Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-27
SHIPS RUSHED
To AID TITANIC
Captain of Mount Temple
Testified Three Saw
Liner Go Down
IcEBERGS PREVENTED RESCUE
Investigation Brings Out Record
of Tragedy Written by
Wireless.

BY Special Leased Wire to New NeXIcan)
Washington, d. c., April 27.-TWC
steamers and a schooner were only d
) short distance away from the Titanic
when she sank, according to the testi
mOny of Captain James H. Moore OF
the Mount Temple today before the
Senate committee investigating the
tragedy Ice was the barrier that held
back vessels hurrying to the rescue
and the Mount Temple did not arrive
at the spot where the Titanic sank un-
til two hours after she had gone down.
Three Ships Near Titanic.
The Mount Temple intercepted the
. Titanic calls for help, Captain Moore
said and Immediately he turned his
| ships course toward the crippled lin
er. On his way he raised the lights
of a schooner within a few miles of
! the scene of the tragedy and coming
/ from that direction. When day broke
! to disclose a great field Of ice ahead,
the Mount Temple discovered a tramp
steamer close by. The identity of
neither schooner nor tramp was fixed.
Captain Moore read a long list Of
messages from the Titanic intercepted
by the Mount Temples operator. It
was virtually complete record of the
wireless appeals sent out by the
doomed vessel.
When the Titanic's Wireless Ceased.
AT 1:10 the Titanic was still call
! ing C. @. D., " said Captain Moore
"At 1:20 it raised the Olympic and
said Get your boats ready. Going
down fast by the head The Frank
furt replied at 1856 Starting for you.
Six minutes later the Titanic flashed
! C. @. D., boilers flooded
"A message from D. F. T. then fol
! lowed, Are there any boats around
you a lready?' There was no answer.
! Other ships then began calling but
could get no answer. Later the Brma
raised the Olympic and reported All
/ quiet now Titanic has not spoken
since 1:47.'
"Are You Still There?" "No Answer"
The Carpathia at 20 sent the mes
sage Are you still there? We are fir
ing rockets. ,"
Did You see those rockets?" inter
rupted Senator Smith.
/ Il saw no rockets at all that night.
! | thought of sending up rockets my
self, but did not do so because I fear
ed that it might divert other ships hul-
rying to the Titanic.
Titanic Gave Wrong Position.
The witness said the Titanic I'M
! doubtedly had not fixed her position
properly He said she must have been
eight miles further east than the spot
reported.
Second officer Lightoller of the I'll.
! tanic was recalled and testified that
the man who claimed to be Louis
Klein of the Titanic's crew and who
disappeared after being brought here
! from Cleveland was not Klein. The
real Klein was drowned, Lightoller
said.
Mount Temple Spoke carpathia.
! Captain Moore continuing his testi-
mony said his observation taken Mon
1 day indicated that the Titanic's posi-
/ tion probably was so min. 80 sec.
west
The fact that no evidence of the
wreck was found when the Titanic's
: position was reached tends to confirm
the testimony of Wireless Operator
Burrant of the Mount Temple"
Your idea was the the ship was
eight miles east of the position she
gave?' said the Senator.
Eyes, SIR" said Captain Moore.
Later | sighted the Carpathia on
she picked the Titanic's boats up"
Captain Moore said he heard from
the Carpathia at $50 Monday morn
ing, that she had picked up the Titan
les boats and that Titanic had sunk
Other Ships Sighted.
up to that time | had not given up
! hope of sighting the Titanic" said
Captain Moore. Il had been stTaming
around in 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
sight at the point where the Titanic is
supposed to have gone down."
| We saw a tramp steamer and at 3
o'clock Monday morning we sighted
the Birma. We also sighted the Cali
fornia but the ice was between us"
Messages Picked Up BY Mount Tenn
Captain Moore read further from
the report
Among the messages picked up by
Burrant and communicated to Captaia
Moore We're: "1:4O a. m. Birma
thinks she hears Titanic and sends,
We are coming to you Only fifty
miles away. Hope you are safe
| 900 a. m. Carpathia calls Titanic
All quiet.
"3:O5 a. m. Birma and Frankfurt
working.
"3;20 a. m. We Mount Temple)
back out of the ice. Large bergs all
around.
''3:25 a. m. California calls C. L.
O. | answer and give her Titanics
position. She had it before.
$40 a. m. California now working
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