The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-20

And when next did you zee Capt.
Sn,ith?" Senator Smith asked.
"when came out Of my quarters after
the impact" :.
-were you heading toward the vicinity
Of the ice;-
"Yes. I think We should have been in
the vicinity OF the ICE aboMt II o'clock '
Temperature, NJ.
:Did you talk to Officer Murdock when
you left him On the bridge'"
"No, sir
Did he ask you about it,"
mo sir"
-well. did you say anything?'
"He remarked on the weather. how
clear and calm il was. and the long dis
tance We could eee so clear that you
could sec the stars setting down TO the
horizon
Gold. wasn't it," snapped Senator
Smith.
Yes. sir. quietly.
-Sharpi"
yes, sir.
How cold was it,"
Thirty lone degrees above zero.
Wasn't II unusually cold for that
longitude at that time Of the yearf'
mo. sir.
ship Not Broken In Two.
The next time he saw First Oficer
Murdock was when he came on deck
after the collision. The captain was on
the bridge and NIurdock was at his side
Lightoller never spoke TO him again.
Murdock took charge OF getting away
the boats on the starboard side. The
ship was not broken in two, the witness
said, and he did not know OF any ono
being injured by ice falling on the deck
from the berg
what were the last orders you heard
the captain give?"
when | asked him." said Ightoller.
Shall | put the women and children in
the boats?' he answered: Yes lower
away don't know how long the vessel
was afoat. | was told that II sank at
2:2O clock. We came to that conclusion
afterward. but no officer told me the
exact time
IiEhtollcr then described the opera.
ton Of loading the boats and what hap.
pened to him. There YVES a cola psible
boat Oh the top Of the officers quarters
lHc Wds Ctt away An IL went over
the side "A number Of men jumped on it
This WAS the boa which he found over
turned later on with no one on IL.
Sucked In and BIown Hack.
Il WAS standing" said LiRh.oller. -on
top ~ the officers quarters. There was
nothing more to be done. The last boa
had l,een sent away. The ship took a
dive. ! faced forward. | also took u
dive. As | went under the water | was
pulled 10 the grating over the exhaust
pipes. do not know how long | was
there. do know that my head was
under water. Then this explosion. OF
whatever II was. blew me clear ont Of the
water. ! did not see debris then.
was not thrown far from the ship. was
barely away from il. As the ship went
down and the water rushed over her
| was drawn i'll and against the GridIey
great over the funnel draught pipe. /
do not know how l WIS released. think
] the boilers must have exploded again"
where did you find yourself next
on the raft or near i,?"
Il WAS III the same position. but the
| Titanic had come around. There were q
lot Of us in the water around IL. | go,
10 the collapsible boat which was over.
turned. There was no one on it then.
| think Col. Oracle had somewhat the ex-
perience had in being sucked under III.
water When ! got to the overturned
boat one Of the tunnels Of tn. Titanic
fell within four inches OF the boat. II
fell on all the people who were there.
Was anSbody saved Of tho~. -truck2"
! Il couldn't say. sir
About thirty inen eventually got To tn,
cspsized boat. Among them were .Iohr
B. Thayer of Philadelphia, Col Oracle
, Phillips. the chief senior Marconi op-
orator on the Titanic. and Bride. his as.is
| tanf ligiItolier said that ne thought al
, the rest of the thirty were iir-rnen OF III.
! the hoat and were lost, One of them wa,
| Phillips. IN. wireless operator
| Did these men die OF cold?- asked
Senator Smith,
! Presumably said the witness
| he SAID no effort Was made To keep
! any OF those in the water from gett nx I,
the caTszed b oSt. He took command o
the boa: as far a. II was necessary. The
next he rem embers they were about hall
"a mile away from the titanic.
| when you left the ship did you see ANY
women or children ON her
None whatever. said I.ightoller.
Everybody he saw in h. water had ,
life pr.server. He figured that III. iner
| on the Capsized boat We're firrmrn, be
cause they were used to discipline ant
obeyed III. few orders he gave Soon a
lifeboat with passengers from the Titanic
picked up the capsized boat
Il counted sixty five heads. not in
| Guiding my own when We got aboard tn
lifeboat. This did not include those il
the bottom Of the boat. Apron mattel,
| there wer. seventy five in the boa, al.
together after We got in"
why the BOnts Were Not Full,
How were the Passengers selecte,
for the lifeboars." Lightoller was aked
| BY their sex" he said.
| No women were turned hack eyCep
perhaps Il stewardess He saw woinel
refuse 10 go into the Iifeboats He didn'
know why they refused TO GO He though
enc or two families asked 60 be taken
together. but only the women went.
In the first lifeboat he put OF thar,
were about twenty-five women and on,
two sailors. The same rule was followeC
until the third lifeboat was lowered, wh~r
II was evident that the ship was goins
down, and then the women were crowded
in the boats as fast as possible the sma lie
number in the first boats being due to thu
fact that 1ightoller did not believe tina,
the ship would sink.
by tho time got TO the third boat
l was aware that the situation was serious
Lightoller said: therefore took chances.
and after that | took greater risks il
crOwding women into the boats
II took long time to get enough womer
to ill the last boat put of he said becaus,
men were searching the ship to find them
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