The Washington herald., 1912-04-27
ICE WARNINGS
BROUGHT REPLY
TO SHUT UP"

with two more in sight 10 the southerly." I"
"on that Sunday evening did you have
communication with the Titanic" asked
The Senator.
Yes, SIR" came the answer, at 1880
p. m, ships time"
What was that communication A.
We told. her we were stopped and were
surrounded by ice
o.-Was that message acknowledged? /?
Ayes, I believe the Titanic operator
told our operator he had read the mes
sage and told our operator 10 shut up.
snz- stand BY, or something. as he was
busy.
Q--Do you know the position Of the
Titanic when she sank2 Ayes, sir, Il
was given me by the Virginian.
Q.-And you were In the same position
most ef the night. stopped on account of
Q.-How far apart were the two ships
when you warned the Titanic? Anime
teen and half or nineteen ana three
quarter miles.
Odd the Californian receive the {.
.. ID. sent from the TitanicT A-No.
sir. We hrst heard OF her trouble at
a. m. Monday, rrom the Virgnian.
Received No signals.
Q-HoW seriously was the progress. or
the Californian interfered with by ice
Sunday evening. Awe stopped alto
gether
Q.-Did you see the Titanic on Sunday,
or receive any signals from her, or DO
you know, OF your own knowledge, any
thing about her sinking7 A.-No, sir; L
saw no signal from her and knew noth-
ing except what L was told
Capt. Lord then read entries from his
log frorn the tina q efarfed T0r fha
scene Of the Titanic disaster until he
reached the spot
g a. m.-Proceeded slowly through
thick ice.
$50 a. m.-CIeared thickest OF the ice.
Proceeding ruII speed, pushing the ice
ahead.
"S:SU a. m-Puued alongside Carpathia
at scene OF Titanic"
Would glasses be Of assistance to
the lookout in perceiving ice,'' asked
Senator Smith.
NO." replied the captain. MY ex-
perience Is that glasses are OF no use
to a lookout until he has picked up some
specific object to be examined. The Of
ficers have glasses on the bridge for
that purpose"
Q.-Do you know whether your oper-
ator was on duty Sunday night after
you sent that warning to the Titanic?
Al went to his room about HIS and
there was no light, indicating that he
was asleep.
Q.-would you have heard the c. O. d.
Of the Titanic II your operator had been
on duty?
Ayes, certainly.
Q.-Do you not think It better to have
two operators on every ship? A.-Of
course it would be better. You would be
sure not to miss anything then
Saw Peculiar Light.
o.-Did you see any distress signals,
any rockets or Morse signals? Al
didn't, but the oficer on watch said he
saw some rockets, but that they were
not signals of distress. When left the
bridge I saw a peculiar light. The Of
fcer said he thought It was a star. II
was a very deceptive night, and we had
been mistaxing stars for lights. Later, |
he reported to me that q steamer had |
come alongside and was lying within
four miles. This was about u:3o. We /
could see her lights At Il o'clock. when
the second oficer came on duty, told |
him TO watch the steamer and let me |
know IL IT got any nearer. At 12:40 he /
reported that she would not answer or /
take any notice OF our Morse signals. |
He told me he thought she had fred |
some rockets, but that she wouldn't re-
ply 10 our Morse he Sdln ne thousnt
she was going away. After l o'clock /
this steamer went away toward the |
southwest, showing flashes
Q.-Suppose Morse signals and rockets
had been displayed on the Titanic con-
for three-quarters Of an hour
after she struck the iceberg, would you,
in the position of your ship on that
night, have been able TO see those sig |
nails? A.-From our position we certain
krw- he IND
I don't think we could have seen any
rockets. Nineteen and a half miles Is
a pretty long ways.
Odd you talk with the Frankfurt
al any time? Ayes; we were in commu-
nication with Frankfurt at about $50
Monday. She first told us that a ship