THE TITANIC.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 10 June 1912, Page 8

THE TITANIC.

A NEW THEORY

8Y CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, June 8.

Mague, assistant chef on the Titanic, testified that larje numbers of third-class passengers, aroused by the alarm-bell, went on deck. Sixty members of the restaurant stalf were prevented from going on deck by the stewards, and were drowned. ,

Replying to Lord Mersey, witness said that two or three stewards kept them back.

Mr Wilding, naval constructor at Harland and Wolff's, believed that the ship would have been saved if she had not been starboarded. She would then have struck end on, crumpling up for a hundred feet, and killing all forward, but those on the after-part would have remained afloat.

(Received June 10, 11 a.m.) LONDON. June 9. wdodowqfk godbod Mange, in his evidence, added that the chef was too stout, and declined his invitation to jump into the boat as it was being lowered. No passengers were prevented from reaching the boatdeck.

Mr Wilding, naval constructor, said the boats were strong enough to be lowered with a full complement.