TITANIC DISASTER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1034, 23 April 1912, Page 2

TITANIC DISASTER.

New York, Ap. A 20. Survivors state that when the TitanL crashed into the iceberg off Cape Race on Sunday night she was steaming 21 knots an hour, according to instructions to keep up speed and break the firstvoyage record. All commend Captain Scyith’s neroism. He was literally wasHfccL away from his post. When the boats had got clear of the ship the captain said: “ Men, you have done your full duty. You can do no more. It’s every man for himself.”

Before the ship sank he megaphoned to the mass of men on deck : “ Be British !”

Later, the captain was seen helping those, struggling in the water. He refused to avail himself of an opportunity to save himself.

Many passengers retired to bed, convinced that the ship would not sink, while others stood by the rail ridiculing as landlubbers those who were taking to the boats.

WIRELESS OPERATOR’S LAST CALL FOR HELP.

Mr Phillips, the chief wireless operator, stuck to his post till the dynamo ceased to supply current and water invaded his room. Then, with Mr Bride, his assistant, he was washed ovei board, and Mr Bride was saved,

Mr Comtan, wireless operator on the Carpathia, states that Phillip’s last message was : ‘‘Come quickly. Engineroom filling to boilers.”