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.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
It is recommended that all ships carrying more than 100 passengers
shall have two searchlights.
That a revision be made of steamship inspection laws of foreign countries
to conform to the standard proposed in the United States.
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