The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-27


 tramp had no wireless and was a foreign ship of about 5000 tons.
 sI arrived at the Titanic's position about 4:30 in the morning, but saw
 no signs of her. I saw a large ice body just ahead of me. five or six miles wide as far as the eye could
 reach, extending probably 20 miles.
 It was a field of ice and bergs both,
 between 40 and 50 degrees. Some
 were from 100 to 200 feet high and
 some had long spurs running under Speaking of searchlights, Captain Moore said that in fogs they would be useless but would be valuable on a clear, dark night. 'I could swear that I saw no signal lights from the Titanic" said Captain Moore. Neither did my officers When I arrived at the scene of the Titanic's wreck I saw nothing what ever, no wreckage, lifeboars, bodies nothing,' Moore said. Some passengers on your vessel at midnight, Sunday" said Smith. "They are mistaken replied the cap tain. "There were no passengers on deck at that time. I was on the bridge myself Neither I nor any of f1cer saw any passengers anywhere on deck''
 Captain Moore said his vessel had 20 Hfeboats which would accommodate 1000 persons. The witness then read the Marconi log. It contained a mes sage stating the Titanic had gotten the Carpathia' and had transmitted struck an iceberg. This message the Mount Temple operator had received In transit between the Titanic and Carpathia.
 "we received one message" he said,
 "that was sent by the Carpathia to the distressed vessel. It read, Do you
 want any special ship to stand by? '' Moore said the Titanic replied, "We want all we can get.'' "The Titanic
 asked the Frankfort. Are you coming to our assistance? The Frankfort asked, What is the matter?' and the
 Titanic replied, We have struck an iceberg and are sinking. Tell the cap- tain to come
 Smith questioned Moore minutely to ascertain whether or not the Frank fort made any endeavor, to go to the Titanic's assistance. q deem it imperative to get some detail about the Frankfort's conduct
 after receiving the Titanic's e. D. D. !" he explained. Moore said he thought the Titanic was five miles further east than she gave her position when she was ca1l- ing c. Q. D.
 'I got two observations" said
 Moore, "and the Titanic must have
 been on the other side of the ice not given correctly. The drift would not account for it. She could not ! have gotten through this packed ice and her position must have been fur ther east
 Moore said he saw the Californian cruising around the vicinity. He said he did not know until 8:30 a. m. that ios hod yrk s'Then the Carpathia told us she had picked up the Titanic's lifeboats,' he said Captain Moore then read the following 'slog'' of the Mount Temples operator of Sunday night, (New York time.)
 "1O:25Titanic sending c. o. D. Can't read you old man. Come at Ionce. Have struck iceberg. Inform | captain ZIG: lCarpathia answers. Titanic says, Struck iceberg. Come at once ! to our position
 "1o:4olTitanic still calling c. o. D. 1 s1O:4S-Frankfort answers Titanic 1 who asks, Are you coming to our as- sistance?'
 s.Frankfort asks, What is the mat ter?' s.Titanic answer, Have struck ice breg and sinking, Please tell captain
 "Frankfort answers, o. K. will tell
 bridge right away
 '.Titanic says. Yes. come quick "10:55 and 10:57-Titanic calling s
 "1O: :59ITitanic working Carpathia. s11:O :OO-Tftanic calling e. o. D..
 "11 :20-Titanic gets Olympic and says, Captain says get your boats ready. Ship going down by head 11:27-Frankfort says Our captain will go for you
 .11:41-Titanic says c. o. D. Our engine rooms flooded "11:43-Titanic tells Olympic sea calm.
 ceipt service message from Olympic. l "11 .h5-Frankfort and Birma calling, no reply.
 e12:1O-Olympic, Frankfort and Bal tie calling Titanic. No reply. "12:25-Birma says she is 50 miles | from Titanic.
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