The Washington times., 1912-04-27

morning She followed me after / turn
ed around because of the heavy ice,
I first saw her about o'clock in the
the vessel. 1t had a black funnel with
some device in the band.
After stopping my engines at 3:2S,
/ went ahead slowly, arriving very
close to the Titanic's position about 4:3C
but the tramp. He was little ahead
OF me, to the eastward.
81 saw a large Ice body just ahead
Of me, Ave or sig miles wide. as far
probably twenty miles. 1t was a field
Ice and bergs both, between forty
and nifty bergs. Some were very long
oS.r, S wsIs from GS 10 to IN zoo hs feet wss ss
sir, Some had long spurs running g
you can see those spurs. they show
quite green under the water"
spyglasses in the "crows nest"--only
on the captains bridge.
No Searchlight.
Were you ever in the north Atlantic
with a vessel equipped with search
lightsq" asked Senator Smith.
mo, SIR" Captain Moore replied.
IRA like your judgment whether or
not searchlights in darkness would be
OF assistance" asked Senator Smith.
"In fogs they're useless, but in clear
weather with a powerful protector they
might be useful" Captain Moore re-
I've never had any experience with
II can solemnly swear that saw no
signal Lights frSm %nors the Titanic con
officers. When arrived at the scene
OF the Titanic wreck ! saw nothing
whatever-no wreckage. lifeboats, bod
esnSthns" @PH GsPap % M9Sre tSs saa ssa
east. The ice appeared much thinner
down there. had q man pulled up to
the mast head, but he could not see
any open passageyI stopped.
Some passengers on your vessel
claimed to have seen some rockets at
midnight Sunday" said Senator Smith.
They are mistaken" replied the
captain.
No Passengers On Deck.
There were no passengers on deck
at that time. ! was on the bridge
myself. Neither / nor any officer saw
any passengers anywhere on deck"
Captain Moore said his vessel had
twenty lifeboats, which could accom-
modate 1000 passengers. 1--WE had
more than the requirements of the
I'm such an accident as that which
happened to the Titanic we would not
have had enough lifeboat accommo-
dations for all. We could carry 1900
steerage passengers, and the last trip
actually had no board l,46l third class
passengers. We had twenty lifeboats
when we left ondon. These would
have accommodated only 1000 per-
sons.
I'VE have tho Marconi equipment
with one operator who has no special
hours. l don't know how he happened
to be on duty at 1890. He was just
going off when he happened to pick
up the instrument and get the mes
sage. 1t was just an accident.
Thought Talked to Berma.
Captain Moore said he thought the
Mt. Temple had been In communication
with the Birma-
The witness then read the Marconl
log. 1t contained a message stating the
Titanic had gotten the Carpathia" and
had transmitted the message from the
Titanic had struck an iceberg. This
message the Mt. Temple operator had
received in transit between the Titanic
and the Carpathia-
Read Several kilograms.
Moore read several kilograms, inter
rupted by the Mount Temple, sent ou
by the Titanic frantically calling for as
sistance. We received one message, HI
said that was sent by the Carpathia tC
the distressed vessel. 1t read: "Dc
you want any special ship to stand by?'
Moore said the Titanic replied: 1--WE
want all we can get"
The Titanic asked the Frankfort: "Ar,
you coming to our assistance?"
The Frankfort asked, What was thu
matter?' and the Titanic replied. I'VE
have struck an iceberg and are sink.
ing. Tell the capital nto come" Smith
questioned Moore minutely to ascertain
whether or not the Frankfort made any
endeavor to go to the Titanic's assist
ance.
Moore said that he did not know unti
$40 a. m. that the Titanic had sunk.
Captain Moore then read the log
OF the Mount Temples operator OF Sun
day night (New York timel.
Moore said he had explicit instruc
tions from his company never to ente,
field ice, no matter how thin II was
and he always obeyed that instruction.
THE usual thing TO do when field ic'
Is encountered at night" he said. "ii
M ston until daylight"