The evening world., 1912-04-23

ana helped me. I put In quite q numts
OF them and . few men. Then I Gale
for more women but there were none I
BE- seem. Then I stepped back on tn
ship again ana oiiio6r Murdo0k told M
to get In the boat and row around I,
The after gangway. I thought that W.
the thing TO do. because I expected 4
bring all Of the passengers back to IN,
ship again"
q. Were the passengers reluctant 4
get into the boatA7 A. Well. no. sir.
PirMAN'S PARTING WITH FiRs1
OFFICER MURDOCH.
The witness said that Just before tn
boat pulled away. First Ofacsr Murdoci
leaned over and shook hands with hin
and said Goodbye and good luck. Ok
man."
II pulled away" said Pitman. in
tending to remain near the shsp n cast
wind should SPRING up"
Thcre were i've members Of the crew
or the iifeboat commanded by pitman
He carried forty Of the passsngsrs. III
acknowledged his boat did not have
iights. although the regulations Of thu
Bril~h Board Of Trade compelled H.
Pstman said that the ONE behaved
"spieBdtdly." and that all OF them
wanted TO help In rowing to keep them.
selves warm. lie said his boat wa
soms distance from the Titanic whsu
went down.
q. Now ala she sinkS 4. me
settled ~ the head ana tasn SUD.
Aealy she got - END ana aivsa
sisAt straight down.
1s illustrated With aown-pointsd
aaSss.
Q. Dil yea Asas aay s~xplosisnsS
a. Yss, sis, four. 1Asy soualHA
IKE bag guns u he ll0taaee.w
Q. what were these sxpiosionsf
a. Z tAink they were IN the bulx.
heads, cir. The explosions fol.
loved b ave Of the ship almost
i~mns1latsly.
Q. They did not explode thsn until the
ship was submerged? A. No. sir.
q. Do YOU believe the boilers Ak
ploded? A. I do not. but I was not
near enough to tho ship to know.
Q. AZ tho ship went down what ala
you observe o the after deck-d,d Won
Ne tho people! A. Oh. no, I was not
close enough for that.
q. When did you last see Capt. Smith ,
A. When I went to the bridge and ask d
him II I should MI No. s boat with
womsnr
u what did he say? A. Carry ON.
he EXPECTED TO see MuR,
DOCK AGAIN.
Q. When you shook hands with Muir.
dooN oid you expect to see him sgain
A. Certainly.
Q. Do you think he expected 10 ,es
you again? A. Apparently not. but
expected fully to be back on the shin In
. few hours.
Q. oiA yes hear esiss o. Ais.
tsesss 4. Oh, yes.
Q. wAsss 4. oryiAs. sheusins.
meaning.
9. n tie w.ssr' 4. Yes. sr..
Fitman said that when the watert,xb,
door lever on the bridge was operat ted
those on the bridge did not know reall,
whether the doors were closed or not.
but the doors were Of no use any.
way" said the with 8.
Why" asked the Senator.
Because the iceberg had torn out III,
side Of the ship. IL the vessel hat
struck tho berg head on It would b,
atoat to-day."
Pitman said that he saw Mr.. Isma,
on the Titanic when his lifsboat left
He did not soc Mr.. Ismay again until
they both were leaving the Carpathia a
New York.
| Q. DO YOU think the watertisht com.
partments were locked securely? A
Yes, I do. The locks were operated from
the bridge by the oficer OF the watch
didn't see him lock the doors. but Box
hall did. ! saw the doors operated a
Belfast and they worked perfectly.
HEARD THE cRiEs FROM THE
WATER.
Q. Did you hear any cries Of distress
A. ! heard no cries Of distress befor,
the ship went down.
.. How far away were the cries from
our .iifeboat? A. Several hundred yards
probably, some Of them. I told my me,
to get the oars out and pull toward tn,
wreck that We might be able to save
few more. Tho people in my boat de
INJURED. They said II would be q ma
idea.
q. Did ony one In your boat urge o
appeal to you to 20 back toward tn,
wreck; A. No, not one.
q. Did m woman urge you to q
backf A. No.
n n.y. A~-.- -, 4.