The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19
Ismay BeforeU.
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(Continued from Page 1) know that the wireless reported ice warnings Sunday But knew we would be in in ice regions Sunday night some time.''
 Did you have any conversat tion garding ice?' Absolutely none," re. piled Ismay.
 Ismay said the wireless operator sent the 'C. Q. D." call for help but that he sent no message himself
 We're you on deck when the order to lower lifeboats was given?" ask ed Smith. 'I heard Captain Smith give the order in a loud voice." said Ismay, Then I left the bridge. | saw three boats lowered. I got in the fourth. People were put into the boats on the deck and the boats were dropped into the water All the boats were on the upper deck. I don't know how many of the. crew were in each s boat. There were several in my boat. one a Quartermaster. Women and children first was the rule followed. The first three boats were we'll fill- ed as were the others-''
 Was there any struggling or jost. ling or attempts by men to get in- to the boats?" asked Smith signifi- cantly. ''I saw none," Ismay replied in a lower tone of voice, fiddling ner. vously with his glasses. We simply picked the first women we could lay our hands on. . helped put some in myself"
 Smith then quizzed Ismay regard, ing the report that the women were sent off without any oarsmen and were forced to pull the boats them selves.
 Did yu see any lifeboat without its complement of seamen?" "None that I saw was undermanned" S'It is said that fho wornan in Soro a boats were forced to row from mid- night until dawn," Smith said. "Of that l have no knowledge" Ismay declared
 Did you see any lifeboat without Titanic just before she sank?'' asked Smith,. T saw them but I did not recognize any of them.''
 Did you see Charles M. Hays, or know the presence of any other prom fnent American or Canadian on the boat prior to the sinking?' tI knew Hays was on board but I did not see him.
 Senator Smith then asked what were the circumstances under which he left the Titanic.
 '.I was immediately opposite the last boat which the sailors were trying to lower. There was thrilled space in the boat. The captain asked. Are there any more women? There was no answer. The captain said, There are no more.' There were no other male passengers on that part of the ship. Just before she was lowered l stepped in.'
 Ismay said he did not knew where the Titanic was struck by the iceberg but that he had been told it was be- tween the breakwater and the bridge
 All the men passengers" contin- ued Ismay, that I saw were provided with life preservers. When I entered the lifeboat from the starboard side there were no other passengers in sight. I saw no struggle. no confu- sion. l saw no one jump into the sea from the Titanic. When the lifeboat struck the water we saw light some distance off and we tried to make it. We were in the open sea in the lifeboat about four hours. There were other lifeboats in that vicinity. We hailed one but got no answer. There were no rafts on board the Titanic Some years ago the White Star line discontinued their use, considering them unsuitable. There were 20 life boats on the Titanic, Is wooden. and four collapsible. When we reached the Carpathia we walked up the Ja- know what happened to the life boats. I did not look to see after we left the Titanic whether she had broken in two. I did not look to see If there was a panic. After I left the bridge I did not see the captain
 Ismay was asked if the Titanic had been equipped with her full compile ment of lifebOats.
 'She must have been,' he replied, GOT else she could not have sailed from a British port''
 There has been a suggestion" said Senator Smith, ''that there had been an explosion before the ship went down.
 'I know nothing of it." replied Is- may. 'I would have known, believe had such a thing taken place."
 He said that had the Titanic struck the iceberg headon in all human probability she would have been afloat, today. 'The ship was especi- ally constructed so that she would float with any two of her compart- ments full of water.'