The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-04
SAYS SAILORS
WE'RE UNABLE
TO TURN BOLT.
Survivor of Titanic Disaster
Believes Watertight Com
partments Proved Useless
in Time of Necessity.
ANOTHER TELLS OF
ESCAPE FROM SHIP
Leaps Into Lifeboat and Cries
When Ordered Out; Lies
Down and Is Covered With
Shawl by Mrs. Astor.
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RTEW YORK. May 3.-The most i'm
nj portant feature Of the Titanic,
and the one that was the basis
Of bor builders assertion that
she was an unsinkable ship-ber water.
tight OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES useless in
time of emergency. Such WAS the vital
point brought out today by Senator
William Alden Smith, chairman of the
senatorial committee which is bring
ing to p speedy close the inquiry into
the great tragedy Of the North Allan
tic The witness from whom was
drawn this Information is George a.
Harder, Young manufacturer of
Brooklyn, who with bis wife, was re.
turning from his honeymoon on the tt.
tanic.
After the ship had struck, - said
NJ. Harder. II saw two or three of
the crew with large wreuches, They
were trying to turn brass plate IN the
floor that bore the initials Nv. t.
and one other, don t know whether it
was &C.. or 3D. This was on the
stsrhoard side OF the boat, between
The stairs and the elevator.
II heard one of the men say, after
working at the plate with his wrench;
Unable to Turn Plate.
Well. il s no use. This one won t
work. Let's Try another one. They
didr / seem TO be pervous and I thought
there was no danger. but that tbev
were lust doing that for the sake OF
rro;cction.''
Do YOU gather that the bolt was
connected directly with the watertigbt
COMPARTMENTS asked Senator Smith,
Yes, think it was was the re-
ply.
Mr.. Harder testified further that
some difficulty was experienced in get
ting the lifeboat he was in into tbe
wafer ard that after il had been
launched there was a lot of trouble
keeping IT on An even keel. He said
that those on board feared thev would
he dumped into the ocean any mo.
mcnt
Oiaus Aheiscth who was in the for
ward Of the stcerace all the time of
the accident. said that third class pas
sengers were given equal opportunity
with the others to make their escape.
Saved by Woman.
Senator Smith has been trying for
some DAYS to find the man who some
OF tho survivors said had escaped by
affecting the disguise Of woman
That man. who is Daniel Buckley, 81
wears old. native Of Cork, Ireland
came forward of his own volitiou to.
dav aud told in detail lust how he was
enabled to make his escape in one of
the hfeboats with the assistance of a
woman be believes to have been Mrs.
John Jacob Astor.
After explaining 10 Senator Smith
bow he had helped to lower two of the
boards the Young man said he followed
the lead of other men and leaped into
the third that was launched.
"! was crying when 7 jumped into
the boat and fell on the floor he
said passiopately. "Tben I heard two
officers order the men out. They re.
fused to go until the officers drew their
Teyolvers and began to fire in the air.
Here, stop your crying said the
only woman passenger 10 the boat. who
j am sure Was Mrs. Astor. 'Let me
cover YOU up She put n shawl over
me az J lay az her feet on the floor -
Buckley testified further that tbe
steeraee passengers in the after part
of the Titanic were barred from the