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Titanic Disaster (From “The Dominion/’ April 17, 1912.).. The Titanic, which collided with. an iceberg in the North Atlantic, has sunk. There are 675 persons saved. The H hite Star officials believe that 1500 passengers have been drowned. The vessel cost £1,250,000. The hull and cargo were insured for £2,350,000. Veteran Atlantic travellers have not before seen the ice so far south or in such great bulk as now. The company’s New York offices are besieged by the relatives of wealthy Americans who were on board. The absence of news has caused excitement approaching a panic. * * * The Chief Justice of Victoria (Sir John Madden), in delivering judgment in a case in which fingerprint evidence was prominent, declared that fingerprints alone were not sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction. The system had not been sufficiently proved; it was in absolute opposition to the whole theory of anthropology. Mr. Justice Hodges, Mr. Justice Cussen and other members of the Victorian Full Court Bench, held that fingerprints were sufficient evidence.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 172, 17 April 1937, Page 8
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17025 YEARS AGO Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 172, 17 April 1937, Page 8
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