The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-20
TAKE SURVIVORS
FROM L|FEBOATS
10 north 81 west, true MY eigh
miles from my position.
Orders Al Spccd PnnsIhIc

To north 50 west, true nfty-eight
miles from my position.
orders All speed Possible.
Then sent for the chief cngtSccr
ana ordered him TO call another
watch OF stokers. md make all speed
possible to reach the Titanic. Then
! gave the first officer orders TO
knock off all routine work, prepare
all lifcboats for an emergency. Then
] called the chief officer. tho purser,
the English doctor and the chief stew
ar'i and issued orders that the Eng
ii.h doctor with his assistants. should
remain In the first saloon. IN. Italian
in the second ahin and the .,ui.gar-
ian in the stecraec, in readiness 10 at
tend to the possible suffcrlnGs of thos.
that might be brought on board Each
doctor was to be fully supplied with
ncccssarics Of every kind. The purs-
or ana the steward were dcputcd 10
assist with the reception of survivors
on board and their disposition. and or
dcrs werc issued to keep the stccrago
passengers clear OF the decks and out
of the dining room. so they would
not bc in the way when the survivors
were received. The chief steward was
also ordered to have coffee. tea and
SOM in the dining saloons ana also
Ia have blankets there and on deck
in readiness. My cabin and All tn.
officers cabins We're given up. and the
dining room and smoking room were
given up to the use OF those COM
ing. and all bcrths space was turned
over for them. All hands were or
dered called, the boats were slung out.
and al each gangwav We're placed Of
ficcrs.
1--WE made the nfty-cieht mills in
three and half hours. | stopped the
engines a, o'clock. when We were
close 10 the FIRST. boat. But IL was
2:f0 o'clock that vs. made out a flare
n bout half point on the port bow.
which VIC took to DC tn, Titanic itself.
The light seemed so high 7 was almost
sure the Titanic must still be ahoat.
II was little after that that we mad.
out an Iceberg on our port bow. Be-
tween .:i5 and 8 o'clock so were
passing iccbcres on either side OF us.
Al $40 the first boat was alongside
But Just before getting to It snw
an iceberg ahead, and had to starboard
my helm.
Trenches First HoRt.
9TH first boat which picked ZIP
was in charge Of an officer. I saw he
was not In control Of her. He sung
ont that he had only one seaman. so 7
had to manoeuvrc a little to get him
alongside Ry the time We had got the
first lot on board II was making day
and then saw about me the rest of
tho boats In the neiEhborhood also
were about twenty icebergs. ranging
from 100 10 200 feet high. with numer-
| Gus smaller ones, Of the kind we call
| GROWERS running UP to ten or twelve
| feet I'm height We had all the people
! from TIL, boats on board by $3.50 o'cloch
| We were then very close to where the
| Titanic had gone down. where lot OF
wrcckagc. broken-up stuff. but nothing
larg.. was floating about. At o'clock
the Lcyland liner Californian had come
IN and asked IL she should search the
sound asked her please to do so.
Immediately after thu survivors were
on board We had a prayer service Of
! Misunderstanding for those who were res
curd. aud burial service.
81 saw only one body 1oatinG in
the water" said Captain Rostron, in
answer to question from Senator
Smith sit was n man. and had a
lifcprccervcr on. Apparently II was
one OF The crew. 1t was only hum
bred yards from the ship and could
be plainly seen, lying on one Side. the
head wash did not take 1t aboard.
From the boats we took three dead
men. They had died of exposure.
Another man. ono of Tie crew, was
brought OF, board and died that morn
| ing at 10 o'clock He and the others
were buried at o'clock in the after
noon. One of my own officers and
those OF the Titanic Identified the
body as far as possible
| Captain Rostron was asked IL any
| Of tho women had been injured. He
said that cvera1 woman who had bcei,
I'm the boats were brought on board
slightly injured about tho arms
that oil the rescued people behaved
.lmapniiiccntly 2 They were ouiet &c