Second Edition THE TITANIC DISASTER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 6

Second Edition THE TITANIC DISASTER.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE MOOTED.

(Received 24,. 10.20 a.m.) London, April 23

Lord. Mersey’s committee and the Merchant -Shipping Advisory Committee meet to discuss matters effecting safety at sea, and after receiving their reports Mr Buxton will decide as to the expediency of a further national or international committee or commission. Meanwhile, he has ordered affidavits from America of officers, crew or passengers who are not returning to England of any useful information relating to the disaster. HUGE RELIEF FUNDS. (Received 24, 10.55 a.m.) London, April 23. The Queen of Norway has given a hundred guineas to the Lord Mayor’s fund, which has now reached £105,000. The other funds in Britain and America total £70,000. SAFETY FIRST. The White Star and Canard Companies state that their captains’ standing instructions are to ensure the safety of lives and the ship before speed. RECOGNISING BRAVERY. (Received 24, 41.15 a.m.) New York, April 23. Thirty-two women from the first and second class are amongst those drowned in the Titanic wreck. No engineers were saved. A hundred bodies have boon recovered, among the first to be identified being the body of Widenor, millionaire. iiills arc being introduced into Congress to present gold medals to the captain and crew of the Carpatbia and give ten thousand dollars apiece to the widows of the Titanic’s American mail clerks.