The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-20
LATER DETAILS OF AWFUL
SCENES ABOARD TITANIC


given her position. l set a course
TO pick up the Titanic, which was
fifty eight miles west of my position.
l sent for the chief engineer, told
him to put on another watch of stok-
ers and make. all speed. I told the
and be ready for any emergency. The
chief steward and doctors of the Car
pathia I likewise instructed"
! Arriving on the scene of the wreck
Captain Rostron testified he saw an
iceberg straight ahead of him, and
| stopping at am, ten minutes later
he picked up the first lifeboat.
Saw Many Icebergs.
'By the time l got the boat aboard
day was breaking" said the captain.
I'm a radius of four miles l saw all
the ether lifeboats. On all sides of
US were icebergs; some twenty were
$50 to 200 feet high. Wreckage was
strewn about us. At $50 all the I'll
tanic's survivors were aboard"
Tears filling his eyes, Captain Ros-
tron said he called the purser. II told
him l wanted to hold a. service OF
prayer-thanksgiving for the living
and a funeral service for the dead.
An Episcopal clergyman was found
among the passengers. He conducted
the services" -.
AS the prayers were being said, Cap
tain Rostron testified, he was on the
bridge searching for survivors. AS
he searched the sea, one body floated
) by. The man was dead, probably a
member of the crew, the captain said;
The body was not picked up, Rostron
explained, because the survivors OIL
the Titanic were in no condition then
to see a corpse brought aboard. Three
members of the Titanic's crew were
taken from the lifeboats, dead from
exposure. They were buried at sea.
Captain Rostron said he found one
lifeboat among the wreckage in the
sea. .-...
cruised Among Wreckage.
! The Titanic's lifeboats, he said,
were all new and in accordance with
the British regulations. The Carpa-
| thia cruised around the disaster scene
more than half an hour, having arrived
an hour and half after the Titanic
sunk.
"The last message from the IT,
! tanic,' said the captain, "was: En-
| gine room nearly full of water an
swerad that / was rushing to her aid.
Expect to reach your position about
4.30 o'clock / flashed back. ~
The Titanic was on her regular
course bound for New York. " said
the captain. "She was in what we
call the southerly route to avoid
icebergs." 80
do you think that the route is a
practical one?"
"Quite so; but this is a notable ex-
ception." - =
'WoEIi sou regard the course as
taken by the Titanic trial trip as ap.
propriate, safe and wise at this time
, of the year," asked Senator Smith.
| quite so''
w nat WOulu US d SdlS,
speed for a ship of that size in that
course?"
Il did not knew the ship" the cap
tain said, land therefore cannot tell
| had seen no ice before the Titanic
signalled us, but l knew from her
message that there was ice to be en-
countered. But the Carpathia went
full speed ahead | had extra Off
GERS on watch. and some others vol
unteered to watch ahead throughout
the trip"
Had Twenty Lifeboats.
Captain Rostron said that the Car
pathia had twenty lifeDoats of her
own, in accordance with the British
regulations.
Wouldn't that indicate that the
regulations are out of date, your ship
being much smaller than the Titanic:"
Senator Smith asked.
No; the Titanic was supposed to
be a lifeboat herself"
You say that the captain of ship
has absolute control over the move
ments of his vessel?'
Yes, by law this is the rule Cap
| tani Rostron answered
But suppose we get orders from
the owners of our ship to do a GER
| tain thing. If we do not execute that
order we are liable to dismissal. When
turned back for New York with the
resc1ed | sent a message to the Gu
nard line office stating that l was
proceeding to New York unless 9TH
erwlse ordered. l thes Immediately
proc 9eded. 1 received no order to
change my course"
Explains Movements.
Captain Rostron then explained that
! it was for the good of the ship wreck
ed eople that he brought his ship
to New York instead of going to Hal
flax.
! Mr.. Ismay smiler as Captain Ros-
tron said that he never knew OF a
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