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

Sucrcd from tho Olympic. the operator told
me. was AT $50 Monday morning. \ few
minutes after that the operator told ma
that the olympic. the Baltic and the Frank.
furt were all trying to cot the Titanic. hu,
could not reach hcr. The Titanic. he said
had not spoken since i.@o. That was abou,
an hour after had been given the sr.,
e Q signal from the Titanic, my sA;n'c
time"
DID YOU send any messages from tina
Noun; Temple asked Senator Smith.
NO; kept out. didn't want to inter.
fore with tho interchange Of messages 90.
ing on all the time between the Titanic and
other vessels. but ! steamed ahead and
made ready for rescue II ! could each
the scene in time
TWO messages given by CaptaiN Noo,o
were those that had passed between tina
Titanic and the Frankfurt. he said tba,
after the Titanic had advised the Frank.
furt of its condition it sent out A. second
appeal to tho Frankfurt to come Guick
The messages grew weaker said the off.
cor, until the Titanic operator undoubtedly
was using his auxiliary or storage bat.
teries. BY that time the vessels dynamos
had been rendered useless by the water.
Going Down Fast"
AT To o'clock tho Titanic was xtil CALI
| Ing - Q b." said Captain Moore -,
Ia il raised the Olympic and said Get vols
beats ready: going down fast by the head
Frankfurt replied at .35. Starting for YOU
Six minutes later the Titanic IA shed e o
y. Boilers flooded \ message from
n + f. then followed. Are there an
boats around you already? There was no
| answer
Other ships then began calling but could
get no answer. Later the Russian steamer
Birma raised the Olympic and reported Al
quiet now. Titanic has not spoken since
| IA The Carpsthia az 10 sent the mes.
| sage:
Are YOU stin there? We are firing rock.
| cts
Did YOU see those rockets interrupted
Senator Smith.
| II saw no rockets at all that night I
, thought Of sending up rockets myself but
did not do 80 because feared that II Nigh.
divert other ships hurrying TO the Titanic"
/ The witness said the Titanic undoubtedly
had not fixed her position properly. lie
said she must have been eight miles FUR
ther east than the spot reported He said
his observations taken on Monday Indicated
I that the Titanic's actual position probably
was 5o09i. west.
Does that indicate 10 YOU asked Sena.
tor Smith. that the Titanic drifted''
no. [ think she stopped but the position
was wrong
The fact that you found no evidence Of
! the wreck when you got % the Titsrics
position tends 10 confirm YOUR idea that the
ship was eight miles eastward If the posi-
/ ton she gave?' said the Senator.
Yes. sir" said Captain Moore. And
later / sighted the Carpaths on the other
side Of the field OF ice, where she picked
up the THAMES boats"
| CAPTAIN Moore said he heard from the
Carpathia at $50 Monday morning that sns
had picked up the THAMES boats and the
! Titanic had sunk.
Gave Up Hop. Of Rescue.
Up To that time had not given IN hore
% sighting the Titanic" said Captain
Moore. II had been steaming around n
the ice all night. After got the news
stayed around until o'clock, and then
steamed on my course"
Were there any other vessels in sigh.
a, the point where the Titanic Is supposed
10 have gone down.
We saw tramp steamer, and at
o'clock Monday morning We sighted the
Pirna. We also sighted the Californian,
but the ice was between US
CAPTAIN Moore told the committee he ola
not see how II was possible there was no
suction when the Titanic went down. he
declared the finding of so few bodies was
| probably due to the suction. when neu
tho drowning between the decks as mo
boat sank. and those bodies, he oeheVeu'
! were still inclosed on the ship.
Senator Smith said he had received
scores ot kilograms from relatives OF ths
drowned urging that divers be sent by tns
| government to explore the ship
| The Senator asked the witness II ne u-l