El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27

Captain Lord said he was on the
bridge himself until 1880 sunday
night and that the watch was dOub'
led.
Might Have Passed Many.
IF YOU had received the Titanic's
distress call Sunday evening after
your communication with the titanic
how long would IL have taken you 10
get there2@
AT the very least. two hours, under
the ice conditions"
i don't want to seem Impairment
captain said senator Smith, but
there was a report this morning that
there had been some attempt TO pre-
vent YOU from coming here TO testify
Do YOU know OF any such atIempts?H
No said Capt Lord, i didn't
think there was anything Of that kind
When I was served with the subpoena /
asked the assistant general manager
Tor permission ] could not get the
general manager but / was permit
ted 10 come"
DO you know whether your wireless
operator was on duty sunday night az
ter you sent the warning message
Il think not ] went by his room
about 11-45 and there was no light"
Capt. Lord said that if the operator
had beess on duty he would have caught
the THAMES signal
Wouldn't it be better to have your
operator awake when other eyes are
closed"
1T probably would"
The captain was asked by senator
Smith whether he had seen any dis
tress signals and he said no.
a Mysterious ship.
When l came on the bridge at 1880
Sunday night" Capt. Lord replied, the
officer there said he thought he saw
a light We had been having trouble
with the stars, mista1ing them for
lights. Finally a ship did come up
and 1 asked the operator If he had
heard anything, and he said he had
heard the Titanic had given the ice
message Then this ship came up and
lay within four or five miles of US. She
lay there all night nearly, but we could
not hear from her 1t was not the IT,
tanic j am sure about that. A About
o'clock I told the operator to can this
ship again. She sent up several rock
cts but she would not answer. 1 told
him to ask her who she was. / heard
him calling her when 1 went TO bed
but she did not answer. / have a
faint recollection OF hearing the cabin
boy about 4 o'clock saying something
about the ship still standing by. Soon
after that she steamed away. This
boat sent up several white rockets,
but they were not distress signals"
Captain Lord said that at the Cali
f0rnian's position - ID miles away
from the Titanic ii would have been
impossible to see either the Morse
signals or the distress signals. He
said he did not sight the Amerika, but
told Of passing the Frankfurt in the ice
when. the latter, going east, entered
the ice lane from which the CalifOr-
man had just emerged.
First News of Titanic Disaster.
The first news that reached me Of
the disaster said the officer, was
shortly after o'clock Monday morning
when the Frankfurt reported that tho
Titanic had sunk after hitting an ice
berg"
Captain Lord was then excused.
Wireless Operator Called.
cyril Evans, wireless operator of the
californian, testified that he turned In
at ll-25 sunday night and never heard
any distress signals from the Titanic
At 5-35 p. m, the Titanic called me
np, and we exchanged signals" safd
Evans. 81 said here's a message for
you about ice and he said he had
heard me send it TO other ships"
~ w nen did you next communicate
with the TitanicT'
s,O5 p m. New York time that
same evening
Evans said the captain stated we
were going to stop an engine on ac-
count Of ice. He told me to advise the
titanic 1 did and said:
say, old man, we are surround
W ny zee and he said. shut uD. T
.--li " WORKING with Cape Race He said
tHat 1 mad pammed him up
Alter that I heard Iim sending u~i-
'"lS messages TO Cape Race
~ ans said he was awakened at $3.50
-h lne morning by the chief officer who
seiu ne had seen rockets. and wanted
'o set some Information
made ready and called. and the
Frankfurt answered with the news OF
the sinking of the Titanic The Vir-
ginian called before ] left the key
and furnished more information"
Evans said the Frankfurt operator
had not told of the receipt of a &C
Q. ID" from the Titanic or of a re-
e. ...H H.-fa