THE TITANIC DISASTER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4, 2 May 1912, Page 5

THE TITANIC DISASTER.

A STOKEHOLD MAX'S VIVID NARRATIVE. BRAVE ENGINEERS. (By Electric Telegraph.-Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, May 1. | A stoker states that when the Tit-j anic struck the iceberg her starboard side came in with a noise like the explosion of a lug gun, and there was a rush of water into his section,' which was a third of the ship's length from the bow. All hastily retreated into the next section, dragging Shepherd, whose leg was broken, with them. He believed that the whole of the ship's side was ripped from the bow to the stokehold. The stokers went on deck, but the engineers remained and kept the suction pump," going: They died at their pests. THE RECOVERED DEAD. Halifax, May 1. The steamer Mackay Bennett found 1 306 bodies,' including those of 18 women. One hundred and sixteen were. buried ,owing to their being in an advanced state of decomposition and lack! of accommodation. The remainder i were landed, 90 coffined and 100 cof-| unless. Two thousand five hundred dollars were found in Aster's pockets. Many bodies were mutilated, the arms and legs being shattered, probably due to the explosion. The men's watches stopped at ten minutes past two. There was evidence of a fierce strug-i gle for life, the faces of the dead being distorted with terror. The' steamer found an immense black berg, badly shattered, which was the cause of the disaster. NO HIGHSPEED CLAUSE. New York, May 1. Boxhall gave evidence that lie heard the captain isay, twenty minutes after the collision: "The Titanic is doomed." Andrews so informed the captain, after examining the ship, and finding the hull ripped open. Mr Ismay, recalled, denied that the ma.il contract contained a high-speed clause, though a stipulation existed for i minimum speed of sixteen knots. It had been his intention to try the Titmic for five or six hours on Monday to see what she could do. Ho advised the New York office of the sinking' early on Monday. The message' was not received until Wednesday. 1 The Carnegie Hero Fund Commis-| sion at Pittsburg has struck a gold' medal inscribed, "The Titanic's heroes j and heroines." It will be deposited in the Washington Museum. VALUABLE JEWELLERY. London, May 1. Lloyds learn that Mrs Widener's necklaces, one worth £BI,OOO and two worth 1 £30,000 apiece, were saved from the Titanic. \