Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19
||SMAY IN LAST BOAT
Denies, He Was Among First to
Leave Sinking Ship.
AWAKENED BY THE CRASH
Sensation ~ if Big Liner Were Slid
ing Up on Something.
DID NOT SEE VESSEL 90 DOWN
Refuses to Discuss Report That
There Were Not Enough Life
boats on Titanic.
DID NOT SEE VESSEL 90 DOWN

NEW YORK. April 19.-J. Bruce Isnay
described to reporter how the catastro-
phe occurred.
L was asleep in my cabin" said Mr..
Ismay. when the crash came. It woke
me instantly. experienced a sensation
as II the big liner were sliding up on
something.
I'VE struck a glancing blow, not head
on, as some persons have supposed. The
iceberg. so great was the force of the blow.
tore the ships plates half way back, /
think. although cannot say definitely.
There was absolutely no disorder
Il left in the last boat. did not see
the Titanic sink. I cannot remember how
far way the lfeboat in which was had
been rowed from the ship when she
sank"
Ing prepared statement, to this effect:
I'm the presence and under the shadow
OF 50 overwhelming q tragedy / am over
come with feelings too deep for words.
Tho White Star line will do everything
humanely possible to alleviate the suffer-
ings Of the survivors and of the relatives
OF those who were lost.
The Titanic was the last word in ship
building. Every British regulation had
been complied with and her masters, Of
and skillful in the British service.
II am informed that committee Of
the United States Senate has been ap-
pointed to investigate the accident.
exhaustive inquiry, Is the company has
absolutely nothing to conceal, and any
aid that my associates or myself, our
shipbuilders or navigators can render
will be at the service OF both the United
States and the British governments"
Time Of Sinking.
'.How soon did she sink after she
struck" Mr.. Ismay was asked.
LET me see; it was two hours and
twenty-five minutes, I think. Yes, that
is right"
'In other words. there would have been
ample time to have taken everybody of II
there had been enough lifeboats?"'. he was
asked.
II do not want to talk about that now"
ibid You GO of in the first boat?" some
one asked.
what do you mean7'
Were you In the first boat that left the
NO" he replied. slowly ana firmly. 81
was not. I was in the last boat. It was
one Of the forward boats"
did the captain tell you to set in the
boat?"
mo"
What was the captain doing when you
last saw him?"
He was standing on the BRIDGE
cider
mo, I heard nothing of IT.
MIR. Ismay was asked to explain the de-
lay In the sending OF news Of the wreck
from the Carpathia- He said:
Il can't say anything about that now
except that sent the first telegram an
nouncing what had happened to Mr..
morning that we were picked up. am
told that that telegram old not reach its
destination here until yesterday"
In response to requests for more details
Mr.. Ismay said:
II must refuse to say more until to-
morrow, when I appear before the con-
gressional committee"
In Second Boat, Officer Says.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1e.-J. r. Moody.
First Omcer Murdoch when the Titanic
struck the berg.
There is no way Of telling the ap-
proach Of a berg, and besides, I do not
intend to go into that now" said Quar-
paid dearly for 1t, and that is all there
Is to that now. We were running be-
tween twenty-five and .twenty-three
knots an hour. 1t seemed incredible that
that much damage had been done at first,
because we struck SO lightly. There was
little jar.
'As far as Bruce Ismay goes, he was
in the second boat that left the Titanic.
The first boat swamped. Il am sure Of
that, and Mr.. Ismay was bundled into
the second boat. regardless Of his pro-
tests. to take charge Of 1t in place Of
First Oficer Murdoch. who had shot him.
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