from The Leeds Mercury, 19 April 1912
    (courtesty of Inger Sheil)

SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN AND FIRST ENGINEER


THE CAPTAIN'S SUICIDE

A passenger states that: -

"Captain Smith shot himself on the bridge.  The Chief Engineer likewise committed suicide.  Three Italians were shot to death in the struggle for the lifeboats.  The passengers who were first told of the captain's end said two attempts were necessary before he was successful in ending his life.  His brother officer wrested a revolver from his hand in the library, but he broke away to the bridge, and shot himself through the mouth.