3511. Did the captain tell you that the Californian had wired the Titanic that they were in the vicinity of icebergs?
- No. The captain gave me some wireless messages from Southampton, I think, that we had had before we had sailed, and asked me to put these positions on the chart.
3512. Did you know whether a wireless had been received from the Amerika that the Titanic was in the vicinity of icebergs?
- No; I could not say.
3513. Do you want us to understand that you had no knowledge of the proximity of this ship to icebergs immediately preceding the -
- I had no knowledge.
3514. One moment. (continuing.) Immediately preceding the collision, or during the hours of your watch from 8 o'clock until the collision occurred?
- I did not realize the ship was so near the ice field.
3515. You knew you were in the vicinity of the Grand Banks?
- I knew we were in the vicinity of the Grand Banks.
3516. What was the weather at that time?
- Very fine and clear.
3517. Cold?
- Yes; very cold.
3518. Unusually cold?
- No; not for that time of year.
3519. Did you realize that you were out of the particular influence of the Gulf Stream?
- No, sir.
3520. Do you know that the water was taken from the sea frequently that night?
- I knew the water and the temperature of the air was taken every two hours after the ship left port.
3521. Was the temperature of the water taken at any time to your knowledge?
- Every two hours after the ship left the port. I do not know what it was.
3522. No; I do not think you understood me. You say that water was taken from the sea and the temperature of the air was taken every two hours after you left port?
- Yes.
3523. I asked you whether you know the temperature of the water taken from the sea every two hours was tested?
- Yes, sir.
3524. You do know it?
- Yes.
3525. How do you know it?
- Because the sailor men and the quartermaster took this temperature, and I would see them doing it, sometimes.
3526. Was it reported anywhere?
- Yes; it was reported. It was reported to the junior officer.
3527. To the junior officer?
- Yes.
3528. What was his name?
- Mr. Moody.
3529. Did he survive the wreck?
- No, sir.
3530. Was it reported to any other officer?
- No; but their book was always there for him to see.
3531. Did the log contain any reference to these tests?
- Yes, sir.
3532. How do you know?
- Because it was the junior officer's duty to see that the log did contain it.
3533. That was his duty?
- Yes.
3534. And you think that was done because that was his duty?
- Yes, sir.
3535. Did you yourself take the temperature of the water?
- No, sir.
3536. At any time during that voyage?
- No, sir.
3537. Do you know whether that water Sunday night was colder than it was Monday night?
- No, I did not know.
3538. I mean preceding.
- No.
3539. Wednesday night?
- No.
3540. Do you of your own knowledge know the temperature of that water?
- No; I do not.
3541. Were you in the water -
- (interrupting). No, sir.
3542. (continuing). After the collision?
- No, sir.
3543. At no time?
- At no time at all.
3544. You do not know of your own knowledge how cold it was?
- No, sir; I do not.
3545. But you are willing to say it was a very cold night?
- Oh, yes; it was very cold.
3546. Do you know Mr. Bride, the wireless operator of the Titanic?
- Yes, sir.
3547. Do you know whether his feet were frozen after the accident occurred and before he reached the Carpathia?
- I knew his feet were bad, but I did not know what was the matter with them. I did not know whether they were frozen.
3548. You do not know whether they were frozen or not?
- I could not say.
3549. Did anyone die aboard the boat you were on between the scene of the sinking - the place of the sinking - of the Titanic and the Carpathia?
- No, sir.
3550. Do you know of others dying in these lifeboats?
- I do not know of any dying in the lifeboats.
3551. Do you know whether Mr. Phillips died in a lifeboat?
- Only what I have heard, that Mr. Phillips died after he was pulled on the - whether he was pulled on or whether he scrambled on the upturned collapsible boat, I could not say. It is only hearsay.
3552. He died?
- Yes, sir; he died.
3553. He was the wireless operator who was the chief of Mr. Bride?
- Yes, sir.
3554. But so far as you know of your own knowledge you are unable to say what the temperature test of this water in the vicinity of the Grand Banks, where this accident occurred, would show?
- I am unable to say what it was.
3555. Were there any additional officers or members of the crew stationed in the bows or on the deck Sunday night after you went on watch?
- I do not know about any additional members.
3556. The assignments were the permanent assignments; and so far as you know, that is all?
- Just the usual staff, I knew they would be; but whether there were any additional men there I could not say.
3557. Did you see the captain frequently Sunday night?
- I saw him frequently during the watch, sir.
3558. During the watch?
- Yes, sir.
3559. From 8 o'clock on?
- Up to the time of the accident.
3560. Up to the time the Titanic sank?
- Yes, sir.
3561. How frequently?
- On and off, most of the watch.
3562. Where was he when you saw him at these times?
- Sometimes out on the outer bridge. I would go out and report. I was working observations out, if you understand, most of that watch working out different calculations and reporting to him; and that is how it was I came in contact with him so much.
3563. Where was he at the times when you saw him?
- Sometimes in his chart room and sometimes on the bridge, and sometimes he would come to the wheelhouse, inside of the wheelhouse.
3564. How do you know he would go to the wheelhouse?
- I would see him pass through.
3565. You would see him passing through?
- Yes.
3566. Would you see him frequently in the wheelhouse?
- Frequently, sir.
3567. Was the captain on deck or on the bridge or in the wheelhouse when you assumed your watch at 8 o'clock?
- I could not say where he was. I do not remember seeing him at 8 o'clock.
3568. How soon after you took your watch did you see him?
- As near as I can tell, I saw him about 9 o'clock.
3569. About 9 o'clock?
- Yes.
3570. For the first time?
- Yes. I did not say for the first time.
3571. As nearly as you can recollect?
- No; but a particular incident recalls to me that I did see him about 9 o'clock.
3572. When you say you saw him about 9 o'clock, do you mean just before 9 or just after 9?
- You are trying to drive me down to the minute, and I can not state.
3573. I just want to get it as accurately as you can give it. Would you think it was before or after?
- I could not say.
3574. About 9 o'clock?
- About 9 o'clock, sir.
3575. Was anyone with him when you saw him at that time?
- That is another thing that is hard to say. I do not remember whether I saw him on the bridge or in the wheelhouse when I reported some positions that I had worked out.
3576. Did you see Mr. Ismay?
- No, sir.
3577. With the captain?
- No, sir.
3578. On the bridge, in the wheelhouse, or on the deck that night?
- No, sir.
3579. After you took your watch?
- No, sir; not until after the accident.
3580. Not until after the accident?
- No, sir.
3581. Did you talk with the captain Sunday night?
- Yes, sir.
3582. How frequently?
- I could not say how frequently.
3583. Do you know what time he dined that night?
- No, sir.
3584. Or with whom he dined?
- No, sir.
3585. Or where he dined?
- No, sir.
3586. But you do know that about 9 o'clock you saw him on the deck, on the bridge, and in the wheelhouse at various times. Would you say all of the time, in one of those three places after that?
- I did not know that the captain was anywhere away from the bridge the whole watch. I mean to say from the bridge taking the whole bridge together; all the chart rooms, and the open bridge. They are all practically on one square, and I do not think the captain was away from that altogether.
3587. When did you last see the captain?
- When he told me to go away in the boat.
3588. How long was that after the collision?
- I do not know what time I left the ship. I have been trying to find the time or trying to calculate, but I can not think what time it was.
3589. Where were you when the collision took place?
- I was just approaching the bridge.
3590. On the port or the starboard side?
- Starboard side.
3591. Did the collision occur on the port or the starboard side?
- On the starboard side, sir.
3592. And you were on deck at that time?
- On the deck, sir.
3593. Approaching the bridge?
- Just approaching the bridge.
3594. Could you see what had occurred?
- No, sir; I could not see what had occurred.
3595. Did you know what had occurred?
- No, not at all. I heard the sixth officer [Moody] say what it was.
3596. What did he say that it was?
- He said we had struck an iceberg.
3597. Was there any evidence of ice on any of the decks, to your knowledge, after that collision?
- Just a little on the lower deck. On the open deck I saw just a little, not much.
3598. Do you know whether anyone was injured by that impact?
- No, I do not know; I never heard.
3599. Did you continue to go toward the bridge after the impact?
- Yes, sir.
3600. How far did you go?
- At the time of the impact I was just coming along the deck and almost abreast of the captain's quarters, and I heard the report of three bells.
3601. What kind of a report? Describe it.
- The lookout's report.
3602. What was said?
- Three bells were struck.
3603. Three bells?
- That signifies something has been seen ahead. Almost at the same time I heard the first officer give the order "Hard astarboard," and the engine telegraph rang.
3604. What did the order mean?
- Ordering the ship's head to port.
3605. Did you see this iceberg at that time?
- Not at that time.
3606. Did it extend above the deck that you were on?
- Oh, no, sir, it did not extend there.
3607. A little lower?
- Yes, sir.
3608. Do you know whether it struck the bow squarely?
- It seemed to me to strike the bluff of the bow.
3609. Describe that.
- It is in the forward part of the ship, but almost on the side.
3610. On which side?
- It is just where the ship begins to widen out on the starboard side.
3611. How far would that be from the front of the ship?
- I do not know.
3612. About how far?
- I could not say in feet.
3613. How far would it be from the eyes?
- I do not know. I could not say.
3614. You could not describe that?
- No; you could measure it on the plans, though.
3615. About how far?
- I could not say how many feet. I have no idea of the number of feet.
3616. But it was not a square blow on the bow of the ship?
- No, sir.
3617. In ordinary parlance, would it be a glancing blow?
- A glancing blow.
3618. Was the blow felt immediately?
- A slight impact.
3619. How slight?
- It did not seem to me to be very serious. I did not take it seriously.
3620. Slight enough to stop you in your walk to the bridge?
- Oh, no, no, no.
3621. Heavy enough to stop you, I mean?
- No, sir.
3622. So slight that you did not regard it as serious?
- I did not think it was serious.
3623. Did you proceed to the bridge?
- Yes, sir.
3624. Whom did you find there?
- I found the sixth officer and the first officer and captain. [Moody, Murdoch and Captain Smith]
3625. The sixth officer, the first officer and the captain?
- Yes, sir.
3626. All on the bridge together?
- Yes, sir.
3627. What, if anything, was said by the captain?
- Yes, sir. The captain said, "What have we struck?" Mr. Murdoch, the first officer, said, "We have struck an iceberg."
3628. Then what was said?
- He followed on to say - Mr. Murdoch followed on to say, "I put her hard astarboard and run the engines full astern, but it was too close; she hit it."
3629. (Senator Fletcher.) That was before she struck?
- No; after.
3630. (Senator Smith.) That was after she struck?
- Yes.
3631. He said that he put her hard astarboard?
- Yes, sir.
3632. But it was too late?
- Yes, sir.
3633. And he hit it?
- Yes, sir.
3634. What did the captain say?
- Mr. Murdoch also said, "I intended to port around it."
3635. "I intended to port around it"?
- "But she hit before I could do any more."
3636. Did he say anything more?
- "The watertight doors are closed, sir."
3637. What did the captain say?
- Mr. Murdoch continued to say, "The watertight doors are closed, sir."
3638. Mr. Murdoch continued to say, "Are they closed"?
- No; "They are closed."
3639. "The watertight doors are closed"?
- "Are closed."
3640. Do you understand by that that he had applied the -
- (interrupting): I saw him close them.
3641. He had applied the electricity?
- Yes, sir.
3642. And by that had closed the watertight compartments?
- Yes, sir; and the captain asked him if he had rung the warning bell.
3643. What did he say?
- He said, "Yes, sir."
3644. What is the warning bell?
- It is a small electric bell which rings at every watertight door.
3645. And he said that that had been done?
- Yes, sir.
3646. What else did be say?
- We all walked out to the corner of the bridge then to look at the iceberg.
3647. The captain?
- The captain, first officer, and myself.
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