THE TITANIC INQUIRY.

West Coast Times, 15 June 1912, Page 3

THE TITANIC INQUIRY.

DISASTER TAUGHT NO LESSONS.

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LONDON, June 14.

Sir Alfred Chalmers, formerly of the Titanic and now Marine Adviser to the Board of Trade, defended the Departments regulations. They had no right to impose requirements upon the mode of traffic so long as the record was clean. Sixteen boats was the maximum that could be rapidly handled and safely housed. The Titanic taught no lessons, because the disaster was extraordinary. Air. Chalmer’s successor testified that there should have been at least twenty-six boats.