INTERNATIONAL ACTION FOR SAFETY OF PASSENGERS.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE COURT ■: OF ENQUIRY. BERLIN, April 23. , Herr Delbruck, speaking in the Reichstag; said l 'hat precautions for the safety; of passengers were under active revision. 'VIENNA, April 23. The Government is equipping 1 all liners with wireless. LONDON, April S3. Mr. S. Buxton speaking, in 'the House of Commons, said that steps were being- taken to consntultje the strongest possible court) of enquiry into *he Titanic disaster. Lord Cliarles Beresford in a letter "to the Times, says the fact that lights were' 'burning a few minutes before the last' plunge, shows that the engineers remained at their posts *wo hours after it was known that a tern'b le death awaited them at any minute through the bursting of a steampipe. It is understood that the plans, for t ! he White Star liner Gigantic, now be ing built ai Belfast, have been altered lo provide for cellular sides for the engine room and stoke hold, and also <to pi'ovide cellular sides above the water line in other holds.
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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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