New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28

sent from and to that ship. 1t disposed
OF the impression gained from the test
mCny of Bride, wireless operator on IN" |
Titanic, that he had at no time estab
ushed satisfactory communication with
the Frankfurt. secured the position of
that shin or ansvered-eXccpt with in
structions 10 keep out'-the Frank
furt's inquiry. What is the natter u
showed the Titanic had replied to this
question. we have struck iceberg. Ar
sinking Tell captain To come
The operator on the Mount Temple,
almost accidentally, put his receiver on
his head al 1880 a. m. ON Monday =
little less than an hour after the Titanic
had struck. and heard the Titanic's cal
Of distress. He Immediately reported it.
10 the captain, together with tn" ri
tanics position. and then, laborinC ap-
rarently under no excitement. sat dowr
ard made careful record Of al tn"
messages he could hear and which were
Passing between the Titanic and other
ships This record shows that either
Bride was 50 shaken ty the experience
he had passed through that his memry
regarding the events Of that night was
wholly ~ fault, or that, his chief hay
ing tagen the telephone. Bride missed
many nf tho messages sent as well as
those received.
Captain Moore. who made most ia
vorable impression ON all the nautical
men present. said he had received re-
peated warnings Of ice and had stopped
his ship to await daylight. A. soon az
he received notice OF tn" Titanic's call
of distress he started his engines and
made every effort 20 reach the scene.
n did this. hN said. without replying 60
the Titanic, as he did not wish to in
terfere with tina; ships efforts to COM
municate with others.
The Mount Tempe had about forty
three miles 10 20. but was ereatlr de-
lsyed by ice. which vas encountered
about 3 a m.-the captain had started
at T. so m.-ard he was Obliged to
mako detour around 2 large field. He
reached the scene cf the disaster Just as
the Carnathia was picking NJ the last
boatloa1 Of survivors
From the wireless log CAPTAIN Moore
read thr messages which had passed
between the Titanic and the Frankfurt,
the OLYMPIC. the Carpathia. the Birmir.
Russian ship seventy miles away. and
thA Virgirian. The log constituted 2
complete diary Of the Titanics messages.
among them being one sent to the
Olympic at 11:2o o'clock. saying, can
tain saws get your boats ready. Going
down fast by the head" and others
reading: "i1:35-Vve are putting women
IN the boats. "11:4l-Engine room
flooded"
The last message from the Titanic. &C
cording 20 Captain Smith was sent at
1870 A. m After that the olympic. the
Baltic. and the Frankfurt called the IL
tanic repeatedly. but got no answer
Would Not Run Through Ice.
Asked what he would do If he met ice
at night, captain Moore said he would
etop and drift with It. 1t was customary
TO lay by at night when approaching
ice he said.
on in the night. making twenty-one and
half knots an hour. after having re-
ceived the warnings Of ice which had
reached the Titanic. Captain Moore said
slowly. and apparently solemnly, 1T
would he most unwise, sir
Senator Smith asked Captain Moore
II II was not possible that many of the
bodies of those who had gone down IN
the Titanic had been covered by the ice
field, and the captain replied that 1t was
quite possible. even probable-s reply
which greatly pleased the chairman.
The captain said further that any one
caught between decks would have been
held there ny the pressure and their
bodies were there still.
Some humor has been made over an
inquiry Of mine as 10 whether the water
tight compartments might keep the
bodies in" said Senator Smith. and he
then entered on long argument to show
that his suggestion was entirely prac-
tiCable.