The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-20
smIth?n scnntor s,nIth asked.

SMITH" senator Smith asked.
When camo cat OF my quarters
after the impact"
When son lei, the bridse and First
officer Murdock relieved You in what
position was the ship?"
u do not know
We're you heading towards tn. vi
entity of loe:"
"YeS, think We should have BEEN
o'clock"
"Did You talk to otncer uurdock
when You left him ON the BRIDGE"
no, sir
did ne ask YOU about it?"
NO, SIR
Wei. did you say anything"
'iIe remarked on the weather. how
cicur and calm 1t was, ana cong dis
lance We could sec, So clear hat you
could src the stars setting down 10
the horizon
cold. wasn't III" Senator Smith
snapped.
Yes. sir"
sharp
YES"
How cold was it,
"rhirty-onc degrees above zero"
Wasn't 1t unusually cold for that
longitude at thar time OF Inc vcar?"
No sir"
The next time he saw First Officer
Murdoch was wien he came on deck
after the collision. Tho captain was
on the bridge and Murdoch was at his
side. Iightoilcr never spoke to him
again. Murdoch took cnargc OF get
TIM; away Ubc boats on the starboard
side. The ship was moi broken In
two. the witness said. and he did not
know of any one being injured by
ice falling on The deck from the herg
The last time i saw the captain.
said the witness. he was on the
hriLgc. think nc was crossing it,
merely recollcct glimpse 81 him
iic was in such position that he
could give orders I DON, know that
nc was giving orders. | could not
near him. was about Fifty feet
away. Ii he had been giving orders
could have heard him"
Captains Last Orders.
What were the last orders you
hcnrd him give?"
When asked him" said LIghtol-
l"r 'shiii put the women and chill
drcn in the boats? He answered yes.
! lower away. don't know how long
tho vessel was aflont. was told that
u sank al ego We came to that con
ciusiom afterwards but no officer told
M the exact time"
Ligl;oller then described the operas
! tinn Of loading the boats and what hap
( pencd u him. There was collapsihic
! boat OH tho TOP Of the officers quar-
tors. II Fas not an unusual place for
the boat The boat was cut away. ~;
II went Over tho side Ltghtollcr said
| that ii number of men iuInped IN ii.
II was the boat which ne found over
! turned later ON, with no on. in it,
was standing" said LiEht0llcr,
! on TOP Or tic officers quarters. There
! was nothing to be done The last boat
had boon s.nt away Tic snip took n
HiFr faced forward also took n
!iE' As wen, Under the satcr !
"a' puticd TO the grating over the
aNnaust p!pas do not know now
long was there. ! do know that
ny head was und.r wafer Thcn this
/ "Ailos'on or whatever il was. blew
me clear out Of the water ala not
! Sc HHbrIS Then ! WAS not thrown far
from ne ship. ! was barely away from
TT IS the ship went down and the ws :
( ten rushed into her was drawn in and
against the Gridley crate nvcr the
tunnel draft pine do not kn1w how
"Af r"!eas a. think the boilers
must have exploded again
Where did you ind yourself ne.t--
on the raft or near ii?''
Mnny In The Winter.
WIS In tho same position but
IN. boat had come around There
fm''% i"t OF us IN the water around
~. got TO the collapsiblc boat which
w"s overturned There was no ono
on II then. think Colonel A T;rnni[
nad somewhat the experience had
Il Ds'hs sucked under tho water
1n@ OF the tunnels Of the Titanic
) ie!i WITHIN fonr inchna Of the boat