The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-24

% Ms rtns ant ne rsDo-t ras not
DELAYED shortly after TIE accident.
he and Lehixh we're relieved
Was ~ i've minutes or an hour be%
fore the collision hat o saw the
sceeerg- demanded Senator saith m
exnspcution-
I dont kno-. air. sad the vitne..
obduntsly.
4 wish you would tell the commit
tee WHISTLER you apprehended danger
when You sounded these siknala-
All We have TO 90 In the nsst n
ring the bell. and n NE think there
IL danger NE telephone" said Fleet
Then you did think there was dan
ger when you rang the bell-"
Il though the berg was pretty close
but II didn't seem so larxe when I FIRST
saw It."
How large them"
About the sine OF two big tables.
But Il got larger as we went along,
and when We struck Il Il was about
my or sixty feet high above the wa
ter"
After you gave hat telephone sig
nal. was the ship stopped?"
NO; she didn't stop until after we
struck the iceberg. but she started TO
20 to port after I telephoned."
How do you know
MY mate noticed it,"
Where did the iceberg strike the
ship"
ION the starboard bow. about 20
feet from the STEM" Fleet answered.
Collision Failed to Alarm.
Fleet said that when the collision
came there was little impact and
lust a sharp. grinding noise"
Did it alarm you?" asked the Sen.
ator.
mo; l thought it was a narrow
shave"
did you have ~glasses2" asked Sen.
ator Smith.
mo, sir"
isn't IL customary for the lookouts
TO use glasses in their work."
Yes, sir; but they didn't give us
any on the Titanic. We asked for
them at Southampton, but they saiu
there were none for u.s."
Whom did you ask for ~glasses?"
Mr. Lightholder, the second OF.
fcer."
You expected glasses?"
I'VE had a pair from Belfast TO
Southampton, but none from South.
hampton to the place of the accident.
What become OF the glasses you
had from Belfast?"
we do not know"
IF you had had glasses could you
have seen the iceberg sooner?" asked
Senator Smith.
I'VE could have seen i: a bit SOON
err" said Fleet.
How much sooner"
Enough to get out OF the way"
Were you and Leigh disappointed
that you had no ~glasses?"
Yes"
Army Officer on Stand.
Major Arthur Peucheu, OF Toronto,
a passenger, who was ordered to man
n Of the lifeboats bv Second Officer
L~ightholder, followed Fleet.
All ten OF his IrIenas wan whom he
was travelling lost their lives in the
wreck.
Senator Smith asked Major Peuchen
10 tell the story OF the voyage, telling
Of the weather. accidents and whether
thcrc was any fire aboard.
The Major told OF tho trip and said:
There was no mention OF fire and
We were all pleased with the trip until
the crash. After II O'Clock / went to
my state-room. scarcely was I'M
dressed when I felt a shock. Thought
that merely n large wave had struck
;he ship"
After n few minutes. went 10
other friends and said ~ wasn't SER
ious. Fifteen minutes later. I met
Charles NJ. Hays. OF the Grand Trunk
Pacific. I asked him have you seen
the ice?' he said no Then | took him
ND and showed him.
Then | noticed the boat was listing.
/ said TO M. HAYS:
that
II aid oh. I don't know. This
boat can't sink. He mad a good deal
81 confidence and sakd. no matter
what We rave struJA she's good for
eight OF ten hours
Il went back to the cabin deck and
met men and women coming up look
ing very serious. met ms friend
Beattie and asked him what Vas the
matter. Beattie said 10 me the order
Is for the life boats-it IL serious
i couldn't believe II at first. but
went TO my cabin and changed to
some heavy clothes"
The witness said when he got on
deck the boats were being prepared
FOR lowering on the port side.
Women Put In Boats.
The women came forward one by
one. many accompanied by their hus-
bands.
They only allow women Men had
20 stand back. rhe second officer
stood there and that was the order
enforced. No msn passengers got In
that boat"
No men passengers go in that boat
! was surprised that the sailors were
not az their posts a 'bey should have
oeon. ! have seen A drills and tho
action Of the sailors did not impress
me.
They seemed 20 be short OF sailors
around the lifeboats where I was
When / came on deck first Il seemed
10 me that about 100 stokers came
up with their gunny sacks and crowd.
ed the deck.
One Of h officers. splendid man.
drove these men right on the deck
lie drove them like sheep.
Women Staid on Vessel
When we got 10 tho next boat q
quartermaster and sailor were put IN
and the boat was then filed with