RELIEF FUNDS MOUNTING UP.
QUEEN OF NORWAY'S DONATION. (Received April 24, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd April. Tlie Queen, of Norway has subscribed it hundred guineas to the Lord Mayor's Fund, which now amounts to £105,000. Other funds in Great Britain and America total £70,000. TITANICS SIGNALS OF DISTRESS SHIP FAILS TO ANSWER THEM. (Received April 24, 8.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, 23rd April. Mr. Franklin, vice-president of the International Mercantile Marine Company, in his evidence before the enquiry, s,aid the collision had probably opened five or six water-tight compartmentfc. - Me. Boxshall. the Titanic's fourth 1 officer, gave evidence that the berg the
Titanic struck was dark grey in colour, and was thirty feet high. After collision ho fired Morse lights to attract a ship which was five miles away. The ship did not answer, though the Titanic signalled "Come at once, wo are sinking." He did not know the name of the ship.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 7
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