The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

NODnIAl4ue0 from rage Ol.S.g
the Iifeboats where there were many
men and women. He said they had
life belts.
After that, I was on the bridge
most of the time sending out distress
signals, trying to attract the atten-
ton OF boats ahead" he said Il sent
up distress rockets until left the ship,
ship directly ahead. 1 had seen her
lights. She seemed to be nearing US
and was not far away"
She got close enough so she seemed
TO me to read our electric Morse sig
nails. l told the captain He stood with
me much of the time trying to signal
her. He told be to tell her in Morse
rocket signals, Come at once-we are
sinking. "
Did any answer conner asked the
II did not see them. but two men
say they saw signals from that ship
How far away do you think that
ship WASP"
Approximately five miles"
Boxhau said he did not know what
Have you learned anything about
that ship since2"
NO, some people say she replied to
our rockets and our signals, but ala
not see it,
BY some people, whom do you
meanf"
Many saw Strange ship,
Not passengers, but stewards ana
the captain all declared they sa"
them.
Suppose you had had a powerful
searchIight on the Titanic, could you
not have thrown a beam on the vessel
and have compelled her attention.
we might
RoxhaII said he had rowed in the sea
boat three-quarters OF mile Wheh ChS
rowed around the ships stern to see IL
he could not take off three more per
sons for whom there was room. lie
had with him only one man who knew
now to handle an oar and ne teareO
an accident His boat. he said. was
the first picked up by the Carpathla-
That was about 4:1O in the morning.
Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Ismay that night?'
Yes sir, before 1 left the snip on
the bridge just before the captain Or
dered me below to take an emergency
vi" Did you see Ismay when you got
into the lifebOat?
No"
when did you next see Ismay after
you left the ship -, -. -
Il saw him in colapSlple OoAl III
the water afterward.
'.Who else was in 1t
Mr.. Carter
ANY other men -. "a
Hike Filipinos. Three or four OF them
ANY women in 1t ~, +
exactly full. but there were . n
women most of them foreigners.
Glow long after you reached the
Carnathia did Ismay's boat arrive
II can not say exactly. but it was
before daylight"
s.Io vou know what precautions the
..sntain of the Carpathia took when he
found himself among the icebergs
Wen said Senator smith, answer r.
ing his own question, "he doubled his
iooAoU's- saw But One Body.
Did you see any bodles;
yes: I saw one body, the 6ody OF
man wing on his side. He had on |
There must have been hundreds of
bodies about the Titanic?
But 1 saw no more
Did YOU hear of any persons re1us- |
ing to enter the lifeboats
TT heard persons on the Titanic say |
some people refused
sDid you see any one refuse to en-
ter the Iifeboats -
..DiS YOU see any man, woman or
child prevented from entering life
boat?"
Did You see any ejected?"
NO. sir
Did YOU see any who got in from
the water or see any in the water?"
mo. SIR said Boxhall. IF 1 had seen
anv in the water I should have taken
them in the boat.
Boxhall said the sea was calm and |
that in his opinion each of the life
boats could have taken its full capa-
city. How many he had in his small |
boat he never knew. Senator Newlands
returned to the subject of the icebergs.
You say you could not see the great
fcebergs when in the sea boat, but you
could hear the water tapping against
them?'
Yes. sir. 1t was an oily calm, and
we could see nothing in the small
boats
IF the sea is smooth, then it is difh-
cult to discern these icebergs? ?"
Yes, sir. 1 believe if there had been
a little ripple on tho water the Titanic
would have seen it in time to avoid it,
With Boxhall on the stand the hear
Ing adjourned at $40 o'clock to 10 |
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
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