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THE DAY BOOR
500 gQ. PEORIA ST 39g, TEL. MONRQE 353
Vol. 1, N6. 17$ Chicago, Tuesday, April 23, 1912 One Cent
; THIRD OFFICER AND LOOK-OUT OF TITANIC TELL OF
SINKING OF THE GREAT SHIP ' ..
-Say They, Lacked Marine Glasses, Which Would Have' Made It
. , Possiblefor Them to Steer Clear of the Floating ,MoWtain
' ' of Ice 77 Bodies Reported Recoverd.
Washington, April 23.-i-The
death cries-of the 1;600 victims
of iHe Titanic were brought to
life again in the Senate building
today. , r t i
Third Officer Herbert J. Pitt
man was on the stand' before the
Senate Investigating Coramitiee.
" - He 'described tRer sinking of the
great ship. He old of the pray-
'ers, the cries, the moans the
mighty chorus,of woe that rose to
heaven'as'the Titanic disappeared
beneath the waters. y .'
The British officer, told his
story in short, blunt- sentences,
Hi manner was almost- stolid.
But even his- voice choked" when
he came to the death scene, and
'he begged "the committee not to
,- question him further- along that
line. h
FrederickrFIeet, one of the men
v wh owas in.-the.crow s nesto'fctfie
Titanic when she struck th'eice
brg, followed 'Pift'manj , r 4
' -'Fleet told of&ightingthe'ice
berg, of reporting by telephone'jtcf
the ofijcer.ott the bridge, v of the
cours of jthe Titanic being chang-
. ed, just, as little and then' of the
grinding crash.
The stories of both men were
dramatic in the- extreme. For
both were men Who realized that
they might have done more than
they did; that had. they perhaps
been more urgent,- 6iore clear
headed, that awful disaster would
not havejoccurridjeor, Occurring,
not have been sq cosflyin human
lives. v A .
The Senate , Committee room
was jammed 'again, today, Jand
hundreds "were . Refused admit
tance. "Thibse-who were present
were mostly the wivs of snator.
Thre were many times,, in r the
cours 'o the storiel.bf the officers
of ',the ship thaft liesjat? the bot
tom of -the -Atlantic when the fac
es of the women' went white,
when their hnads; gripped the
sides of their chairs; and the hot
tearsruse in tneir-eyes.
A high windtthat moaned and
whistled through the; cracks of
the windows, and:fustleti'tfirough
the fbontlike thepiritfariotKer
iworld,: added to .the tenseness of
the scene. - ,
Haunting everyjman and" wom-
;an wasthe' wjotdpiciifre of the
TitanfcJs'ettd'drawn in 'Eittman's
: Titamcfsend'drawn in 'Httinan's
