The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-24
Titanic in Belfast?" asked Smith.
Yes, sir
What did you do?"
Examined the TifeboatS.


What did you do?''
Examined the Lffeboats.
i looked to the lifeboats. With Mr..
Moody and Mr.. BoxhalI 1 looked over
! the hteboats, examined them careful
| ly and found everything in them ex-
cept that in one a dipper was miss
| ing
AS to the collapsibIe boats, Lowe
! said he could not remember precisely
| what he found.
I'VE did find there were plenty of
oars, with extra oars for each boat"
! The witness said while it had been
planned to hold a lifeboat drill April l
1t was postponed because there was a
| breeze. In fact. the witness said, it
was almost ''squally.'
! The witness said that before the Ii
| tan1c sailed one drill of the crew was
held. He could not remember whether
II was held at Belfast or in the har-
Dor OF southampton. He also hesita-
ted when asked his station and did
| not know whether any other officers
| were at their station on the starboard
SIDE of the ship where his station was
| located.
Il was a complete stranger in the
| ship" he said in eXtenuation. Later
he remembered that the test was held
at Southampton. He was in charge of
one of the two boats lowered there. The
entire drill. he said consisted in row.
ing about the harbor for half hour.
tinued, no other drill took place after
that until the accident?''
No drill took place after that"
Was there no fire drill-no alarm,
drill requiring the presence of each
man at a given placer"
Not Sure About Fire Drill.
There is always fire drill when we
have boat drill. There was a fire drill
previous to the general drill at South
ampton."
Are you quite sure you had that
fire drin?''
Let me see. I don't want to be tell
ing story-I may be confusing here
with some others of the ship"
Lowe thought for long time and
then said:
I'VE will annul that, because I am
not sure
Well" said the senator, 1--WE will
not annul that and want your best
answer"
We'll. I'm here to help you all I
can and I don't remember"
Then that is what you want us to
understand, you do not remember?'
Yes"
Lowe said most of the officers of
the Titanic at the beginning were
strangers to one another.
Did you ever hear of ice near New
foundland ?"
NO, SIR
Did you ever hear of an iceberg?"
inquired senator SIllLn III SUI p14SC'
Yes, sir, off Cape Horn"
This one, Lowe said was the only |
one he had seen in his career until /
he saw several at dawn, following the |
collision.
Were they in the course of the I'll
tanic?"
yes, sir. They must have been for
they were all around the horizon"
100 feet high. This was four to five
miles away and all within radius of
six miles.
The secretary of the treasury
Franklin MacVeagh, arrived at the
committee room during loves exam
nation and sat at the committee ta-
BILE near the chairman throughout the
morning session.
Not Fit to Be Heard.
Lowe said when he got out on deck
after the accident he began working
at the lifeboats. 81 was working the
boats under First Officer Murdoch"
he continued Boat No. was the
first one we loaded
How many men were helping you
1n the boat?"
Il should say about ten. two at
each end, two in the boat and others
at the ropes
''Who got in that boat?'
81 don't know. Had not some one
said so, 1 would not have known that
ordered Mr.. Ismay away from the
BOAT.
- A steward met me Oh the OroA Peblh- |
a. He said to me What did you say
% Ismay that night on the deck =
said that I did not know that L had
said any thing to Mr.. Ismay. | said
did not know Mr.. Ismay. l did not
know him. Well, the steward said
lad used very strong language to Is
nay. Shall I repeat it? If you want
ne to I wi1l-if not, I won't. 1 hap
1ened to talk to Ismay because he
appeared to be getting excited. He
Tower v, |
over away"
Smith asked Mr.. Ismay about the
anguage and Ismay suggested the OBJ
ectionable language be written down
o see if it was appropriate. This was
lone. After Chairman Smith mad read
What Lowe had written, he said:
Then you said this to Mr.. Ismay?
lot mentioning the Objectionable word
tut showing it to the witness, why
lid you say it?''
because, he, in his anxiety to get
he boat lowered Lowe replied, was
interfering with our work.
lie Saw Her Sink.
Washington April 24.-Word that
he sinking of the Titanic was observed
rom the Mount Temple, which landed
It ST. Johns last Friday. was received +
" Chairman Smith of the senate in
committee today from DR.. 4
Ouitznan, who says he saw the ca
astrophe and indicated his willingness
O appear before the committee. This
was made during the
.ecess of the committee. The premier i
If Canada is in communication with
he committee with a view to clearing