THE TITANIC DISASTER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 11 May 1912, Page 3

THE TITANIC DISASTER.

A SIXTY MINUTES’ WAIT FOR ANNIHILATION. ALLEGED SELFISHNESS. .'By Electric Telegraph.—-‘Copyright.) (United Press Association.^ London, May 10. At the Titanic enquiry, Dillon, a trimmer, described the sixty minutes’ wait on the poop for the Titanic to sink. There was no commotion, simply a waiting for death. Dillon says that the steamer settled for two fathoms and then seemed to get lifted up. He estimated that a thousand people wore in the water. He saw women in a boat, and they picked him up unconscious, i Hendriksen gave evidence tha the, five firemen and two seamen were aboard an emergency boat, with the Duff Gordons and three others, two hundred yards from the Titanic when she sank. They heard agonising cries, and were urged to go hack. Lady Duff Gordon said that if they returned they would he swamped. Sir Duff Gordon supported his wife’s protest. Their not going back to help the drowning was due to Sir Duff Gordon’s protest. When the Carpathia was sighted, Sir Duff Gordon, promised a reward, and afterwards gave the crow five pounds apiece. Counsel suggested . that the boat was intended for forty persons, but: Hendriksen disagreed. Johnson, a steward aboard the fourth officer’s boat, which was not full, said that the wreck was half to three-quarters of a mile away. He heard cries of distress. The officers asked “Shall we go back?” The ladies replied: “No; it’s dangerous.” THE DUFF GORDONS. New York, May 10. The Duff Gordons have sailed for Now Zealand.