The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-27
SEAMAN SAW ANOTHER SHIP.

Edward Buley. nhlr seaman on the
Titanic. testified he was in the last lfohoet
that got away. II contained bet tween
sixty and seventy persons.
Were any women on tho dock when
you left?- asked Senator Fletcher
NO. sir Bulev replied. "ours was the
last boat up there and they Won; around
and called to 500 if there was. and they
threw them in the boat o; the finish
because they didn't like the idea cf com
ing in"
q. Pushed them in. Won I,can' \ Threw
them in One Young woman Slipped and
they caught her on the deck below. End she
came NJ then and iump"d in. W" rc'
away from the ship and about an hour after
ward Ofr1cer Lowe came alon gside and told
all the ssamcn in the boat to jump irto his
boat until he went back among the wrcck-
age to see II there were any pcopl" that had
lived.
o. You vera then with Lowe in his boa,
and went hack TO where the ritarir snnk,
A. Yes. sir. and picked up the remaining
live passengers.
Y. How many did Won get? 4 There
we're not very many thcra. We got four of
them. All the others were dead
Y. We're thcrs inany dead, Nos. sir
there was good few dead. sir Of course
you could not discern them eNac;iy on
account OF the wteckage. But wc turned
over several n them to see If they were
alive. They looked az though they were
frozen. In III" morning We saw Collaps-
ible boat with LOT of PEOPLE up 30 their
knees in water. We went over to them and
in a brief time picked up another boat 0led
with women and chilir,n. with no orc
to pull the oars. ana We TOOK her in tow
Looked for Survivors.
q. Did YOU get very tar away from where
the Titanic went down before the Carpathia
was in sight? \. No. sir When the Car
pathia came and hove to We were still
among the wreckngc look inc for bodies
q. BY that tim. there were none of those
afioat who were alive 80 far ~ yor could
see: A. No. sir
Y. The life belts were all n good condi-
tion. were they? 4 Yes. all new life belts
When YOU once put them on there is no
fear %! them pulling OF again in the water
.. DO you think there was IA sufficient
number of life belts for all the passengers
A. les. sir. mors than sufficient OF
course the seamen did not have a chance to
get them, did not have time to get them
Y. Did the passengers have the time
after the alarm Was given to get the belts +.
4. They had tho belts on n good hour before
she went down.
Senator Fletcher asked if any passen-
gers were jumping overheard when Biley
left.
Il never saw any one jump overheard.
sir. said the witness.
=. Did you see any passengers on the
deck when you left, 4. Only men. sir
=. We're ther. many Of those. A Yes,
sir. there WAS plenty of them sir If she
had had sufficient boats | think every one
would have been saved
Y. Mere these men that you saw on deck
desiring or wan'in; to get into the boats.
A. No. sir
Thought ship Would FIont.
O. Or did they seem TO think the ship
was going to float' A. think that il what
the majority thought They thought she
would go down a certain distance and stand
there.
q. Did you hear any OF them say that?
4. Yes. several of them. They said they
were on'y getting the boats out for exercise
and in case of accident
There was ship Of some description
on our port bow when the Titanic struck "
Buley testified, land she passed right by.
We thought she was coming to us, and
II she had come TO us every one could
have boarded her. You could see she
was steamer. She had her steamer lights
burning, She was of our port bow when
We struck, and We all started for the same
light, and that Is what kept the boats
together
But you never heard of that ship any
more:' asked Senator Fletcher.
No. we could not see anything of her
in the morning."