Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-25

understand. You do not remember"
 Yes"
 Lowe said that most of the officers of the Titanic at the beginning were strangers to one another.
 Did you ever hear of ice in the vicinity of Newfoundland :"
 NO, sir"
 Did you ever hear of an iceberg ?' inquired Senator Smith, in surprise
 Yes, sir. on Cape Horn"
 This one, Lowe said, was the only one he had ever seen in his career un- til he saw a number at dawn the day following the collision.
 Were they in the course of the Titanic?7
 Yes. sir. they must have been. for they were all around the horizon"
 One Iceberg 100 Feet High.
 The biggest, he said, was at least 100 feet high. This was from four to five miles away and all were within a radius of six miles.
 Was the ship on it's true course at the time of the collision?" the senator asked
 q was in bed; but from the posi- tion on the chart, believe she was on the track" said Lowe.
 Was the Titanic on the north track or the south track?" sir"
 Lowe said he was not on duty the Sunday night of the accident after S.30 o'clock. From s to that night he was working a dead reckoning for the ship at 8 o'clock. This he report ed to the captain.
 Personality"
 No; I put it on his table with a weight on it."
 Wasn't it important"
 Well, in the general run of things, not so important said Lowe.
 You mean that the position of the ship was not important" continued the senator. Wasn't that to be part of the ships log?"
 'Oh, yes: I'm not saying it wasn't important for this one voyage. In the event of accident it would be import ant"
 Not Enough Men at Boats.
 Senator Smith asked the number of the crew and the witness said so far as he knew there were 903 of them. And with 903 men aboard" said the senator, you did not have enough to man twenty lifeboats properly? The witness demurred and the chair man showed his disapproval, going to the extent of criticising the officer s refusal to make direct replies. You mean present at the boats ?' said Lowe. finally: mo, there weren't Lowe said that First Officer Murdock gave the order for the lowering of l lifeboats Nos and 3, Murdock was in l charge.
 Mir. lsmay Took Hold and Helped Was Afr. Ismay there?' Yes, he was: he was right along | side of me. l didn't know it was MT I Isrnay then. It was the same man who ! I had ordered not to interfere in low l ering No. ,. But he took hold and was helping forward. l could see his 1 face in the glare of the rockets and he aided in lowering boat No. g." Senator Smith sought vainly to l learn the number of women in life l boat No 3. The witness said he l thought the men and women were l about equally divided, but he knew l none of their names. He finally ven 1 tured the belief that the boat con- tained about forty persons.
 'Why weren't there more?" asked l the chairman.
 ! " e NOdAhAl lAiiu all bl1C NllU " dIL I ed to go They seemed not to care tc 1 get into the boats"
 Italian Wore Shawl and sneaked Into Lifeboat. There was one man passenger in l. -an Italian-and he sneaked in. H. was sort of dressed like a woman. H. ! had a shawl over his head and l didnt l find him out until it was too late. l went in that boat myself There wer, i 5S in it when we left the davits" Lowe told of tying five lifeboats to. gether, transferring the passenger, l from his boat. and then called fol | volunteers to row back.
 We rowed back and around thu 1 wreck said the witness and WI l picked up four men who were strug ] gling in the water. Three of then survived, but the fourth, a Mr. Hoy l of New York. died shortly after ", 1 took him out of the water. I did no | know the names of the others. Ther, l were a number of bodies floatin; l around, but I didn't see a single fe l male corpse"
 The witness said he then sighted tn, Carpathia and set out for her becaus his was the fastest boat He wa l afraid, he said, that the Carpathi; might miss them.
 Did Not Dare Go Amongst Drewnin. Passengers.