Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-23

taken by east-bound and west-oouno
steamers.
say Ne Saw Many Berss.
At daybreak Monday morning from
a lifeboat he saw many icebergs, prob
ably half a dozen. He didn't count
them. Some rose one hundred feet out
OF the water.
owhere we're you immediately pre-
seeding the collision Sunday night|
In my bunk"
who was on the bridge between
and s o'clock"
''The commander and the second Off
GER"
.wonldn't YOU. SIR" drawled the
witness in a pronounced English ac-
cent. ~
.,of course. answered senator Smith
Il want to get the record straight
The witness was asked about OBJ
servations taken the Sunday night OF
the disaster. but he could not tell the
location of the ship at s O'Clock or at
any hour except at the time of the dis
aster.
well. then said Senator smith
can you tell us the speed of ship!
About Pig knots an hour
THAT was pretty fast. wasn't it,
Not more than expected, was the
answer
Replyfng 10 another question, lie said
that the presence of ieebergs had been
discussed among the officers. lie was
sure that Lightoller, the second officer,
had warned Murdoch. the first officer
about the icebergs.
I'VE all agreed we should encounter
Ice during Murdoch's watch he said.
THAT was general talk aboard
asked Senator Smith.
Yes. sir"
yet you We're going PIG knots
About that"
How do you know the speed?
BY the revolutions
Did you go faster than that any
timer"
mot much faster. If at all, We didn't
have the right kind of coal"
Awakened by Collision.
The witness then told that he was
awakened by the collision. He had not
been sound asleep. He went outside.
without dressing, to the forward deck.
close to the bridge, looked around.
didn't heal any noise, went back TO his
room II thought nothing had hap
pened. He said he thought he might
have been drinking.
The witness told of his own dislike
of going off. as he thought the Titanic
would never sink. He had about a
dozen men aboard, five of the crew.
about five male passengers, and the
rest women and children. He carried
about forty in all.
He said that all the lifeboats did not
have any lights. although the rule Of
the British Board of Trade prescribe
lights. There were provisions ON the
boats, consisting of bread and water.
Did you see the Titanic go Town."
Yes, She seemed TO turn on end and
go straight down. ! heard four re-
ports like the booming of a gun be-
fore she sank. 7 think those noises
were from bursting bulkheads."
Could it have been the boilers? -
II don't believe So said the witness.
Il can't see how. The boilers hadn't
been used for over two hours.F
Answering further questions. the
witness said that he was convinced
that the reports he heard just before
Liz AdA4 81 o0NA - "
the collapse of the bulkheads.
Senator Smith then directed his at
tention to finding ont if the water
tight doors were closed in response to
the turning of the lever for that pur-
pose on the bridge. The witness could
not enlighten him on this point. All
he could say is that it was reasonably
certain that such was the case.
Anyhow, they We're Of little use in
this case. The side of the keel was
ripped off" he said.
What would have been the result if
YOU had struck the iceberg head-on9?"
Titanic would have been afloat yet,
sir"
Then it was n mistake to swerve
here
Yes. sir. but any man would have
done that. hoping to avoid The collision.
Six steamers might hit the Titanic bows
and she wouldn't sink
The witness said that the Titanic had
been keeping a special lookout for ice
on the fatal Sunday. He said that it
was done because Captain Smith had
been warned" that sec was near.
"Who warned him ?" inquired Senator
Smith.