New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

DR.. Beaumont is the only person now
in New York. who was on board the
Olympic at the time the liner is sup
posed to have gone to the rescue of the
Audacious. lie arrived here on Friday
night as surgeon Of the White Star
liner Baltic, which he reached after a
hurried trip from Tough Swilly to Bel
fast and thence across the Irish Sea to
Liverpool.
81 was on board the Olympic until
the morning Of October 29," said DR..
Beaumont last night. 1--WE never saw
the Audacious, and we did not take
aboard any crew from any warship or
merchant vessel. | cannot understand
why reports should come from Eng
land saying that the Audacious had
been sunk and that we rescued her
crew.
Doubts Report.
"Surely II this happened on the
morning Of the 9th | should have
known OF it. and would have been
called 10 administer TO those who
might have been injured or were suf-
fering from exposure. ! was greatly
surprised to read accounts in the
newspapers this afternoon confirming
an event which had not occurred up
to the morning Of October %, when !
left the Olympic in Tough Swilly."
When the Olympic left New York on
October p, Dr. Beaumont said, the
course had been set for GreenOck, Scot
land, but it had probably been altered
on October %, when a message was re-
oeived on board stating that mines
were drifting off the southwest coast
of Scotland and along the northeast
coast Of Ireland.
This message about the mines came
20 US by wireless" said DR.. Beaumont,
but il was known only by Captain
Haddock and his staff. Whence il came
was known only 10 the master and to
the Marconi operator. and Captain
liaddock naturally kept the informa
ton TO himself.
"On the morning Of October % we
arrived of Lough Swilly and a small
boat came out with a bundle of tele-
grams. Five Of them were for me.
One was from the White Star Office in
Liverpool and the other four were
from my wife. who is in London. Mrs.
Beaumont had become greatly alarmed
over IA report that appeared In the Lon
don newspapers on the afternoon of
October % stating that the Olympic
had been hit by mine. As soon as
| sent her a wire of assurance
fastened through ireland and across
the Irish Sea TO Liverpool 10 board
the Baltic.
The company informed me that DR..
Hopper, of the Baltic, had gone TO the
war and that ! was needed for his
place. The run Just ended was the
Olympics last trip of the season.
There was no warship in sight. II
there was any rescuing done il did not
occur up TO the time / left the
Olympic on the morning Of October
90"
Left Mr.. Schwab on Liner.
When informed that Charles NJ.
Schwab had left the Olympic at Tough
Swilly. DR.. Beaumont said he had left
Mr.. Schwab on board when he went
ashore on his way 10 Liverpool.
DR.. Beaumont is the senior surgeon
of the White Star feet, having been
with the line for twenty years. He is
known to thousands of passengers who
have travelled on the Cedric, the
Oceanic and the Olympic and has per-
formed many successful operations at
sea He is a llcentiate of the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Edinburgh and licentiate of the Fac
ulty of Physicians and Surgeons OF
Glasgow. He became senior surgeon OF
the feet after the death of Dr. OLough-
lin. who was lost on the Titanic
If the Olympic had rescued the crew
of any warship it is tbs belief OF
steamship men that the news could not
have been suppressed by the British
government for eighteen days. IL is
thought that perhaps the Olympic's
passengers may have been requested 10
say nothing Of her change Of course to
avoid mines, as it might cause unneces-
sary alarm ashore and give fise 20 false
rumoTs.