engineer shouted to the stokers. "You've done your best, get on deck!" The last stoker, looking back, saw the. floor of the engine-room break. A great hole appeared, and tlio engineers fell through the bottom of the vessel in consequence.

ORIGIN OP FALSE REPORTS. (Rec. April 30, 11,30 p.m.) London, April 80. Mr. Herbert Snmuel, Postmaster-Gen-eral, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, with respect to the origin of the false reports of the Titnnic's safety, said it had not been traced. IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN REQUIEM. St. Petersburg, April 29. An impressive Russian requiem service for all the Titanic's victims, held in the Admiralty Church, was attended by the British and American Ambassadors, naval and military officers, and representatives of tho Duma.