TITANIC INQUIRY.
EVIDENCE OP SEAMEN. A SHARP WATCH FOB ICE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, May 3. Tiie Seafarers* Union and the Imperial Merchant Service Guild are. represented at tho Titanio inquiry. Sir Rufus Isaacs, K.C., described the circumstances of tho wreck, and insisted on the extreme importance of the fact that the Titanic did not reduce her speed of twenty-one knots per hour, though warned, and that the temperature indicated the presence of ice. {Rec. Way 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, May i. At Hie Titanic inquiry Jewell, the lookout, testified that ho received a telephone message from the bridge at 9.30 on Sunday night, instructing him to keep a sharp watch for ice. He repeated the order to tho relieving watch, Searrott A seaman slated that it was difficult for the third-class passengers to reach the boat-deck, as two ladders were the only means of approach.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1432, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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146TITANIC INQUIRY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1432, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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