Show MORRO CASTLES CASTLE'S HULK INSPECTED Board Boar f Burned Liner U. U S. S Attorney Quizzes Crew Members N. N J. J Sept 18 IP fl Members of ot the department of f commerce board of inquiry investigating gating the burning of the liner Morro Castle went vent aboard the charred charred hulk today oday for or an inspection lon of the wreck reck Clad in i N NH lt H Hoover COver chairman na f of o th the cd his sl three colleagues on th the board rode r cie a breeches buoy to the deck d ck of the ship hp It It hurts to look at It U said J James JamesSmith mes Smith boiler i inspector and a member t of the board when whim he first v sa saw the hulk lying off oft the pier After Inspecting the hulk the board to go to Seabright to ins inspect ct b beached ach d lifeboats from the ship No one was permitted to accompany paD pany the board on its inspection of or orthe the vr wreck ck although Hoover h had d stat stated dIt it would be e perfectly agreeable agreeable agree able with the board Permission to board the hulk was refused by F. F B. B Crocco Ward line representative here He g gave ve veno no reason reason rea rca son for tor such action Assistant United States Attorney John C. C Wa Walsh h today q questioned some 30 members rs of the Morro Cas Castle tle tie crew crew with a view to determining what importance if an any their testimony testimony testimony mony wo would ld have in the federal Continued on P Pale Pace ze Two TW MORRO CASTLES CASTLE'S HULK INSPECTED Board Burned Liner U U. U S S. S Attorney Quizzes Crew Members Continued from Fa Pare Page one grand jury investigation of the dis dis- dis aster All of the men questioned arc are under un under der grand jury as are others who were referred by Walsh to other assistants of United States Attorney Martin Conboy William Tripp a student I at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology Tech Tech- who was an engineer cadet aboard th the Morro Castle was among those questioned by Walsh Tripp who turned over to counsel for the Ward line a private log kept by him during the last voyage of ot the ship was questioned about details set forth in that log A copy of this log was supplied by attorneys for the Ward line to Conboy and was in possession II of ot Walsh during the questioning NEW YORK Sept 18 JP 1 P S gence ence on the part of ot the crew of the liner Morro Castle when the ship caught fire and burned September 8 was charged today by Miss Bessie Bessle of Brooklyn a survivor of the the- the disaster Miss whose chum Bes Bes- S sic sie Pearlman lost her life lire in the trac tragedy dy declared the crew made mad no attempts to pacify stricken panic-stricken passengers pas gave them no directions nor provided them with life Ufe preservers When the people became panic stricken Miss said the crew yelled to them to shut up without without with out aiding or pacifying them at all When we were told that we couldn't get any preservers they wouldn't wen even give us any life Ufe rings |