Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-23

| hail. We're in the boats when the III
| tanic left Belfast. He could not say
| whether they were in when the vessel
left Southampton.
Now" repeated Senator Smith.
suppose the weather was clear and
| the sky unruffied, as it was at the
| time of the disaster, how many would
| the boat hold2, Really, / don't know.
| 1t would depend largely ON the people
who were to enter. If they did as they
| were told l believe each boat could
| accommodate 81 persons"
Boxhall testified 10 the sobriety and
good habits of his brother and supe-
\ rior officers.
| You were on watch, Sunday night
from o'clock until midnight" Yes. >
Were you on the bridge all that
| time2" No, but most of it,
DO YOU know whether the officers
] were at their customary posts at the
| forward end during that watch2" Yes,
| Lightoller was on the bridge when |
came on at O'Clock. He was relieved
at 10 O'Clock by Mr.. Murdoch, who re-
| NAMED until the accident happened.
who else was on deck?" Moody.
the sixth officer
who occupied the crows nest dur
| ing your watch?" Fleet and Leigh"
who else was on the lookout
| eThe bridge officer. Mr.. Murdoch
WAS the ordinary complement of
| officers at their posts?" Yes. sir"
Senator Smith asked If there was
any one on lookout on the Eye of the
ship. Il don't know" said the witnses.
Where is the Eyer" AS far for
| ward as one can get on the ship with
out climbing the taffrail.'
Did you know of the proximity of
| icebergs?" asked Senator Smith. mo
SIR
Under questioning. however, Boxhall
said Capt. smith had told him of the
positions of certain iceburgs which he
marked on the chart.
Senator Smith then asked the wit
ness:
"Do you know whether the temper
allure of the water taken from the sea
termaster doing it. He reported to the
junior officer. Mr.. Moody
Airy other ofticer?" mo. but always
reference for them to see. The log
contained the temperature"
Were there any additional officers
or members of the crew stationed in
on deck, Sunday night ?" II don't know
that there were any additional officers
or men on the forward deck. Just the
regular force
"Did you see the captain frequently,
Sunday night?" asked Senator Smith.
Eyes, sir; sometimes on the upper deck.
sometimes in the chart room, sometimes
ON the bridge and sometimes in the wheel
house."
WAS the captain on the bridge or at
any of the other places when you went no
| watch at O'clock mo. l first saw
| the captain about . O'Clock"
| "Did yol see Mr.. Ismay with the cap
tain on The bridge or in the wheel
hoase?" NO, sir, not until after the ae
cident"
| Did you know when he dined that
night, where he dined or with whom
NO sir.
| Boxhall said he did not believe the
captain was away from the vicinity of
the bridge at any time during his watch
when did you see the captain last?
asked Senator Smith. when he ordered
me to go away in the boat
'Where We're you at the time of the
collison?'' Just approaching the
bridge.
Did you see what occurred" mo. /
could not see
ibid you hear?" Eyes. The senio..
officer said We have struck an iceberg.
| WAS there any ice on the deck ?"
Just little on the lower deck. heard
the sharp report of the crash
did you see the iceberg?" No, sir.
Ibid it strike the bow or shave it, 1T
seemed to me to have struck the bluff
of the starboard bow"
"Then it was not a square blow on tic
| bow of the ship?" mo; glancins
| blow
| WAS it a hard impact?" mo. 1t was
so slight that did not think it was Sc
rious."
| Boxhall then went to the bridge whe; e
he found the first officer. Mr.. Murdoch
the sixth officer, Mr.. Moody, and Capt
Smith.
| Boxhal said the captain asked what
the trouble was, and the first officer re-
piled they had struck an iceberg and
that he had borne to starboard and re-
| versed his engines after ordering the
| water-tight doors closed.
| Did you see the iceberg" Yes,
sir, could see it dinly. 1t lay low in
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| the lower rail of the ship or about 30
| feet out of the water" He had great
difficulty in seeing the berg which ne
said was dark gray in color. Boxhalt
said he went down to the steerage, in
spected all the decks in the vicinity
of where the ship had struck, found no
| traces of any damage and went d.
reetly to the bridge and so reported.
| The captain ordered me to send a
carpenter to sound the ship, but /
found carpenter coming up with the
announcement that the ship was tax
| ing water In the mail room. found
mail sacks floating about while the
clerks were at work went to the
bridge and reported, and the captain
ordered the lifeboats to be made
ready
| Boxhall testified that at Capt.
Smiths orders he took word of the
ships position to the wireless opera
tors.
What position was that?" alag
| North; 50.14 West"