The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-02
WHOLE WIRELESS
STORY DISCLOSED

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special.
FOR the firSt time since the Titanic
went down it is known inst
what messages flashed out from
her wireless house across an ice
packed sea, where the OIymDic.
her sister ship; the Baltic the
frankfort, the Carpathia. the
Burmah Ga Russian stcamer) and
the Mount Temple were all steam-
ing under full head TO cheat the
ice pack of its prey.
Captain Moore. of the Mount
Temple, read to the committee all
the messages caught by the Mount
temples operator from 1925,
when the first sc. o. D." flashed
from the Titanic, until 1915 A.
NJ, when from the Carpathia
there came the final tragic mes
sage: "Ail quiet now; Titanic has
not answered since 11:47 T.. NJ"
The wireless operators official re-
port reads:
Sunday, April IA. 1912, 1925 p.
M. Titanic sending c. @. d. An
swering us. Can't read you. old man.
Here's our position. Come at once.
Struck berg Inform captain.
10; ;S5-Carpathia answering M G.
Y the Titanic's call.
O:40-M. G. Y. still calling c. @.
ID. Your captain (the Mount Tenn
ple's) reverses ship and steams for
Nj. 9. Y, about fifty miles off.
1O:5O-F'rankfort answers NJ. G.
y; Later gives position and asks
Comes 10 our assistance Frankfort
asks What's the matter with you p
VI. G. y. answers We've struck ice.
frankfort. %. X. Will tell Bridge
right away Titanic: oh. yes.
Quick
new distress signaD.
Il 5T-DittO
10: 0:59-Working NJ p. A. (the Car
pathia's calD.
"10:59-Olympic calling.
11:OO-Calling NJ. G. NJ. and c. d.
@. calling Virginian).
"11:1O-Calling c. d. O.
l: 2O-Gets Olympic and says:
Captain, get your iifeboats ready.
Going down fast by the head
T., IL IL ;2S;mFra3kfort Pm era says: Our cap
Il:27-Titanic calling c. @. d. and
:3O-Ditto.
sage to Titanic. Titanic replies: we
are putting women in boats"
ii ;4l-Titanic says; &C. q. D. En-
1l:48-Titanic tells Olympic: "......
11:45-D. T. Z. CFrankforD: Are
there any boats around YOU already
1:471Olympic sends service mos
N~et 10 titanic. lltanlC aCknOM ledupe
10 and sends regards
II :55-Frapkfort and Russian liner
Burmah calling Titanic. No reply.
l-tlO-(Monday, April 15th) Olympic
frankiort and Baltic calling Titanic
12;25-BU<mah tells Frankfort she is
seventy miles from Titanic's position
12:5O-"All quiet now. Titanic hos
not spoken since 11:47 p NJ"
Smith Thanks Witness.
senator Smith intcrrupted the
reading here and said: 1--WE nre
most glad that YOU were thOurht
tui enough to bring this reDOrt II
1S the most complete record we
have had concerning messages from
the Titanic"
Captain Moore continued, reading:
1:25-Carpathia sends to Titanic.
II you are there we are firing rockers .
I:4O-Carpathia calling Titanic
senator Smith asked: Did Won see
the rockets from the Carpathia?
captain Moore replied that he saw
no rockets whatever, and said that he
ala not believe that anyone on his shin
saw the Carpathia's rockets
FROM the position where the Car
pathia picked up the lifebOats. Captaiu
moore SAID, he was convinced that the
ice pack was between the Titanic and
the Mount Temple. He saw the Cali
tornian cruising about the scene of
the wreck. She arrived after the
Mount Temple.
Captain Moore was complimented nv
Senator Smith and by officials of the
navy and the photographic office when
he left the stand.