een printed, because full speed would be
from seventy-eight to eighty revolutions, and we were making only
seventy-five. After the impact with the iceberg I dressed and went on
deck. I asked the steward what the matter was and he told me. Then I
went to Captain Smith and asked him if the ship was in danger and he
told me he thought she was."

Ismay said that he went on the bridge and remained there for some time
and then lent a hand in getting the life-boats ready. He helped to get
the women and children into the boats.

Ismay said that no other executive officer of the steamship company was
on board, which practically made him the sole master of the vessel
the minute it passed beyond the control of the captain and his
fellow-officers. But Ismay, seeming to scent the drift of the questions,
said that he never interfered in any way with the handling of the ship.

Ismay was asked to give more particulars about his departure from the
ship. He said:

"The boat was ready to be lowered away and the officer called out if
there were any more women or children to go or any more passengers on
deck, but there was none, and I got on board."

CAPTAIN ROSTRON'S TESTIMONY

Captain Rostron, of the Carpathia, followed Mr. Ismay. He said the first
message received from the Titanic was that she was in immediate danger.
"I gave the order to turn the ship around as soon as the Titanic had
given her position. I set a course to pick up the Titanic, which was
fifty-eight miles west of my position. I sent for the chief engineer,
told him to put on another watch of stokers and make all speed for the
Titanic. I told the first officer to stop all deck work, get out the
life-boats and be ready for any emergency. The chief steward and doctors
of the Carpathia I called to my office and instructed as to their
duties. The English doctor was assigned to the first class dining room,
the Italian doctor to the second class dining room, the Hungarian doctor
to the third class dining room. They were instructed to be ready with
all supplies necessary for any emergency."

{illust. caption = DIAGRAM SHOWING THE PROXIMITY OF OTHER STEAMSHIPS TO
THE TITANIC ON NIGHT OF DISASTER.}

The captain told in detail of the arrangements made to prepare the
life-boats and the ship for the receipt of the survivors.

WEEPS AS HE TELLS STORY

Then with tears filling his eyes, Captain Rostron said he called the
purser. "I told him," said Captain Rostron, "