The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-19
Director Ismay
Gave Testimony
High Official of White Star Line Appears
Before Senate Committee Today and
Testiiies Ship was Running Il Knots
When Accident Occurred admits
He Jumped into A IiebOat
No Life Rats Aboard The Ship

He replied that he was: that Cap
tain Smith had simply turned and CIV
en- the order to lower the life boats
All the life boats. he said. were on the
sun deck. The women and children
were put In them and they were lower
ed into the sea. Ismay said he saw two
or three boats lowered and that these
were lowered from the sun deck
In reply to questions he said that the
officers superintended the loading of
the boats and assigning the men TO
care for them first. and then filling
them with women as they appeared on
deck. AS a rule, he declared, four SAIL
ors were assigned to each life boat and
that one of them was a quartermaster.
Mr.. Ismay said he did not know wheth-
er all of the women and children on
board had been accommodated, but
that there were forty-five persons in
the boat in which he was.
Saw One Boat Lowered.
Mr.. Ismay said he saw the FIRST boat
lowered on the starboard side but that
he did not know whether II was the
first boat that had been lowered from
the ship. He denied knowledge that
any of the life boats had been insufi-
ciently manned.
did you see Charles NJ Hays. or
know of any prominent American on
board?"
II knew Hays was on board but did
not see him after the accident"
What were the circumstances of
your departure from the boat?"
II was opposite the life boat. The
boat was lowered. There were no wom-
en- on that part of the deck. Captain
Smith called out. Are there any more
women to co. was the only passen-
ger there and jumped in"
AT what point was the Titanic ram
med?"
Il am told between the cut water
and the bridge"
Did you see any men passengers on
board with life preservers?"
"All had them on az far as I can re-
member"
when you went into the boat you
say there were no passengers on that
part of the boat?"
mo, there were not"
Was No Confusion.
Did you see any struggle or confu-
sion!"
"No."
Before you entered the life boat did
you see passengers jumping over."
NO"
Can you describe the life raft!"
There were none on board the
ship"
Isn't II customary for White Star
liners to carry life rafts."
II believe they did in the old days.
Life RATS are not suitable at the pres
ent time"
do you know what capacity there
was on the ship"
The ship was especially construct
ed SO that she could be pulled with
any two of her compartments AIled
with water. II she had hit the iceberg
headon in all human probability she
would be afloat today"
How did she strike."
Il think she struck between the fore
castle and the captains bridge I help
eo to get a number of boats out and as
sisted in getting the women into them
left the ship-the last to leave 30 far
as I known the star-board coIlapsi-
bic boat floated about all night.
IL was terrible"
Continuing Ismay admitted that he
knew ice had been reported In the
seas In which the Titanic was travel
-.
speed, he said. as we never want a
new ship 10 try for speed record Az
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