The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-27
Donkey Engineers Story
of Seeing Signals Of
Distress Confirmed By
Evidence of Captain
L or d; Vice President
Franklin Admits Hold
ing Back News.
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

| BY International News Service.
"a TASHINGTON. April 26.-Fiftees
NM minutes before the Titanic sent
wv her cry for help across the
north Atlantic the wireless op-
orator OF the Californian. which
! lay quietly in icefied less than
twenty miles away. slipped the receivers
from his ears. pulled off his clothes and
turned into his berth.
| The rockets that were sent up from
the sinking marine giant were seen from
| the Calfornlans bridge, but no one
thought II worth while 10 arouse the
wireless man and ask him to find out
what was the matter. Had this been
done the steamer could have been
rushed through the icefield to pick UP the
struggling Titanic passengers and hun
dreds OF them would have been saved.
Off Duty at Night.
This testimony. which confirms the af-
fidavit OF Donkey Engineer Gin of the
Californian. first published by the In
ternational News Service. was given by
Captain Lord OF the Californian. and
Cyril Evans. his wireless man. before the
senate sub committee today, 1t estab-
fishes beyond question the fact that oil
small vessels the wireless men are
asleep or off duty before the hours of
darkness that are most perilous TO
steamships.
Ten minutes longer and the Carpa-
thia's operator. Gotham. would have been
beyond the sound OF the Titanlcs c. Q.
d. The Carpathla was more than fifty
miles away. yet she answered the call.
The Californian, within sight OF the IT.
tanic's rockets. lay unresponsive TIL
aroused got the dreadful news and the
vessel rushed too late to the rescue.
Another Vessel Close.
It was also brought out In the tcsti-
mony that within four miles OF the Call
fonlan. between her and the Titanic,
lay still another vessel. The Californian
sought TO communicate with her. but
got no response and she finally. accord
ing to the testimony OF Captain Lord,
hauled off. 10 the southwest.
II was either from this vessel OF beyond
her that the rockets that flashed Up from
the horizon were seen. II II was from
her, she may have seen the Titanic, but
Lord thinks not, for he Is sure that she
sailed away on her course and he saw her
yellow funnel above the horizon as she
was hurrying southwark through the
dawn Possibly II was beyond her that
tho rockets were fred and that they came
from the doomed White Star liner.
Neither Lord nor anyone else can say.
Rushed to Her Doom.
The Californian, so Wireless Operator
Evans testified. had at O'Clock on the
evening OF the catastrophe informed tho
Titanic that Ice was all about. For reply.
he got shut up, We are busy talking TO
Cape Race" Thus II has been made clear
that. lying all about the Inflated ievia-
han there were vessels not only ready
md willing To come to her aid. but aotu-
lily warning her Of the danger she was
". But the Titanic rushed on toward the
ICEBERG that was 10 destroy her, and be-
'ouse the smaller ships could not afford
extra operators at $50 month apiece.
Ter frantic c. Q, =. was flashed into
lead receivers and her passengers and
rev perished needIessly in the Icy sea
The Californian had been gossipIng with
many other ships all of them within the
anger zone. The Fraakfuert was within
few miles OF her and SO was the Mount
Temple although there Is no record that
nc spoke the latter vessel. But the small
teamers only carried one operator, and
n the real hours OF peril they were as
Useless AZ If they had been on the oppo-
lite side OF the earth
Panic On Titanic.
In the testimony of Able Seaman
vans, which was taken late in the after
oon. the story was told of whnt ap-
reached very near panic while the boats
ere being lowered on the Titanic.
a woman jumped for boat 10. which was
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