BRIBES BY A MILLIONAIRE,
£500 E'AJPH TO SEVEN FIREMEN
LONDON, April 23. New York newspapers, repoirt Mr. Wh'iteley. as saying that a bpat' was lowered on the star/board side before the officers issued orders. \ It contained an American millionaire, his wife and child, itwo valets, and seven firemen, whom they bribed, each receiving ,£SOO. When aboard the Carpathia two French children Lolo and [/.mis Hoffmann were amiong the saved. Theft parents are unknown. Tnere is a general doifi and in America thai; every liner have adequate Ufefboats and 'the standardisation of the wireless" apparatus under Government supervision iby marine operators,"' as well as ruthless control of amateurs, any violation of the regulations to be a criminal v offence. . The confusion of the earlier stories respecting the safety of all passeh<geiD arose. from the, picking up of fragments of wireless messages.
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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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