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Show Will Stay Above Water Longer After a .,-w.- Collision. New York, April 24 Before the Mauretania left for England this morning Captain Turner discussed the Titanic dlsastor briefly "It still remains an undisputab'e fact," ho declared,, "that largo vessels ves-sels arc superior to smaller craft. No vessel Is unslnkablo but the big ship Is stronger than the little one and keeps afloat longer after a collision. This gives them time to got the lifeboats life-boats off and to do the utmost possible pos-sible for the passengers "Tho officers of the Titanic displayed dis-played the highest efficiency In tho face of n great emergency They deserve de-serve great commendation for preventing pre-venting any panic on board. Some porsons were drowned who might have been saved, but, on the other hand, a panic among the passengers or a stampede for tho boats would havo caused terrible consequencos.' Captain Turner added that tho Mauretania on her present trip would go south to latitude 38 2 north and 50 west longltudo and remain on that parallel until she reached 45. This 1b 149 miles farther south than tho UBual long course of Atlantic steamships steam-ships at this tlmo of year The Mauretanlc carries besides tho sixteen life-boats that she brought here, seven Amorlcan-mado metallic life-rafts and eight American lifeboats. life-boats. on |