Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-30
Tells Probers
of Titanic Disaster
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no indication that Smith worried about
that. His impression of the cause of the
sinking of the Titanic was that the ice
berg had ripped away the bilge of the
vessel.
c. L. Henry Stengel, of Newark. took
the stand this afternoon. He testified
that the Titanic was speeding at twenty
two knots an hour on Sunday. 1T was
reported said Mr.. Stengel, that the
engines were going faster that day than
at any other time o nthe trip
Did some of the Titanic's passengers
die in her watertight compartments
rather than jump into the sea. whore
only the strongest could live because of
the cold? That Senator Smith So &c.
licves was indicated late yesterday by
questions put to Fourth Officer Boxhall
of the Titanic. Mr.. Boxhall SAM it was
possible some passengers did choose that
form Of escape from death by drowning.
The committee brought out that an
inexcusably long period INTERVIEWED be-
tween the first &c q ID" from the III
tanic and the time when she struck the
iceberg. Officer Boxball said it was at
least thirty-fye minutes. The Car
pathia's record shows it was tifty-iye
minutes.
Hugh Woolner, of London, one of the
survivors of the Titanic disaster. who
QeStIlpeQ himself as Il 'uiTecIOr III VAIL
GUS companies was the first witness in
the afternoon. Mr.. Woolnerr said Captain
Smith had given orders after the Titanic
struck to load the boats from n deck
next below the boat deck. He drew the
captains attention to the fact hat the
deck windows were closed. The captain
exclaimed: BY God! That's right and
the boats We're then lowered from the
topmost deck.
He said he helped load the lifeboats.
lie did not remember that any particular
orders had been given about filling the
boats. 1t was a matter of course, he
said, that women and children should
be sent off first.
From your own observations were
all the women and children put INTO the
boats" he was asked.
$50 far as l could see" he replied, "eS-
cept Mrs. Straus. She would not get in.
Twice / asked her to get aboard, but
she refused 20 leave her husband. Then
I said to he- husband, Tm- sure nobody
would object to an old man IKE you
getting aboard No, / won't go, re-
piled Straus, and leave other men De-
hind me hlere.
anson had been working on the port sac,
hut they went to starboard when attract
ed there by two pistol flashes. t1rst I'll
floor Nurdock was calling at the top OF
his voice: Clear out of here!' He saw
a crowd of men trying to rush the 'ast
heat while n number of women, appaisAt-
~ third-class passengers, STOOD oy;
Woolner and Stephenson heipeu p"i.
some of the men out of the boats by t.e
heels and put the women aboard. nc
aud Stcchanson then went to the upper
deck, but saw not a soul there.
Leaps from Deck Into Boat.
The lights were growing dim and the
water was even then beginning to squeeze
over that deck, As they went TO the
mort side they saw the last collapsible
boat being lowered. There was still
some room in the last boat.
Its our last chance Woolner ex,
claimed to Stephenson and both leaped
for the boat Stephenson landed i'll II,
but Woolner missed it ana fell In the
water, whence he was dragged aboard
the lifeboat.
DO you know whether the men who
were crowding around the last starboard
boat were passengers or crew. he was
asked.
Woolner told something of the speed
of the ship. 1t increased daily, he
thought. The first day they made Oh
knots, an average of q SLY III hour,
The next day they made SIC, an average
of 21h. The third day the Titanic made
forty miles more in twenty-four hours
than on the second. After that he lost
sight of the speed in miles.
Harold Bride, the surviving wireless
operator Of the Titanic, who helped out
at the wireless key of the Carpathia on
the way to New York, told of seeing
Captain Smith on the bridge three min
utes before the Titanic went down
Bride jumped about that time and was
only 100 feet away from the Titanic wher
ghn Ganl HI mazda hia xHoU IN an hVnI.
turned collapsible boat, from which he
was rescued.
Bride told interestingly how the sea
was swept with &c. q. D.. calls for hell
but added nothing new to the Information
that has been piled up on that point.
senator Smith developed that a COM
p, atively long time elapsed from the
time the Titanic hit the iceberg till the
first &c. q. D." was sent out. Bride
had estimated the time at ten minutes,
but 1t appears that he meant ten minutes
!, from the time he had been aroused. The
Tecord OF the Carpathia shows that II
Z was ffty-hve minutes after the Titanic
struck that the 20. Q. D." was picked Ut
I The records of tine Mount Temple verify
l this.
Met Ismay After Boat struck.
r Senator Smith appealed to Fourth OF
fcer jig. Boxhall, of the Titanic. oil
4 this point. The latter said he thought
. about thlrty-tve minutes interviewed
Fourth Officer Boxhall was then recalled
He related the circumstances of a meet
ing with j. Bruce ismay on the boat
deck after the Titanic struck.
. "Why don't you lower the boatsy'
asked Ismay.
NO orders" replied BoXhall.
In a few minutes the orders came from
the captain to lower the boats. II,
q / didn't know wf,atbpr ISmnV had moan
$ willie seen the captain or not.
n Boxhall described the vessel seen by 81
e many which was so close 10 the Titanic
: and which he tried to signal by rockets