Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-26


twenty boats altogether"
Construction Of Liner.
Turning to the construction Of the
ship. Ismay said the ship was special.
ly constructed SO that with any two of
the larger compartments full Of water
she still would float.
IF the ship had struck head on she
probably would be afloai today he
said.
Did any of the collapsible boats
sink"
mo. sir"
lsmay Saw No Crowdins.
WAS there any jostling or attempt
by men to get into the boats" asked
Senator Smith.
81 saw none"
How were the women selected
I'VE picked the women and children
as they stood nearest the rail"
Representative Hughes handed Sen
ator Smith note, and then the chair.
man told Ismay that 1t was reported
that the second lifebCat left without
its full complement Of oarsmen, and
from 1880 until 1880 women we're
forced to row the boat.
81 know nothing about IT,"
Representative Hughes daughter
was in this boat and was assigned to
watch the cork in the boat, and, II It
came out, to use her finger as stop.
per.
IsTay was asked how long he re-
NAMED on the injured ship.
THAT would be hard to estimate,
he responded. Almost until she sank.
Probably an hour and quarter"
IsTay was asked to hold himself in
readiness during the day for another
call before the committee. Senator
Smith announced II was desired to
hear the captain of the Carpathia In
the meantime.
Captain Rostron Tells Of carpathis's
Help.
Captain Rostron of the Carpathia
followed lsmay He told Senator
Smith that he had been captain of the
CarDathia since last January. but that
he had been seaman twenty-seven
years.
What dav did you last sail from
New York with the Carpathia?" asked
Senator Smith.
April l4th." said Captain Rostron
Bound for Gibraltar"
How many passengers did you
have?"
81 think 1870 first class, 80 second
class and about 5i5 third class passen.
gers"
Tell the committee all that happen.
ed after you left New York"
I'VE backed out of the dock at noon
Thursday. Up to Sunday midnight we
had fine, clear weather. At 1895
o'clock Monday morning was inform.
ed of the urgent distress signal from
the Titanic"
"Hy whom?"
Received Wireless Call,
"The wireless operator and first Off.
Ger. The message was that the Titan.
ic was In immediate danger. gave
the order to turn the the ship around
as soon as the. TitaSic had given her
position. set course to pick up the
Titanic, which was fifty-eight miles
west Of my position. ! sent for the
chief engineer; told him to put on an.
other watch of stokers and make all
op''h III NhN Noih VIC Ut
officer to stop all deck work, get out
the lifeboats and be ready for any
emergency"
Arriving on the scene of the acct.
dent, Captain Rostron testified he saw
IA iceberg straight ahead of him, and
stopping at a. m, ten minutes later
he picked up the first lifeboat. The Of
iicer sang out he had only one seaman
on board and was having difficulty in
manning his boat.
by the time | got the boat aboard
day was breaking" said the captain.
in radius of four miles | saw all
the other lifeboats. On all sides of us
were icebergs; some twenty were 1870
to 200 feet high and numerous small
icebergs or GROWERS Wreckage was
strewn about us. AT. $3.50 all the III.
tanic's survivors we're aboard"
Then with tears filling his eyes. Cap.
tain Rostron said he told the purser
he wanted to hold a service of prayer
Thanksgiving for the living and a
funeral service for the dead"
II went to Mr.. lsmay," said the cap.
tain. HE told me to take full charge.
An Episcopal clergyman was found
among the passengers and he conduct,
ed the services"
AS the prayers were being said, Cap
tain Rostron testified, he was on the
bridge searching for survivors. He told
of talking with the Californian, which
had arrived. As he searched the sea
one body with life preserver on float.
ed by.
The man was dead, probably mem.
Der Of the crew, the captain said. The
body was not picked up, the officer ex.
planning, because the survivors of the
Titanic were in no condition then to
see body brought aboard"
"But ! must say" declared Captain
Rostron, with positiveness, every one
of the survivors behaved magnificent.
ly They sat in the boats until the
order came for them to mount the lad.
der in turn, and then came up.
Three members of the Titanic's crew
were taken from the lifeboats dead
from exposure. They were buried at
sea.
Asked about the lifeboats, Captain
Rostron said he found one among the
wreckage in the sea. Several of the
lifeboats brought in on the Carpathia
to New York, he said, were lowered
Last night and haulad AWAY nv tandarr