THE TITANIC DISASTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 11 May 1912, Page 5

THE TITANIC DISASTER

i HARROWING DETAILS. - CHARGES OF SELFISHNESS. By Oabl« —Presp Association—Copyright Received 10, 10.30 p.m. London, May 10. At the Titanic enquiry, Dillon, a trimtoer, described the sixty minutes' wait on the poop for the Titanic to sink, rhere was no commotion, simply a waitting for death. Dillon says that the steamer settled for two fathoms and then seemed to get lifted up. He estitnated that a thousand people were in tbe water. He saw women in a boat, and they picked him up unconscious. Heradriksen gave evidence that he, five firemen and two seamen were aboard an emergency boat, with the Duff Gordons and ithree others, two hundred yards from the Titanic when she sank. They heard agonising cries, and were urged tp go back. Lady Duff Gordon said that If they returned iTiey would be swamped. Bir 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 tlie cTew 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."

New York, May 10. The Duff Gordons have sailed for New Zealand.