The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-04-26

said by either Of us. I did not speak
to any Of the other officers on the
subject.
IF the information I received
aroused any apprehension in my
mind-which 1t did not, should not
have ventured to make any sugges-
tion to commander OF Captain
Smiths experience. The responsib
ity for the navigation of the ship
rests solely with him.
1T has been stated that Captain
Smith and were having 4 dinner
party in one OF the saloons from 7:3O
to 10:30 Sunday night, and that at
the time of the collision, Captain
Smith was sitting with me in the sa-
loon.
Never Dined With Captain Smith.
Both Of these statements are alb
solutely false. I did not dine with
the captain, nor did 1 see him during
the evening Of April IA. The doctor
dined with me in the restaurant at
7:30, and I went directly to my state
room and went to bed at about 10: 80.
l was asleep when the collision oc-
CURED. I felt jar, went out into
the passageway without dressing, met
q steward, asked him what was the
matter and he said he did not know.
returned to my room. I felt the
ship slow down, put on an overcoat
over my pajamas and went up on the
bridge deck, and on the bridge. I
asked Captain Smith what was the
matter and he said we had struck
Ice. I asked him whether he thought
1t was serious, and he said he did. On
returning to my room, met the
chief engineer and asked him whether
he thought the damage serious, and
he said he thought it was.
II then returned to my room and
put on a suit of clothes. I had been
in my overcoat and pajamas up to
this time. then went back to the
boat deck and heard Captain Smith
give the order to clear the boats
I helped in this work for nearly two
hours, as far as can judge I worked
at the starboard boats. helping wo-
men and children into the boats and
lowering them over the side. 1 did
nothing with regard to the boats on
the port side. BY that time every
wooden lifeboat on the starboard side
had been lowered away and 1 found
found that they were engaged in
getting out the forward collapsible
boat on the starboard side. assisted
at this work and all the women that
were on this deck wer helped into
the boat.
"They were all, think, third class
class passengers. AS the boat was 60
ing over the side. Mr.. Carter, q pas
senger, and myself got in. At that
time there was not a woman on the
boat deck, nor any passenger Of any
class, 8 ofar as I could see or hear.
The boat had between 35 and 40 In
1t. I should think, most Of them wo-
men.
Cinnamon Discovered.
"There were perhaps four or Ave
men, and 1t was afterwards discov-
cred that there were four Cinnamon
concealed under the thwarts in the
bottom Of the boat. The distance
that the boat had to be lowered into
the water was, should estimate
about 10 feet. Mr.. Carter and I did
not get into the boat until after they
had begun to lower 1t away. When
the boat reached the water I helped
rowing. pushing the oar from me as
sat. This is the explanation Of the
fact that my back was to the steamer.
The boat would have accommodated
certainly six more passengers in ad
dition, IL there had been any on the
boat deck to go. These facts can be
substantiated by w. e. Carter Of Phil
adelphia, who got in at the time did
and was rowing the boat with me.
hope I need not say that neither Mr..
Carter nor myself would for one mo-
ment have thought of getting into the
boat II there had been any women
there to go in 1t, nor should have
done SO II had thought that by re-
naming on the ship I could have
been Of the slightest further assist