LOSS OF THE TITANIC.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5966, 3 August 1912, Page 1

LOSS OF THE TITANIC.

LOUD SEBSBY'3 FINDINGS. THE COUBT'S BKOOMMENDATIONS; LOINDOIN, duly 30. Lord Mersey, in delivering the lindings of the Titanic inquiry, said that Ike gross charge that Sir Cosmo Dull Gordoai had bribed the sailors to row away was unfounded, and that third-class passengers were not unfairly treated. They considered it unregular for Captain Smith to give Mi Israay the Baltic's message iv.ar;hi!.. ice, and improper for Mr Ismay to retain it, but the incident did not influence tho navigation of the ship. The Court regretted that some of the Titauic's lifeboats did not atUlujpt to save fife, particularly No. 1. The Court condemned the practice of uoiniT at full speed in ice 'regions at nignt, and stated that the Board oi Trade should remind shipmasters that it was a misdemeanor not to go to the assistance of a Vessel in distress. Lord Mersey recommends an international conference regarding longitudinal and vertical bulkheads, also watertight bulkheads on each side of the ship, a watertight deck above the waterline, and searchlights. lie further reeammirnds that lifeboats and rafts be provided according to the number of persons carried, and not according to tho tonuuge of the vessel, more frequent boat, lire, and watertight door drills, a police system on a'l ships to secure obedience and i tho working of wireless telegraphy by night and itay.

CAUSE OE THE DISASTER. EXCESSIVE SJ'liiEl). WHAT THE CALIFORNIAN COULD HAVE DONE. LONDON, duly 30. Lord Mersey slated that tin- disaster was due to the excessive. ■ speed of tho boat. The arrangements for the safety of those aboard were improper and insullioient. Captain Smith had been grievously mistaken, but he was not negligent. There was no moral duty imposed on Mr Ismiay to await the sinking of tho ship. The steamer t'alifornian saw the sinking vessel s lights, and could have saved many Kves.