The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-19
TIE LATE STEAMBOAT CALAMITY.

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Further Paxtlculars u the Disaster 70 the
EmsAre-Cosonel'sI rqursss-Rssusal Of the
FrsPras toxs Of the Steamer - Furnish the
Names OF the Passs ngers-The Wreck.
THIRD DAY.
from ovn SPECIAL REPORTER.
Tbs jury, which adjourned Sunday morning after
the bodies Of Christopher Csry and Bstssy
Goedwise-before stated Mary Woosser-mst a. ain
yesterday morning. fer the purpose Of resunng their
abors and in order IL possible, 10 obtain inport
ant evidence that would tend TO thro~ light the
affair and bring ths guilty parties TO justice,
At nine O'Clock, the of the Jurors being called
and two three Of them being absent the Investigate
delayed until one O'Clock
William Sanford being duly sworn, deposed-That he
was board Of the sloop Kembe, and the Empire
about Eve minutes before the collision took place;
the soop Gen Livingston also the steamboat was steer
ing towards the northeast part Of the river she was
about third di, from the east side of the
river ct the time; tell what the sloop
steering did her more than once there was
schooner westward Of the soop he did not see
the boat At the time they into collision, but
heard the noise they about mile north from the
vessels at the q could not tell which vessl approach
ed the other the ste~mb 1T within thirty yRds of
him when ahs going down: witness the east
tween them and the shore when he the soop
by the flash of lightning about mile off, it
not q very light night they could not distin-
guish the land; the altered her course for
the Loop Kemblsi the Empire when she passed
them opposite the milk aud lumber dock;
could say sbeher the steamer she had not altered
her course would have the sloop he steering
or not no luied whom ne her to give her free
passage, and cleared her about thirty yards.
Benjamin ID. scott, the hands belonging to the
soop General Livingston then and depossd--
That no resides Athens, Greene county;
ploy cd board the sloop . Aecond hand; not
hired as pilot but acted IN that capacity when the
weather tine; he followed the since he
fifteen years Of age, board when the COL
sion took place. the of the vent down below
when Ne bu i, and witness took his deck
GaspoL Van Hauser hen the helm; u
larboard or the traveller when he first steam
beat ahead OF them heAuins down on TIE east shore;
she ABOUT hall mle away when he first her;
she to~a DIS tie shore than to the west;
he gave orders The plot long before the stea nboas
up 10 luf and he did So the vessel the
centre Ut the channel when he gave huff when
they close to the Empire ne told him to put his
helm hard up which dia he about the leng oh
of the boat away her when gave the order the
boat appeal ed then De standing TO the west
shore II me oop mad not altered er coarse She the
steamboat have struck them aft of the rigging
the STEAMBOAT rather more IN the centre o. the
channel when the coisou took place when she struck
witness standing ait of traveller the
hatch the steamboat must have been struck the
boiler BY the Do~spt, there not gtear noise xhea
towards the CABIN the Captain OF the soop heard
SOM. body cryug in the water, and jumped into
boat him, but be could not fad him.
he supposed must have yam ashore, the wnd
pi0~ing hard breeze frsm the south at the tme
the sioop Carrying her D. ON 10 the east after they
struck she drifIed and dropped he anchor,
when they struck The steamboat heading TO the east
and ola Lot after her course there no noise On board
OF tho beat, Ieithe did she Slow he certain OF
this took particular nstice of it, witness had
drank any that night the steamboat had steered her
course hao given order huff, they would
discovered had either t, the west they
would rot have come INTO collision with her. she had
two Lights burning, red AID q greco aloft and
white the bow; 1t nos the place OF the sioop
TO get out OF the way tor The steamboat
John b. head, being duly dsposed-That he WAS
board Of The scnooner The night OF the collision;
he has traded between shkeepsie and sing sing ana
the pIRht D.arIy opposite ut Milton, he first
thought she the uvAdrick Hudson, but after sne
had LAseed he Was sure 1t the Empire, of Troy
she yer, long boat, she wards them and
he thought she would down him. bu. she sheered
to the WREN she ed she must have been
staL south, she about three times her length
from him when she -heerrd 10 the east when
amboa. sheerea TO The eastward witness vessel
laffed 10 the west; both Of them had not stored
away lom each other he thinks that she would
have struck him; il the sloop had not altered her
course to the vest the Empire would have struck
ms !: she cleared us about rhury yards astern
Albert Berry, being duly sworn d-pos.d-Thst he had
conversation with btpamsn scott, he asked he was
much hurt. sDd he ssid some asked him If ne the
stesmbos; he said no, uDtii he out his helm up
her, but 1t was too late she struck her. ~i' ness lives
to STE hat be thought VI it; .Itness had
ployed board OF the Empire for about years.
sleeps beating the WIND; ne board
of the EmpiTe when me Was sunk at Newburg
George K. Mallory clerk board oil sne Empire being
duly sworn oepo mat be has been Of
the III OF Alrii; Loaro of boat
tbs 18th he in oed at the time of the expo ION
did not any oop that night; be was sakened oy
a noise and crying, he looked Out OF his ~indow
and rucceeoed III ketiDg upon The Cattle decG from
set upon promenade deck and found several
ertO
lighted and edulinsteIe all he could ho-e who
were iruteo ali ths had life preseryers o.
and epaied for any ency he had not the
Of tie passengers win him. Dat a. TAR he could
recoect there board about ninety Passengers,
bes.ors the officers the he
BIS knowledge that watch hao plAced for
look be thong ht that there
three pas the that mad ught tickets
Toy there ~er. 10 passengers IN he oerths near the
boiler but he thought that Mr. Vac Schaicks might
have been there thee lift at clock from lroy
with vey p hit load Of passenger, the fron the
West Dad not got in they LET with ,sengers
there was 10 body slept in The be'ths near tns b'.r
except Bennett be believed alive and living
in The village some here % oeing a-ked If he thought
there any passengers diosIeo he said that had
reason to think
The Jury then took rscess uutil three O'Clock a.
which hour they reaeembed to get the remainder Of the
Csspar Van Hausen the boy who was steering on boa
the sioop ben examined, and corroborated
timoDy o. Benjamin Scot, stating that he obeyed the
ORDERS given by bin.
Thomas Hudsou oeposed-I was pilot Of the steamer
Empire OF Toy we. eboul the side of
cnhoLeL Westward the night lot dark;
vessel co1ld be seen oi- q mile the moon
down the vino se.t IL bio s1t pretty
resh w ,,9p ieI4 ., sloop bound up, tue sloop
HAMPTON Pcpt ususl course! az 80 -. s ~
sov AID us, apo we stood a-ay fiom her she wisss
half n,ns ficm when We her and ABOUT nuu-
dr. feet from chen char ged she could
have kept out of the usual sgns ais Stunning
COED could get out Of the loops way he struck
the latboard side square into the boiler,
wheel men, Albert Berry and C.roelius Vac Setback,
were with the wheel when struck ths boiler broke
down and rbe steam pipe broke off, disabling boat
leaving her to the action of the wind; the sloop
uffed in proper course did not give the
signal 10 g slow =" bessu-e If had slowed the soop
would ertainly have sunk base been pilot about
fifteen years have been aboard the Empire about
year the wind blew qu fresh .hould Judge slo p
running about six eight miles hour; a. The
time OF the collision 1t ~as ebb tide; think the
sloop WAS not Daaeabe he sheefed the boat aud
did all in his power TO avoid the accident;
after the last Iu made by the slo0p the Collision
Inevitable and the reversing of the wheels couo
have taved them; expression used board tue
Ltn cutt the ID slann In ~ " bad