CAPTAIN KILLS HIMSELF ON THE BRIDGE.
.THREE ITALIANS SHOT WHILE RUSHING BOATS. . i (Received April 19, 10.10 p.m.) .j i • - * . New York, April 19. / ' A survivor made the following sensational statement: —"Captain Smith shot himself on the bridge. " HisJ officers had previously wrested a revolver from him in the library, but the captain broke away from them, dashed to the bridge, and shot! himself through the mouth. " The chief engineer likewise committed suicide. Three Italians were shot dead in a struggle to get to the lifeboats." \
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 7
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