Evening journal., 1912-04-23
Word Painted Picture of Horror Brings Tears

ly taken by ocean liners at this time
of the year.
DO You make that statement ne
cause of the Titanics position at the
time of the collision?" he was asked.
Exactly; she was right Oh tho
line,H he declared.
Then when the cross indicating
ice was put on the chart, il was In
your ships coursc?'
"Oh, no; the ice was way to the
north. ! saw no ice until Monday
morning when was i'm tho lifeboat
and ON the Carpathia
There were probably half a dozen
bergs around there then, but I was
MT sufficiently Interested TO count
them. Most OF them were about 150
feet high" Pittman added
Immediately preceding the colli-
sion on Sunday night, Pitiman said
he was I'm his bunk, He did not sec
the captain after z o'clock as he vas
In the chart room working out OBJ
serrations until shortly before 10
o'clock when he retired.
On Lookout For lee.
Pittman said First Ohicer Murdcck,
on the Titanic's bridge, when the
crash came was keeping a special
lookout for ice"
How do yon know that?" he was
asked
Because he was warned Pittman
replied Officer Llghteller passed the
word around"
Pittman said he learned this news
since the disaster
The junior officer asserted his OBJ.
sorvations early Sunday evening To-
Gated the ship right. on the regular
track.
The Titanic was then making
about n IL knots an hour" pittman
said THAT was about 745 D. M"
DO you regard that as pretty good
spocdY' ne was asked
mo. nothing more than she was OK
pectcd to do We thought she could
do ~ knots
We're you trying to make "A knots?'
NO, sir We had to study the coal,
rittman replied I'VE didn't know its
oXact quality
pillman did not personally direct
his attention TO the question of ico-
bcrRs. He said he had talked TO Muir |
dock about them and had remarked |
that the Titanic would be in the vi |
entity OF ice during the first officers |
watch just prior to the collision he /
said, the Titanic was going as fast as
she had at any time after she left |
about 75 propeller revo- /
Intions a minute.
Never Made Eighty Revolutions.
She never made any so revolutions
pitman growled In disbelief when /
senator Smith said am officer had /
cstiiird TO that speed
Plttman said he got on deck ten |
minutes before midnight
'Thc collision woke me M: 1t /
sounded like "A ship coming to
lnchor' said pittman 1T didn't T.
lnite wake me up. but made me Won /
lcr where We We're anchoring"
Pittman rushed on deck without /
lressing. He did not see anything |
wrong and went back TO his bunk, !
believing he had been dreaming
"BoXhall camo IN my room few
minutes later he went on, "and said
we'd struck an Iceberg got out
ON deck and found boats being low
cred away. Quartcrmastor Moody
said he SAW some ice ON a forward
lower deck. ! went down ana saw a
little.
"Thcn J saw some nremen coming
up with their bagss
"l saw women crawling over tho
hatch and rushed ont to help IN load
ing the hfehoats
Women Cared For.
"t helped TO lower No. boat, which
was the one assigned to my care. be-
fore we sailed A man IN drnss-
ing-gown said you had better get wo-
men and children over here TO load
the boat. found out later he was
MIR Ismay. got the boat almost
filled aud shouted Are there any
more women
There didn't seem TO be. so then
let in some men. ! Jumped out of
the boat on deck again ! thought
I'd be better Off ON The ship.
~ filled forty In my hoat including
six men, There wouldn't have been
so many men but there were no wo-
mon 10 30,
Nmrdock theu told me TO go in
charge Of the boat Tie shook hands
with mo saving Goodbye, old man
Good luck
The witness stopped a moment and
his bronzed face paled a little as he
added in lower voice
81 mover saw him again"
who were the men in your hoat?'
give Of the crew and fve or six
male passengers. tho remainder were
women 7 thought had only four Of
the crew in the boat but there uerc
six Of as. There was one sailor. two
firemen and two stewards, besides MY
self, and forty passengers
pittman inisied his boat had his
cults and water in Il, but no lishts,
although the Board of Trade requires
light
Two facts stand out with intensity
in the evidence adduced yesterday be-
fore the Senatorial committee that Is
investigating the wreck OF the Titanic
and the loss Of life that attended Il.
The first was sworn TO by Vice-presi-
dent Franklin Of the White Star line,