The Irish standard., 1912-04-27
TITANIC OFFICER
DID HEROIC WORK
TOOK CHARGE OF FLoTiLLA OF
SMALL CRAFT FILLED
WITH PEOPLE.
SAVED MANY IN WATER.
Dispositions Of Men on Canadian Steam.
er Sought.-Said to Have Been
Near Great Liner When
She Sank.

Washington, April 25.-Harold 6.
Lowe, fifth officer of the cunken tt
tanic, told the senate investigating
committee his part in the struggle of
the survivors for life following the
catastrophe. His testimony developed
that with a volunteer crew he rescued
four men from the water, saved a
sinking collapsible life boat by towing
it astern of his boat and took off 20
men and one woman from the bottom
of an overturned boat. Every one of
those under his charge he landed safe
ly on the Carpathia.
From first to last loves story show
ed that he played the man. Ordered
away in charge of life boat No. IA he
packed it to it's capacity on the top
deck and fearing that some one might
attempt to jump into it while it was
descending kept up a fusillade from
his revolver. Once afloat he took
charge of fiotilla of small craft which
eventually were picked up by the res.
cue ship without the loss of life.
Competing in interest with the days
testimony was the interchange of tele-
grams between Senator William AL
den Smith, chairman, and the acting
premier of Canada, George F. Foster.
The latter told of the docking of the
steamer Mount Temple at st. John,
N. B., with passengers aboard who
claimed to have seen the Titanic sink.
1t was believed that the Mount Tenn
pie was the ship that was only five
miles from the White Star liner when
she took her final plunge.
Dispositions Sought.
Senator Smith has requested that
the dispositions Of the officers and crew
of the Mount Temple be sent to him.
In addition he accepted the offer of DR..
E. c. Quitzman of Toronto to appear
before the committee.
DR.. Quitzman was one of the pas.
sengers who said they saw the Titanic
sink.
Acting Premier Fosters telegram
follows:
Captain Mount Temple reports re-
ceived C. @. d. message from I'll
tantc 1880 a. m. ships time Monday.
Was then so miles west and south of
position sent out by Titanic. Imme-
diately altered course to reach Titanic
but did not arrive at her position un.
til 1880 q. M, when could not see
Titanic's light. Saw no sign of ship
or boats. Cruised around position un-
til received message from Carpathia
at s:44 a. m. that she had picked up
20 boatloads and that the Titanic had
sunk. Received another message at
$3.50 from Carpathia. No need to stand
by as nothing more could be done.
Under these circumstances it does not
seem necessary to detain boat due
to sail Friday evening. If considered
necessary commission could be ap-
pointed to take captains evidence.
Will no doubt be examined later by
British commission"
The committee also received tele-
gram signed by J. H. Moore, master
of the Mount Temple: A. H. Sargent,
chief officer; H. Head, second officer,
and J. Durrant, the Marconi operator,
dated at West St. John, N. B., yester-
day, practically repeating the infor-
matron contained in the premier's
message and adding that the Mount
Temple did not see the Titanic's lights.
At $50 a. m. the Mount Temple sight.
ed the Carpathia and later the Cali.
fornian. At o'clock she sighted the
Russian steamer Birma coming from
the south and west. The names of
the passengers who claimed they saw
lights of the Titanic, the message said
were not known.