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far there is none to contradict him. But Major Peuchen, testify
to what came under his own observation, swears that the quarter:
in charge of the lifeboat in which he was ordered the rowing s
in order to listen to a command from the ship, explained that it
command to return and take on others, but disregarded that cor
and the pleading of the women and scuttled away, like the other
distance believed to be remote at least from immediate danger,
cloning shipmates and passengers to their fate.
And when morning came no bodies were to be seen,
preserver-, presumptively amply capable of floating the heaviest
until it should fall opart, had failed in the few short hours be
the sinking of the ship and dawn, und all that remained of the Tr
safety appliances was a mars of broken cork. Another General S
disaster, but on a larger scale.
FACTS DROUGHT OUT FROM WITNESSES.
Three witnesses were examined to-day. one, Major Peuchen. complet
ttory and being ?..cuscd, he having come from bevor.d the jurisdiction
committee, at its request, to aid the investigation. Herbert John Pitman
officer, gave his direct testimony, and was excused, subject to recall.
Fleet, one of the Titanic's lookouts when the collision occurred, was sut
to a short examination, and will be called again.
The afternoon session was devoted to hearing Major Peuchen. who
connected and graphic story of the disaster. He said there was little excil
immediately after the collision: that he heard no general alarm; that, in f?
had been told that tv.-o young women who occupied a room next to Mrs. J
Astor were awakened only by accident. The door between their room an?
Astor's room being open, and she being much excited, they were aroused b
Major Peuchen was in evening dress, but returned to his staterooi
i hanged to heavy clothing when he had learned from a friend that the
to fill the lifeboats had been given. On going to the boat deck he was imp
by the lack of sailers, and was himself asked to "lend a hand" in taking
pnd sails from the lifeboats
Then, the major said, there was a call for women. He saw one boat lo
v.ith probably twenty-six or twenty-seven persons in it.
"I never saw such perfect order." he said. "The discipline was splem
did not see a disorderly act."
Major Peuchen saw about one hundred stokers come on the boat dec
saw them driven back by an officer. He described it as "a splendid act."
After helptng with several boats, and as the third boat on the port sid
being lowered, the quartermaster in command of her called out that he coul
handle the boat with only one sailor. Some one said. "We need seamen 1
end Major Peuchen ?tenped forward and asked if he could be of service,
captain told him to get into the boat. This he did by lowering himself by a
|0 the boat, which was then thirty feet below the rail.
Major Peuchen said there were in the boat twenty women, one sailoi
? quartermaster and himself, and there was subsequently found one stow;
?*-ho appeared to be an Italian, making twenty-four in all. He said the qu;
ji.aFter showed great haste, saying the boat was likely to sink. Witness th(
he meant the lifeboat, but found afterward that he referred to the ship.
The quartermaster took the tiller and Peuchen an oar. a vornan he
him. When they had pulled away a short distance the quartermaster or?
the rowing stopped in order that he might hear an order shouted fron
chip, his attention having been attracted by the boatswain's whistle.
This order was to return and take on more passengers, but the qua
master refused to obey, saying "It's our lives, not theirs."
The quartermaster thought he saw a light, and decided to steer for i
though Major Peuchen did not believe it was a light, but merely som?
f eetion or a northern light.
Major Peuchen tried to induce the quartermaster to take an oar am
?ne of the women handle the tiller, but this the quartermaster refused ti
*A-?th much profanity. The witness described him as "brutal."
They had rowed a distance which the witness estimated at five-eighth
? mile when the ?hip sank, and then came the terrible wail of the drowi
The women urged the quartermaster to return, but he refused, saying. "Thi
no good going back there. There's a lot of stiffs there."
Major Peuchen told the women there was no use arguing; with such a r
gtnr] as he had the tiller he had them at a disadvantage. "He wa? vary profi
laid the major, who added that he demanded of one of the women passenge
V-Oitlf of brandy and of another one o? her wraps.
CRITICISES METHODS AND LACK OF SYSTEM.
ling his testimony. Major Peuchen asked permission to make a M
ment, and, this being given, he said he wished to deny emphatically every c
frm rf Captain Smith which had been attributed to him. Hi believed Cap
Stnith did everything in his power, and his only criticism was for the metl:
r id ' -.' '' <">f system of the owners of the Titanic.
Replying to a question, Major Peuchen snid he believed that searchlif
v uld have averted the disaster. ?nd that, from his experienee as a yachtsn
1- lite thought marine glasses in the hand? of the lookouts would hava ai
them tnd might have averted the accident, as it was a" unusually clear night
Hi- ?npearance 0? neither Third Officer Pitman nr.r Frank Fleet, the la
?? i.y served in make a p'e?s.-int impression o? the intelligence or fitness of
in ihe British mercantile marine service. Among ?he notable points in !
1 ?videncf was his ?erl.raticin thai the bulkheads which it js believed w
? i erated from the bridge included only thos'- in the bottom of th? ship,
ethen being operated bv hand, by use ol a crank.
^ P*. man did not belie--? th??e wai any explosion of th? hoilera as the s
A had been s?opped for threr hours when site sank, during which time the ste
Rf hsd been blowing ?.if with a nois? which, he said, could be heard for ten mi
OH a quiet nigh?, ar.' durili { that time ni. coal had been rn? under the boil?
He heard leports, hut believed they were caused by the bulkheads giving aw
Tin's theory, pi one similar, war, also advanced by Major Peuchen. who
*tihti?ed the reports to ?He blowing up of the decks, as a result of the
pressure.
Pitman was placed in command of the second boat on the starboard si
Knd his crew consisted o< one sailor, one fireman and two stewards. He s
women rowed, but that they Cid it to keep warm. He saw the Titanic sink, *
Mid -he went down standing almost perpendicularly, nose down.
Pitman was the first witness to tell of the cries of thoee abandoned, wh
lasted f'.! a? leas? an hour ??fier the ship sank. He reiterated his plea not to
compelled to speak of that, saying more than once "Please do not, sir.
rather no? talk about that." He described it as "one long, continuous moa
end as "crying, shouting find moaning. '
Pitman admitted that, although only "several hundred yards away," he ?
not go back or make any effort to rescue those in peril. He said he gave t
er^er to pull back, "but the peopie in the boat demurred," and so he order
the rowers to desist, idly floating until morning. He did not see anything
beheved to be a ship's light.
He Faid he thought there were about forty persons in his boat, and a
mated thai he could have taken in "several more."
Replying to questions. Pitman said he did not think it safe to fill a lifebo
and then lower it. The boats were intended to be manned and lowered ai
then filled from a ladder.
Pitman also said that no whistle was sounded as a precautionary measu
to determine the presence o? icebergs, and he "did not think much of such
method." According to tie Hydrographie Offiee, this is the most successf
method employed, the echo revealing the presence and direction of a berg.
Frank Fleet, the lookout on the Titanic, was on the stand only a sho
t:me, ,-nd the only point of importance in his testimony was that the lookou
ha?' asked for glasses, having had them on the trip from Belfast to Soutl
amptori, but they were told there were no glasses tor them. He supposed tf
officer on the bridge had glasses
When he sighted the berg, Fleet said, it was about the sue of the two larg
tables ?n front o? hun, and when they came upon it it was "a little higher tha
the fo'castle head, about fifty or sixty feet."
Fleet said there was no lookout in the eye, that is, on the fo'castle head, tha
chjty being intrusted solely to himself and his mate in the crow's nest. H
?Struck three bells and ther: telephoned to the bridge, .aying there was a bar
.-head.
Fleet was the one sailor in the boat with Quartermaster Hitchens an
Mojor Peuchen. He did not think there were more than thirty persons in tha
boat.
J. Bruce Ismay and P. A. S. Franklin urgently requested the committe
t^-day to permit them to return to New York.
In executive session alter the hearing the committee declined to permi
either to leave Washington until he i?? no longer needed. Mr. Ismay was tc
have been recalled to the witness chair te-iiy. He may be heard to-morrow
though that has not been dcterminerl.
It was decided to call no more passenger witnesses until all the Bntisn
witnesses have been hoard. The committee also decided to deiay other im
portant business before it until the Titanic inquiry has proceeded further.
SENATORS TOLD CAUTION
WOULD HAVE SAVED SHIP
?rthur ' ? ' - '? i.' .-? win n lh< TU ini< ?truck the
Go M ? ' en, of 1 thi m -i i ,n- I berg
"' ' ' ' ? ' ..M ?Ni tr? ailing wuii a
"?' ' ri frl? ..?.-. all nt whom loal ih.-ir
' ? ? i II .. He waa ..?.1. rod to
lookout un i. ? ,, . c , , ? ,,| U|, ?uHeoc.tb i, th eini OMcei
viiii glut ? ? i !..? ahifj . ?"'! i le '.??,. . ' i :
<??- ?olllalon with II , ? i ..... -. ,,, th^
?????????? ?" ? , . ther? woi ,,., mention of s
* " Tlmnl VII v.. . . | ,S|,,,
Thai ll ? lo >k< - ,.,,.,, I(?. ,
1 '"""? "uu ' '' . Aft? . w*,M i.. , | ,,.
ONE
EXTRA LIFBBAFT8 AND UFEIWats POT
mornim;. Tin: ABBQW INDIOATM
ON THE BUN DECK.
EFFECT OF THE TITANIC DISASTER.
ON THE MAntKTAMA, WHICH BAILED
TWO BXTBA EIFKI.AI-TS. l'I.A< El> ON
KAMA TMS
IHK D15CKHOUSB
?????? -l. I ??? ? -????? ?? '?*???? ???? ??
CARPENTERH BUAfIXH THE EXTRA LIFEBOAT? ON THE MAI? BE
TANIA THE I.IFE1U1AT IN THE I'M'TIKE IS ONE RELONOIXtl TO
THE CARMANIA, OF THE C?VARD LINE.
?rtisi'.a by the Amarinan Presa Aaaoriailnn ?
waa undressed wiir-n I felt a sii.wk
thought that merely a laraje wave hi
struck Ih? ?hip i pul on my coat si
Warnt up on deck. I met a f r i ?-? ? ? ?1. wlio aal
'We've ?truck an Iceberg.' Bo we wenl i
on deck and ?aw the iceberg from the fo
part of the ship Some !? <? hnd fallen foi
n? fivi? feet Inside the rail
' After a f?w mlnutea I went to ?Ih
friend? and ?nld it ?a? not -?ilni,.- l-'i
t'-aj-n min.,tes lnt.-r I met Charlea M. Has
of th? ?"?rvid Trunk Pacific. I aak-d hit
'H?v. yon seen ?lie \o*T it?- ?aM *N?
Then 1 took htm lip ?nd allow ???1 Ml i
"Then I not, ?? ,1 thai 11 ?? boat a aa lb
ins. I ?aid lo Mr. Haya, 'She's lintina.-; ai
shonliln'f do 'hat '
"He ~??id. 'oh. i don't know. Thi? hoi
esn'l Sink.' H?. har| a gr-o'l rkal of ronl
denee, a n? neltl, 'No matter what w<
atruck, "liar's ffooA for alght or (en hours '
Lifeboat? Ordered Out.
?i ?vent bark to the cabin d< ? i< ?'-id m
men ?nd women eomlns up l<>.<kin?? vet
Kerlo'i?.- i met my frl? nd Reattle, at
aike.l iiini \? hat ???hi? ?h?- i.',att..r l<e,itt
said to m?-. Th" order la for the lifeboat
1? I? serinija.'
I rn'iMn t believe H at nr?t, but ?ret
to mv rabln and ?*han?T??d to wn -
rlotliefa "
Th? -? iiiie?i ?aid when ha g"? on ?le?
ihe boats wie being prepared for lowerln
on tha port aide
"The women cama forward, on? hi nn?
main .'i- - '?'ni... 'ii? d '?? t ? ' ? hill
Th?-?- ?"i'iM i.nl;. al? ?a women Men ha
ir, stand bark. The aaeond officer ?t"o
ih't'?. ?nd lhal waa the ardei anforca?
Nn mm paasengers gui In lhal i?',;''
? j?|.j on ?e? any man attenipl 1" g'
In?" s'Hed P? nator Smith.
"So The beat waa aafely lowered Ther
were al ???!? Ihh 1 al i ni thli I) ?- ?en per
(?iiim in |l Thru Y>(" IlirnH t.i th" lie?
beat. I ua^ surprised th*? Ih? s,ii ?? >?.? i
ii.>i Kt their posta, aa tney ahould ha.
h? en. i have ?>?-p flr? -li iiii*. and ih? aet|o
of the ?aliara .nd not Impreaa me. Tin
aaainad lo he ahori ..f ?allora around ih
j lifeboats whiwe l wan
"When l i ame on ile.-k Aral It neeme
i to me (hut aboul one huiidr?"! atokera cam
i up with their gunny rack? and ??rowde?
the deck. One of the ,,ftv, r.? .. aplendli
j man -trove th.se men r'.L-ht ?.ff the .1?k
; ii. .iniva? them like aheep."
"When he gol to tin- iiekt imat a qua'
? termast? r ami egllor ware put in. and thi
| lienl \<H* '?'el? llil.-d With Wi.tnei,. \\'i
I called out f"r ni.'i'.- woman, and aonn
would ii"i leave lhali huabandi "
MaJ"i Peuchen aald I1" K"' lot? the life?
boat by eliding down ? n<\- from th? de??
Captain Smith, he ?aid, had Uild him t?
break out a port light and gel Into th?
hunt that way, but the major did nut Hunk
thai fra-ihl?-.
Made a Woman Row.
Major Peuchen aald the quartermaster In
charge of the Mfeboat made ? woman row
while he held the tiller, s.ring f..r g linht
Which the Major declarad did ii"' e\int ?<
lar ?a? ha could ?ee. The .|u.n t?i inu.t-r
rafuaad |o turn aboul and attempt ;?> pick
up gurvlvora aald the witnesa.
"Th.-n wi began i" hear sign? of the
breaking up "f the Titanic," ?..ii?i Major
peuoh? n. "We hi ard .? aort of ?i call f"?
help after th? whiatle; then ,( rumbling
Bound, i think it,.- Titanic'? liKhis were
still on. Than ther? ??n- an egplootoii, I her
another Than in- light? w?*nt out, nnd
Hun those dreadful ? ?i? e. it frightfull)
age? t? 'l all the worn? n In o? i boa la, A|
?,. ,-t h waa horrll I? to listen to. Hul tin
aounda area faint? r and falnte: i think
We v.'-'. alioul flve-elghtha .,f . mile
.,
a w a )
The majar did not aee the veaael ?Ink,
mu hu- theori a ..s that the eaplo m
were abov? water, caused bj Hi?- haav)
ire wh< n the boat atai ?? -i (u dlvi
.i ? ?? ? ; . the head
"How mam ? aplnahin w?r< tl . '
aak? 'i s? nator Sn |th
"About Ihre? but I waa excite?]."
"Hui you ?. ? th- captain aft? he lo.d
yon to go below and get through the a
?Jow Int'i tho lifeboat T"
"No, I nevei sa-.? lilni after that
? Did : ei aee hin. before tha aecMent.
"1 think l it? him about 7 o'cloi k
one of the eoiupanlonweys-"
"I>n > ? m think b? wan ?Ment?.? to
duties ?"
fee, I do."
Majoi Peuehen said the iif#i-io?i ii?*- ?
In was equipped wlt|i everythtni ranulr
Some of th? bout?, he hoard, were no! s1
' entlj ..cnitiic .1 with f.-nd \?'h^n he i
on the Parpathia he rgajnlped several It
boat? and found ihey had light?, hard ta
and ??itei
"1 .?.| the ?'om?n row In th" hoste?"
"Yea, an'l they were verj plueky ah?
it. too. They ?worked with ? will. O
helped me nn'il ?ii? hecaaae ill front I
hnre\ work and wai famed t" reaee."
"Do \'m knot who IhoiMawoniea w?r?
Major Peuehen ?aid Mtee F. A Nort<
of A. ion Lan". i/M. i"ic i Mn v I '? '
of \aOM ..ngele?; Mm. Uurlen B. Smith,
1 gton, v\ \ i M' i i '? i endlah
1 ' foi I? . Mi ? It .ilt'i Dougla-, of Mine
Spoil?, :'t"1 Mr. ..n-l Mr?. * ', H nurnlia
of Denver, were amone ether? in tlie l.o;
?everal of whom handlod oar?
Majoi ivii'i'-n m?'1 the Impart when '
Titanic ?il? il" koberg wa? *?? ?light th
of the p i ?a? naei ? wer? n"i an ik< a?
. i ! > alarm wai ?ounded. Two ? oui
v nrn< n wh.?tateroom wa? eloee to tii
e,; Ceelf.nel .le.l'll .ll.ol. AstOT ?>r? .!?',.k.?t<c
by Mi- ..?tor, who led ?hem cm >\>?w
"Did you *?? Mr, I ?may that nteli?
a eked Senator Rmlth
I Hunk I did He ? a? ?tending on II
poi ; siil.- ..n the hoal deck i1i..cil un liei
?ifi*t ur ?trui*k< i ?li't H"' are |iim aga
until he rame aboard the t'arpathla."
Room for More in Boat?.
The major ?aid there was ?.'ill room i
?orne boat? which lefl from the porl sl<
-.*i*i he ...Hill not understand why moi
men w ere no! taken off
"The ?'arpa Hi la ?teamed all around II
?rene of tin- wrerk and we did not ?ee
Ringle body," the mejor -.eiid ' It *e?.ni
.-i ins* to ni'', a? I ?hould think the- i i ?r,
belt? would have li<i'i hodlea up, dead o
alive, for four or in r hour? "
II.- S..M he whs rertulp thai none eoul
have lived m the Icy water more than a
liciir.
'>?\fr.-ii who wore <.n Ihe upturned Loa
and ware rescued and who had lhair fee
in the water," lia said, "kepi thatnaelve
alive by clutching each othei Their fe?
was fiosen "
Several Renatora aaked If it... farl tha
there wa? no general alarm ?ounded afte
t.Illaton might account for the failur
or mari) women to appear on tit?? deck
m time for Ihe lifeboat* Tha wltnoa
thought thai probable
Major Peuchen told the commit!?? h
thought that if the lookout, on ths Ti
tanic had had glasses the ?hip miyh
have been saved from tha collision.
? ? I?i< 1 y.i i talk " iih Fleet, th? lick..m
who was in your HfebuatT' asked letiatoi
Smith.
?'V.s. I aaked him what o< eurred !!?
?aid he rang three holla and then ?Ig
i ailed t.? the brldgi Ha ?aid he dldn ? gel
liiini.dint.- reply from th- bridge, and l
heard afterward thai tha bridge officer wai
i net required la make a reply. Ths ?tuertef*
i im.#i.i asked Fleet in the llfebogl If h?
! knew utic. wax ..H the bridge w tcrii he aig
j nailed and Fleet ?aid he didn't."
"i'i .in a i...t \ceci ,,. .. >?.ut, ? ?? then
'lacj,.-! tiiaclpline on the part of the . r?w
I in loading the lifeboat??"
"Tho.f the 'i.w thai i in? working
p. lowering and filling the tonta rt>uldn'l
have been bettai bul the) were loo f>-?
i wa. surprised not to ?oe pier? sailors at
; i heir .-? illotia, emd aleo aurprl -1 thai mure
. |c o|. c | , |. po| pu) ni 111. l.o.its."
n ? men 11 _-? t no praetl? ?, th* nil ? -
i ?aid Hit men of th? i ren h.i'l told lilm.
?in -i bef?r. I i Ins I he a Itneaa ? I iir
i ? '. reed a i.ii.iiic'iii in order
i t" inak'- rli 'c m attitude i? folloa.
' I do not criticise Captain Smith, but I
Answers i? the
BOOKRE?DERS CONTEST
No. 141?Tlie Desire of Ages
Wat*, li To-morrow?-. Tribune for Correct Answer to
Picture No 14.?.
do criticise the policy of methods pu
sued b/ the company, for I feel BU
that in thi3 case caution would ha
averted a tsrribl? calamity. I have be
given credit for saying many things a
eolutely untrue, and I wiah to state th
I have not aaid any personal or unki
things about Captain Smith.
Before Maior Peuchen ?ah? called t
rommlttee heard ihe testimony of Herr?
J. Pitman, third Officer of the TiUtih'. a
).'reileriek Fleet, the lookout man I'lttrt
?a.i^ ihe tirst witness 10-dav.
After I'ltman had told In detail his t
periancaa of aovante?n years on the as
he r1,??-,-rlhed the trial teste of ihe Titan
which he ??id consisted of steanitn?:
circles ?nid in performing other evoimio
and in sd)ust!ng loiiipaeece. lie .-aid th?
wer?? no trial?? for apeed.
The third officer told pf I h? fip of t
Titanii up to the time she struck th?? IC
berg, and in defining hi? own duties win
?HI watch he ,,aid he Worked out O beer?
tiiiiir?, found deviation? ?f the rompe'
ha?l general ?upetrviaton around the deel
and relieved ihe bridge if necesaary
"Waa li part ,,f your rlutie.i to drill tl
men ?>r to through practica with tl
men''' asked Rena toi Smith
"No, air; 1 merely cave them ordera."
Only Sixteen Men in Boat Drill.
The witness said boat drill? alwa*
?ere held at Southampton and ?t Queen
tows Tl.? Titanic'? ?inii at Bouthami
ton he said, constated of lowering gi
lifting two boats.
"Anything elae don?""
"No, sir. The dril! Has to san..f\ tr
British Board of ?"rade We lowered tl
1'imi.?. s?iie?i ?round ihe harbor and 'he
returned to th? ?hip."
rittiiiiri said if i'iii ruatoman ahoar
ship tu have boat arid lire tirilla ever
Runda v. PHman said that In the Bouthami
ton drill approximately eight men went 1
eaeh hont
"Then "til-, ?ixteeii men participated 1
Mils ?iiiil*" suggested Senator Smith
"Ifi, sir "
"Waa there 1 -. tire drill on th* Tit.mi
nflei sh? ?ett Soul ha mpton ?"
"No, sir: none "
Asked if he ?aw any Ir? on Rundav, Pit
man said he did not Th? far! thai to
temperature was lower, he --?id, would tr
inilic.it? the pr? ?en? ? -if ie?..
In iln.s ...tiiitrv and our eauntPy, h
??Ided, "the temperatura changea are au?
tint on? wanta an svercoat one day an
. ,?,.| . loth? - He next, but lhal is not du
??> t, . ?
Pitman leriarH In ail in?. navigation n
the sea h h ?.i onlj ??en one iceberg, an
h? rontended the only way to dlacm er th
proxlmlt) "f Iceberg? waa to see them
" 1 .. 1. < onvln? >"i th? re I* no ?>ihe
way of telling?" aaked Renator Smith.
"There I? no other \\a\.. Science ma'
hold that tii-i.. at-., numerous wa? lu
th>\ have 1.1 heen demonstrated."
Renator Smith asked filman if h* t-nev
that lemperatura le?fi of th- water wer
nia de every 1 ?.. honra on the Titanic'a voy
agi from Southampton.
'?, es, su it w is 1 n.? cunt? ni
? it \?.is more than a custom, waa il not
v\ isn'i n an attempt to dlacover th? n? 11
H--SS of Ice?"
"Xol that I knoa **f, sir '
"i)i?i y?m s.-e tin? ?luartermaster of th?
Titanic 1? -i 'he wajiei'."'
"No, bul 1 saw, lilm preparing lo do i
?et ?rai t rn'. -
"You s,i\ th?. fourth officer reported lc
Haturda* nlghl and marked it on the ?hat
with a croas, ' ?*ontlnued the Senator. "Ws
tin.- mark "ii Ih? chart os m near the ?hlp'i
. . 1 1 1 1 - ? ? ?. '
"Am near n^ i recollect, it waa nortn 0
nir courae.'
Pitman reiterated atat? n euta of othen
thai th- Titanic w.is on her proper courae.
The witnesa ?aid thai when he was in th?
lifeboat golni lo the Carpathla he ?an .?-?i
?ral Iceberg? and they were about 158 f?Ml
above the water.
Pitman sai.i that from <; to I o'clocl
Stindaj evenlns hi vaa.s on He 1 ??:.!?;?-. aftei
which he ?A.-tit (,. his h. 1 ih. lie heard noth
? nt ,1 ? n nins b) the ? 'allfoi nlan I tal
I ??? waa m ihe vicinity. The Titanic ho?
ever, had 11.-?-ii keeping a ape i-ii Iookoiii
f.11 ice that da*? i??'iaii,r t'aptain Bmltl
liad l??een "warned" ?hat lo* waa near
"Who a-arned him?" Imiulred Renatoi
Smith.
"I don't knoa. sir.''
"Well, who told you thai ha hod beer
warned? Were yoti told before 1 (e dlaeutei
01 1 ftii ward'.'
"I cannot rememhei who tui.t rae, and 1
think it was afi 1 the \> re? k "
Pitman ?aid Ihe ahip was ni Linn sboul
II Vj knot? .m Sunday evening, adding thai
II was "nvthlng i" whgi we expected hei
ti. ?In "
"Ilow mu. h did ? "ii expect"
"We thought al t ? auld r?aa? h "? "
"Ware rou tri Ing to reach -' 1
"No beeauae we didn't have th? '.'-?i fai
thai
w hen a-l.. 1 again nhoul lite leebers,
warnings, Pitman aald he did hear an IN
ahlp abo .; I.i rhttoll? 1 a wui n ng tu Mu?
dock "ii Hi.- > hip ? "in ? 1 ulna; |CC
"We talked shout 11 .mu.m- ou rae I ? ?
Sund.'? 1 aiau 111. ' .-..,ii the wttneaa "Light?
luller remark?-?! thai we ahould be In th.
. u tu? 1 > o1 i? ?? .,1.1 bla watch "
"\\ ? re mu? .ill agreed i" lhal
? 1 .11.in 1 eaj uni thing abu .1 It, 1 w.ian'1
int. rested m n 1 i an't t. membei a ho araa
pr?s.,it 1 heard tl, remark paaaed Thai
v..., all."
< natoi Smith litepilred on what baals tha
wltiieaa Ugm-ed ih? Titanic ??..?? making "?
kiuii - \'\u\ un replied that ha made Ida
latlnns hj the i..^ and b* th? r?volu?
tlon? a hi. h ivor? ni.oui ;;..
"I 'pi tin hip Ira? --I fa iter than th ?t al
an) lime pi loi in 1 he urrldenl a 1
., ke l
"So, Il I Until. 1,"I "
I'l "> ...1 nul know ih it n . ' - 1 si ?;,?<
."' n ii hi aua muklni up u> so revo
lull.UI ?
">.... ?Ir If h< <!n!. 1 ttltnh I 'S >:?
lake?.''
When the Tite?te Struck.
Th? wltneas ?nid he. left Me ?abin ab??
it :."... snndav night, jmi after the rolllaloi
"Tiioif wn* ?cry iiMie Irapaci," ritma
?aid. "i w;'-e half asleep anci half awaki
ir-.'! I wondered, sleepily, wh"re we wer
?n boring i walked owl on dock aft?
ii. or font- minute? nn<i Mild notblni
men i retornad, ?igli??'i my fir?? an
i. cci leisurely, for II was ueai time fo
my watch. Jual ea l finished dressing Mi
Boxhall came >u? and i aaked blm wba
aras '"? matter. i!> aald 'W< ha\?. ?tru.
an h ?berg.*
?| wenl on <ir u igt In and met six?
.-rv Mood: l .-.vk??<? him if h?? had se? :
Me.- Iceberg and in- said 'No,' bul there wa
ice on ?ii? deck. To satlafy myeelf, i ren
forward and ??w i.<. T *i r walked bacl
and -." flock of firemen coming i ??
"i .-.n!.cc] r. lia? was the mattei The
sa I, Tl m ?? ?.'? r ? the hatch.' i look?
downward end >,r.\ water flowing ovei II
hatch. Then I wenl up on deck and mol ,
nan In a >!r.*-sfcltii,' ?;?>":. Who *nid to in
?Hurry; there'? no time foi fooling.' Thei
I wenl to tli" boat?."
"Did you know who lhal mai wee?"
"Not then. I do no*
?Who ?ras it?"
"air. Ismay. Latei titi? man told me t?
?*: the women and children m th?* I tats
1 lowered one <<( them Mr. IstnejT i-anu
to the boei and helped me. I put In ?juli?
a number of th? m and a fen men Thei
I culled for morp woman, but th? re ??? ? r?
none to be ?aen. Then i ?tap
on the ship agin, and OfBcer Mur?
doch r"!'i me to gel In the boni and row
around to the Hft.-r gangway, i thought
that was tho thing to do, becnu t i > v
peeted to bring all of the paeoengers back
10 t!:.' phlp again."
"Were the paaoengera rol ctanl to
Into the i.oai??"
"Well, no, sir "
The witness ??aid i1 hi lu? >efi ?? th?
boat pulled awa) Murdock leaned over ami
?hook hands with him and said: "Qoodb)
?Jiid ?'ici link, old man."
i pulled awa) ~;.id Pitman, "Intending
to remain near the ?hip in case *ln.i should
spring up."
Ther.- were five member? of th" crew on
the lifeboat commended by Pitman, who
B !.. -111. ? ?? ???
? -;- ??
teatifled thai he eerried forty at mi? n,,.
?encere.
He acknowledged that hi? boat <in*j ?Jk
have Ughta, although ihe regulatl .
the Brtttah Board o? Trade compelledJi
Pitman ?aid the women behaved "spleA'.
?Idly," I ! ' ill of them wanted t<i ,
In : .wing to keep tliem?elv?a warm u.
Sal I Ms I"-l wa? sense distance; froin y^
! THeWriC wIkii Hhe vent down
i ?HOW did -lie sink.'" a?ked leastR
I Smith.
? pi,o ?ettlrd by the keel, and then, | ,r\.
! denly, i,|p I* ?" *>n'' "** ,,,vr'1 fUht
atralght down." He IHnetrnted with dep|
pointed Anger
???,,i yog bear any explosion??'
? rea Ht; toot. They soended nu big
j gtjM |;i the dlMenre."
-What worn thees eaploetenet"
??I think they were the bulkheodg, tur,
1 xhe e-<t I'.M'.n? followed the dli ? >: -.?j,
! si.i,, aim..?? hnmedtotely."
They did not aaplede, ?hen. until th?
?hip waa enl mei %tAT
So, sir."
in, you belie-e in- bollera espiededr
? I dO -tot, and 1 ?is n?ar enough te th?
sh.-. t.. know.1
pitman ?aid he laut ?aw ' . ptah Smith
? enl lo Hi" bridge and ieke| y *
n if he should (III ' I with
. |. n gmtth i reply *? ?. "Cairi sa/1
Made No Effort to Save Other?.
Pit nan waa aaked if h? heard en) i ?t
? ?, .?aid t.? heard (T)U)g,
. . and moaning 'roni ?h? water.
?How for away weee th? cries front
-, . ,, ? ? ftonator Imlth si
, ,.,i nundr -i lerda, probet ?, .?im?
jof ,h,..,, i told my men to c?? th? o?-*
?,n,i pull to?, ard the wie. k that we
I,? ;,td.. to MVe a few i-,iore. Th? i->?.in;.
in my boni demurred. They .s.;ei it .,,,,14
; h? a mad Idea."
? i -i.t any on? in > our boat urg? or ?p.
peal to <"n t?. go back to? ird the ? *,-vr
No. not OPe."
"Did an: woman urge you te go \.-A. %?
"Who demurred: 'he men ?? ?' tke
' oar.??"
"Oh, no; they obeyed my ordere, n-./1 ,;\
? th? paeeengers ?aid U wa? ? mad Idea te
that a ould add another forty
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