Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

half an hour because you We're busy
with your accounts?" 1T was about
20 minutes, | think. ! picked up the
! Californian's warning of ice being
nearby while she was sending il TO
the steamer Baltic. AS near as ! can
/ reeollect The message, ii was TO the
effect that the Californian had just
passed three large icebergs, giving
the ships latitude and longitude
| The witness said he took the message
te the bridge and gave it to the officer
in charge. lie did not remember who
the officer was. but it was not Capt.
Smith No other warnings of ice were
received, he said, that day or night.
| 50 far as he knew
Senator Smith asked Bride about the
| Frankfur's answer to the. T'itanics
C. @. d. He sid Phillips took the an
seer
"Mr. Phillips told me to write in the
log the replies as he took Them said
Bride. The Frankfurts first reply
Was -. X. WIN stand by That was to
our G. G. ID. and position"
Did the Frankfurt call you LATER"
Yes. sir
What did he say?" What's the
matter?''
You did not hear from the. Frank
| furt AGAIN. No
| Bride said the next response was
| from the carpathia. He never got the
Frankfurt's position and had not
heard since how near the Frankfurt
WIS 10 the Titanic.
The Interchange Of messages be-
tween the Titanic and the Carpathia
were detailed again by Bride. He said
the CaTpathia was the first To on
nonnce her position and the beginning
Of her dash TO the rescue. Phillips,
Bride said, figured that the Frankfurt
was much nearer because of much
stronger signals.
well, If you had given your position
To The Frankfurt" said Senator Smith.
there might be a very different story.
today2g Yes sir"
Senator Smith called attention TO
The testimony by Capt. Rostran of the
CarFathia that the Carpathia did not
get the Iitanie's G. @. d. until 12.35.
Monday morning, ships time. This he
said. was a discrepancy of SO minutes
between the time the message was sent
from the Titanic and received by the
Carpathia
Asked how he accounted for that
Bride said it might have been dis
cfepancy III the clocks. He was also
not absolutely sure the exact time the
message was sent.
Officer BoxhaIl Recalled.
Fourth officers James c. Boxhall of
the Titanic. who had been i'll in Wash
ingtoii. since testifying, last Monday,
explained that the operators clock had
midnight, which also entered into the
discrepancy. Bride said that at least
10 minutes elapsed after the collision
before the captain appeared in the
wireless room and ordered that a call
for aid b sent out. Bride was then ex-
eused and told that the committee
was through with him.
Boxhall was then asked again about
the lights OF a steamer seen from the
deck of the Titanic the night of the dis
aster. Boxhall said he was quite positive
they We're steamers lights.
"She was coming toward us and.
think about five miles away" said Box
hall. II saw those lights after the order
10 the Hfeboats and when | got into my
boat after firing the rockets she had
turned around and / could see the stern
lights.
Boxhail testified that all ships rockets
were not distress signals. Some ships
use a system of rockets for signals when
passing in the night. These, he said.
might have been the rockets which pas
sengers on the Californian say they saw
on a distant ship. Boxhall also saw
rockets fired from the Carpathia, early
Monday morning. before the rescue ship
reached the scene of the disaster.
Ibid you talk of it to Mr. Ismay be-
fore you left the ship?' Yes. 1 had
just fired a distress signal said Box
hall. MIR. Ismay was standing by the
wheel house door. He asked me why
didn't get the boat away. / told him l
hadn't received any orders to do so vet.
While he was talking, the chief officer
went over to the boat and a few mo-
ments later l was ordered by Capt. Smith
into one of the boats"
The mysterious ship lights, Boxhall
said, he saw disappear westwardly some
time after he had left in the lifeboat.
Senator Smith said he had evidence to
support the belief that the Californian
was but II miles from the Titanic.
DO you think you could have seen the
lights of the Californian" he asked. 4
don't know. said BoXhall. rive miles
is the greatest range the British Board
OF Trade requires ships light to show,
but we know that they can be seen fur
fher on clear nights such as that. But
should think that we could not have
seen the Californian's lights that far that
night
'4Had the Californian fired rockets TO
signal you that night do you think you
would have seen them four miles," Il
think not" said BoXhall.
Operator Gotham Recalled.
Boxhall was followed ON the stand
by Operator Gotham of the Carpathia.
Senator Smith drew from the Wit
ness the fact that he had received
$3.50 from New York newspaper for
his story of the disaster. He was
asked if he had received a message
instructing him to "kill message con-
tanning Titanic story" He said he
had. Senator Newland asked Gotham
pointedIy when he received word that
he and Bride would be paid hand
somely for their exclusive stories.
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