THE TITANIC.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143788, 11 May 1912, Page 3

THE TITANIC.

EVIDENCE AT THE INQUIRY. SELFISHNESS OF SURVIVORS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, May 10. At the Titanic inquiry, Dillon, a trimmer, described the sixty minutes’ wait on the poop for the Titanic to sink. There was no commotion, simply a waiting for death. Dillon says that the steamer settled for two fathoms and then seemed to get lifted up. He estimated that a thousand people were in the water. He saw women, in a boat, and they picked him up unconscious. Hendriksen gave evidence that he, five firemen and two seamen were aboard an emergency boat, with tho Duff Gordons and throe others, two hundred yards from the Titanic whan she sank. They heard agonising cries, and were urged to go back. Lady Duff Gordon said that if they returned they would be swamped. Sir Duff Gordon supported his wife’s protest. Their not going back to help the drowning was due to Sir Duff Gordon’s protest. When the Carpathia was sighted, Sir Duff Gordon promised a. reward, and afterwards gave the crew five pounds apiece. Counsel suggested that tho boat was intended for forty persons, but Heudriksen disagreed. Johnson, a steward aboard the fourth officer’s boat, which was not full, said that the wreck was half to threequarters of a mile away. He heard cries of distress. The officers asked “Shall we go back?” The ladies replied “No; it’s dangerous.” NEW YORK, May 10, Sir Duff and Lady Gordon have sailed for New Zealand.