The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-27
THE DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA SATURDAY. APRIL 81 1912
DISTRESS SIGNALS
OF TITANIC seen
BY CALIFORNIAN
Continued From Firs, Page

NOT at all
Did the Titanic have further COM
munication with YOU
Not at all"
! How FAR were the Californian and
| the Titanic apart when you sent Your
! message TO the Titanic telling her you
were blocked in the icr:
Prom tic position we had of the
Titanic we were about nineteen ana 4
half miles apart
Did Not Get Call.
, DID til Californian receive the III
ian!c's c. .. u. call?"
| No said the captain, out We got
II from the Nirginian ABOUT O'clock
the morning of the 18th"
n!an?"
About eleven knots ordinarily. said
me captain. We made thirteen aud
, nne-naii when We were going 20 the
We're lou under full speed then?"
We were driving an we could"
men YOU told the Titanic you were
surrounded by ice, how badly we're
The witness said the field was abou,
twenty Tive miles long and several
miles wide. The Californian, rs said,
was about ii quarter mile from the
edge of tho foe.
for?" -''S
MS matter of courtesy entirely.
didn't Know where She was As a
matter of fact, thought she was eigh-
teen miles south OF US"
10 you know anything regarding
knowlcdge?"
Nothing"
Did you see any of her signals or
ANYTHING of tha ship hersclf:.''
Was the Titanic beyond your range
of vision?"
Yes; nineteen and a half or twenty
miles away
Senator Smith asked the witness ho,v
long 1t took the Californian to gel to
the scene of the Titanic disaster lie
read from the log to show that at
o'clock they started for the scene.
cleared tho thick ice a half-hour later. /
an. . Under tuil steam drew alongside
the Carpathia at $40.
Was IN Bridge TIL lao o,Cluck
Captain Lord said he was on the
bridge himself until 1880 Sunday nfsht |
ana that the watch was doubled
We had reports two or three days |
before Of The presence Of ice ahead" |
ne said, and we took precautions"
y
rcports?'
Captain Barr. of tho Caronia. gave
us 81 report on April 10. the day be-
fore said Captain Lord
'Wha, further adviccs?"
'Barr's message told us that west
hound steamers reported held ics on
Tho 18TH That was two DAYS before" b
w hat 'Sas the next warning?"
The Partisan was far ahead 1r ms
asked the Partisan April H. in the
daytime. and she said She had PASSED 4
three large icehcrgs. The New Am
sterdam also warned US that on April
she had passed iccbcrgs"
II you had received the ritanic's
distress call sunday evening. after
your communication with the titanic /
how long would it have taken YOU TO
Reach hero
AT the very least, two hours. under
the ice conditions"
When YOU got to the scene the
next morning did YOU see any wreck
agc:''
Yes. a little, but considering the
size of the disaster. there was very
little. II looked more like dshing
smack had been wrecked" 4
See any bodiep?"
NO, neither dead nor alive" said
the captain.
Captain Lord remained searching
from S:3o TO 1880 ~ NJ, and saw no !.
further signs OF the Titanic.
DO you know whether your wire
less operator was on duty Sunday |
night after you sent the warning
message"
II think not. ! wen, by his room /
about 1l:+5. and there was no light. !
IL would indicate he had gone to bed |
Captain Lord said that II the oper- !
ator mad been on duty he would have |,
caught the Titanic'S signal
.tni,,
Smith whether he had seen any dis !
trcss signals, and he said mo"
Captain Lord said that at the Cali /
fornian's position, 10 J.. miles away /.
from the Titanic. it would have been !
Impossible 10 see either the Morse |
signals or the distress signals
cyril Evans. the wireless operator
of the Californian, testified that he
turned in at ll:25 sunday night and
never heard any distress signals from
the Titanic.
In the evening the Titanic called
me up and we exchanged signals"
said Evans. Il said: Here's "a MESSAGE
for YOU about ice and he said he had
heard me send it TO the other ships"
positive declaration that within
three miles OF the Titanic when that
vessel sank was another steamer
whose two masthead lights were plain
~ visible, was made by Edward John
liUlcy, OF Southampton. an able sea
man. Rulcy testified that this shin
was in sight when the Titanic struck,
and tina, she passed right by with
out any signal.
she could not help but see our
rockets she was close enough to see
our lights and to see tho ship Itself
ana also tho rockets. she was bound
to see Them" he said
rythian sister Temple