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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. .
-' LONDON, A'pril-,17.
The captain of the Parisian states that
if any survivors clung to the wreckage
after the Titanic sank, they ?would'haye
nerished from exnosure.
The wireless messages from the Ti
tanic' ceased two hours after the colli
sion.
?Mr. Norman Craig, M.P., K.C., booked
his passage to New York by the Ti
tanic, but he cancelled it lat the last
moment.
The King, Queen Mary, Queen' Alex-
andra, and the Kaiser have forwarded
messages of condolence to the relatives
of the victims.
, At Southampton many entertain
ments havo been abandoned, and the
Mayor has opened a relief fund for the
families of the crew. The newspapers
throughout the United -Kingdom have
also opened relief funds.
? The amount M compensation 'payable
by the White Star line to the relatives
of the drowned seamen is cojnputed at
£100,000. .
In all' the British : and Continenal
ports yesterday 'the flags on the1 dhipa
were half-masted.
The liner Tourine entered . the Ice
field on Wednesday and quitted It on
Thursday. ' She warned the. Titanic on
Friday .and received a message of
thanksfrom the Titanic's captain.
'..In-nonsequence of' the disaster the
German trans-Atlantic steamers, the
Whites Star -liners, and- other vessels
nave been instructed to ' take a more'
.southerly route.- ? ??_- . '
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