TITANIC WRECK.
— e— ; EVIDENCE AT THE INQUIRY, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, June 7. Houge, assistant] chef on tho Titanici testified at the wreck inquiry that large numbers of third-class passengers were aroused by the alarm bell, and went on deck. Sixty members of the restaurant gtaff were prevented from going on deck by the stewards, and were drowned. Replying to Lord Mersey, President of tho Court, .witness said that two or three stewards kept them back. Mr. Wilding, naval constructor at Harland and Wolff's yards, said he believed the ship would have -Seen saved if she had not been starDoarded. She then struck ontl on, crumpling up for 100 ft. of her length, and killing all who were forward, whilo the afterpart remained afloat.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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124TITANIC WRECK. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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