The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-04-23
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Murdoch then told me to go in
charge of the boat He shook hands
with me, saying, Good bye old man,
Good luck !"
The witness stopped a moment and
his bronzed face paled little as he
added in a lower voice:
L never saw him again.
who were the men in your boat?''
Five were the crew and five or six
male passengers, the balance women.
I thought I had only four of the crew
in the boat but there were SIX of us.
There was one sailor, two firemen and
two stewards, besides myself and 40
passengers"
Pittman insisted his boat had bis
cults and water aboard.
'I thought the Titanic had filled
only two or three compartments and
that she would float he declared
did any person try to get on your
lifeboat after it struck water?" mo
SIR, none tried to get out of it either
They all behaved admirably. None Of
though some of them wanted to in
order to keep warm
ut wasn't zero weather. guess it
was about So to 40 degrees. But it
was chilly all right he said.
ASKED to- describe the Titanic's
She was submerged to forecastle
and afterward turned over and went
right down perpendicularly.
did you hear any expIosions?' st
heard four reports. They sounded
like big gums in the distance I think
1t was probably the bulkheads burst
Ing. I don't think the boilers explod-
ed. From where I was couldn't see
any people on the after deck when she
went down. Everyone I saw on the
ship had a lifebelt on except maybe
few stray. members Of the crew.
There were no explosions until
the whole of the ship was submerg-
ed"
4Was Captain Smith visible when
the boat went DOWN.
Not that know Of"
When you shook hands with Muir
dock did you ever expect to see him
alive again?'' IT certainly did"
do you think he expected to see
you AGAIN." Apparently not I
thought we would come back to the
ship in a short time. I had no. idea
she would go down.
Pittman said he saw people i'm the
water after the Titanic sank.
tress?'' 'tOh yes,'' he said sadly.
Crying, sobbing and moaning
praying too.
"But there were no noises until the
ship went down."
Pittman explained that the water
tight compartments were all locked
with spindles and wrenches. He was
sure the latter were in their places
as 1t was part Of his work to see that
all the equipment was in place before
the Titanic sailed.
When Smith remarked If it wasn't
also his business to see that lights
were in the lifeboats but that they
were not there. Pittman made no
reply. In answer to another ques-
ton, he expressed doubt as to wheth-
er the officer on the bridge could tell
whether the bulkheads, operated by
means of lever from that point, had
responded, without sending a man be-
low.
eff this impact had been bow on
what would have been the effect %
Pittman was asked. "She'd been
afloat now" he replied laconically.
did you leave Mr.. Ismay on the
deck when you were lowered?" he
again until on the Carpathia .Murs
dock loaded the first boat. Mine was
the second"
F Pittman said no officers were in
lifeboat No. SO he, in his boat, made
fast to it in order to keep them from
30 Or 40 persons in No. z boat.
But there was room for more peo-
pie in No. 7?'' Senator Smith queried.
Eyes. a few more at least" Pittman
replied.
Pittman admitted he had never
seen any lifeboat carry 60 persons. LAS
a matter of fact, Don't you know
your boat would have held more PEG.
ple?'' Smith asked. Eyes, I know it
would. I told my men to try to pick
up a few more from the water but
many of the passengers begged me
- L c~1s \
be 'capsized. turned my boat around
to go in the direction from which the
cries came but when I saw the pas
sengers believed the swimmers would
swamp us I did not go back toward
the spot where the Titanic sunk. We
took out our oars and drifted about
for an hour. Gradually the cries be-
came fewer and finally ceased
When pressed for more details as
to the efforts he made to rescue per-
sons from the water. Pittman said:
Il would rather you leave that out"
II know you would said Senator
Smith, ''but we must know about
this
THAT was all the effort made to
res cue people from the water" Pitt
man replied, almost choking.
For how long after you left the
to No. So" he was asked. From
about to 2:30. o'clock. We separated
before the Carpathia came in sight"
Pittman said at the time he trans
ferred four passengers from his boat
to No.. the Titanic had not sunk and
there were no cries for aid coming
from the water.
I'VE saw the Carpathia about half
past three. She seemed about five
miles away by her lights Pittman
continued. "It was just breaking day.
All the cries and means had stopped
long before
Pittman said at no time did he see
any bodies in the water.
Sunday night we saw one white
light about /: 80 on the westward hor-
izon,'' said Pittman, describing the
ed, yesterday SIT was just white
light. It might have been one of our
own lifeboats. We were all in the
water in the boats then"
Pittman said he had watch when
he entered the lifeboat. He looked at
it when the Titanic sank. 1t was
2:20 a. m, Monday. Pittman had not
heard that the steamship Frankfort
was near the scene Of the disaster.
Senator Perkins took up the ques-
tioning at this point and brought out
the fact that the lifeboars could not
possibly have taken off more than
1000 had they been filled to capacity.
''Then she had only half enough
lifesaving apparatus for the people on
board" said Perkins Eyes sir, but
she complied with the rules of the
British requirements the seaman in
sisted doggedly.