TITANIC INQUIRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1446, 22 May 1912, Page 7

TITANIC INQUIRY.

THE DUFF-UQRDONS 1 EVI- ( DENCE, MANY PREVIOUS STOKIES REFUTED By Teleernph—Press Association—Copyright. London, "Xiaj 20. At the Titanic inquiry, Sir Cosmo DuffGordon testified that his wile and her .secretary refused to leave him. No other passengers were visible when ho entered the boat. lie had heard no suggestion tliiifc the boat .should return to pick up victims; the possibility of saving anybody had not occurred to liim. Ho denied that his promise of five pounds each to tho boat's crew luid anything to do with the direction uf the boat. Lady Dull-Gordon testified that slio could not remember expressing a, fear J that the boat would swamp it' it; returned . to help those struggling in the water. A fireman named Collins testified that' no suggestion lia<l been made that the' boat should return.

LARGELY A MADE-UP STORY. London, May 2IX Lady Duff-Gordon denied tlio major portion of the story cabled on April 21, purporting to 1)6 an interview given l>y her to a New York pressman. She added that tlio story was largely tlio work, of the interviewer. Mr. Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, testified that on receiving a warning .regarding tho presence of ice, ho calculated that the Titanic would Tench tlio danger zone by nine o'clock. Another officer calculated it would to eleven o'clock. The night was clear enough during his watch to see any berg that was likely to do damage. THEY WERE ALL HALF-DAZED. (Rec, May 21, 11.35 p.m.) London, Mv 21. Mr. Lightoller, second officer of tlio Titanic, stated that he had never known the speed reduced by any vessel, in the North Atlantic in clear weather on account of ice. Pusey, a seaman who was in the Duff Gordon's boat, in explaining why they failed to go to the rescue, said they were all half-dazed.