The Washington herald., 1912-04-27

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Ward helped to load llfeboat No. O.
zone old lady made a great fuss he
said. "and absolutely refused to get into
the boat She went back 70 the compan-
ion-way and forced her way IN and
would not get into the boat
Ward testified that this lifeboat pushed
away about 800 yards from the Titanic
and then lay to. He estimated they had
when the vessel went down
o-Could you see any passengers on
her after you got away
Alt was too dark. A.
o-couid you hear them calling out or
anything?
x-After she went down We heard them
Odd you make toward them then or
A-No. sir. Our boat was too full. It
would have been madness to have gone
No Women ON Deck.
Edward BuIey. able seaman on the IT,
tanic. testified he was in the last life
boat that got away. It contained between
sixty and seventy persons.
Were any ladies on the deck when you
left?" asked Senator Fletcher.
NO. SIR. OurS was tne last Doal up
there, and they went around and called
to see II there was. and they threw them
In the boat at the finish. because they
didn't like the idea of coming in"
Q-Pushed them In. you mean7
A-Threw them In. One young lady
slipped and they caught her by the foot
ON the deck below and she came up then
and jumped in. We got away from the
ship. and about an hour afterward On
Il -, a, - ~ q
boat filed up, and he distributed them
among the other boats, and he said to
all the seamen In the boat to jump In
bis boat until he went back among the
wreckage TO see n there were any people
that had lived.
o-You were then with Lowe in his
boat and went back to where the Titanic
sank?
Ayes. sir; and picked up the remain.
Ing live passengers
o-How many did you get7
A-rhere weren't very many there. We
got four Of them. All the others were
dead.
o.-They were not apparently drowned?
Alt looked as-though they were frozen
to death.
I'm the morning" Buley added. "after
we picked up all that were alive, there
was a collapsible boat We saw with a
lot OF people and she was swamped. and
they were up TO their knees in water.
We set sail and went over to them, and
In brief time picked up another one"
Another boat?" asked Senator Fetch
er.
Another boat filled with women and
children, with no one to pull the oars.
and We took her in tow"
Rescued from Water.
Q.-Then you got some people out OF
the water and some Of those died after
you rescued them. did they? Ayes,
sir. We had no stimuIants in the boat
to revive them.
Q.-Do you know OF any banquets or
A.-No, sir.
Q.-So FAR as you know, the crew were
soberg A-1he crew were all asleep, SIR.
Senator Fletcher asked BuIey IL he
knew when the water began 10 come into
the ship.
Eyes. sir; little after she struck. You
could hear IL Immediately. Down where
we were there was a hatchway. right
down below. and there was a tarpauIin
across IL, an iron batten. You could
hear the water rushing in, and the pres
sure OF air underneath II was sucn that
you could see this bending. In the nnIsn
1 was told IL blew OH
Q.-What part Of the ship would you
call that? A--The forecastIe head.
o.-How TAR was that from the DowTl
A--About twenty yards, should think
o.-That condition could not have OBJ
tained unless the steel plates had been
torn on from the side Of the shipZ Al
From the bottom OF the ship. II was
wen underneath the water nne.
Odd you get very far away from
where the Titanic went down before the |
Carpathia was In sight. A.-No, sir. |
When the Carpathia came and hove to, |
We were TIL among the wreckage look |
ing for bodies.
Q.-The lIfebelts were all in good con-
5ition, were they? Ayes; all new life |
IS no fear OF them pulling on again in /
Ihe water.
Plenty of LIfebeIts.
Q.-Do you think there was SUFFICIENT
number Of lifebeIts for all the passen-
GERS? Ayes, sir, more than SUFFICIENT. |
There was a ship Of some description
off our port bow when the Titanic
struck" Buley testified, "and she passed
light by us. We thought she was coming /
% US, and II she had come TO us, every
me could have boarded her. You could
zee she was a steamer. She had her
steamer lights burning. She was on our
'ort bow when We struck and we all
Itsrted for the same light and that is
What kept the boats togethers."
But you never heard of that ship
ny more?' asked Senator Fletcher.
mo; We could not see anything OF her
n the morning when It was daylight.
She was stationary all night, L am very
positive for about three hours she was
Itauonary and then she made tracks"
Ship Three Miles on.
Q.-How far away was she? Al
mould judge she was about three miles.
o-why could not she see your sky
A.-She could not help but see
hem. She was close enough to see our
ights and to see the ship itself. and
Ilso the rockets. She was bound to seeI
hem.
o.-You are quite positive there was mo-
Illusion about that boat ahead? A.-ItI
must have been q boat, sir. 1t was too
DIV down IN the sea for a star. Them
We were quite convinced afterward be-
ause we saw It go right by us when
We were IN the lifeDoats. we thought
he was coming toward US to pick us
lp.
George Frederick Grove. steward on
he Titanic. was one of the four MEM
ers OF the crew examined privately by
enator Bourne. He was in Hfeboat
70. A. He said that this lifeboat sprang
leak. About eight inches OF water
ras in her when the leak was discov-
red The women took bowls and bailed
out. This was the boat In charge
Z Fifth Oficer Lowe. Grove substan-
ated the statements already made by /.