Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
PLENTY Of WARNING
TO SHIPS OFFICER
Lookout Reported Iceberg Is
Minutes Before Titanic
Struck.
| REMARKABLE STORY BY
FIRST SALOON STEWARD
Says He Overhead Conversation Be-
tween Men From Crows Nest.
RICH NAN BOUGHT SAFETY
Paid Members OF Crew to Man Life
boat for Himself and
Family, It Is
Said.
Says He Overhead Conversation Be-
tween Men From Crows Nest.
IICH NAN BOUGHT SAFETY

NEW YORK, April 2O.-Three warnings
that an iceberg was ahead were transmit
TED from the crows nest of the Titanic
to the officer on the doomed steamships
bridge fifteen minutes before she struck.
according to Thomas Whitelay. a first
saloon steward, who now lies in st. Vim
cents Hospital with frozen and lacerated
feet. Whitefey. who was whipped over
board from the ship by rope while help
ing to lower lifeboat, finally reached the
Carpathia aboard one of the boats that
contained, he said. both the crows: st
lookouts. He heard conversation be-
tween them. he asserted, in which tney
discussed the warnings given to the IT,
tanics bridge of the presence of the ice-
berg.
No Attention Paid to Warming.
Whiteley did not know either of the
lokout mems names, and believes they
have returned to England with the ma
jDrity Of the surviving members of the
crew.
Il heard one Of them say that at 1l:15
o'clock. fifteen minutes before the Titanic
struck, he had reported to First Officer
Murdock. on the bridge that he fancied he
saw an iceberg said WhitetA1. .'Twice
after that the lookout said he Warned Mr..
Murdock that berg was ahead. I can't
remember their exact words. but they
were Very indignant that no attention
was paid to their warnings. One of them
said: no wonder that Mr.. Murdock shot
hirnseif. s,'- .,,,@4 =
-Whitefey was asked if he knew whether
the reports from the crows nest to the
pilot house were made by telephone or
signal.
- Iceberg Looked Black.
~ don't know how 1t was on this ship"
he replied: ION some ships it is done by
bells. three bells meaning, danger straight
ahead, two bells starboard. one bell to
port. l heard one lookout say he re-
ported to Murdock.
II saw the iceberg. It was very large
and to me 1t looked black. or rather
dark gray instead Of white"
Whiteley. in telling of various expert
ences of the disaster that had come to
his knowledge. said that on one of the
first boats lowered the only passengers
aboard were man.. who, he was told,
was an American millionaire. his wife.
child and two Wallets. The others in the
boat were fremen and coal trimmers. he
said, seven In number. whom the man
had promised to pay well IL they would
man the lHeboat. They made only thir-
teen In all.
The "Money Boat"
Il do not know the mans name. said
Whiteiey. II heard It. but have forgot
ten 1t. But I saw an order for E6 which
this man gave to each OF the crew Of his
boat after they got aboard the Carpa-
tfia. It was on piece Of ordinary paper.
addressed to the Coutts Bank Of Eng
land,
: I'VE called that boat the money boat
It was lowered from the starboard side
and was one Of the first OF. Our orders
were to load the lifeboats, beginning |
forward on the port side. working aft
and then back on the starboard. This |
man paid the dremen to lower q star
board boat before the officers had given
the order"
. Whiteley's own experience was q hard
one. When the uncoiling rope, which en- |
tangled his feet, threw him into the sea-
1t furrowed the flesh of his leg, but he |
did not feel the pain till he was safe
aboard the Carpathia.
Prayed for Life.
Il foated on my life preserver for sew
erai hours" he said. then came across |
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