The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-09
Burning Of the ship Russia.
Examination ef DR.. KNAPP ard others.
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took the wheel the first time on "Wednesday night al l
left The Bar We s fS wind ior he & a0tSs two Sr bou M
ser ha we hal ahead 50 tar as could judge the Cap
tam lld all he could 10 make his She very slow
sailer was below when The alarm of lire was given
had back the smoke was 50 thick We BEGAN TO oaY
The beats The Captain ordered the yards to be squared
who spoke of The powder the Maze told US there was no
danger It was IN TIE orehod left in the gig with trse
broken out Of the cabin window. we met b. the pilot
ship The pilot boat hailed Us and told rs Is Eeep clear o
the shore, the breakers were dangerous we told The pilots
kSw lpSasi Rs bthdea i s hen
he was al the wheel the mate himself looked the compass
lonr or nye times while was at the wheel.
ETamiRaioH R When the vessel is steering by the
wind the man at the wheel must observe the sails not the
! Il: sPESoEE. one Of the seamen, swern.-Took the
& We were standing the South and then put about 10 N
n,. she Houd sSmelmes come Sg n n say every min
Wednesday night from to the wind was E. s. e. and
Wheel he d 8 T. SSd az sf 81 wv Tss os
Thursday afternoon heard the Captain say Mr. Jones that
should 90 Well TSSr q aeIoSa ne sSd sSi s r
was abed when the fire broke out tried 10 gel lantern
6e then rang he be s Is oSs hard !. nf'es% eon
Maze @ By I s a oS %s Ss SS, N s S hs
powder IT, On boa board the mate said there danger e
bricks The Captain tried to 9acily the men, @ iien not tc
get alarmed The fire had burst open ~ cabin door and had
saved ny trunk but nearly Ill my clothes my chs
saved my watch.
Il CsossetaW ssd-We saw the lighthouse al the time Of
the fe, At the time of the between be
and mate we were ten twelve miles from the ght on ne
p W. PAS, on starboar beam. We tackled shi ahonf
TO the N and f., but we had steady wind She ntnd
her. The Wind WsssF wss ba e r1ds
or seven KNOT breeze the second ate soundin ne
only. We had begun to haul up the chain for he achor
hui t re began TO break ont OF the cabin lie men be-
came alarmed and left the work When She irst venf -,
the best she could do lay her course Jones n,n ey
9rdeIed The yards q be braeed mp Never told he mate
been az since 1881 have received hses dollars and
hanhet coat and pair OF rowers from Dr. Knapn heard
ti protest read by some genlss. aud then signed IL
JAMES ARMAN-ls clerk OF Horacs Bean Co DR.
hnapp Keeps cash account with house; he uruduced
several CHECKS drawn h. Dr. knapp and connected them with
EDwARP NAsog-H lave been officer of a ship since 1877
was boarding al the house where MIR Dunlappnt d. on hs
arrival Azked him Suday evening after his arrival fhe
knew how ere originated He said that he did moi know
only the lire broke out in the asked If ne had saye
any clothes OF things said no. they had barely time 10 save
infsmfselyes Sad somebody ought make up his loss
o9 nun tnonght he oughtno receive anything from any
to him. = ~ W
Cross e1a~asa3l have repeatedly heard Dunlap say that
ne intended 70 tell The truth AT that t conversation Dun
TAP sald nothing about the infringement OF the shp. He
Knew nothing Of the OF the Ship except that ahout
seek she was heading N e. by n. on Thursday. He was
totally ignorant OF the course of the ship. think il was his
dnfy 10 Know the course OF the ship when his watch