Show Sailors Swear vear Californian C an Left Titanic to Its Fate 1 p I Boston The Boston The steamship Californian of the Leyland line Une was within ten of the White Star liner Titanic when that boat went down accordIng according accord accord accord- Ing to the sworn statement of Ernest Gill second donkey man on that boat The officers of the ship declare that the steamer steamer was twenty miles away awa- that she saw no rockets and never sighted the Titanic Gill says he personally saw tho the rockets saw the broadside lights of the Titanic and heard the ships ship's Officers talking among themselves and declaring that the captain had had been told of the sending of distress rockets Gill told his story in the presence of at four members of the crew of the Californian the Boston American reporter reporter reporter re re- re- re porter and a notary public The other sailors assented to all his statements but refused to make public statements statements state state- ments meats or otherwise corroborate Mr Gill because they were afraid of losing their Jobs |