Julian Atkins
Member
Hi Rob,
As I understand it, at precisely the time the ice berg was sighted, the only Officer on the bridge keeping a look out was Murdoch.
Other "mirages" are people speculating that Captain Lord was drunk or that Captain Smith had too much wine at the Widener party.I don't understand.
How can you do that? We know he was not in the pink of condition but that was long after the 15th of April...the following was on the 22nd May, over 5 weeks after the event
"The Solicitor-General:
I fancy Mr. Boxhall has not been very well. I know your Lordship will allow him to sit down.
15326. (The Commissioner.) Certainly, sit down, if you wish?
- I am quite right, My Lord, thank you".
His answers in the US were sharp and to the point and there is no indication of any illness then. Pleurisy is normally a secondary effect following a lung infection such as flu or pneumonia. There is no idication that Boxhall suffered any of these before leaving Titanic.
I think your idea that somehow Boxhall's health had something to do with his evidence is like the true subject of this thread...a mirage.
In normal circumstances Boxhall wouldn't have been expected to lookout as he had navigational matters to attend to.
His answers in the US were sharp and to the point and there is no indication of any illness then.
Most of Boxhall's evidence on day 3 in the USA was totally non committal and evasive,
In normal circumstances Boxhall wouldn't have been expected to lookout as he had navigational matters to attend to.
The star sights were started by Pitman and completed by Boxhall.Whatever Boxhall had to work out as computations of star positions, and compass deviation he did by his own account took 2 hours at a minimum to do this.
I would like to hear from Sam and Jim what sort of time Boxhall might have been expected to carry out those functions.
On one interpretation of his evidence he completed the star stuff by 10pm, then took further time to work out the compass deviation, though he is ambiguous over this point.
He certainly seems to have taken quite a long time over all this?
Cheers,
Julian
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