New York, Sept. 10.
Acting Captain Warms, the first witness: in the Federal. inquiry into the Morro Castle disaster which open-thi morning, tested that be fof the tragic conflagration on Satur~ jected incendiarism as the cause
day morning.
The inquiry is in the nature of a preliminary Rearing, but it is. gener ily hoped to establish whether there any truth in the remarkable rumours regarding the burning of the American ship.
Evidence includes bitter complaints made by some of the passengers that certain of the crew did not. respond {o appeals of passengers who. were Srugaling in the water, or who were tapped on board. the ship.
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