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Show I LATEST NEWS FROM THE LIVE WIRES I COWARDICE SHOWN ON RART OF THE CREW I Rush Was Made For One of Tltanlc's Lifeboats When Crash I Came. I ' London, May 11. That all tho I members of tho crow of tho Titanic on - tho night of the disaster' did not act In tho manner expected from men ot their calling, is being Blowly drawn out from tho witnesses at tho Drltlth board of trade Inquiry. It came out during yesterday's hearing hear-ing that the firemen of tho Titanic, when tho water' entered their quart-eig, quart-eig, raided tho third-class saloon for life preservers. Certainly, as was pointed out, they wore not needed by passengers, as tho vessel carried only a small proportion of her complement of third-class passengers. That Importance Im-portance is uttached to tho action of tho firemen, however, Is shown by tho questions put by Lord Mersey ns to how tho men reached that part of tho vessel. From another witness, B. J. Rule, a bathroom steward, It was also leurned that there was a rush on llfoboat No. 1C, and that sho left tho Titanic with only four or five women and three children, while six-tj-ono men got away In her. Rulo said that scouts were sent to look for women and children, but tl cy looked only on one deck, and then returned re-turned and said there were no more tncre. Then First Officer Murdock told the men to fill the boat. There waB then a rush ot men for the boat. "You knew more women and children child-ren were on 'board?" he waB 'asked. Rule replied: "I imagined so.' "Then you did not obey tho order that women and children were to go firm."" "Wo were ordered into the boat." It also came out today that the watertight compartments practically for three-fourths of the length of tbe Bhlp were opened Ty order ot the engineers upward of an hour after tbe ship struck, and never were closed again. A steward, who was In lifeboat No. 14, from which nil tho passengers were transferred to other boats, No. 14 returning to where the Titanic k sank, said that although tho boats jB crow rowed about throughout the night, they found only threo people nllve. He ndmitted on cross-examination, however, that some of those In the water might havo been alive, but were unconscious and they only went to those who were crying for help. Coroboratlon was given today ot the evidence of Thomas Dillon of the engineers' staff, that the water-tight doors wero opened by orders of the engineers, Fred Scott, who was on duty In tho turbine engine room on the night of the disaster, said that a quarter to one ho was ordered to open the' water-tight doors from tho engine en-gine room through to the stern compartment, com-partment, so as, to enable the engineers en-gineers to get at the pumps. At first he opened the doorB only about a foot. Then tho engineer, having telephoned to tho bridge, they threw tho doors wide open. The chief baker of tho Titanic, L. Joughen, testified that members of tho crow had to carry sotno of tho women up to tho boat deck and drop them Into tho boats. Mnny of the women rofuscd to go, saying they were safer on board tho steamer. The men stood back voluntarily. Joughen noticed that tho emergency doors between be-tween the second and thlrd-cluss sec tlons wero open, giving tho third-class third-class passengers direct access to tho boat deck. The Inquiry was adjourned until un-til Tuesday. |