New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24


the Passengers wanted 10 60"
Senator Fletcher asked II a notice OF Ice
| bergs was put on the bulletin board in the
officers quarters and Pitman said he
thought not.
DO you know whether any Of the ships
| log books were saved?'
None, sir. We had something else TO
| think about besides log books
Titanic at Her Greatest Speed,
BY series OF searching questions Sena-
tor Fletcher brought out the fact that
when the collision occurred the Titanic was
going at the greatest speed attained during
the trip, even though the ship was enter
ing the Grand Banks and had been ad-
vised OF the presence OF ice.
DO YOU believe that If the Titanic had
| had searchlights these might have revealed
the proximity OF icebergsc" Pitman was
asked
Il think so. possibly" he replied.
Was there a fire In the coal hold Of the
Titanic after leaving Southampton
That's the first I've heard of it," said
| Pitman.
The witness was asked il the steam
whistle or siren vas used to detect the
| presence Of ice by echo
mo, sir he replied, and 7 wouldr :
have any faitn in such 4 test
Pitmsn then vas excused. with orders 70
hold himself subject 70 recall.
Frederick Fleet. twenty-five years old a
sailor and lookout man on the Titanic, was
! the next witness. Fleet said he was in the
crows nest at the time OF the collision.
Who was OIL the bridge SUNDAY night
after vow took YOUR place in the crows
nest"
MY. Murdoch and Mr.. Pitmsn"
Was the captain on the bridge
II didn't see him
Reported ice from Crows Nest
Fleet said he took his watch al 20 o'clock
Leigh, z sailor vas with him in the crow :
nest The men he relieved told him 10
keep sharp lookout for small ice and he
! did 90 He reported black mass ahead
/ az 80 .. m. He could not say how Ions
/ before the collision he reported ice ahead.
/ When he saw the iceberg he sounded three
! bells and telephoned 20 the bridge that
thers was an iceberg ahead.
| y wish YOU would tel the comr,tte-
vhether vou apprehended danger when you
/ sounded these signals" said Senator Smith
All We have 70 do in the nest is ring
the bell. and Il we think there is danger
/ ve telephone said Fleet
Then YOU did think there was langAr
! when YOU rang the bell"
/ f thought the berg was pretty close but
| II didn't seem 50 large when I first san q.
| II was sboG, the size Of r~o big tables.
But II got larger as We went along, and
when we struck il Il was about nifty Or
sixty feet high above the water
Fleet described the collision with the
/ berg and said II did not alarm him He
/ thought II vas a narrow shave
Nc Glasses for Lookout Men.
DIG ~ou have glasses asked Senator
Smith
NO. sly.
Isn't II custouarv for the lookouts 70
use glasses IN their work.
Yes. sir. but they didn't give IL any on
the Titanic We asked for them a. South
arpton. but thev said there we're none for
US"
who did Won ask for zasSAs
NJ Lightro''er. the second oFT'er
! You expected glsssos0
We had pair from Belfast 20 south
arlpton bur none from Southampton 70 the
place Of the accident
What became of tic glasses -ou had
from, Belfast 20 Southampton
We d. not know
If -ou had had glasses could ~ou haze
seen tie Iceberg -oonar1' asked senator
. smith
We could hav- seer IL = rtt -ooaer
How much sooner
Enough 20 get out Of Tho 7ar
" ere ,ou and Leigh disappointed that
you had no =lasse7o
DID III. o~cer- on ta- bridge have
glasses
"Tes'
flee, ,ord Of the Launching Of nfeboat
/ 70 s 7htch he and Quartermaster Heb
ems took charge u until picked ID hv he
| Ca~ratria Three male passengers and
about rventy-Ave women we've IN the boat
we had orders 70 pull for Light IF
the Ti'anics port bow said Fleer, but "
couldn't get % her ~ one time she as
! abreast of rs but she slipped by
We've thare any other lights ahead ~hen
-ou 14re IN the crow nest before the
collision or after -"
"H,o. ST. W didn see the light ~ the
mort bow v~-fl after - we've ir the life
boat The lookouts that reliaved Leigh and
NO ere ,aid 20 have reported the light # 4
/ ressel"
When Major Peucher. who vas called TO
the stand in the afternoon. had given his
rAs-irror-. -he oor7r0i+rae adjourned Until 20
morrow morning r rs understood Fleet
he lockout mar. viii be recalled tomorrow.