Chimwe chezvinhu zvine nharo zvakaongororwa nemibvunzo yaive basa rakaitwa neSS Californian, iyo yakanga ichingova mamaira mashomanana kubva kuTitanic asi yakanga isati yatora mafoni ake mashanu ekuremerwa kana kupindura kune ake maroketi emasaini. Sei Ishe Mortimer akange anyevera Titanic neredhiyo ye pack ice (ndicho chikonzero nei Californian yakamira husiku) asi yakatsiurwa neTitanic's senior wireless operator, Jack Phillips. Uchapupu pamberi pekuferefeta kweBritish kwakaratidza kuti na10: 10 pm, Californian akaona mwenje wengarava kumaodzanyemba; yakazobvumiranwa pakati paKaputeni Stanley Lord neChitatu Officer C.V. Groves (uyo akanga abvisa basa raIshe na11: 10 pm) kuti iyi yaive mutambi. Na11: 50 pm, Ishe Mortimer akarayira kuti mwenje wengarava uiswe, sezvo iye asina kutora mafoni emasaini, kana mamwe maroketi aisagona kuenderera mberi nekucherechedza.
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