TITANIC DISASTER

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10625, 2 May 1912, Page 5

TITANIC DISASTER

'CABLE NEWS

'United l y ress Association — By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

THE SENATE ENQUIRY

THE BRAVE ENGINEERS,

DIED AT THEIR POSTS

(Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.)

LONDON, May 1

A .stoker states that when the Tjita.tiic struck the iceberg the .starboard side came in with a noise Jike an explosion of a, big gun. There was an, inrush of water in his section, which was a third of the ship's length from the bow. All hastily retreated into the next section, dragging Shepherd, whoso leg was broken. It is believed the side was ripped from the bow to the stokehold. The stokers were sent on deck, and the engineers remained and kept the suction pumps going, and died at their posts.

FURTHER EVIDENCE

MR ISMAY REGALED

(Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.) "" NEW YORK, May L Mr Boxhall, in his evidence, said he heard the captain say twenty minutes after the collision that tho. vessel was doomed. ' Mf'' also 'informed tho captain after examining the .ship and finding the hull ripped .open. Mr Bruce Ismay, Chairman of-dir-ectors of the Whit© Star recalled, denied that the mail contract? contained a Ihigh speed clause, though a stipulation existed for a minimum :speed of sixteen knots. They had the -.intention to try the Titanic for five or six hours on Monday to see .what she could do. They advised -the. NewYork office that the ship was sinking early on Monday. The message :was not received until Wednesday. / The Carnegie Hero- Fund' Commission of Pittsburg, has struck a gold medal inscribed "Titanic's heroes and heroines.-' It will be deposited in the Washington national museum. •

THREE HUNDRED AND SIX BODIES BROUGHT IN. ~\ AWAITING IDENTIFICATION. (Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.) HALIFAX, May 1. The steamer Mackay Bennett found 306 bodies, including 18 women. One hundred and sixteen were buried vit sea, owing to advanced decomposition and lack of accommodation... Tho remainder wero landed. Ninety are coffined, and 100 are coflinless, awaiting identification. Two thousand five hundred' dollars were found in Mr Aster's pockets. Many of the bodies arc mutilated, arms and kgs being shattered, probably due.to the explosion. Tho men's watches stopped at ten past'two. There is. evidence of a. fierce struggle for life. The faces; are distorted with'terror.' They found an immense' block of iceberg ib'adly 'Shattered, which caused the disaster.!, .^

PAYMENT TO WIRELESS '.OPERATORS. ■ ' ; ' NEW YODK, April 30. Mr Marconi, the inventor of the wireless system, who was sharply examined on Saturday concerning a wireless message said to have been sent to tlie- operator on the Carpathia advising him to withhold his narrative, and said he did not know the telegrams were sent, though he had authorised, operators to sell their stories, has now corrected himself. He-states that he. instructed the Carpathia's wireless operator to send news of the disaster, hut he did not receive a*reply. A witness named Sammis testified that each wireless operate)' received 750 dollars for their press stories. VALUABLE NECKLACES SAVED. SUING THE WHITE STAR COM--. PANY. (Received May 1,12.30 p.m.) . London, Api-;i m: Lloyd's learns that Mrs Widener's necklaces, one worth £BI,OOO, and two £30,000 apiece, wero saved from the Titanic.

WASHINGTON. April 30. Mrs Robi'is, who lost her hush-ind, is suing tho White Star *~empaT>y.

ADMIRALTY COURT ENQUIRY

WITNESSES SUBPOENAED

(Received May 1, 1 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 30. Subpoenas for Mr Bruce Ismay, Mr Lightoller (second officer of the Titanic), Mr Boxhall, and Mr Bride (as«stant wireless operator) have been' issued to give evidence beforo tho Admiralty Court'. RECOVERING THE DEAD. (Received May 1, 1 p.m.) HALIFAX, April 30. Tho steamer Mackay Bennet has arrived. The officers state that bodies wore found over an area; of forty miles. Several women were in their night, clotlies. A group of thirty, including women, was found alongside an overturned lifeboat. It is believed they were afloat for some timo after the Titanic's foundering. A red skirt was attached to an oar as a signal.