Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-23

After that | was on the bridge
most of the time sending out distress
signals. trying to attract the atten-
ton of boats ahead" he said
sent up distress rockets until | left
the bridge TO try TO attract the atten-
ton OF snip directly ahead. had
seen her lights. She seemed to be
nearing us and was not far away.
she got close enough so she
seemed to me To read our electric
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 ship,
How far away do you think that
ship was?''
approximately five miles
Boxhall said he did not know what
ship 1t was.
Have you learned anything about
that ship since
NO. Several stewards and the
captain said she replied TO our rock
cts and our signals, but ! did not see
it,"
What did you see on the ship
First we saw her masthead lights
and a few minutes later her red side
lights. She was standing close
Suppose you had had a powerful
searchlight on the Titanic, could you
not have thrown q beam on the Nes-
sci and have compelled her atten-
tion ?"
1--WE might"
Boxhall said he had rowed In the
sea boat three quarters of miie
when the Titanic went down Be-
fore that he had rowed around the
ships stern to see II he could not
take off three more persons for
which there was room. He abah-
doned that attempt, however. ne
cause he had with him only one
man who knew how TO handle an oar
and he feared an accident. HIS BOAT,
| he said. was the first picked mp by
! the Carpathia. That was about 4ilo
a. M.
"Did YOU have any conversation
with Mr.. Ismay that night?'
eyes: before | left the ship on the
bridge, just before the captain or
dered me below to take an emer-
| gency boat
| "When you boarded the Carpathia
did YOU see any lights on any other
| life boats?"
mo. II was nearly daylight II
was daylight by the time ! got my
passengers aboard the Carpathia
"Could you see any other lie
boats had lights besides yours
II saw several with lanterns. l
would not say all the boats had
lights"
Boxhall said he knew Col John
! Jacob Astor by sight.
did you see Ismay when you got
into the life boat?'
NO
when did you next see Ismay af-
ter you left the ship?"
II saw him in a collapsible boat IN
! the water afterward.'
who else was on IT."
"Mr. carter"
ANY other mem"
"Yos. | saw some men that looked
| liko fllplnOs. lhcre Neic ''iNN
| four of them"
"Any women in 1t
"Yes. it was full of them-well'
not exactly full. but there were
many women, most of them FOR
clgnors."
"How lcng after YOU reached the
Carpathia did Ismays boat arrive
II cannot say exactly. but 1t was
before daylight"
The Carpathia. he said, was steer
ing by the green lights on his IRE
boat. He said he saw other lights
"Our green lights were special
lights that | told one of the sailors
TO nut in. | lighted them after we
were lowered. The lights were very
brilliant and attracted the car
patha."
Did YOU see ahy bodies
"Yes. | saw one body, that of
man. lying on his side. He had
life belt on. but / saw no more.
Did YOU hear of any person re-
fusing TO enter the life hoats@'
II heard persons on the Titanic
say some people refused
Did you sec any one refuse l"
enter the life boats?"
NO. sir"
Did you see any man woman OF
child prevented from entering a me
boat?"
"No. sir"
Did you see any elected"
"No. sir"
"Did YOU see any who got In from
the water or see any In the water
NO. sir" said BoNhall. III ] had
seen any in the water ] should have
taken them In the boat"
Boxhall said the sea was calm. ana
in his opinion each Of the life boats
could have taken It's full capacity
How many he had in his small boat
he never knew.
Senator Newlsnds returned 10 the
subject of the icebergs.
You say YOU could not see these
great icebergs when in the sea boat
hut you could hear the water lap
ing against them
Yes. sir. u was an oily calm ana
We could see nothing in the small
boats"
III the sea is smooth then. Is II
difficult 10 discern these bergs