Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19


fifty-eight miles west Of my position.
sent for the chief engineer, told him to
put on another watch Of stokers and
make all speed for the Titanic.
Il told the first oncer to stop all deck
work. get out the lifeboats. and be ready
for any emergency. The chief steward
and doctors Of the Carpathia / called
to my ONCE and instructed as to their
duties. The English doctor was assigned
to the first-class dining room, the Italian
doctor to the second-class dining room.
the Hungarian doctor to the third-class
dining room. They were instructed to be
ready with all supplies necessary Tor
any emergency"
The captain told in detail of the ar
rangements made to prepare the Nfe-
boats and the ship for the receipt OF the
survivors.
Twenty Bergs Over 100 Feet High.
Arriving on the scene of the accident.
Capt Rostron testified he saw an ice
berg straight ahead Of him, and, stopping
at am, ten minutes later he picked up
the first lifeboat. The officer sang out
he had only one seaman on board and
was having difficulty in manning his
boat.
by the time l got the boat aboard.
day was breaking said the captain. I'm
radius of four miles saw all the other
lifeboats. On all sides Of us were Ice
bergs; some twenty were 100 to 200 feet
GROWERS Wreckage was strewn about
us. At $40 am. all the THAMES sur
vivors were aboard
Then with tears filing his eyes. Capt.
Rostron said he called the purser.
Il told him. said Capt. Rostrum. Il
wanted to hold service Of prayer
Thanksgiving for the living and a funeral
service for the dead. 1 went to Mr..
Ismay. He told me to take full charge.
An Episcopal clergyman was found
among the passengers. and he conducted
the services
Seeking Survivors.
AS the prayers were being said Capt.
Rostrum testified he was on the bridge
searching for survivors. He told of talk
ing with the California, which had ar
rived.
AS he searched the sea, one body with
a life preserver on fioated by. The man
was dead, probably q member OF the
crew, the captain said. The body was
not picked UP. the officer explained, be
cause the survivors OF the Titanic were
In no condition then to see a body
brought aboard.
But l must say" declared Capt
Rostrum, with positiveness, every one Of
They sat in the boats until the order
came for them to mount the ladder In
turn and then came up"
Three members Of the Titanics crew
were taken from the lifeboats. dead
from exposure. They were buried at
sea.
Lifeboats Taken Away.
Asked about the lifeboats. Capt. Ros-
trum said he found one among the wreck
age in the sea. Several of the lifeboats
brought in on the Carpathia to New
York, he said. were lowered last night
and hauled away by tenders, he knew
not where.
Senators Board the Carpathia.
When the Carpathia arrived last night,
Senator Smith OF Michigan. chairman of
the committee. and Senator Newlands of
Nevada boarded the vessel and had a
long conference with J. Bruce Ismay and
p. A. 8. Franklin. vice president OF the
White Star line.
The committee made an exhaustive
search for those who were eyewitnesses
Of the greatest deep sea tragedy that the
world has known. They Intercepted
many. and as he was leaving the Car
pathia some time before midnight Sena-
tor Smith said that the scenes he had
witnessed Of the half crazed survivors
and Of those who seemed totally insane
were the most horrible and heart-rending
that he had ever encountered.
Mr.. Ismay. the four surviving officers
Of the Titanic and Capt Restrain OF the
fore the committee at IL o'clock Friday