The Washington times., 1912-04-27
SK|PPER'S LOG
. DRAMATIC TALE
OF SHIPS Loss
Capt. Moore, of the Mount
Temple, Gives Wireless
Story" of Tragedy.
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she was aforeig n ship.
she wasn't English" he added
She didn't show an ensign"
Later. he said the funnel of this tramp
In a band at the top" :
According to Captain Moore, his yes-
sci, which Is Canadian Pacific rail-
way steamer, got the C. Q. D. cali and
at once started for the scene of the
wreck. Wv
But when he got within about four
teen miles Of the Titanic, at 1925 Nom
stop the engines on account of the
ice. When he finally did get to the
scene OF the wreck, as 1t had been
given him, 1t was too late. He found
not even wreckage, and nothing but
vast fields of ice stretching away for
at least twenty miles. In this field Of
Ice was both floating ice and large
bergs' the largest 200 feet high.
Caught In Ice.
He had difficulty getting out of this
nest Of Ice with his own vessel
Captain Moore denied emphatically
that he had seen the signals Of the IT,
tanic; said all his officers and crew
were on deck. called up by himself after
the Z; y y. came. and Furthermore de-
clared that no passengers, so far as he
knew, were on deck after midnight and
atter the news of the collision was re-
Geeived: HIS testimony. instead Of bear
passengers on the Mount Temple that
they saw distress signals. was a fat
contradiction of such statements. He
sald the Carpathia sent UP rockets, but
these could not be seen from his vessel.
Story Thrilling One.
In all respects, the story of Captain
Moore was thrilling one and was CAL
culated to impress all who listened to
its graphic recital with a clearer notion
OF the difficulties and horrors of that
fearful night when the Titanic, plung-
ing into field of ice, as If careless of
her peril, went down to the bottom,
though vessels within an easy radius
were doing their utmost to give relief
only by good fortune and good manage
ment did these other vessels themselves
escape the icebergs, the terrors Of the
North Atlantic.
1t appeared that Captain Moore him
self had taken the utmost precautions
that night to prevent his own vessel
from collision with icebergs. The
fourth officer himself was sent to the
f0reoasfle mear. head to keep lookout
teliigence, perhaps, on the subject Of
icebergs than any witness who has
thus far appeared.
The committee plainly set much store
by the statements of Captain Moore.
At the close of his testimony, shortly
before ] O'Clock. he was excused
Among other things, he told the COM
mittee that on the way 10th Titanic
The lifeboats were got ready, the life
belts were taken out, the boats were
swung out on the davites, and every
thing possible in the way of prelmin-
aries for the work of rescue was looked
after. The vessel had twenty lifeboats.
1t was purely by change, he said, that
the Mt. Temple learned of the accident.
It was 1890 Monday morning when the
steward awakened hi mand gave him
a Marconi message saying the Titanic
was sending out the c. Q. D. and had
been struck by an iceberg.
Ship Forty-nine Miles Away.
lie was about forty-nine miles away
when he got the call, and went as
rapidly as he could toward the location.
He made about eleven and one-half
knots. but about o'clock began to
meet ice.
A crowd that occupied all of the avail
able room in The committee chamber
was present through the morning hear
ing.
1t is the plan of the committee to
call as many as possible Of the en-
yaoyes Of the White Star line before
calling on the surviving passengers foT
Information. This was made clear
when Col. Archibald Oracle met Seno-
anxious to return to New York to see
his physician. He will not go on the
stand before Monday, unless present
plans are changed. Before going to
lunch Senator Smith had not decided
upon the first witness of the afternoon,
Important Witnesses Summoned.
Four more important witnesses were
today suhponcacd by the committee to
appear here next week. They are
Fred NJ. Sarmis. chief engineer. and
Manager /Bottomley. of the New York
Marconi wireless office; Harold Bride,
operator OF the Titanic. and J: A. Ho-
sew q wireless operator OF the coast
station at Taunton. Mass. Hosev Is
supposed to have intercepted wireless
flashes from the Titanic and Carpathla
A mysterious conference was held by
Senator Smith today before the COM
m!ttce convened, with semuel Golden