The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-21

s,e een very nss ,s niv ss
warm day it was not remarkably hot il was very warm
s ny ;n tha Sack ~ ay,ossa 70 H. snn - Iys
her risbt i vas verv hot near the smoke nine. aid
not go there to find very cool place. It was not while
Wa ~ n :. " sasous e VIC s,a o s can thy
h h 'e coa ho' ueune w'l'm row sr
s ~ h WY" ny. e. s ' -, .I = ehs, Wa ;th;n
rev ieet OF the BAR rather forward Oh the smossppe
NV s was Hcsh 0iee@e noni INC 'ou'A y" 'n' "'A' -
Q-Do you thaak you could smell better with breeze
00 M WYE NY .ne ass rs ,h., h ala not mean T.,
nsnuate anything when he said he wanted to see how
haa r. lne witness was piepareu W s"oi'
witnsss-fos mad better not. e. ,,,.o.x,s
DIT. MIos SSn-Mhy no. 10 you :n m1 ~. " w h
WiInessUutsiae OF me eour. VIII es you Ano"' ou'
here will ask the protection Of the SIage ons 70
MT, Wneaton-ihere ID P'ehy VI "Enu"s W 'e 'He' ="
you require ~. us...,u .,,s 70 nro,s., ,,vssf
Witness am perfectly ape s,S 20 pso.se' ,nysen
EXarinaon M ao moi see any.nns Mhe G
smelt DID not sPcah 70 Mr. MCGEE OF Mr Ho
yer, OF any Queer VI ooa :. 49, s 4. 5S : ! sL.,
me ia ths least that was before the boats came in
tscs xas i0auns .sS ~ I'LL 49,. 49, ;. ~.
me sue sa,e S ole, uo o1i ho
oeioIe saw me smess i;.ts u t snSas oeoo
sen rio snione ~ons ss1 s 80, ~Ion ,a'
saw sns smE mst ~ u ~ W. pn,nha,a s On on,
out Of the hatehway the grating In the mdshiP. that
grazing was aoOus 80 ,oe. alo wneis was s,Ig
on pena Of ms cnensl ~a NOT see C@p.an Ialman on
INA. Jay Jaw .ne pot M IN ING pnos mouse
house; saw ane secont pG. lf%enaor, IN .ne plo.
n , I w. pnv ~ ss e s,,; H. t;I. a ut
inc fare also saw him in the forward part Of the boat
Jus De,oau n .bt 49, ua do ~ a;,; u Iva; ~ Az
engine loom inas & No gwen AK ~ @
P ths Araan;s ,sra hsr hall. canr toll vhetbar che
near tne Ainiena iens ne. oI, ga. ~ wo. |
OF not. sue than hs ~ Henry
t a. ~ va y p. tha . amana aht waS rerh
she wess shore W NEE. .lo ua wa Pur
t VI so . ;d t Of csnnot toll desn;tiv
.Ie s.al h sue, h =, u ,h ;n hnre %
h. e . Az snov th,t che vant nvsr to Iand
at Kingston can't tell if the Henry Clay could make
iar1;ns ,hont no;n~ nver Knoston il IN tho Wastsrn
side don't tbink the Harry Clay made anv LANDING hs
low Nerburr have no means Of rusriar the suesa of
sred the Smoke At Forest Point until the boat was turned
Il was about three minutes. and a,out three mnutes
@ h ec at abont 20 minutes after o;coch AID
not soc tho rteam g,a 90 on that d.y
dan M IN behalf of his client Mr.. Collyer MRidder
md Harris era an tho deck whan Law M Col
ixer sneak 10 them: was near to them heard
r1sthnir d;st;nct,v MAI bo sad 70 than. Gould not
tell hether os Harris and Bidder were nearest to him
he saa to- them that the Armenia cannot mass her. that
be the contact but thew were yerv near together
di t '1 ma hcaf in for eant
.tarSas ben rngnr side hv side should think
tbSv ton }eet anart when thew were 6r aide Inv side
y were yen eg n, ; d ne d Ny
nile or two the Claw was he .disr rather toward the
hotIa sba LOS hsaSng to tho K;nrst"n' docL. H. ~
tnsd ~ tbo Engst"n da.L DOM Lnov that sha ,and
ed passengers there don't know that when they came
d there G
laying IN the track Of another do not know that the
men 80 az 20 &c G Uy e s"Son
TO he snded AZ Btol JoSn soencer be was nos~
man ana and saw nm some a Twenty es
csn sw that he showed Il to anv one did not saw he
shont Il until after We nassed Bristol. cannot tai
whether he bought his ticket at the dock or on board the
boat 90 not know that there was any one on beard Of
nassed Bristol he Spencerl was rather drunk do not
know whether the Cav was in tho habit of landing at
Rrsto, event whom signal Was g;ven never va7ieJ
with her before Jaw no signal on the dsck abe start
ed believe at seven O'Clock the occurrence happened
ht aStssn nas ron, the Mace os The accident Enow
Nothing shout the state of the tides from Albany 70
Yonkers do not know that the Armenia was detained
that day NV ~ .nv sccdent could not tell where tha
Armenia fll astern of the CLAW. don't know how far
she was astrn time except Just before the tire
and or at nv time excent whsn the Gre tSos
place alteration in the speed Of the Clay during
t 10Y, p ssm carr;ad an the onsr ,dscI 9tis ne NO
menade deck wasn't there. Npp'' ''' ''''' ~
he IoSN "A bsther tbav bod twe,r. hrcl ~. Or
+roIna hurdrad mo-, can,t +a1IS W;tnass - .an,t +am
nsuaIiy carry their boats ON the same dsct
rcana dsct there was cover To the nromanade deek.
cannot tell whether was an awning did not look when
not .s G not "as w. Culver at ths dinner table did not
see him ON the promenade deck him no where excent
on the forward deck do not know who sat at the head
~ the table the only oacer a. ut the aba was M
Jessup was not Acquainted with Capt Tallman never
saw him uatil saw him here did not see any of the
landing, of passengers that day think it wssthe bar
keeper GFarer who stood at the Raneway that day
when came on board do not know il the smell was
like the smell of pitch or camphene burning
/, Isaac DAYTON bens Affirmed and examined bv Mr. Hall
deposed-I reside in New York; am . LAWYER was on
board the Henry CLAY the day she was DESTROYED by fire.
came on board at Hudson about o'clock when went on
board of the Henry Clay that morning the other boat
the Armenia was in the westerly channel the Athens
channel about opposite when we left the dock at Hudson
we started down the river according to nv knowledge
and experience at very high rate Of speed the Armenia
the landing frat we came 10 tho In ling
before she had left the dock by our Stopping here she
of course got considerably the start Of u.s. we went on
doS. The rvar aoa;n A. verv HIGH rate If snaad va
e .;n "a ster than ever trs velied before On steam
hoat. ws snnroached the Armenia n fsw milea above
p;t nerb. ns fonr or Ave iI.s ahove Knyston
pot or hn ponJ "a har stern VIC .ad ia hv s;de
naraIel and no more than ton feet from each
ether Tor more thar miIe mart of tho lime we we're
To her than ten feet and mart farther one time
ons boat ond get little ahead of the other and neither