New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
Must Have Seen tho Rockets.

! minutes later, ne saw uiSlibS'i!' ""H ''O -
marked to himself: That must DO II vesse
In distress.
Must Have Seen tho Rockets.
He did not notify the bridge or lookout.
because. he said, II was rot his BUSINESS
and they could not have failed TO sec
the rockets. ard he supposed they would
pay attention. Gill swore that he then
/ turned IN. and at $40 a. IN. was awakened
with orders 70 turn out to render assist
ance that the Titanic had gone down. The
Californian then was proceeding al full
speed. clear of the ice field, but with pient!
Of icebergs about. lie heard Second Officer
J. G. Evans telling Fourth Of'cer Wootei
that the third officer had reported rockets
during his watch. and Gill said he knew
then II must have been the Titanic he had
seen.
| Evans. according 90 Che afhca"t SAID
that the captain had been notified of the
rockets by the apprentice officer, thought
to have been named Gibson The skipper
ordered Morse signals TO the distressed yes
! sci sent up. Gibson again reported tho
| rockets to the captain. who told Gibson TO
continue 70 More the distressed vessel
until lie got reply. No reply was r.
ceived.
Gill said the next remark he heard Evars
make vas why in the devil DIDN'T they
wake UP the wireless MANI The entire
crew, according TO Gil, talked among them
selves shout the disregard Of the rockets.
Mr. Stone, the second navigating oUlcef'
was On the Californisn's bridge at the time
Of the rocket signals.
What time did the Californian get uo
steam" inquired Senator Flc cher.
! 81 don't know. exactly. said the wit
ness "but Il was some time after O'Clock.
| From the rockets GIL Judged the dis
tressed ship t. be not more than twenty
miles off His description Of the rockets
tailed with that given BY Fourth Oflcer
Boxhall, OF the Titanic, who sent them
aloft
! Gill declared that in making his aff'daNlt
he had no III will toward any officer OF the
| CaIifornian--that the Californian certainly
was less than twenty miles fror, the II
tsnic. which the Californian's officers had
reported as their position. lie said that the
skipper and the quartermaster VINO was
on duty during the discharge OF the rock
cts had a three-quarters of an hour con-
sultation d day or two before the Cali
/
master declared that he lid not see the
! rockets.
Captain Lords Sweeping Denial.
| CAPTAIN Stanley Lord OF the CalifoIni
nrepared to enter a sweeping denial or the
statements by Gill. followed the latter on
the witness stand lie said he had followed
the sea for twenty years. He he'd brought
N. log of the Californian with him from
Boston, and read from the record TIC en-
tries included several references TO Tee
bergs.
Did you try 10 set into communication
with the Titanic on Sunday night. asked
Senator Smith.
YES sir, about n - that night, shlos
time. We told it we We're surroundeo o.!
ice and had stopped.
! Did the Titanic acknowledge that mes
sage"
yves. sir II told US TO Shut up or Keep
out or something Ike that"
Did YOU have further communication
y-i,h the Titanic that evening:
! Not at all"
mid the Titanic have further conmuni-
cation with YOU"
not at all.
|
Titanic apart when you sent your message
TO the Titanic telling her you were piocKed
In the ice?'
From the position We had Of the Titanic
We were about 49, miles apart
| Did the Californian receive tue Ii'ah-
ic's C Q u CALI ..
| No" said the captain. but We got II
from the yirginian about O'CLOCK Tue
morning Of the 18th"
! what Is the speed Of the Californian
"About eleven knots ordinarily said the
.on,sin I'VE made thirteen and one-nali
when We we're going 10 the lltoni'
Were you under full speed then
! I'VE we're driving all we could
when YOU told the Titanic you we're
surrounded by ice how badly were you
! surrounded?
The witness said the field was about
,uenty.fivs miles long and several miles
wide The Californian. nc said was ABOUT
quarter OF a mile from the edge OF inc
| foe
What did YOU notify the Titanic for'
"Ae q matter OF courtesy, entirely. !
didn't know where she was. As matter
OF fact. I thought she was eighteen miles
south OF US.
| DO you know anything regarding the
Titanic disaster OF your own knowledge:
| Nothing
Did YOU see any Of her signals Or any
thing OF the ship herself
No"
Couldn't See Titanic. He Says.
Was the Titanic beyond your range Of