TITANIC DISASTER

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10616, 24 April 1912, Page 5

TITANIC DISASTER

MR ISMAY IN REPLY

'SIMPLY A PASSENGER. -(Received XBW YORK, April 22. Mr Ismay* Chairman of Directors of *he White Star Company, emphatically declares that he was simply a passenger and was not consulted regarding the speed of the Titamc or her -navigation. He had not made any Suggestions and did not exercise any privileges. He saw the captain onlj :occasionally, and ■ was never in is room or on the bridge until after the "iS-as'uuqualifiedly false to say that 1,0 wished the steamer to make a re--cord. The only information that ice was sighted was the Baltic's message •on Sunday, the captain infonmng- him in. the evening and ■posting- it. for the -officers' information:- , Mr Ism'oy continued:-—" The onlj . reason I wished the crew to return 'home was-for their own benefit. /U hen .[ ordered them by wireless message to return, I was not aware tlnu an enquiry in New York was contemplated AVhen'l entered the boat with Mr Carter, a passenger, no women or other passengers remained on deck. 'Tho disaster has proved the futility oi "unsinkahle" vessels. The present requirements are inadequate ami must be changed. Owners have placed too much reliance ou; ; watertight compartments and wireless telegraphy; we must have lifeboats and rafts for every soul, with men to 'handle them." '. ;.. . , Mr William Carter, interviewed at Philadelphia, emphasises tho injustice ■done to Mr Tsmay. The boat in which lie and Mr Tsmay were contained twoseaman and forty steerage women and children. 'My Ismay and myself and several officers," he said, "walked up «iid down the deck for several minutes sghouting 'Are there any more women here?' but there was no response The officers then told Mi-Ismay that lie could enter the boat if he rowed. •This he did until the Carpathia. was sighted."

SHIPPING CIRCLES INDIGNANT.

IN DEFENCE OF BRUCE ISMAI'

(Received April 23, 8.50 a.m.)

LONDON, April 22. Shipping circles in Liverpool are indi<mant at the American committee's methods of examining Mr Ismay, and especially so at the innuendos. They emphasise that in his management'ofthe White Star Line lie consistently studied the passengers' safely and comfort. His aim in accompanyjn"- the Titanic on.her maiden voyage ■was largely confined to that consideration*

ENGINEER'S FACING DEATH

(Received April 23, 8.50 a.m.)

LONDON, Apn> 22 Loid Chailes Ben sioid, m <> lcLtei to Tho limes, «*.\s that the J a t, tli.itthe lights ucio burning ui til «■ l° w minutes beloio the Titanic'* last plunge, shows that the engineer 10nainea at their posts for two hom<= alter it was known that a lomhle death awaked them any mimue thiough tho hi'isting ol a steam pip .

A SERIOUS CHAIIGL

MILLIONAIRE BRIBES STOKERS. (Received April 23, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 22. Some newspapers report steward Whitley as saying that a ..boat was lowered on the starboard side before the officers had issued the orders. It contained an American millionaire, his wife and child, two valets, and seven firemen, all of whom were bribed. _ Each of those received aboard t!ic •JfJarpathia. a sum of £5.

.WHERE THE BLOW FALLS HEAVILY. IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. (Received April 23, 3.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 22. The disaster has placed 600 families In necessitous circumstances in Southampton. HOW REPORTS WERE CONFUSED DEMAND FOR. NEW REGULATIONS. (Received April 23,10 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 22. There is a general demand in America that every liner should have adequate lifeboats, and for the standardisation of wireless apparatus, iand the Government supervision] of marine operators. Tho ruthless control of wireless apparatus by amateurs was a violation of regulations, and should be made a. criminal offence. Tho confusion of tho earlier stories respecting ■"the safety of all the passengers arose through picking up fragments of wireloss messages.

ENGLAND'S ENQUIRY.

■BTBONGEST POSSIBILE COURT. (Received April 23, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Arpil 22. The Hon. Svdnov Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, speaking in the House of Comniins, said that steps .wore being taken to constitute the

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strongest possible court of enquiry into the wreck of the Titanic.

TAKING PRECAUTIONS.

ALTERATION'S TO NEW LINER GIGANTIC.

(Received April 23, 10 a.m.)

LONDON, April 22. It is understood that the plans of the White Star liner Gigantic, now building at Belfast, will Ik- altered to provido for cellular sides to the engineroom and stokehold. The Gigantic will also have cellular sides above the waterlino, and at the other holds. BERLIN, April 22. Herr Delbrueck, Secretary of State for the Interior, speaking in the Reichstag, said that precautions for the safety of passengers were under active revision. „, VIENNA, April 22. The Austrian-Hungarian Government is equipping liners with wireless telegraphic apparatus. ,

TRIBUTE TO Mil HAYS

(Received April 23, 10.30 a.m.)

As a tribute to the memory of Mr C. Havs, who was lost in the wreck 'of the Titanic, every wheel along tho Grand Trunk Company of Canada and the United States will cease turning during the course of the memorial service. ' Deceased was President of the Grand Trunk Railway system^