The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-24
No Binoculars Were
Aboard the Titanic
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he made no effort to go to the rescue.
You drifted near the drowning peo-
pie and made no effort to give them
afd?" asked Senator Smith.
Please, sir, don't! Please don't. ]
can't bear to recall it."
II have no desire to lacerate your
feelings" said Senator Smith, but we
must know whether you drifted there
without offering aid. Answer that and
I shall press you no more"
Il did, sir" answered the witness
The witness said that just as the
boat pulled away. officer Murdoch
leaned over and shook hands with him
and said:
Goodbye and good luck, old man.
Il pulled away said Pitman, in
tending to remain near the ship IN
case wind should spring up"
How did she sink" asked Senator
Smith.
She settled by the head and then
suddenly she got on end and dived
right straight down"
Did you hear any explosions2'
Yes, sir, four"
What were these expIosions?"
Il think they were bulkheads, sir"
do you believe the boilers ex-
ploded?"
the ship to know"
When you shook hands with Muir
dock, did you expect to see him again ?'
Certainly"
'Do You think he expected to see you
againT'
Apparently not, but I expected fully
to be back on the ship in a few hours"
Pitman was asked If he heard any
cries Of distress.
"Oh yes"
''What?"
Crying shouting, moaning"
In the waterT'
Yes. from the water" Pitman saia
that when the watertight door lever on
the bridge was operated, those on the
bridge did not know really whether the
doors were closed or not.
But the doors were OF no use, any
way" said the witness.
Why" asked Senator Smith.
Because the iceberg had torn out
the side of the ship. If the vessel had
struck the berg head on it would be
afioat today"
Pitman said that he saw Mr.. Ismay
on the Titanic when his life boat left
He did not see Mr.. Ismay again until
they were both leaving the Carpathia
at New York.
Pitman said he thought the water
tight compartments were tightly
locked from the bridge,
He told of transferring a woman and
child from his boat to life boat No. :.
then admitted both these boats could
have held more people. However he
explained no more women were around
when his boat was lowered. The same
conditions applied to No. Z. There
may have been more men around, but
Pitrnan said he thought he had enough
when my boat was lowered"
His attention was called to testi-
lony that a capsized colapsible boat
ngrried 3B persons, he was asked
whether a regular life boat would not
hold sixty.
yes" he replied but there would
not be room enough TO move"
Pitn1an then was questioned by Sen
ator Smith. who sought to verify Of
ficer Boxhall's testimony regarding an
unidentified ship near the Titanic that
ignored her signals for aid. Pitman
could throw no direct light on this
point.
Senator Fletcher asked II notice OF
icebergs was placed on the bulletin
board in the officers quarters.
IT think not" said Pitman. "All ]
remember is the indication Of icebergs
placed on the chart by Officer Box
hall"
Tho witness said they had the exact
position Of the iceberg at the time and
that It was some distance from the I'll
tanic's course. The information, he
said, came in Marconigram from
DO you know whether any Of the
ships log books were saved p
None, sir. We had something else
to think about besides log books"
BY a series of searching questions,
Senator Fletcher brought out the fact
that when the collision occurred the
Titanic was going at the creates:
speed attained during the trip, even
though the ship was entering the
Grand Banks and had been advised Of
the presence Of ice.
DO you believe that IL the Titanic
had had searchlights that these might
have revealed the proximity OF ice
bergs?"
Il think so, possibly"
DO you know of any reason why the
speed of the Titanic was not reduced
after the warning Of ice?"
NO, but it's not customary to re-
duce speed
Senator Smith asked the witness il
he had read any warning to look out
for ice.
You mean Saturday? No, sir. We
were not in the ice zone"
Frederick Fleet, who was lookout in
the crows nest of the Titanic, said
that that on Sunday night, some time