New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24

ances was mass of cork Another General s0e'
disaster. a larger scale
FACTS BROUGHT FROM WITNESSES
1 witnesses were examined Major Peuhen conp
~ xcused he having beyond the jurisdiction OF .he
committee at aid the investigation . Er.nl
c.r gave his and excused suol w b.ct.d
50 - h Tincs ookouts collision occurred was subjected
70 short examination will be called again n, b od q
hearing MAJOR wiz"
I o+ic story Of the said there was little excitenen
immediately the collision that he heS no room mex. to Mrs. John
women VINO @ h their room and Mrs.
AGO. wer. awakened accident The door between h ~ ~ vs.
Aos room being OPEN being much excited hy ~ d
was evening returned to his stateroom and
changed heavy clothing he had learned from II"
49, had given the boat deck ne was pe.
Nv the lack of sailors himself asked to lend hand " taxing ~
End sails front Hfeboats - 49,. ,.. ,or.r.d
with probably twenty-sx persons in it. ,, :,
Il never perfect order ne said Inc as'pn' " ~
did not disorderly act" ,... ,,d
peun stokers on the oeek and
~ hr driven back BY an He described "a splendid act
~ .,y with several third boat the port sioe VI"
being command OF mel .l Nd .a.n here
I Mo- p.uch. stepped forward asked he could be OF service Inc
captain told get the boat This he did BY lowering "' " ~
20 n. boat which thirty feet below the rail- A..
Major in the boat twenty women VIC av
nuaernaster himself and there was subsequently, U .b ,e
who appeared 10 DC On [ chr boat was likely to
N, Ieboa but he referred to the snip
Tb, ouatermas Peuchen woman pms
Wh @ had pulled away short ordered
,b. rowing stopped might hear an order shu ~ "
ship his attracted by the boatsain
This and take on more passengers ou' "
master refused to obey, saying lives not theirs
The quernaste thought he saw hsn ano oeeo.u 1871 o r..
though Major Peuchen did not oeAe'e was "e"' " '
Fiction a northern light - . .,.. ~ oar and let
Peuchen o
one handle the dleT but this the ,
with much profanity described him as brutal .. =
y shin sank and then came wall the drowning
The urged return but ne refused saying
s M ;.r r. had them at disadvantage proiane
said the major who demanded of one Of the women passengers
bottle OF brandy and OF another one OF her wraps mr
CP1T1cIsEs METHODS AND LACK OF SYSTEM
Ending testimony Peuchen asked permission TO MAKE wave
he said he wished to deny empns s" C
s Of Captain Smith attributed to him he oeheveo Cp
everything in his power and his only '"'''" Was " " '
md lack 0 system owners of the Titanic , .uu.
Rng to question Major said he believed that searehgh
d have ave his experience yaeh'snan
% hght marine glasses in the would have aided
averted the accident as was " unusually e s
The Third Officer Pman nor Frank Fleet the ok
cut served to make pleasant impression the intelligence or fitness OF the
@ ~ the British mercantile marine notable points Pit
evidence was his declaration which is believed
operated bridge included only those the bottom OIL inc 'p "
being operated by hand by use of a crank -,
explosion of thu bo, as tn. snip
for three hours when she sank during winch tune sne
blowing off with noise which he SAID Goud De hear 0 %
coal had been put under the ooheFs
He reports caused by the bukeads giving away
This similar also advanced by Major reunen VINO
the blowing of the decks as result OF the AIR
Ptsn placed second boat the arbod side
and sailor fireman and two stewards He SAID
He Titanic
taid standing psrpendculsTy down
,d M least an hour after the ship sank
compelled speak than Please DO not Sir d
that He described one long continuous moan
and as crying, shouting and moaning .
although only several hundred yards away he did
He
order pull the boat demued and SO he ordered
idly floating until morning lie did not see anything ne
0 a ships light
thought there about forty persons his boat ana ad
rntted heco dhaveta more
he did safe NIL
intended be manned and lowered and
flied ladder.
sounded
ceberg and he did not think much OF su
photographic Office this is the most successful
revealing the and direction OF berg
Frank Fleet stand only
time only point Importance that the ookouts
glasses had them the from Belfast to South
lie supposed
the had glasses
sighted berg Fleet d about the size OF the two large
in little hghet
tire fo'casleh head fifty feet
Fleet that the focast head that
He
struck three the bridge there was berg
ahead
Kitchens
Major than thirty that
Ismay A. Franklin urgently requested the committee
to-day emith O New York
needed Mr. Ismay was to
He be heard Tomorrow