Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
at 80.
Not Mt Full Speed,


Il understand you have been told that
the Titanic was running at full speed.
IL never had run at full speed.
1T was built to go eighty revolutions
and had never been speeded up to that,
We never had al. Its boilers working. II
was our intention to speed the boat up
10 It's full quota on Tuesday. but the
catastrophe came to prevent H."
Although he came on a voluntary
trip" Mr.. Ismay said his purpose was
to see how tho ship worked and in what
manner II could be improved upon A
representative of the builder, Mr. An
drew. was on board Mr.. Ismay said
did he survivor asked Mr.. Smith.
Unfortunately. no."
Mr.. Ismay said II was arranged between
him and Captain Smith OF the Titanic
not to arrive at New York llghtship be-
fore a. m. There would have been no
advantage In arriving earlier"
was there any attempt to lower the
boats Of the Carpathia to take on pas.
sengers after you went on board herr"
asked Senator Smith.
There we're no passengers there to
take on" said Mr.. Ismay.
In your llfeboat what course did #
takeT' tho senator asked.
I'VE saw a light and we headed for
II" Mr. Ismay said.
How long were you in this liteboat?"
About four hours"
Were there any other lifeboats that
you saw7" as. T.. 1884,. ..... 4...s
yes, we helled one he. said. b. =
He said he saw no life RATS In the sea.
Many Indefinite Answers. ..
How many life boats were there on
tho TitanlcT'' ...
Twenty altogether. think" said
Mr.. Ismay, sixteen coilapsible and four
wooden boats"
Whether the boats were taken on board
the carpathia or not ne did not know.
''Wero all the life boats that left the
Titanic accounted forg' ... ,a.-.
II think so. I've been told so. but /
do not know II OF my own knowledge"
1t has been suggested" senator Smith
continued. that two Of the life boats
sank as soon as lowered. DO you know
anything about thatk%
Il do not l never heard OF II and /
think all the life boats were accounted
for"
did you see the Titanic slnk?"
Il did not see the Titanic go down."
Mr.. Ismay said. shaking his head mourn.
fully. Il did not want to see It go down.
| was rowing in the lifeboat all the time
until we were picked up. l turned back
only once after We left the vessel. 1 saw
its green light and newer turned back
again did not want to sec the end"
How long after you left II was 1t that
you looked back for the last timeg"
III may have been ten minutes or a
half hour. T am not sure. Impossible for
rire TO tell"
's.fwas there confusion apparent on the
Titanic when you looked back?"
Il didn,t see any" IN Ismay de-
clared. "All saw was the green light
the last time / looked"
after you left Captain Smith on the
bridge did you SEQ him AGAIN."
II did not"
did you have any message from himp
None
How many wireless operators were
there on the Titanic?'
Il presume there were two. said Mr..
Ismay. zone is always on watch"
did they survivor"
81 have been told one did. but do not
know whether II. 10 true"
Were any OF the crew enlisted in the
English nasy7"
Il do not know
MI Isrnay said he would have known
IL there had been an explosion on board,
but that there was none.
:. Twenty-one Knots an Hour.
In response 10 question the witness
estimated the speed Of the ship when II
struck at twenty-one knots.
Senator Smith asked Mr.. Ismay II ne
had anything TO do With selecting the
crew for his Hfeboat
i did not" was the snappy response.
NO RATS were on board because l pre-.
sumo they are not regarded as suitable,
the witness said.
Can you tel US" Senator Smith asked,
anything about the inspection certifl-
.cate that was issued for the Titanic be-
fore II sailedr'
-I.know that the government inspection
was thorough or the boat never could
have sailed
do you know whether the Titanic had
lis proper number Of lifeboats?"