THE TITANIC DISASTER.

Mataura Ensign, 15 May 1912, Page 5

THE TITANIC DISASTER.

UNKNOWN SIGNALS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received May 15, 12.10 p.m. LONDON, May 14. At the Titanic inquiry the captain of the Californian deposed that he was trying to converse hv means of Morso lamp signals with unknown signals apparently between him and the Titanic. He was certain that it was her whit© rockets that were seen and not distress signals. She was six miles off. He did not Kolievc that it was the Titanic. He admitted that if the Marconi operator had been aroused when the rockets were seen he would have picked up the Titanic's messages. Gibson, an apprentice, gave evidence that Mr Stone (the second officer) looked through his glasses and reported that the vessel had a heavy list. Lord Mersey (president) sharply examined Stone, who denied Gibson's statement and asserted that he only thought they might have been distress signals after he heard of the disaster. CREW'S HEROISM RECOGNISED. Received May 15, 9.15 a.m. LONDON, May 14, Mr J. Bruce Ism ay (chairman and managing director of the White Star line) and his wife are providing an endowment fund for 11,000 pensions for disabled seamen and widows of victims as a memorial to the Titanic's crew's heroism. ]