The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

1 Havre to the I

ome here only for reoai
o try her s

rhere

ion in his mind whaterei:

of trying the engines. 'l he was going rather
slowly just before the collision. Considered the pilot
competent to take charge of the vessel, ani that he
(witness) was not to give .any orders, but merely to see
that the pilot's orders were executed.- Did not place
anybody to watch the telegraph, which communicates
with the engines, when he left the deck. Thinks the
steamer was about mid-channel when the collisio❑ took

To Mr. Watson : If th

)Nv water

or if
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leaving the deck, he would have recommended the pilot
what to do; but, under the circumstances, he did not
think there was any occasion. The chief officer was on
the forecastle. The third officer was also on deck.
To Mr. Bremner: Was within earshot during the
time he left the deck. Heard the pilot give an order to
port. Did not hear him give en order 'to starboard, and
does not believe he gave any such order. Does not think
that, at the time the order was given, the colliSon could
be avoided. The pilot had been attending to the course
of the vessel previously, and had never left the deck. He
was perfectly sober, and had not, to witness's know-
ledge, had anything to drink on board the steamer. The
schooner appeared to witness to be going about two
miles an hour. Her sails were all full.
Edward Goodacre, chief-mate of the Vigo, deposed.
that when abri-ast of the Rock, he saw the schooner
ahead. She appeared then to be about two and a-half
miles away. She seemed to be going throngh the water
at a speed of not less than two knots, Witness was on
the forecastle when the collision took place. When
about 200 yards of the schooner, heard the pilot cry out
"port." He did not say "hard a-port." The steamer
The ' helm
could not possibly have answered the helm quickly
with
I-
theers e
pilot fu iPi°
previously and
enough then to avoid collision. ' To clear the tel
n vateioirds a
ttihoenn starboard,
on a port helm, the order to port ought, in wi
judgment, to have been given before. Heard the
not starboarded, it was put to
about the schooner, or the chance of collision
helm been put either port or starboardtime,Had the
collision would have been avoided. in the
kii:ovpetnstd‘y‘
Had
toapd cried
nhoeorcil:t'
Had the helm been
ported one minute sooner, it would have been avoided.
To Mr. Mansfield : Saw the pilot looking towards the
schooner. There was nothing else to be seen but her, and
he could not have avoided
seeing her.
To Mr. Bremner : Capt. Henderson said something
about starboarding, which might have been heard all
over the vessel. ' That was after the pilot's order to port.
Is positive the helm was not starboarded.
-To Mr, Bateson : Capt. Henderson is Mr. Laird's
overlooker

nooner

tioo n e r

To Capt. Schomberg: Left the forecastle for a short

33 from

oing north by.

called out,

he n_as in

Thought t

hen be found
"port," and

he found they

fnot c

port" been obeyed, is of

een avoi

) about, tit
irct• a-port." Wl,ari
loner, he then called

!in the order " hard-
n the collison would
• been Pi °per tir'
gone - ross the

was goin.;

ILI not hay

s bowsif he had stare
id not at first see that th

.c.r
After

lie had

[le collision %tas inert•

t witlitn a cable's
Does no

ion of

ontinuation of tha I

sume I.
Alexai

'Mier fire

let

at he communiC

a at the wh

fore the collis

her or

et her, saw
k he could
helm hard

have gdod

ributei thei

If the

had obeyed dui
rt of the schooner.:
did not hear any

The steamer

Lien going dawn

Era been left to wit-
he Crosby Lightship
e least necessity for

'trail to five o'clock, as the
:►i anl Falcon enquiry had

fourth mVe of

3 order

man, de

igo's' wheel on the. morning in
Tyed her helm. Received an c

whist;
the fi

)out a minute of
obeyed

deposed
tu the
!a rboarded

" port " three
last be called

). The vessel

rot complain

s at the

art,l that she
" port" the
a port," both

off iii obedience

rite
order, and still more lin °near
d a port." Did not, receivf,an

;q to the

rboard before t

orders w

e collision,

starboard."

s Simpson, who wa

iidenee of thetas 7

closed the enquiry

UOGENE.-

DJO I

Did nt

any one

r; h ea, Cm

AND

IQUIRY

The adjourned enquiry into t

of this collision

resumed before kr:Mansfield and Captain
g, in the Sheriff's Court, St. George's Hill, at 'l,,
ock, yesterday. All the professional gentlemen en
ed were in attendance.

George Cairnes, examined by Mr.
seatnan, and have been one for 21 years
certificate of competency

I: I am ft

I was on

mate's

steamer as a deck pa
with the Imogene.

nger when

I got on i

FAle4in,

went to sleep at half-past
that night. I came on deel
past two o'cloci

Ito collision.
Cdrk. I

',gat pn estarboard
between three-quarterstb strb
or a mile
The night, or rather morning, was as fine a
one as ever came oat of the Heavens I could see a
vessel four or five miles away. I walked forward and
saw it was a ship, and I said to some men on the fore-
part of the steamer, "do you see that ship ?'' I cannot
say for a certainty whether the chief officer was there *or
not ; I know he was on the look out. The answer I got
was, "to mind my own business!' I said it was my
duty, being on board of a ship, to take care of my own
life, as well as any body else. I made no other observa-
tion. I did not make any observation to the chief
officer. I was on the deck, and he was on the pow
above. I did not know the men on the pop. The
steamer was steering amid-channel course as n. ar as tie
could guess. I saw the Imogene corning on the foretack,
and the steamer took her on the port how. I heard
some one hail from the linogene, as I was standing
forward, " to stop your engines on board the steamer."
That was not done until after the collision, We might
•have been a quarter of a mile from her when the mate
ordered the Falcon's helm to be put hard a starboard ;
she continued so until she struck the Imogene. ,Witness
further stated that he told the mate and crew of the
Falcon it was as lubberly done a thing as ever he saw in
his life.

leven or isvelve'

I saw

o'clock

out twenty minutes

It wa

Charles Roulston, first mate of the Falcon, deposed
Chat he has been nearly 20 years at sea. Sailed from
Cork in the Falcon, on the 20th September, at a quarter
past eight. Was on the watch on the bridge on the
following morning. There was a 100k-out marl in the
bow. There were three other able seamen and a boy on
the watch. Nothing took place of any consequence until
about two o'clock a.m. Witness saw the light of
Holyhead, and went below to call the eaptain.
pn
coming up again, saw a vessel on the starboard beam.
The vessel was also reported to witness. Did not see any
light. It was a clear morning, and witness could see
about two and a half or three miles off. The vessel
appeared to be about two and a half miles off. 'When
she was reported, witness directed the helm. to be
starboa.rded. for the purpose of giving her a
wide berth, not knowing how she was' standing. The
helm was put to starboard, bringing the ship abaft the
beam. Finding the ship still approaching, .ordered the
helot hard a starboard. At three o'clock the vessel
struck the steamer. a little abaft the fore rigging on the
starboard side. Considers that if he 'had ported the
helm, the two ships would have run right straight into
each other. Was in the room when the last witness
was examined. Never heard him call his attention tsi
the ship approaching..
The enquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday next, at
three o'clock. The last witness was directed by the
court, on the application of Mr. Tyndll, to produce
his certificate that day.

ROYAL BRITI

31.1 BANK.-CRINIINAI

PROCEEDINGS

time to heave the log. Was trying how fast the vessel" Nvas,goingwith the revolutions her wheel was making-
Was not trying her full speed, because the engines were
slackened before the collision. Was not trying he;
speed against the steam tub.
John Williams, pilot, deposed that he had been a
Liverpool pilot 12 years. Was ordered to go on board. the Vigo on Sunday last. When he went on board that
cantain gave him orders to take her down to the CrosbT
I ship. When they got out out of dock, witness
rd himself on the bridge; the captain was with
He did not give witness any orders or directions.
schooner a-head on the starboard bow when she )ut a mile and a-half awn,. rt,„1.1 -ne all round
earner was