Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-23

'Did you see what occurred ''
no, ! could not see,"
'Did you hear3"
"Yes the senior officer said we
hayo struck an iceberg
"pid you see the iccborg?'
NO, sir"
'Did II strike the bow or shave itf'
1T seemed 10 me to have struck the
hluff Of the stdrboard bow The Inn
pact was so slight that did not think
Il was serious"
BoXhall then went Ia the bridge
Whero he found the first officer Mr.
I Murdock. the sixth officer, Mr.
MOODY and Captain Smith. BoXhall
said the captain asked what was the
trouble, and the first officer replied
they had struck an iceberg. and added
that he had borne 10 starboard and
reversed his engines full speed after
ordering the closing OF water-tlght
doors
Gould you see the ice berg?"
Yes sir, | could SEQ It plainly II
ally dow I'm the water, about thirty
feet out OF the water"
Boxhall said he went down In the
steeragc. inspected all the decks in
the vicinity Of where the ship had
struck. found no traces Of any dam
age and went directly TO the br dge
and SO reported
The captain ordered me to send
carpenter 10 sound the ship, but /
found a carpenter coming up with the
announcement that the ship was taxi
ing water In the mall room. found
mailsacks floating about while tho
cerks were at work. ! went to the
bridge and reported and the captain
ordered the l.feboats to he made
ready"
BoXhall testified that At Captain
Smiths orders he took words Of the
ships position to the wireless opera
tors.
After Boxhall went back to the life
boats where there were many men
and women. He said they had lifs
belts
After that I was on the bridge
most of the time, sending out dis
tress signals trying to attract the at
tenton of boats, ahead" he said.
Il sent up distress rockets until I
left the ship, TO try and attract the
attention of a ship directly ahead. [
had seen her lights. She seemed to
be meeting us and was not far away.
she got close enough. so she seem
ed to me to read out electric Morse sig
nails. | told the captain. He stool
with me much of the time. trying tn
signal her. He tod me to tell her IN
Morse rocket signals come at once
We are sinking'"
did YOU get any answer"
Il did not see them. but two men
say they saw signals from that ship
How far away do you think that
ship was?"
Approximately five miles
Boxhall said he did not know what
ship it was
Have YOU learned anything about
that ship since?"
NO some people say she replied to
our rockets and our signals but I
did not see It.
by some yeopleI who do You
Not passengers. but stewards and
the captain said they all said that"
suppose you had powerful
on the Titanic could you
not have thrown a beam on the ves-
sci and have compelled her atten-
tom"
We might"
Boxhar said he hap rowed in the
Iifeboat three-quarters of mile when
the Titanic went down. His boat, he
testified was the first picked up by
the Carpathia. That was about i;lO
In the morning.
Did you have any conversation
with anyone that night"
Yes. sir. before left the ship, just
before the captain ordered me to take
an emergency boat"
when YOU boarded the Carpathia.
did YOU see any lighT on any other
Iifeboats?"
II saw several with lanterns
when did you see Ismay after YOU
left the ship?"
I saw him in a collapsible boat in
the water, atterWaru.
who else was in it,"
Mr. Carter
ANY other m,n?'
YES. ! saw some men that looked
like Fnlpinos"
ANY women In IT,"
YES. many women, most OF them
foreigners
The Cdrpathia. he said was steering
hy the grecnughts on his lifeboat.
,"Our green lights were special
lights. that | told one of the sailors
TO put in. ! lighted them after we