WHEN THE TITANIC SANK.
■ THE SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. LONDON, August 23. Captain Lord, formerly in command i of the steamer OUiforuiaii, whose failore to go to the assistance of the Titanic (liter the latter vessel's signals of distress had been observed aboard his ship •Has so strongly criticised, has issued a Jong statement in defence of his conduct. • He explains that his second officer informed him that the vessel they had sera steamed away after having fired m-hite rockets for over an hour. Captain Lord declares that signals K-hich were made to this ship by means of the Morse code were ignored, and that the vessel moved eight miles between one and two o'clock on the morning of April 15, 'Whereas the Titanic did not move after midnight.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 11
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128WHEN THE TITANIC SANK. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 11
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