Titanic Explorer - A His…ney on the Ship of Dreams/titanic1.iso/pc/data1/tc_share.cxt/01859_Field_D09F.16.txt

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MR. BRIGHT:  I could not say who it was.  The lamp trimmer was assisting to get that boat out with me.  I could not say who it was.
SENATOR SMITH:  He did not hand you the lamp?
MR. BRIGHT:  I could not say.  The boat was over the side then.
SENATOR SMITH:  Did you see the lamp trimmer?
MR. BRIGHT:  I saw him.
SENATOR SMITH:  Did you see him with the lamps in his arms going around giving them out to the boats?
MR. BRIGHT:  No; the last time I saw him he was assisting to get that boat out.
SENATOR SMITH:  After you left the Titanic in this collapsible boat, did anyone try to board it from the water?
MR. BRIGHT:  No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH:  Or did anyone try to get out of it?
MR. BRIGHT:  No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH:  You did not go back to the scene of this disaster after you pulled out into the sea, away from the Titanic?
MR. BRIGHT:  No; by the time we got clear we did not have time to go back.  We were told to keep together, you see­­
SENATOR SMITH:  You kept together and did not return again to the scene of the disaster.
MR. BRIGHT:  No, sir.  Mr. Lowe, who gave us the order to stay together, went back.
SENATOR SMITH:  In No. 14?
MR. BRIGHT:  I could not say.
SENATOR SMITH:  He went back in the sailboat?
MR. BRIGHT:  He did not have the sail up then.
SENATOR SMITH:  Well, he had the sail up when you next saw him?
MR. BRIGHT:  Yes, sir.

SENATOR SMITH:  And he took your boat in tow?
MR. BRIGHT:  Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH:  I think that is all.  I will ask the officer to call Luis Klein.
MR. CORNELIUS:  [after calling the witness outside of the committee room).  No, sir; he does not respond.

TESTIMONY OF ALFRED CRAWFORD ­ Recalled.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  You testified regarding that iceberg.  You said, as I recall, that you saw an iceberg passing on the starboard side?
MR. CRAWFORD:  Yes; after the collision.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  Where were you?
MR. CRAWFORD:  I was on B deck.  I went out from B deck, out to the promenade there.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  That was aft?
MR. CRAWFORD:  No, sir; forward.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  You were forward?
MR. CRAWFORD:  Yes, sir.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  On B deck?
MR. CRAWFORD:  On B deck.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  And you saw the iceberg, the iceberg  that struck the ship?
MR. CRAWFORD:  I saw the iceberg going along the starboard side, sir.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  Just describe that iceberg, please.
MR. CRAWFORD:  It looked like a large, black object going alongside the ship.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  Could you tell us about the size?
MR. CRAWFORD:  I could not see the top because there was a deck above us.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  It was higher than B deck?
MR. CRAWFORD:  Oh, yes; much higher.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  And how close was the side of the ship to it?
MR. CRAWFORD:  It did not seem very far away.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  Could you tell anything about the dimensions of it, as to the length or the width?
MR. CRAWFORD:  No, sir; I could not.  I just saw the object scraping alongside the ship.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  Did it come in contact with the side of the ship?
MR. CRAWFORD:  I do not think so.
SENATOR FLETCHER:  That is all.
     Witness excused.

SENATOR SMITH:  I think that completes the crew, does it not, Mr. Cornelius?
MR. CORNELIUS:  Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH:  Is Mr. Sammis here?
MR. CORNELIUS:  No, sir; he will be here Monday morning.
SENATOR SMITH:  Is Mr. Bottomley here?
MR. CORNELIUS:  He will be here Monday morning also.
SENATOR SMITH:  Then, with the consent of my colleagues, we will adjourn until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
     Thereupon, at 6:10 p.m., the committee adjourned until Monday, April 29, 1912, at 10 o'clock a.m.