The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-23

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wheer he found the first officer, Mr..
Murdoch: the sixth officer. Mr.. Moody
and Captain Smith.
Saw Iceberg.
Boxhall said the captain asked
what was the trouble and the first
officer replied they had struck an ice
berg and added that he had horne to
full speed after ordering the closing
of water-tight doors.
Did you see the iceberg?"
Yes. sir. could see it dimly. 1t
lay low In the water and was about
as high as the lower rail of the shin
or about thirty feet out of tho water"
He had great difficulty in seeing
the berg which he declared was a
dark gray color.
steerage., inspected all the decks in
the vicinity of where the ship had
struck. found no traces Of damage
and went directly to the bridge and
reported.
"The captain ordered me to send
a carpenter to sound the ship, but I
found 4 carpenter coming UP with the
announcement that the ship was taxi
Ing water. In the mail room l found
mail sacks floating about while the
clerks were at work. I went to the
bridge and reported and the captain
ordered the lifeboats to be made
ready"
Boxhall testified that at CAPTAIN
Smiths orders he took word of the
ships position to the wireless opera
tors.
Ships Position.
What position was that?"
"41:46 north: SOFA west"
Was that the last position taken q"
"Yes, the Titanic stod not far from
there when she sank"
After that Boxhall went back to
the lifeboats 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 attention
of boats ahead" he said ST sent up
distress rockets until left the ship to
try to attract the attention of ship
directly ahead. 1 had seen her lights.
She seemed to be meeting us and was
not far away. She got close enough
SO she seemed to me to read our cleo
trio morse signals. told the CAPTAIN.
He stood with me much of the time
trying to signal her. He told me to
tell her In morse rocket signals,
Come at once-we are sinking"
Did any answer Gomez" asked the
senator.
Il did not see them, but two men
say they saw signals from that shin" !"
How far away do you think that
ship was?"
approximately five miles"
Boxhall said he did not know what
ship II was.
Have you learned anything about
that ship since?"
mo; some people say she replied
to our rockets and our signals but
by some people whom do you
men?"
mot passengers but stewards and
the captain all declared they saw
What did you see on the ship?"
First we saw her mast head lights
and few minutes later her red
lights. She was standing closer"
Suppose you had had a powerful
searchlight on the Titanic could you
YES.
sci and have compelled her atten-
tion?"
I'VE might"
Boxhall said he had rowed in the
seaboat three quarters Of mile when
the Titanic went down. Before that
he had rowed around the ships stern
to see If he could not take off three
more persons however. because he
had with him only one man who
L. y -,
ed an accident. His boat he said was
the first picked up by the Carpathia.
That was about 4:10 in the morning.
Did you have any conversation
with Mr.. Ismay that night?"
Eyes. sir; before l left the ship On
the bridge just before the captain
ordered me below to take an emer-
No lights on Boats.
when you boarded the Carpathia
did you see any lights on any other
mo. 1t was nearly day light. 1t
was day light by the time ~ot my
passengers aboard the Carpathia"
Gould you see any other lifeboats
had lights besides yours"
II saw several with lanterns. These
lanterns were beside the helmsmen in
each case and on the bottom of the
boats. I would not say all the boats
had lights"
Bowhall said he knew none Of the
American passengers personally but
he knew the identity Of Colonel John
Jacob Astor.
The witness said he had crossed the
Grand Banks many times before but
ncevr had he seen field ice.
did you see Ismay when you got
into the lifeboat?"
mo"
when did you next see Ismay aft
er you left the ship?"
II saw him in collapsible boat in
the water afterward."
who else was on it?"
"Mr. Carter"
ANY other men?"
"Yes; I saw some men that looked
like Filipinos. Three or four Of
them"
ANY women in TT"
Eyes. 1t was full Of them-well not
exactly full but there were many wo-
men most Of them foreigners"
"How long after you reached the
Carpathia did Ismay's boat arrive?"
II cannot say exactly but 1t was
before daylight
The Carpathia, he said, was steer
ing by the green lights on his life-
boat. He saw. he said, other lights.
"our green lights were special
to put in. I lighted them after we
were lowered. The lights were very
brilliant and attracted the Carpa-
thia."
"Do you know what precautions
the captain Of the Carpathia took
when he found himself among the
ice?"