THE TITANIC.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 18 June 1912, Page 8

THE TITANIC.

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(Received June 18, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 18

Mr Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, in a letter to his mother-in-law, who is a Sydney resident, says that the accident was caused by a combination of circumstances which might not occur again perhaps in a centm-y. It was -a perfectly calm night and absolutely smooth sea, with no moon, and the blue «ide of the berg towards us. If there lad been the slightest breeze the ripples breaking against the berg would have given off a phosphorescent glow, -or a slow swell would have done likewise. A moon would have given reflected light off the white side, and we TTOiild have discovered the berg in sufficient time to clear it, and so on."