The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-28
CAPTAIN Of MOUNT
TEMPLE TEST|F|ES
Rushing to Titanic's Assist
ance, He Met Two Ships
Coming Away
BOTH WERE NEARER
THAN HIS VESSEL
First Complete Record of
Great Liners Frantic APP
peals For Help Given
to Committee

"Asr1it~SlON, April 2..--Wjth
schooner In sight and tramp stea mer
only q few miles distant. both sailing
heedlessiy away. the giant Tita mic and
ner nfteen hundred passengers went
TO their ocean graves
Ihis remarkable testimony was
gwen today by Captain James ii.
Moore. or the Canadian Pacific steam
=. snip. Mount Temple who swora that
Ne was dashinE TO the rescue when he
met the two ships swinging leisureiy
away from the scene Of this uuparu-
Ielled disaster.
Captain Moore could not identify
either vessel. The tramp steamer, ne
ssid. seemed to be foreign ship OF
about 1000 or 5000 tons. NO, Eng
fish. and without wireless Captain
Moore got the impression that either
this vessel or the mysterious schooner
must have been near enough to see
the Titanic rocket signals and to havs
saved many OF the victims of the DIS
aster.
The first complete record Of the
crippled THAMES piteous plea for
help was presented by Captain Moore.
whose wireless operator heard the IN
itial call.
As commander of a steamship trav-
eitng the extreme northern trans
Atlantic lane, Captain Moore Is wide
~ experienced with icebergs. Bergs
bigger than the national capitol. he
informed the Investigating committee
sometimes cross his path.
AT 2l.35 O'Clock on the morning OF
April 10. when the Mount Temple was
In latitude 4f:25 and longitude 1915.
testified Captain Moore:
First Message Asking Help.
AT lis A. NJ testified Captain
Moore. Il was awakened by, my stew
n a he
operator. which said treadinx from
memoranda: Titanic sends c. Q. D..
requires assistance. Position. <i:4s
north. longitude 1924 west. Come at
onca- Iceberg M
Immediately on receipt Of this mes
dentaiiy BY the operator. who was
about 10 turn In for the night Cap
tain Moore gave orders to head the
ship In the direction OF the Titanic's
position. which second message
gave as 4l4:s north. 6o:i4 west. or
ferty-ne miles away. About O'Clock
the Mount Temple met the ice and
at 3:25 was obliged 10 stop. At that
time she was about fourteen miles
from the Titanic, Just before this
the unnamed schooner had been
sighted coming from the direction OF
the Titanic. The tramp steamer was
sighted about the time the Mount
Temple turned In the direction of the
Titanic.
sit was about 4:so when the
Mount Temple reached the THAMES
position. The tramp was then to the
southwark.
Found No Boats.
Captain Moore stated that he did
not find any boats or bodies or
wreckage where the Titanic sank.
Some passengers on your vessel
o.. l lAr.t Al. st~S,
TO have seen these rockets from the
decks of the Titanic. Have you heard
anything about that" asked Sena-
tor Smith.
Il have read II In the papers. but
do not believe passenger was on
deck at IL o'clock at night. The
steward tells me there was nobody on
deck
did you get ready to give assist
Ance after receiving the calf"
1--WE had the gangway ready for
lowering and we had ladders ready
TO put over the side; lifeboats were
swung out. Everybody was on hand.
and everything was all made ready"
Captain Moore admitted. that the
jifeboats on his ship were not enough
to save half the 1900 passengers the
ship 10 equipped to carry. He had
1.%61 steerage passengers aboard. in
A great ice pack was between the
Mount Temple and the Carpathia
when Captain Moore sighted the lat
ter about A. NJ. The Californian
arrived on the scene of the disaster
shortly after the Mount Temple The
sBtEnsa, was sighted about s A. N. ~
ssss Sensation WIN He Sprung.
Evidence that the White Star lire
officials have not been square with
hO Hanufa inx.aati uat linz vntt%ca
not honest with the American peo-
pie, ID in the possession Of Chairman
William Alden Smith. Of the COM
mittce, and will be given to the pub
lie before the end Of the week.
1t will be proved that at o'clock
Monday morning. radiogram an
nouncing that the Titanic had gone
down with all on board that had not
been taken of in lifeboats. was de-
lfvered to the White Star line ONCE
in New York by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. which received 1t
directly from the Marcont Company.
knew 0f Loss of IAfc.
The radiogram was addressed Isie-
4rank--a cable code address that
could have been known to only one
man ut the scene Of the disaster
]. Bruce Ismay, who was at that hour
safe In the surgeons state-room of
the Carpathia- II It came from any
other source 1t was from the Olympic.
which would have made It equally
cfiicial.
Yet despite this fact, which has
been In the possession Of Senator
smith for several days. Weep
dent Franklin has repeatedly said un-
der oath that his 1rst oficial knowl-
edge Of the sinking Of the Titanic
came after 8 o'clock Monday evenins.
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