New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
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How much nearer the Titanic was tha'
schooner than YOU were?
oh the schooner couldn't have been
more than mile and half from No.
hoard the foghorn OF the schooner and
then nat the Mount Temples engines fun
spepd astern to avoid her
the captain said after he stopped Few
minutes to avoid the ice he proceeded slow
Iv on the course toward the Titanic ne
schooner nc saw coming from the direction
OF the T'itanir was moving not more man
two knots an hour When he saw her at
q NJ. sine was, he estimated, about t"elNe
miles distant from tho Titanic
Senator Smith asked the captain II nc
thought the light OF this schooner might
have been tho light that officer BoXhaii 81
the Titanic and others on the liner saw
whom the Titanic was firing distress rockets
and flashing Morse signals
"It mj-ht have been the light of p tramp
steamer which was on our port bow. re
PASSED t. starboard Of US" captain Moore
replied.
Hoy larG" ship was 1t
About 300 tons. sir did not Get her
name. but she vae foreigner She Showe'
no cnsisn W. tried 90 raise her by wire
,es.. but don't believe she had any.
The Mount Temple ran into ice so heavy
that she was forced 10 turn back anout
$50 or i o'clock. the captain said. the last
seen Of tho strange stcamer was ABOUT :
o'clock Monday. when both vessels were
trying to avoid TN. ico pack
rYou have no means Of determining what
that vesso was or the name of It's com
mardsr?" Senator Smith asked.
II had no communication Whatever. As
/ rccollect IT, the funnel was black with
some device in band near the top.
Close to Scene Of Disaster
Did YOU get any nearer the THAMES po-
siiion?'
81 went slowly after 5.25 o'clock and
reached very close to that position at f.o'
a m. Monday
WAS any other vessel there
None hut the tramp ship that cut ahead
| or me- sir, earlier.
| The ice pack, said tho witness. consisted
of field ice and hergs. he counted between
/ forty and fifty bcrGs. the greater being be-
tween 100 and 200 feet high.
| Senator Smith took up the question or
glasses for use If lookputs, and asked
whether they were useful in detecting the
presence of danger ahead. captain Moore
was not sure that they would be Of eX-
traordnary value
Well" said the Senator. do you believe
that the use Of searchlights during fog
and at night would not lessen the danger
NO. sir The use of a searchight in fog
would be Of no avail II would be like
throwing II against blank wall. If the
! light was equipped with powerful pro-
iector II might he OF some use AT night
! Il SAW no vreckage and no bodies cap
tain Moore said. There was nothing but
the ice and the tramp steamer The Ice
was 50 thick that | was compelled 10 hoist
men to the nastheads 10 seek lane out
! OF the field
The captain was asked whether he had
heard that certain of his passenger had
said they had seen rockets fired by the
Titanic that night Captain Moore replied
tha, all the passengers were asleep but
that he had seen statements in the news
papers.
There were no passengers on tho deck
Of the Mount Temple when We started TOT
the Titanic" said captain Moore. Il got
all the officers on deck, got out all the ne
boats. twenty OF them; had all the hteoelts
ont. and was ready for any emergency J
reckoned We could accommodate Thousand
people in those lifeboats.
We have only one wireless operator
and he had picked up the telephones Just
before going to bed to see what was gong
on. Then II was he caught the signal from
tho Titanic
Picked Up Many Titanic Messages
cartain Moore said the operator picKed
Iup other messages. one told that the IL
tanic had got the Carpathia and had given
her posltlon then as II .i6-5olt That was
! about ten miles eastward OF the mist posi-
ton. The second message picked UP by the
Mount Temple from the Titanic to the Car-
pathia read:
! We have STRUCK iceberg Come az once
10 our assistance.
We picked ur many Other messages
tho witness continued. zone from the car
usthia asked the Titanic II she wanted any
special boat tn stand bv, and the Titanic
answered that size wanted all she could
Get, Another message We picked up from
the Titanic to the olympic read
Get ,nur Ioats ready. We are COINS
down fast by the head.
| captain MOOT" I''' ''i""S
munications that passed. one was Inc
steamer Frankfurt's message 10 the Titanlc
AT 70 O'Clock on Sunday night giving her
position at 59:i7-52.lo
The Titanic asked the Frankfurt: ARE
YOU coming 10 our assistance" The Frank
frt asked: whats the natter The II
tanic. according to the Mount Temples
messages, answered
We have struck iceberg and sinking. Tel
captain 10 come.
MY wireless operator, J. Burrant. IN
formed me-" continued Captain Moore
that from the sound Of the signals ht
,udeed that the Frankfurt WAS nearest &c
tho Titanic
The last message that the titanic an