THE TITANIC.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 11 May 1912, Page 5

THE TITANIC.

MEMBERS OF THE CREW GIVE

EvlbllJiNUli.

WAITING FOR THE END

Bl CajJijß— PKEBS AbooOiA'XION— VOeXZIGH't. LONDON, May 10. At the Titanic enquiry, .urnon, a "trimmer, described tne sixty minutes' wait oa tne poop for tne xitaiuc to sinli. . There was no commotion, simply •a. waiting ior deacu. Dillon says tnat the stouter sectied for two iathoms ■and tueu seemed to get lifted up. fie ■estinuiLej tnat a tnovisand peop«s were in tne water. Jtie saw women in a boat, a net tney i>icKed iiim up uneon•Kcioos.

Jituidriksen gave evidence that he, live uremen and two seamen were :aboaru an emergency boat, with tne Duit uoi-dons ana Wree others, tuo -Imndred yards from the Titanic wlien ■ihe sans, ihey neard agonising cues, -§nd were urged to go Dacn. Lauy Dull' t»ordon said tnat if they returned they would be swamped, bir Duif bor•ilon supported his wne's protest. Tneir Jipt going back to help the drowning was aue to Sir Duff laordon's protest. "When the Carpathia was sighted, bir Duff Gordon promised a reward, and •afterwards gave the ere«" live pounds apiece. Counsel suggested that the boat was -intended for lorty persons, but Hend--I'iksen disagreed. Johnson, a steward, aboard the ■fourth officer's boat, wnich was not full, said that tne wreck was half to three-quarters of a mile away. He -heard cries of distress. The officers -asked "Shall we go back?" The ladies replied "No; it's dangerous."

NEW YORK, May. 10

Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and Lady Duff Gordon have sailed for New Zealand.