SHIPS AND THE SEA.

Mataura Ensign, 8 May 1912, Page 5

SHIPS AND THE SEA.

the titanic disaster, RECOVERY OF BODIES. — BY ELFCTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. FEB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received May 8, 10 a.m. HALIFAX, May 7. The Minia has arrived with 17 bodies Recovered from the Titanic wreck. Sixteen of' the number had died from ex•fXjsure four or five hours after the sinking of the ship. The bodies were found miles apart. . j The Canadian Government has sent a ■steamer to search for bodies which it is Relieved have drifted from the edge of, .-the Gulf Stream into the cold waters. , BOAT WITHOUT PROVISIONS. ■» Received May 8, 10.50 a.m. LONDON, May 7. Giving evidence before the Titanic < Wreck Commission Beecham, a fireman, Stated that when the ship struck the j border was given, "Stop the engines and ,stand by!" The watertight doors wer©, closed within five minutes and the fires ] -drowned. The boat in which he was did "not contain a compass, lamp, water S«r provisions. ' SHORT OF PROVISIONS. ?;-• Received May a.m. r HOBART, May 8. The barque Don, which is 160 days ; out from the Baltic to Dunedin, put in' short of provisions owing to bad wea- j „ther. For some, weeks the crew wasj Compelled to live on biscuits.