Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-27
the witness, under the ice condi-


there had been some attempt TO pre-
vent you from coming here to testi
fy. Do YOU know of any such at
tempts?''
No" said Captain Lord. 81 die
not think there was anything of tha
kind. when l was served with III,
subpoena | asked the assistant gen.
eral manager for permission. | coulo
not get the general manager hut
was permitted to come"
do you know whether your wire
less operator was on duty SUNDAY
night after YOU sent the warning
message?"
Il think not. | went by his roon
about 11;45 and there was no light.
Captain Lord said that II the oper-
ator had been on duty he would have
caught the Titanic's signal.
An operator on duty in the day
| was more needed than one on duty
! in the night, said the witness, be-
cause there were SO many one-oper-
ator ships that they got more infor-
/ nation in the day than at night,
when the other operators were asleep.
! But your passengers are asleep at
night" suggested senator Smith.
would ii not he better to have your
operator awake when other eyes are
closed ?"
"lt probably would"
i The captain was asked by senator
! Smith whether he had seen any dis
| tress signals and he said no.
'When came on the bridge at
1880 Sunday night Captain Lord
replied, the officer there said he
thought he saw light. We had been
having trouble with the stars mis-
taking them for lights. Finally ship
did come up and | asked the operator
if he had heard anything and he said
he had heard the Titanic had given
the ice message. Then this ship came
up and lay within four or five miles
of us. She lay there all night nearly.
but we could not hear from her. 1t
was not the Titanic. | am sure about
that. About | O'Clock | told the
operator to call this ship again. She
sent up several rockets. but she
would not answer. | told him to ask
her who she was. | heard him call
ing her when l went to bed, but she
did not answer. | have a faint recol-
lection of hearing the cabin boy about
4 o'clock saying something about the
ship still standing by. Soon after that
she steamed away. This boat sent up
several white rockets. but they were
not distress signals"
Captain Lord said that at the cali
fornians position, nineteen and one
half miles away from the Titanic, it
would have been impossible to see
either the Morse signals or the dis
tress signals. He said he did not sight
the Amerika but told OF passing the
Frankfurt in the ice. when the lat
ter going east. enta"esi the ice lane
from which the Californian had just
emerged.
THE first news that reached me
of the disaster" said the officer, was
shortly after 3 O'Clock Monday morn
ing when the Frankfurt reported thai
the Titanic had sunk after hitting an
iceberg
Captain Lord was then excused.
Cyril Evans. wireless operator OF
the Californian. testified that he
turned in at 1925 Sunday night and
never heard any distress signals from
the Titanic.
"At 5:35 p. M, the Titanic called |
me up, and we exchanged signals"
said Evans. Il said. Here's mes
sage for you about lee and he said |
he had heard me send it to the other |
ships"
When did you next communicate
with the Titanic?"
1906 p. m, New York time, that
same evening"
Eyans said the captain stated we
were going to stop an engine on ac-
count of the ice. He told me to ad-
'ise the Titanic. did and said:
" Say, old man. we are surrounded
,y ice and he said, shut up, | am
with Cape Race and that |
lad jammed him up. After that |
leard him sending private messages
o Cape Race
Evans said he was awakened at
$40 in the morning 10y the chief Of
er who said he had seen rockets and
to get some Information.
II made ready and called. and the
answered with the news of
he sinking of the Titanic. The VIZ
fnian called before / left the key
nd furnished more Information"
Evans said the Frankfurt operator
ad not told of the receipt of a &C. {
}. D." from the Titanic or of "A re-
tlf by the Titanic's wireless opera
or. II
Did any one tell you about Cap
ain Lord having been informed three
ines that night about a ship sending
y rockets?" asked senator Smith.
Il think Gibson. the apprentice told
ne that the captain was being called
nd told about the rockets" said
vans.
The men on the ship talked about
among themselves generally. did
ley?"
There was lot of talk while We
ere on our way to the scene Of the :
reck. | heard the men say rockets =
ad been sent up i'm the night. and I
rat the captain had been aroused" d
The witness said the apprentice a
Of out the Morse signals and tried q
, get In communication with the dis 3
'essed vessel. No effort was made ,
use rockets on the Californian. q
a f0l ETTE AL ONE