The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
HELD BACK BY ICE TALE OF TORTURE
Captain Moore of the Steamer
Mount Temple Testifies tary Officer Tells Story,
Before the Committee Invest Strung Up
eating Disaster. He Saws.
HEARD Her CALL FOR HELP HE MADE PRISON RECORD
And Immediately Turned His Withstood
Ship Direction. an Hour.
Saw Lights Schooner Prisoners Tell of Cruelty
Away. Dead
Captain Moore of the Steamer
Mount Temple Testifies
Before the Committee Investf-
eating the Titanic Disaster.
HEARD Her CALL FOR HELP
And Immediately Turned His
Ship in That Direction.
Saw Lights of a Schooner Not
Far Away.

w NdSn1ngIOn, April Zi--1WO SCSdnl6TS
and schooner were only a short dis
tance away from the Titanic when she
sank, according to the testimony of
Captain J. H. Moore of the steamship
Mount Temple today before the senate
committee investigating the tragedy.
Ice was the barrier that held back ves-
sells 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 intercepted the
Titanic's calls for help, Captain Moore
said, and Immediately he turned his
ships course toward the crippled liner.
On his way he saw the lights of
schooner within a few miles of the
scene of the tragedy and coming from
that direction. When day broke to dis
close a great field of ice ahead, the
Mount Temple discovered a tramp
steamer close by. The identity of
neither schooner nor tramp was fixed.
Captain Moore read long list of
messages from the Titanic intercepted
by the Mount Temples operator 1t
was virtually a complete record of the
wireless appeals sent out by the DOOM
ed vessel.
AT lilo the Titanic was still calling
C. O. D. said Captain Moore. AT
1920 it raised the Olympic and said Get
your boats ready; going down tast py
the head Frankfurt replied at 1:35;
Starting for you. Six minutes
later the Titanic flashed e; =. Y
Boilers Hooded A message from p
F F. then followed. Are there any
boats around you already 2 Ihere
was no answer. Other Sh1ps theh pc
gan calling but could get no ahsWel-
Tatar the Birna raised the Olympic
and reported, All quiet now. IltShIc S,
has not spoken since 1;4l. Inc a.
pathia at 30 sent the message a
you still there? We are firing rock
cts .o,, .-,4o-
Did you see those rockets?'' inter-
rupted Seantor smith .,.,+ r,tz,+
7 thought of sending up rockets myselI |
but did not do so because Ledreu
that it might divert other ships hurry-
ing to the Titanic ,..,.,,
do11bfedly had not fixed her position
properly. He said she must nave peell
eight miles further east than the spot
Second officer Lightoller of the IT,
tanic was recalled and testlfled the
man who claimed to be LOUIS KLEIN o.
the Titanic crew and VINO aI olsap SSIoIvo- PT@I
after being brought here from CieVe-
1and was not Klein. The real kleln
was drowned. Lightoller said
Gave Wrong Location.
C-an+ain Moore continuing his tes-
timony said his observations taheh
actual position probably was 5O.oS1 12
ssThe fact you found no evidence
of the wreck when you got 10 Ihe
YOUR idea that the ship was eight
miles eastward of the position she
gave % said the senator.
yes sir" said Captain Moore
..And later I sighted the Carpathia
on the other side of the field OF ice
where she picked up the 1ltanlc
boats" e
.ba Carpathia at $3.50 Monday morn
ING that she had picked up the IL
+a9ic's boats and that the Titanic had
sunk. 49,,
hone of sighting the Titanic said
Cs9tain Mosre. Il had been steam
~ around in the ice all night. After
1 got the news I staid around until
O'Clock and then steamed on my
We're there any other vessels in
sight at the point where the Titanic
Is supposed to have gone down ??
we saw a tramp steamer ana at
o'clock Monday morning we sighted
the Birma. We also sighted the
"a alifornian. but the icc was between"
captain Moore read further further from from
the report of wireless operator Bur
rant of the Mount Temple
Messages Picked Up.
Among the messages picked up by {
Rurrant and communicated to Cap {
Iain Moore were;
- 40 a m-Birna thinks Sne hedTS
r;+a,1ic and sends we are coming to s
YOU. only fifty miles away. Hope !
you are safe
900 a. m.-Carpathia calls I'll {
tanic. All quiet
sss.O5 a. m.-Birma and Frankfurt
" .! .i9ao 20 a. rn.-we CNfount Templel l
back out of the ice. Large bergs all t
@S:25 a. m-Californian calls C. !
o. 7 answered and gave her IT. !
-anic's position. She had it before
..e.4O a. rn-Californian now work
no with the Frankfurt. frankfurt
,iso gives Titanics position
"a a m-CalifOrnian now working
@n.25 a. m.-Californian now work !
ng with Birma. ,.e, t
7.5"10 a. -Signaled Californian /
she wants my position (Mount lem
1IeS we are very close together. 7
instrument 4,. ronor+s On c
.,ot Ioads rescued from Titanic. =
"a a. % a m.-Baltic sends service ;
to Californian as follows: ;
% scstand bv-vou've been instructed :
- AZ 81 frequently This signalled by +
a1-40 a m-Californian gets mes :
900 of no need to stand by as nothing +
,1ora could be done. Carpathfa and
Olyrnpic very busy. s
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