The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
re W DOLLARS
MIGHT HAVE SAVED
LINER TITANIC
(con,lnucd From EIgatn page.)

How did shc 6ink!' ucke0 Senator
j Smith.
She settled BY the head and then
! suddenly she got on end and dlvod
right straight down" lie illustrated
! with downpointed finger
| Did you hear any caplosions?'
! i"Ycs. sir. -FOUR. The; sounded like
4 big guns in the distance
{ Whit were these cAplosions?"
! II think they were thc bulkheads.
! sir"
! When did the bulkheads break"
! The explosions follow ed the dive OF
the ship almost Immediately"
They did not explode then until
! the ship was submerget:"
NO, sir"
Doesn't believe Boilers Exploded.
DO you believe the boilers eAplod-
ed?"
Il do not, and was near enough to
the ship to know"
las the ship went down. what did
you observe on the after deck-did you
see the people?"
| on. 40, / was not c,ose enough for
that"
When did yoa las, see captain
SMITH"
When wen, to tAc bridge and
asked him ii should .il No. ! boat
| What did he say?'
! Garry on"
I When you shook hands with aIur.
dock. did you expect to see him again."
"Cortainly."
DO YOU think ne expected to see
YOU AGAIN.
/ Apparently not. but expected fully
TO be back on the ship n Few hours"
Pit,Inun was asked II he heard any
/ cries OF distress.
| "oh. yes."
What"
Crying, shouting. moaning"
In the water"
Yes, from the water"
P.ttInan said that when the water
/ tight door lever on the bridge was
opened. those ON the bridge did not
know really whether the doors were
closed or not.
But the doors were OF 40 use any
way" said the witness.
/ Why" asked the senator.
/ Because the iceberg had torn out
/ the side Of the ship. If the vessel
had struck the berg head on. it would
to Heating to-day"
plttman said that he saw Mr. Ismay
on the Titanic when his lifeboat left
lie did not see Mr.. Ismay again until
they both were leaving the Carpathia
~ New York.
DO YOU think the wa,ertish, com
Yes. do The locks are operated
from the bridge by the officer OF the
watch. didn't see him lock the doors
but BoXhall did. saw the doors OPP
Grated at Belfast and they worked per
} tectly."
Pullman said tina, before his life
boat reached the Carpathia, he trans
fcrred a woman and child from his
boat TO boat No. =
Then you ,hnk No. could have
: held more people
Yes"
Both these boats could have held
more people. them"
! Yes"
. why Were not more taken?'
There were 10 more women around
when my boat was lowered. l can't
say about No. -
> Were there any men around?r
Z. There may have been"
Why Were not they taken them"
Il thought / had enough when my
boat was lowered" said Pittman 81
y can't say about the others I think
some Of the boats had az many as
sixty in them when they reached the
CarpathIa"
. Senator Smith called attention TO
capsizcd collapsible boat had thirty
nve persons on it,"
If that boat could keep ahoat thir-
ty-iivc men when capsized would not
i you think the regular lifcboats would
: hold sixty?" he asked
Yes. but there would be no room
to move"
Pittman said that when he saw the
+, light Of the Carpathia he slipped the
Q rope that held the two boats together
4 and pulled for IL This was about 1
:. o'clock. he said. and all the means and
:. cries had ceased.
Did you see any bodies in the
l. water" he was asked.
f NO. sir at no time"
. Did YOU, while lying on your oars
: seen any lights OF any Kind aside from
| those of the Carpathia and the other
= lifeboats?'
{ yes, sir. We saw t light on tho
1 horizon-a white light"
Was it in the track OF the Titanic?
Il Yes. sir but we did not follow II. Ii
! might have been one of our own
: boats"
; saw No Morse signals.
: The witness said he did not see any
Morse signals on the Titanic. but there
We're a dozen or more rockets fired
Senator Smith was seeking TO verify
Fourth Officer BoXhalls testimony
yesterday regarding strange ship
that failed TO lend aid.
Pittman said he did rot OF his own
knowledge know of the presence OF
the ship but that he had heard lateI
, that one had passed.
Did YOU have watch when YOU
entered the lifcboat?"
YES"
= Did you fix the time when the III
, tanic sRnk?"
1T was 2:2o a. NJ. took my watch
. out when She sank and said. It's 2:o0.
/. The passengers around heard me-"
= Did you when aboard the Titanic
! hear anything about your proximity
to the frankfurt, OF the North Ger