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Grey River Argus, 18 May 1912, Page 5

THE TITANIC ENQUIRY.

.:]■■ FURTHER EVIDENCE. , By Electro. Telegraph^opyrJKhi.) •(Per Press Association^ ,(Rcd 1.30 a.in) . T % • LONDON, 1 May 17.. At the Board of Tirade • enquiry ;-°ncerning the Titanic wreck, ;Har.t, a third-class .steward, said that he'warn- : ed , the steerage passengers ; of- vt-hc dangers.-- / " ' . : > .-. ' ; • S'-ewards were placed ' at various poiiKs-to' direct the way to -the boat deck. ' • '.;--.. „ ..'■ .•,-■• ■ Many women who were' afraid to enter the boats returned to it h'eir quai'-tors-:;.thinking they would 1 ? be ■ safer. 1 aboard^ ; '< }'■; If' •_ AH the women and children Vc-puld have reached the boats if 'they :w;ished. Durrant, recalled, said thathe' picked up no message indicating 1 that the Titanic was being- towed to Halifax. •. NEW YORK, May 17 . The Senate Committee obtained Evidence tending to rebut the theory \hat the iWhke Star loffi.oers suppressed the news of ;the sinking. The Vice-President of the Ne\y York New Haveri-Hartford Railway stated that he received instructions to provide accommodation : for all the.Titanic's passengers at Halifax on Monday, but 'the order was 'on Monday night. . ;■"■;] "..''.