At 5.50 p. m. the _Titanic's_ course (which had been S. 62° W.) was changed to bring her on a westerly course for New York. In ordinary circumstances this change in her course should have been made about half an hour earlier, but she seems on this occasion to have continued for about 10 miles longer on her southwesterly course before turning, with the result that she found herself, after altering course at 5.50 p. m., about 4 or 5 miles south of the customary route on a course S. 86° W. true. Her course, as thus set, would bring her at the time of the collision to a point about 2 miles to the southward of the customary route and 4 miles south and considerably to the westward of the indicated position of the _Baltic's_ ice. Her position at the time of the collision would also be well to the southward of the indicated position of the ice mentioned in the _Caronia_ message. This change of course was so insignificant that in my opinion it can not have been made in consequence of information as to ice. In this state of things, at 7.30 p.m. a fourth message was received, and is said by the Marconi operator Bride to have been delivered to the bridge. This message was from the steamship _Californian_ to the steamship _Antillian_, but was picked up by the _Titanic_. It was as follows: * * * * * To CAPTAIN, _Antillian_: Six-thirty p. m., apparent ship's time; latitude 42° 3´ N., longitude 49° 9´ W. Three large bergs 5 miles to southward of us. Regards. LORD. * * * * * Bride does not remember to what officer he delivered this message. By the time the _Titanic_ reached the position of the collision (11.40 p. m.) she had gone about 50 miles to the westward of the indicated position of the ice mentioned in this fourth message. Thus it would appear that before the collision she had gone clear of the indicated positions of ice contained in the messages from the _Baltic_ and _Californian_. As to the ice advised by the _Caronia_ message, so far as it consisted of small bergs and field ice, it had before the time of the collision possibly drifted with the Gulf Stream to the eastward; and so far as it consisted of large bergs (which would be deep enough in the water to reach the Labrador current) it had probably gone to the southward. It was urged by Sir Robert Finlay, who appeared for the owners, that this is strong evidence that the _Titanic_ had been carefully and successfully navigated so as to avoid the ice of which she had received warning. Mr. Ismay, however, stated that he understood from the _Baltic_ message that "we would get up to the ice that night." There was a fifth message received in the Marconi room of the _Titanic_ at 9.40 p. m. This was from a steamer called the _Mesaba_. It was in the following terms: _From "Mesaba" to "Titanic" and all east-bound ships_: