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me to get the boats ready for

chart room and worked out the position
Of the shir. submitted this 60 the cap
tain and he ordered mo o take it to the
Marconi room"
"Whom did you find there7" asked Sem
ctor Smith.
Gave Ship's Position.
Il found Phillips and Bride in there. I
wrote out the ships position for them.
because there was so much noise from
escaping steain that | cou Id not make
them hear. did not wait to see il they
sent it,"
Asked to describe what the people Of
the ship were doing on the decks at that
time. Boxhall said he was too busy to re-
member. He said that probably all Of
the men and women hs saw had on life
preservers. Then, as though unaware
that he was contributing absolutely new
evidence. Boxhall remarked that he was
busy most OF the time after the ship struck
In sending distress signals from the
bridge in the hope Of attracting the atten-
tion Of another ship that lay ahead.
'Where was this ship" he was asked.
almost dead ahead" he replied "She
WAS not on the same course "a the Titanic.
Titanic"
b .Do you know what boat this WASP"
no" replied tho witness. Il have no
idea"
Boxhall added that he had not received
any indication of the identity Of the ship
since leaving the Titanic.
FLOW near was this ship" Senator
Smith asked
"About five miles away. I thought"
replied Boxhall. Il thought she was
near enough SO she could read our electric
Morse signal. lttold the captain and he
came and stood by me through most of
the time that ! was signalling. He told
me to send Come at once. We are sink
ing by the Morse code"
This signal. Boxhall explained to the
committee, was sent by means of tele-
graph kay and electric lights. the words
being spelled out in dots and dashes
by flashing the light on and Off Rockets
also were sent up constantly. Boxhall
said
signals Unanswered.
"Did you get an answer to those distr
signals" Senator Smith asked.
some of those on the bridge said she
tAtisN'i Ci' IVti'N iSohiiuii' put 4 oiui
sap her answer at all.
The witness said he was not aware
whether or not the wireless operators
were in communication with this I'M
identified ship.
Attempts To shake Boxhall's conviction
that he saw a ship ahead of the Titanic
We're unavaling.
IL saw two of her masthead lights"
he declared. land later as she came nearer
saw her red side light"
Suppose the Titanic had been equipped
with searchlghts." said Senator Smith.
would it not then have been possible to
attra actlthelattention of this ship by cast
ing about in the air the beam Of search.
light if one had been installed ON the bow
Of the Titanic?"
,-No doubt her attention might have
hAen caught If We had had a searchlight, Z"
replied the witness. .,.y.
-Were you ever on a ship equipped with
searchlights?'
Not in theImerchant marine. In the
naval service searchlights are a part OF
the equipment. They are in the British
navy" l. =
The committee got from Boxha II definite
information about the movements OF Capt.
Smith and the presence of j. Bruce Ismay
upon the bridge. Boxhall said he saw
the captain first on the bridge about o
O'Clock and gave 1t as his, belief that from
that time until the ship struck the cap
tain was either on the bridge. in the cha rt
house or in the wheel house. all being ad-
joining points.
Last lie Saw Of Captain.
The last he saw Of the ca plain was when
he himself was ordered TO get into one
of the sea boats and leave the ship. Capt.
Smith was then standing beside the boat
on the port side as it swung ready to be
owored, The captains position was also
Hd joining the wheel house door.
Asked about j. Bruce lsrnay. the witness
said hc had known the president Of the
International Mercantile Marine Company
hy sigh, for three years. that he knew he
was on tho ship and tina: no saw him on
the bridge after III, accident
Did voli see him IN the bridge before
the accident" he was asked
no" was ;he answer.
Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Ismay?" Senator Smith asked.
"Yes: on the bridge about n quarter
ol an nbllf before ! IPl' tne snip. he
asked me why didn't get the people into
the boats. replied that the captain had
not yet given the order. but that the boats
were ready. Mr.. Ismav was then alone
The next time saw him was when he
came aboard the Carpathia from one OF
the collapsible boats of the Titanic"
"Who else was in the boat with Mr..
Iemay?' Boxhall was asked.
Il saw Mr.. Carter. a passenger.
also saw three or four men who looked
like Filipinos, The boat was full Of women
and children; not full either. but there
we're many women and children. Besides
the men that looked like Filipinos there
were no other men in tho boat with Mr..
Ismay, I could not see who held the
oarEr
How lie Left Titanic.
Boxhall was asked to give an account
of the circumstances in which he left the
Titanic.
Il was in the last boat but one to leave
the Titanic on the port side he said
"There We're no more boats hanging in the
davts on that side,
Did you see any boats prevented from
being used because Of tangled ropes?"
NO, ! didn't sec any boats with tangled