TITANIC INQUIRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5

TITANIC INQUIRY.

BOATS FOR ALL NOT NEEDED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Juno 5. Mr. .Sanderson, manager 0| f the AVhite Star Line, testified at the inquiry into ■tile loss of tho Titanic that it would have been neither wise nor necessary to have pio\ ided boats for all on board, owing to the* impossibility of the vessel filling and launching them all properly. It was better to build a ship so safe as to render it unnecessary to consider the possibility of floating everybody. llr. Crawford, a steward, who was in Charge of a boat after tho Titanic struck, testified that the captain told him to row towards u. vessel whose lights were visible, placo tho passengers aboard, and then return to the Titanic. Mr. Ismay gave evidence that it. was quite outside his < province to suggest what precautions tho captain should have taken in the presence of the ice. NEW AMERICAN REGULATIONS. (Rec. June 6, 10.20 p.m.) Washington, Juno G. The Commerce Department is issuing regulations based on the lessons of the Titanic disaster, compelling lake and coasting vessels to comply with the regulations for ocean-going ships covering the numbers of lifebelts and lifeboats to be carried.