WRECK OF THE TITANIC.
A FIREMAN'S EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrtjfct. London, May 7. At tho Titanic inquiry, by the Special Admiralty Court, Beecham, a fireman, said that when the vessel struck tho order was given to stop the engines and stand by. The watertight doors were closed within five minutes, and the fires drawn. His boat did not contain a compass, lamp, water, or provisions. SPEED OF THE TITANIC. London, May 7.' Mr. Hitchens stated that up to the moment the vessel struck her speed was forty-five knots for every two hours. MOHE BODIES RECOVERED. ' -■ -: ■:...-•:—: Halifax, May 7. The steamer Minia has arrived with seventeen bodies of .victims of the Titanic wreck. Sixteen of the seventeen died from exposure four or five hours after the sinking. The bodies were found miles apart. The Canadian Government has sent a steamer to search frr bodies which aro believed to have drifted from the edge 'of the Gulf stream into cold water, WHAT THE STEAMER CLIO SAW. New York, May 7. Tho German steamer Clio reports seeing a broken, iceberg 130 feet high, on which were saloon fittings, handbags, chairs, cushions, and wreckage,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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190WRECK OF THE TITANIC. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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