The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-21

| cause I should have delivered II. saw
the captains messages. I was delivering
them to Mr. Phillips.
Bride saw all messages. because they
would have to be checked up in making
up the accounts. The accounts had been
made up for Saturday. but not for Sun
day. He was positive that no speed mes
sages had been received No such messa ge
, had been sent from the Titanic either
| There was communication with a ship
on Saturday afternoon in which the two
commanders exchanged compliments and
| talked about the weather they were
having.
warnings Of Icebergs.
-. Were YOU on duty when the wire
, less message was received from the
Amerika regarding the proximity OF ice
bergs In that longitude? 4. have no
knowledge OF any wireless received from
| the Amerika regarding any iceberg MIR.
/ Phillips might have received one. but
| did not
q, Have you heard that such a message
was received: \. No. sir. Mr.. Phillips
never said anything about 1t to me.
-. Did YOU talk to the captain about II ?
In the aftcrnoon-late In the afternoon
.. Regarding this Ice field? \. Yes.
! sir, from the Californian 1t might have
been tn" Californian. II gave the signal
NJ. w. L., YOU can find that out
| Q. Go ahead. \, ] received the message
| myself and delivered II to the captain II
; stated that there were three large ice.
bergs. that the ship had just passed. and
it gave their position.
O. What was the hour OF the day: 4
Late In the afternoon. but ! cannot give
the hour; 1t was an unofficial message.
g Who was 1t from? a. From this ship
y. The Californian? A. This ship with
the call signal Of NJ. w. L. its code signal
Bride said that he was not sure il wa,
the Californian. but MIR. Sammis. ar
engineer of the Marcon:. arose at this
point and said it was the Californian.
Then Senator Smith returned to younG
Bride. sitting back with his feet proppec
up on pillows.
9. Now ] want to know Just what tha
message said? A. In the first place, sir
the Californian had called mo with Al
Ice report ] was rather busy at the tim,
and did not take It In just then. She dit
not call again. but transmitted II to tn,
Baltic and as she was transmitting II.
took II down. I took II to the captain
but 1t was unofficial and ] did not cop,
II.
Bride said that the reason he had no,
taken the message the first time was tha
he was busy making up accounts. He had
the telephone to his ears. but made no
reply. He worked for about thirty min
utes and then when the message to the
Baltic came along he took it down.
q. Just what hour was this? A. Lat
in the afternoon.
.. OF Sunday? A. Yes. sir, I shout,
say It was about s o'clock.
=, About six hours before the calamity
4. Yes. sir.
Senator Smith followed that warninf
message with great persistence. He estab-
lished that the first call might have beer
made around 40 O'Clock and the Baltic
message had been caught around o'clock
He simply waited until the Raltic had
received It and then knowing it was tn,
same one he would have received he con
iirmed its receipt by wireless. lie con.
firmrd it direct. He sent simply the cod,
letters "R D." which means received
with the code letters of the Titanic. NGY
q Now, once more ! would like To hav
You tell me the exact wording Of tina
message A. II said tho Californian ha
passed three large icebergs and CAV
their latitude and longitude.
T. And save their latitude and l0ugi