Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-01

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ed here. Brides story bore out virtu-
ally all that cottan' s had established.
WHITLEY. who was whipped over
board by. a rope while trying to lower
a lifeboat, did not know either Of the
lookout mems names, and believss
they returned to England with the
majority of the surviving members ct
the crew.
II heard one of them say that st
z11:15 o'clock, Is minutes before the
Titanic struck, he had reported to
First Officer Murdoch that he fancied
he saw an iceberg" said Whitley.
Twice after, the lookout said. he
warned Mr.. Murdoch that berg was
ahead. | cannot remember their ex-
acti words, but they were indignant
that no attention was paid to their
warnings. One of them said: No
wonder that Mr.. Murdoch shot him
SELF" y ISL "a q,
Gets Dead Mans Place.
Whiteley's own experience was
hard one.
Il floated on my life preseryer for
several hours" he said. when the
sun came UP saw the collapsible raft
in the distance, just black with men.
They were all standing up. M.
Lightoller, the second officer, was one
Of them. %ls
It's 81 lives against yours he
said, you can't come aboard There's
no room II IN r. b
II pleaded with him in vain, and
then, 4 confess, prayed that some
body might die so l could take his
place. was only human. And then
some one did die and let me aboard"
ships Coal Was Aflre.
Z The story told by J. $Dilley was as
follows: @ssz,
Il was assigned to the Titanic from
the Oceanic, where i had served as a
fireman. From the day We sailed the
Titanic was on fire, and my sole duty,
together with eleven other men, had
been to fight that fire. We had made
no Roadway against it..
"Of course the passengers knew
nothing OF the fire. It started In bunk
er No. g.. There were hundreds of
tons OF coal stored there. The coal
on top Of the bunker was wet. as all
of the coal should have been, but
down at the bottom Of the bunker the
coal was dry. The coal at the bot
tom Of the bunker took fire. and
smoldered for days. The wet coal on
top kept the flames from coming
through, but down in the bottom of
the bunker the flames were raging.
Stokers Fight the Flames.
\ 1.-TWO men from each watch Of
stokers was tolled off to light that
fire; The stokers. you know. work
four hours at a time, SO - of us was
fighting the flames from the day we
put out Of Southampton till we hit
the iceberg.
mo, sir, we didn't get that fire out.
And among the stokers there was talk
that We would have to empty the coal
bunkers after we had put our pas
sengers off in New. York and then call
the fireboats there to help us put out
the fire. 81 h
But we didn't need such help. It
was right under bunker No. 6 that the
iceberg tore the biggest hole; In the
Titanic, and the flood that come
through the Titanic put out the fire
that our tons and tons of water hadn't
been able to get rid Of.
II Told to Shut Mouths.
The stokers were beginning to get
alarmed over 1t, but the officers told
us to keep our mouths shut They
didn't want. to alarm the passengers"
Isl Another fireman said that because
Of the fire the ship sank more rapidly
than otherwise would have been the.
case. s sg ~ U u III i; ~ N
h Sit had been necessary to take the
coal out of sections two and three on
the starboard side forward, !" he said,
and when the water came rushing in
after the collision the bulkheadss
would not hold because they did not,
have the supporting weight TX Of the
COAL III II, !5S; q
Somebody reported to Chief En-
gineer Bell that the forward bulkhead
had given way and he replied: NY.
God, we are lost. . i3,.ss I. ;,s3 ss3 Il.
Hearing Adjourns to Capital.
n The committee ended the taking OF
testimony in New York and adjourned
to meet in Washington. s3,5. ;ss
The committee has had subpoenaes
served on J. Bruce Ismay, P. "A. s..
Franklin, Harold Bride, H. T. Cottan,
C. H. Lightoller, second officer Of the
Titanic; H. j. Pittman, third officer;
j. G.. Boxhall, fourth officer, and H. G..
Lowe. fifth officer Of the Titanic, and
20 members of the Titanic's crew to-
have them testify in Washington.
The story Of the American surviv.
ors Of the Titanic also will be told at
these hearings. Subposnas were sent
out and several were served in the ho-
tel where the committee was holding
its hearings. Il