Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-27

up Gibson again reported the rockets
10 the captain who told Gibson To
continue to Morse the distressed YES
sci until he got a reply. No reply was
received
Gnl said the next remark he heard
Evans make was: why in the devil
they didn't wake up the wireless
man." The entire crew, according 10
Gill. talked among themselves about
the disregard of the rockets Mr..
stone. the second navigating officer,
was on the Californian's bridge at the
time of the rocket signals.
Gill declared that in making his af-
fidavt he had no III will toward any
officer of the Californian, that the
Californian certainly was less than
20 miles from the Titanic, which the
Ca!ifonian's officers had reported as
their position He said that the skip
per and the auartermaster, who was
ON duty during the discharge of the
rockets, had Il three quarters of an
hour consultation a day or two be-
fore The Californian reached port and
that The qrartermaster declared that
he did not see the rockets.
New Version of Sinking
George Frederick Grove. of South
ampten, q steward. examined BY Sem
ator Boarne. gave 4 new version of
how the Titanic went down
After we got clear off the ship her
lights were still burning very bright
~" said Grove. but as we got away
she seemed to go lower and lower
and she almost stood up perpendieu-
lar aud hat. Habte WENT ,Ii,,, aud ,,rac
emily she broke clean in two. probably
two-thirds OF the length of the ship.
two thirds In gthe water, one-third of
the funnel sticking up. She broke and
the after part fioated back. Then
there was an explosion and the aft
part turned on end and sank
Alfred oliver, stand by and quarter
master ON tie bridge at the time of
the crash, told of taking a mysterious
message from Capt. smith to the CHIEF
engineer 1t was a written message
that he did not read The engineer
told him to take it back to The cap
tain.
What kind of message was it2'
asked Senator Burton. Il cannot say
as 10 the message. 1t was on a piece OF
paper and the paper was closed"
Where did you find the chief engi-
neer?'' Down in the egnine room
Were kthe engines running?" The
engines We're not running; they Were
stopped. l delivered the message and
| waited for an answer. | waited for
two or three minutes. Then he saw
me standing and he asked me what
| wanted. / said / was waiting for al
answer TO the message | took him
He told ME to take il back--to tel
as soon as possible
Do YOU know what il was3" II dc
not SIR
Frank Oslnan, seaman, was in the
lifeboat with Fourth Officer Boxhall
which was the first to be picked up by
the Carpathia. because a box of rock
cts mistaken for a box of biscuits, had
been put in the boat.
THE officer fred some of these rock.
cts off, said Osman, land the Carpa-
thia came to us and picked us up q
half hour before anybody else
He said they did not steer for Tho
mysterious light some people saw. be.
cause they were not sure whether L
was a light. He thought the lighl
might have been that of a sailing yes.
sci on the banks. Osman added anoth-
er strange chapter to the sinking o
the Titanic. He said that after hi:
lifeboat showed off he suggested going
back alongside to try to save mor'
people The officer agreed, but the wo.
men disagreed. They pulled back, go
astern of the Titanic and lay on theil
oars and saw the shin go down. "Sh'
| got to a certain angle. he said "ant
she sxplodcd-broke in halves-and i
seemed to me as II all the engines ant
everything that was in the after par
slid out Of the after part and the aft
er part came upright again and al
soon as il came mp, down it wen
again.
''Tha steerage passengers We're al
down below on the Titanic and aftel
she sank 4 certain distance IL seemed
TO me all the passengers left on board
first. second and third classes. climbed
to the tep deck, the top poop"
did you see them2" 1T looked
black. II looked like big crowd O
people
carpathia Refused Wireless Calls.
When the afternoon session was re-
sumed Senator Smith read into th'
record the following note from Opera
tor Young of the United States nava
wireless station at the New York nav,
yard:
,arpathia would at no time ac-
knowledge receipt of message iron
navy ships or stations. This station
called them at $50 p. NJ, April Is
When she was trying to get into com
munieation with New Yoia stations
but her operator refused Ia take any
assistance from us. This was the only
station she could work ~ that time
as no other station could hear her
(Signed) Young. Operator"
Capt. Stariey Lord, of the Califor'
MAN. then took the stand. He said IN
had followed the sea for 20 years. HI
brought the log Of the Californian
with niln from Boston and read from
the record. The entries included severa