TITANIC INQUIRY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 119, 17 May 1912, Page 5

TITANIC INQUIRY.

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[PEESB ASSOCIATION.] ! (Eecauvcd May .16, .10.35 p.m.) I LONDON, May 16. \ Gr6v£S, flf Ah.c Cahfoiman, te&tifLedj ihat he saw, at ten minutes \ astj jslevcn, ja steamer twelve miles distant. H.e ,±old the captain thac judg-, iag from the deck lights she was a ( pa^bengtx y1 earner. The captain re-1 marked jt£ha* tthe otsxily passaijgar steamer in the vicinity wa^ the xiTStus- -s^as at 1140 The witness still*s<iw the m.isthead lights and, tioid Stone, v,\xo relieved him. Ow-i ..ing to herdtiange ai position the decJb| 4 2lglits wen*? lakxsX out. Witness pro-1 •*eecied to tSie woholpss room and awokej .Hhe operatojr.> He asked him whatj aciiip they weie in touch wibh and the ( noperator replied "Only the Titanic/ mitnet>s pxtt the instruments to hL» ne»r& but h.?dTs jtioifomg. 'He only listened, hosrevor, for 15 or 30 secfonds. ! TJie court ivjas, thxjlled !by the evi-J r<ie»ce that fhe Titanis's calls, verej iini?fced by orily a 'fe^ir *eemids, and i "that the hn-3i tt»s orily xwelre miles »4li*fctmt Lord Mersey asLed- "'Do you,| i/luuk, fiom "rvhut you subs»equejitlv, tluit fhe steasner was the I Titanit^' , ■■tiroy^s:. '-Yes, GecidedTf-.," > vj ; ; The Officers admit^di tha/t they had atot recorded, the stress Signals in .;' '■• fihe^,log'; bobk.'.v- ■■'-.'■ .;r\r\;':'[-:"\ > ..'■'.■ ■"< /V> ■. 'J>Hrratsit, the Mt»unt, Temffle'is; •vire--1«^ voperjitor,' prqduoed a Tecord of v -tli.fi message passing Tjetween jfc'he Tjf,j 4^c. /ai^lriErtg^bdpiigj vessels^ This i 'i.: /rlisposed of .the statoment th«t yt"he .■ ;\ <Tit«Dic ;"ha3 '-, snubbed tlie -F-raiiMurt. The lattej- immediately went '*o'.' the jTitamc's helr> ; i The Titanic* mesfiapes ■w-'re clear till 1-30j when -they ■■■■'■~:-:''.ce»asscL'■■■,' •'. •■ .■■ ■■'.'■■'•'■';." ■•' ',' • •. . Tlie Oceanic* pioked up one of the •'\-,Titn-iiic*s collapsible boats with three '■'■■ bodies. It believed to be *he boat from which Lowe secured 20 people; leaving tliree dead. ,