Name	Lifeboat from Titanic	Lifeboat to Carpathia	Confidence Level
Ward, Mr William	9	9	5.00

American Inquiry
Testimony of William Ward, page 597
  Mr. WARD. I went to my boat - I was stationed at No. 7 - and she was already lowered to the same level as the deck.
    Senator FLETCHER. Which side?
    Mr. WARD. On the starboard side. They called for the ladies to get in. Some got in, and there were a few men got into it; quite a few of the crew up there, and they did not want them for that boat. They did not want me for that boat, although I was told off for that boat. They just had sufficient men to man the boat. Then I went aft to No. 9 boat.
    Senator FLETCHER. Who was superintending this loading?
    Mr. WARD. Mr. Murdoch, the chief officer. Purser McElroy was there, and Mr. Ismay. I do not think any other officers that I saw were there.
    I went to No. 9 boat and assisted to take the canvas cover off of her. Then we lowered her down to level with the boat deck, and a sailor came along with a bag and threw it in the boat. This man said he had been sent down to take charge of the boat by the captain. The boatswain's mate, Haynes, was there, and he ordered this man out of the boat, and the man got out again. He stayed there for three or four minutes, and I think the purser - I am not sure on that point - said "Are you all ready?" Haynes answered "Yes" - it was either the purser or Mr. Murdoch - and with that he said: "Pass in the women and children that are here into that boat." There were several men standing around, and they fell back, and there was quite a quantity of women and children helped into the boat; I could not say how many. One old lady made a great fuss about it and absolutely refused to get into the boat. She went back to the companionway and forced her way in and would not get into the boat.
    Senator FLETCHER. Was she with her husband?
    Mr. WARD. No, sir; I do not think I saw her husband; I did not see her husband. She would not get in the boat. There were several men in the boat then to assist in getting the women in. One woman had already fallen and hurt herself a little - a French lady. The purser told two more men to get in and assist these women down into the boat.
    From the rail of the boat it is quite a step down to the bottom of the boat, and in the dark they could not see where they were stepping.
    Then the purser told me to get into the boat and take an oar. I did so, and we still waited there and asked if there were any more women. There were none coming along. There were no women to be seen on deck at that time.