TITANIC DISASTER
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ENQUIRY CONTINUES
(Received This Morning, 12.30 a.m.)
LONDON April 30,
Tho leading .stokers on the Titanic staio that iJie bulkhead doors were wooden, and opened once to admit 3lr Shepherd, the Engiiieetr, who broke his leg itihrough falling dowji a maiiliole. Four* stokeholds remained dry, and the work in the engine room was continued .till' 2 o'clock. Tliir.ty-.six fires were drawn before tho end. One gineer shouted to the stokers, "You have done your best; get on deck." The last stoker, on looking hack, saw the floor of the engine i-oom .break. A great hole appeared, and the engineeir fll through tlie bottom of <the vessel.
RUSSIAN REQUIEM, (Received April 30, 9.0Q a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, April An impressive Russian requfenj ecrvico for all tho Titanic's victims, held in the Admiralty Church, was attended by tho British and Americn Ambassadors, naval and military-officers, and representatives of the Duma,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10624, 1 May 1912, Page 5
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160TITANIC DISASTER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10624, 1 May 1912, Page 5
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