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London, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

that Mr. Russell had appointed him (witness)
to take charge of the paddles. Did not ex-
pect to return to Mr. Scott Russell's employment,
though his appointment with the company was not
a permanent one. Had often been away on trial
trips with `Zr. Scott Russell's vessels. Had been
away sometimes as long as six or twelve months,
and then always returned to Mr. Scott Russell's
employment. He came on shore on Saturday
last without asking leave either from Captain
Harrison or Mr. M'Lennan. Could not recollect

who gave him leave. Never made any report what-
ever to Mr. M'Lennan as to the state of either en-

gines or boilers. Could not recollect what had made
him so particular in looking to the cocks on the
stand pipe, beyond that it was usual to examine all
the cocks on feed pipes before starting. The jacket
had been used before and those cocks examined
before. When they had examined them M‘Farlane
and he parted on the deck near the funnel casing.
He never knew that the donkey engines would not
work, and that that was why they were obliged to
give up feeding through the funnel. He could not
recollect saying that the donkey engines should be
thrown overboard, though he would not swear that
he had not said so.

By Mr. Newman—Mr. Patrick he considered
was quite competent to take charge in the boiler-
room. Mr. M'Lennan never gave him any instruc-
tions to get up steam beyond saying when the ves-
sel would leave the Thames. If anything had gone
wrong in the engine-room he would have reported
to Mr. M'Lennan. Did not like at all to leave the
engine-room to look after the boilers. The boilers
were priming, and there was danger of water in
the cylinders, mad therefore be did not wish to
leave the engine-room. There was no steam regis-
ter kept. Some one was taking diagrams, but he
did not know who he was.
Duncan M'Farlane, a chief engineer of the auxi-
liaries, was called, and received the same caution
as the other witnesses connected with the machi-
nery department,—that he was not bound to an-
swer any questions which might tend to criminate
himself. He said he accompanied the last witness,
Arnott, round the vessel on the Tuesday before
sailing to show him the cocks to the water heaters,
and see that they were all right. The cocks on
the syphon were then open. They closed the door
leading to the cocks after examining them. It merely
shut too with a latch. There was no lock on it,
and any one could open it. It was his especial
duty to see that all the cocks in the paddle-engines
were in working-order, and open when they were
required to be open. Up to the day of arriving at
the Nore the cocks were both open, and steam
blowing off. Did not see the cocks themselves, but
when he saw the steam escaping he knew they were
open. After arriving at the Nore his charge of
them ceased, and he went to look after the aux-
iliary engines.
At the request of the Coroner,
The witness here recapitulated in detail the
number and position of the various cocks which
had to be inspected. Mr. Dickson gave witness his
directions to attend the inquiry. Had no conver-
sati n with Mr. Dickson as to the evidence he
could give. He had been five years in the employ
of Mr. Russell before joining the ship. If the cock
had not been on the tube the accident could not
has e ocenred at all. He was put in charge of the
cocks by Mr. Russell, under Mr. Dickson's orders.
He had always executed that particular duty in
Mr. Russell's ships. Mr. Arnett told him to open
all the cocks, therefore he did so.
[The cock on the tube was here brought to the
jury, and at a little distance from the witness ; he
at (MCP stated, by the marks on the screw, whether
it was open or shut, and afterwards explained its
action.]
By Mr. Leverson—Had only been in the employ-
ment of the company since the Tuesday before sail-
ing. Previous to that time he had always been iu
Mr. Russell's employment. Mr. M'Lennan gave
him his orders to take charge of the auxiliaries, and
'he 'thought that Mr. M'Lennan was his chief. He
communicated with Mr. Dickson before joining the
company, as he considered he was Mr. Dickson's
servant. He saw both Mr. Dickson and Mr.
M'Lennan in the engine room with others occasion-
ally, but could not say who was in charge. He,
however, considered Mr. M'Lennan was his chief,
tied to him he would have reported anything.
Captain William Harrison was then examined—
lie said, I am in command of the Great Eastern,
and have been so from the time she left the Thames.
Mr. Russell was in charge of the paddle engines,
and Mr. Langdon, of Watts and Co.'s, in charge of
the screw. I know that from my own observation.
Mr. Russell sometimes, as directed by the pilot,
signalled to the screw engineers ; but he passed
down verbal directions to those in charge of the
paddles. I had no information from the directors as
to Mr. Russell having charge, but Mr. Brunel in-
formed me that he would not accept the engines
unless they worked faster on the trialtrip than they
had done in the river. My instructions to Mr.
APLennan, the chief engineer, were not to interfere
with the working of the engines at all, but to hand
over his staff of assistants to the contractors. Both
screw and paddle-engines were at that moment the
property of the contractors and had not been ac-
cepted by the company. If anything had gone
wrong with either engines, I would have reported
the matter to their respective contractors. Mr.
Ms,Lennan had my orders to place his assistant engi-
neers at the disposal of Mr. Russell and Messrs.
Watt and Co. I did not hear him give those orders.
I told him to give them, and he reported to me that
lie had done so. The trial trip took place, of course,
under the sanction of both contractors. I saw Mr.
Russell give his instructions from the bridge to the
paddle engineers, and from that I thought he was
in charge, but he might have been giving that as-
sistance from interest in his engines.
By Mr. Leverson—Of the four trials, or starting
of the engines in the river, only one took place in
the presence of the officers and engineers of the
company. The first trial was made at 2 o'clock in
the morning without my knowledge or the know-
ledge of the company or their engineers. All the
other trials were made by Mr. Scott Russell's eegi-
ricers, and Mr. M'Lennan has never taken charge
at all. The engines were never delivered up to the
company, and Mr. Scott Russell continues in charge
of them. If Mr. Russell had not volunteered that
morning to work the indicator to the engine-roo.n
from the bridge, I should have placed two of my
officers there to do it. Mr. Russell gave his orders
to the paddle engines because they were under his
charge, I presume, and because he was the con-
structor of them. It is not true that the stand pipe
casing 'MIS a ventilator for the sleeping cabins. It
was for the boiler-room. If the stand pipe had
broken, it could have done no more than let the
water down on the boilers."'"'Some might perhaps
have come throng. h the perforated zinc casing ; but
av ry little. After the vessel left the Nore, I, in
conjunction with the pilot, asked Mr. Russell to
drive the paddles faster, as the screw was over-
running them. Mr. Russell, however, did not do so.
At all trial trips I have seen the engines have been
worked at their full speed to test them and prove
all the could
Mr.
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could do before they were delivered up.
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speed ; in the trim the vessel was in neither screw
nor paddle were sufficiently immersed in the water
to do so with safety. Mr. Russell and Mr. Blake ought
not to have come to any arrangement as to the speed
at which they were to drive the engines without my
cognisance. As captain of the ship I would not
have allowed such an agreement. I have never
heard of any such arrangement having existed.
If I had known that Mr. Russell was only
volunteering his assistance on the bridge, I would
not have allowed him to take the position he
did, or any one but my own officers. I have read
the chief parts of the contract, and I do not
consider the ship completed, according to that
contract, up to the present time. Coming down
the river from Long Reach, Captain Comstock, at
nay it•enqtreliele my officers.
st,s,ometiine
s worked the steering appara
He did this at my
request. I never requested Mr. Russell to talc
charge of the engines on the bridge. Captain Com-
stock was my friend, but he obeyed my orders like
one of my own officers.
At this stage of the proceedings (half-past three)
the Court adjourned for an hour and a half, and had
not re-assembled when our parcel was despatched.

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