The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-05-02
THREE SHIPS SAW
TITANIC GO DOWN

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she sank, according to the testimony
OF Capt. James III. Moore, of the steam
hip Mount Temple today, before the
Senate committee investigating the
tragedy. Ice was the barrier that held
back vessels hurrying to the rescue and
the Mount Temple did not arrive at
the spot where the Titanic sank until
two hours after she had gone down.
The Mount Temple interpreted h
Titanic's calls for help. Captain Moore
said: n Immediately he turned his
ships course toward the crippled liner
On his way he raised the lights Of a
schooner within a few miles of h
scene OF the tragedy n coming from
that direction. When day broke to dis
close a great field of Ice ahead. The
steamer close by. The Identity of
neither schooner nor tramp was fixed.
Passengers IN the oun Temple,
which was In the vicinity Of the Titanic
on the fateful night OF. Sunday. April
Ia. nave declared they saw the IT.
tanic's lights and signals.
Wireless Operator Gotham of h
C~arpathia testified he did not believe
the Mount Temple got the Titanic's
wireless signals Of distress because the
operator Of the Mount Temple had CIV
en- him good night" shortly after 10
o'clock that night. The committee has
yet to examine a number of the Brit
ish sailors who survived the Titanic
wreck, and contemplates putting some
Of them on the stand today.
lsmay Not So Restless.
A. Crawford, n OF the stewards,
who was examined in New York also
is awaiting recall. j. Bruce Ismay,
managing director Of the White Star
line, who has been waiting In Washing
ton five days. attending the hearings
from beginning to end each day, still
is waiting to testify. He said today
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testimony Of 25 Of the survivors Of the
crew had been taken In one day, by the
arrangements whereby each senator
spent nearly a whole night examining.
He expected to take the stand again
certainly within q few days
The committee does not wish to re-
call him until it has feared up all the
points 1t can through surviving MEM
bers Of the crew and those on ships
known to have been in the Titanic's
vicinity the night Of the catastrophe.
Captain Moore read a long list Of
messages from the Titanic intercepted
by the Noun Temples operator. 1t
was virtually a complete record Of he
wireless appeals sent out by the
doomed ship.
c. Q. d." said Captain Moore. At 1870
1t raised the Olympic and said, Get
your boats ready; going down fast by
the head Frankfurt replied at 1875.
Starting for you Six minutes later
the Titanic flashed C. D. O.; boilers
fooded.
"A message from d. F. F. then fol-
lowed: Are there any boats around
you already There was no answer.
other ships then began calling but
could get no answer. Later the Birma
raised the Olympic and reported. All
since 1:47.' The Carpathia at 1920
sent the message: Are you still there?
We are firing rockets"
did o see those rockets?" inter-
rupted Senator Smith.
Il saw no rockets at all that night.
I thought Of sending up rockets myself.
but did not do so because I feared
that 1t might divert other ships hur-
rying to the Titanic"
The witness said the Titanic un-
doubtedly had not fixed her position
properly. She said hat she must ave
been eight miles further east than the
sheet reported.
Will Hurry With Sailors.
Chairman Smith reiterated today the
statement that no more passenger sur
vivors would be heard until the Of
ficials, members Of he crew and crews
Of other boats nave testified. The four
surviving officers of the Titanic. who
are anxious to return, still are held.
Fifth officer Lowe Is contemplating
demanding Of Senator Smith upon
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rogation Of him, as to his sobriety:
Senator Smith asked officer Lowe II
he was a drinking man., stating that
he had been informed he had been
drinking the night the Titanic sank.
This Lowe Indignantly denied, asserting
that he was q 'teetotaller."
Second Officer Recalled.
Second officer Lightoller, of the IT,
tanic was recalled and testified that
the man who claimed to be Louis
Klein of the Titanic's crew and who
disappeared after being brought here
from Cleveland, was not Klein. The
real Klein was drowned Lishtoller
Capt. James H. Moore, captain of the
steamship Mount Temple, which was
supposed to have been almost within
hailing distance Of the Titanic on the
day when that ship went down. next
took the stand.
Have you seen icebergs by day ana
by night?" asked Senator Smith.
"Yes sir" replied Captain Moore.
How do they look on a starlight
"White sir. In fact they are lumin-
ous."
The night Of the Titanic castrophe
was clear and the sky was studded
thickly with stars.
Where was your ship on Sunday
I'VE were in latitude ALPS, longitude
51.14 at 1880 a. m, ships time. At
IL: 80 a. m, April 49," Captain Moore
said, II was wakene by the steward
with a message from the Marconi oper-
ator Of my ship which said the Titanic
was send out a C. Q. D. message.
Here Is the MESSAGE: Titanic sending.
c. d. @. Requires assistance. Posi-
ton 41.44 north 50.24 west. Come at
once. Iceberg This was a message
the operator picked UP.
what reply did y send?'
Did Not Reply.
None whatever. sir. We didn't
want to stop those distress messages
going out and the operator said the
| Titanic couldn't hear him. We turned
right toward the Titanic. l told the
chief engineer to push up the fires.
wake up all extra firemen and to get
them busy. I said: II necessary give
the iremen a tot of rum sir.
AT the time you got this message
from the Titanic, how far distant did
you figure the vessel was from her."
About As miles. The speed the
Mount Temple made toward the Ii
tanic,' Captain Moore said. was about
IL knots. About 8 a. m. we ran into
our first ice." continued the witness,
land we Immediately doubled the lock-
| out watch. At 1925 we had to stop.
A: that time we figured we were about
II miles distant from where the III
tanic signalled."
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