ended.

The steamship Californian, controlled by the same concern as the
Titanic, was nearer the sinking steamship than the nineteen miles
reported by her captain, and her officers and crew saw the distress
signals of the Titanic and failed to respond to them in accordance with
the dictates of humanity, international usage and the requirements of
law. Had assistance been promptly proffered the Californian might have
had the proud distinction of rescuing the lives of the passengers and
crew of the Titanic.

The mysterious lights on an unknown ship, seen by the passengers on the
Titanic, undoubtedly were on the Californian, less than nineteen miles
away.

Eight ships, all equipped with wireless, were in the vicinity of the
Titanic, the Olympic farthest away--512 miles.

The full capacity of the Titanic's life-boats was not utilized, because,
while only 705 persons were saved, the ship's boats could have carried
1176.

No general alarm was sounded, no whistle blown and no systematic warning
was given to the endangered passengers, and it was fifteen or twenty
minutes after the collision before Captain Smith ordered the Titanic's
wireless operator to send out a distress message.

The Titanic's crew were only meagerly acquainted with their positions
and duties in an accident and only one drill was held before the maiden
trip. Many of the crew joined the ship only a few hours before she
sailed and were in ignorance of their positions until the following
Friday.

Many more lives could have been saved had the survivors been
concentrated in a few life-boats, and had the boats thus released
returned to the wreck for others.

The first official information of the disaster was the message from
Captain Haddock, of the Olympic, received by the White Star Line at
6.16 P. M., Monday, April 15. In the face of this information a message
reporting the Titanic being towed to Halifax was sent to Representative
J. A. Hughes, at Huntington, W. Va., at 7.51 P. M. that day. The message
was delivered to the Western Union office in the same building as the
White Star Line offices.

"Whoever sent this message," says the report, "under the circumstances,
is guilty of the most reprehensible conduct."

The wireless operator on the Carpathia was not duly vigilant in handling
his messages after the accident.

The practice of allowing wireless operators to sell their stories should
be stopped.

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