New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-30

That might re.ui nv ssr,ou,,v he ssked me II rs
~ Ioi 'od him Wa nor but that slA o't every lsdy
s appeared 70 oe afraid be said To, " na1 no oc-
eaoh 20 DC afraid, and his fs ana the q Of every
u'rI oineer on board AZ valuable az III. lives Of
sue ana Thar he wished every body on board
"ouIo atebd 70 their business; he wa. tse .tne
man from whom bought nv pas,sy. and dionar DIX.
eni bought toe tickets at the oHice. | hou,ht m,
w w u'Ae's Hter this converssfsn from the sane
men " no was stl In the Office think I .hord ~
him again be was tall and genterl IooS,o, 80,
man cannot describe bis dress I ,b,ns =. 81 -
the ohce selling tickets before LEAVING albany Tco,tj
rot coy whether be was tall short be .au.e he wa.
Inside the Office, and don't know ANYTHING anon, ,hs
hi2ht Of the floor old not speak 10 any one
with the boat again about the racing because shst
! bad said took no effect the collision took place
In about three quarters Of an hour sfterward the
boats rad been gore together side by side Tor some
time, the Henry Clsy hnsy got ahead; the ch .nnel
narrower than IL hsd beeD and they to-
gether, but the Clay could have kept off the Arrn-ua
close the sh and do think that she could
have got nearer without great danger they came ia
collision. as believe, because the other boat ths
Armeps) could not go nearer to the shore the Hen.
~ Clsy headed the Armenia and rubbed hard agipst
the Armebis. and got ire ahead the Armenia then
fell back did notice that either OF Ia. ooats Ia of
any steam during the collision. the ladies ag,in
screamed and ihin'ed worse than before there va
greater beat about the FmokNpipe than had ever
known before. The Armenis after~nd fell consider
ably behind The Henry Clay continued going great
speed As though stTsuing every nerve | did not per-
ctive any smell OF smOSe on board until got oOVn
here, where the catastrophe occurred; nrst noticed
I 1
perceived smoke come up from below, and Shen came
out saw sill more smoke about nidsbips the ma.
cbinery think saw smoke coming up from the coal.
hole; was In The after part OF when I, struck
Old not hear dir cti1ns given by the officers Of the
boat u The after the boat bad struck did
not airy small boats attached b this bot, the boat
bad preached the shore in ssntin drecti tnsts ID
OF ruBun2 straight toward IT, tbpk that the chances OF
escape for the passengers would have been much
greater; | don't tIiuk that than FIVE minutes
usrspired at'r | discovered the fire before tue
Ifaf .|Hf H..
OF the plain or any other officer board the
boat bet, Re she struck; the moment disc )vered
the fire went into the cabin found my vile cropping
her way up with he child the child almost suf
f. ceed ; took the child and plunged into the water
but so many got hold of ne that In my struggle re-
lease ny se'i from them lost the enid sa my vile
no more; ihought bead her cry got ashore In a
state OF inssnsihity by the assistsncs Of two men
did not aiterward see any of the officers OF the steam
boat; 'houdthnk tina, tee Henry CLAW had between
800 and 400 passerg Cd board at the time.
Gorge p EdUdrds, sworn live az Ionkers was
on bOsId the Henry Clay yesterday | got board At
Poushkeepsie | cannot say that | norced anything
particular about the running OF the boat she pref
~ lest down 10 stony Point I've been board before
when she went quite as fast counted the turns she
made just AFTER coming out of the Highlands counted
above 2lle per minute-t might be - generally
tin the boats when am on board | have counted
the Henry Clay before; | have as, codu'ed
the revolutions of the Francis Skiddy, Aid, aud
Other boats the first notice OF fire | mad WAS
when the boat was half way between Bcltner's
down the river; when | first the fire | stood
on the II ain deck, she gway that down 10
the fire the starboard side; bad been "a &ing
with person who, thDk. was fireman. but cannot
say whether be belonged 10 thar Jat not was
certain thar he was fireman; there was fireman sit.
ting an ice.bOX opposite the hreroom door on the
main deck did not know him. saw hin start sud
Geny and run down into the ire room; that started
ne; stepped up the gangway where the hreman had
zone, and light; | thought, at first, that IL
proceeded from the furnace doors being OPEN but not
seeing any furnace dor open, thought ths boat
Oh tire, herad one fireman ask another To hand him
pail of water; he came uQ and got pail OF water
think he went 10 tank across the gaogwsy for Il
be gave il 10 the orher and from the sound heard |
thought the water thrown upto wet the ceiling OF
the Teroom; the fireman that applied the water came
up and from his appearance thought ne hsd been I'M
= able to remain below; | then ran forward and up
the piUf house and tod the piot That the BOAT was
on fire and he might do hat he pleased about 1t,
aud | think | recommended hun 10 turn
her head toward the shore he gave the whee! ab' ut
halt turn, but replied that he guessed dbl not know
UGH about il there lady in the pilot nOuse, With
the pilot the time then LETT the pilot house; lc'ms
dow Cd the main deck; then saw flames aud black
SMOKE through grating, on tue west side u tne
boat ! then went back TO the pilot house; as went
up eide. wentup the other side, ana told
the pilot that tbs boat ire aud could not Ds put
out aud that he had better her ashore; do not
think the IL no spoke to the pilot officer on
beard the the pilot mad then man helping
him to put the boat about; II usually WAITS Que
put he boat about but to put it about quick he
wanted, not less than two could do 1t
! mink know all the officers of that ooat by sight
cont know all their names | know tue Captains
usme bought my ,icAet on shore AZ Poughksspsie
OF the deck hands tod not 60 aft hs didn't
create any confusion as he thought they would
in getting all sshore safe; he said he had bis
of0ers TO DO so cav the secoud pilot very active about
1be deck 10 giving directions 10 the deck
hands TO keep the passengers all quiet; can
not say whether saw the Clerk Second Captain;
at the time the boat struck was forward, and when
that SHE going ashore pretty hard got bold of
the hand alDg she went w pretty eesy until che
cane 10 the sudden rise Oflhe bank hch she struck
and the sh jck threw many overheard ught she IS
Going al fu speed a. the time some ladies' gentlemen
and children " hO were standing the promenade
deck iel down the main Deck and others fell into
the water helped t. take some OF the ladies' OUT OF
the water got badly hurt, bur | don thlnk
any were lii ed by fai1g: the time ia mes were
coming Up sTouLd tho pilothou'e ! saw tne en-
piIeer al bis gost when the fire fret broke OUT
bus cannot az how long he remained there atter the
boat struck the pilot he was assisting to rescue
the passengers from the water; saw Capt tSllnan
ashore after the accident do nOt recOlect seeing MIN
do sny,hlng; raw tae p take an AK 70 scu'tIe the
boat understood that the pilot saved ais vile, but
whether IL the same lady had sc n 10 the pit-
huuse or not cannot say did not bow Tar the Ar
meLis behind at the time the Henry Cay struck;
saw tie Arm enia put In towards the stern OF inc
Henry Clay saw boat rowed from the direction OF
the Armenia and the men In wentto Work ana picked
mn ua,seneers OF the Henry Clay; / one boat on
board the H. Clay; ii was lying lue al! OF the quot
house on tbehuncane d. OK did GOT see any att5npt
made to pet that boat hslioed very LOUD Tor the
offceI5 belonging 10 the steamer 70 p1 u OUT,
fhould thin that it 10 eet long, aud pud mold
tr.n 10 10 - persons did not teei uneasy when
timed the boat there did appear TO be- any crowd
irg on board all could find seats thought there were
good many board, perhaps from fOJ 10 1OO pas
seDgers.
The evidence here closed for the day,
and the inquest was adjourned until this afternoon at
o'clock, at YonkeU
Latest scenes.
An immense number OF persons gathered
Yesterday OF the scene of the disaster most OF
them being in search Of missing friends. When
ever a body was recovered, there was an immedi-
ate crowd and excitement until the person had