TITANIC INQUIRY.
THE QUESTION OF SPEED; > REMARKS BY LORD MERSEY ANtf' SIR RUFUS ISAACS, Hy Telcßraph-Press (Itec. July 1, 0.20 a.m.) London, .Tune 30. At the Titanic inquiry, Sir llufus Isaacs (Solicitor-General) said tho Ti(aiiic did not desire, to make a record, h'li if the. enmsl lind been xoUiicod to eight knots sho infgTit huvo collided, but would not have, sunk. Onlj- forty eecomU elapsed between sighting the ice and tho impact. ]t was idle lo suggest Hint (iit accident was of a kind that-must OCCUI. Lord Mersey (tho president) incidenta'jy said that ho was inclined to think that tho whole disaster was duo to execssivo speed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1480, 1 July 1912, Page 5
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