Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-25

| The witness said he then sighted the
Carpathia and set out for her because
| his was rhe fastest boat. He was
afraid, he said that the Carpatha
might miss them.
You said moment ago that you
had waited before returning to the
wreck until things quoted down. "
said Senator Smith What did you
mean by QUOTED down?'" Until the
cries ceased"
The cries of the drowning" Yes,
sir. We did not dare go into the
struggling mass. 1t would have sunk
us. We remained on the edge of the
scene and would have taken everyone
aboard that we could but it would
have been suicide to have gone in"
How long did ii require for things TO
get quiet?" asked the senator II mean
for the cries and screams of the drown
ing people to ceases" About an hour
and a half
IF any person had asked you to take
them in. you would?" Certainly / was
watching for everybody, anybody" said
| Lowe; hut TO have gone into the drown
| ing mass would have been useless. All
would have been lost"
1 HUN many ItiSbiS were III NObf bOtI
when you went alongside the Carpathia?"
| About IS. / took them off a sinking
| colaspsble boat. / left the bodies of
three men"
Twenty-one, Lowe said, were up to
their ankles in water and would have
sunk in three minutes He made no eff
fort to fix the identity of the dead for, he
| said, he was there mot to save bodies,
/ l.. -, M. e.,
the Carpathia and unloaded his boat.
What did you do then?" asked Senator
Smith.
Nothing. SIR returned the witness,
sharply. what was there left TO do?'
He Shot to Scare.
| Senator Smith wanted to know about
the shooting on the Titanic while she was
sinking Lowe said he had fired three
shots into the water TO scare away some
| immigrants on one of the decks whom
| he feared We're about to twamp a loaded
| boat by jumping. He was certain the
shots struck no one.
| Lowe was then temporarily excused.
| Second Officer Lightholler.
| c. H. Lightholler. second officer of the
Titanic. took the stand Immediately after
| the recess
1 Senator Bourne inquired if the water
tight doors were arranged to protect the
vital parts of the ship. The witness said
le believed not.
| Lightholler said he could not testify
| to the value of searchlights In finding
| Ieebergs, but thought one might help. =
| The White Star was the only line Of
| which he knew that kept six lookouts on
each ship.
| Senator Burton asked the witness to re-
late his conversations with Ismay on the
| Carpathia. Lightheller said he and his
brother officers talked over the departure
Of the Cedric and agreed it would be a
Jolly good idea" if they could catch the
| vessel. 1t would result in keeping the
men together and let everyone get home.
Mr.. Ismay, when the weather thiekened,
| remarked TO me-, said Lightholer, that
| it was hardly possible that we could
catch the boat He asked me If / thought
| ii desirable that he send wireless to
| hold the Cedric, and 1 said: Most GER
tainly' The telegram was sent We
| were all agreed that it was the best
course and we all advised it.
| Lightholler declared that when the tel
egram came from New York saying the
| Cedric would not be held. he urged Mr..
| Ismay to insist upon the Cedric being