THE TITANIC WRECK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15921, 6 May 1912, Page 7

THE TITANIC WRECK.

THE INQUIRY. United Press Association—By Electrio ; TelegTapli—Copyright. LONDON, May 3. The Seafarers' Union and Imperial Merchant Service Guild were represented at the Titanic inquiry. Sir Rufus Isaacs described tho circumstances of the wreck and insisted on the extreme importance of tho fact that the Titanic was going at the unreduced soeed of twenty-one knots, though warned of, and though the temperature indicated, the presence of ice. LOOK-OUT MAN'S EVIDENCE. ACCESS TO THE BOAT DECK. (Received May 5, 5 p.m.) , LONDON, May 4. Jewell, the look-out man, gave evidence that he 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. Scarrott, a 6eaman, stated that it was difficult for third-class passengers to reach the boat deck. Two ladders were the only moans of approach.