The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-16

10 had ~. ~isa Mr. Ho~aon 10 relation to
the s6sY, Who then retired from rapip, woeong
~"s bi"riy osIt smith Then returned 10 The table ~
~bch the reporters wtre citing, AMI addressing td"m
Io.-"Sos was . oct besunrui girl onlv 10 years o
~ so only to ink her father brough. her down 70 nv
~ last evenb and eave her nto charge, t. take 70
her h,-rdr Ne Inrdon- bu. nov rho oss gone with
N chit drep ] nope IN q better world %
siss Gordon n the daughter Of George Gordon, Ed,
Capt smtb vas entity hbcriug under great meDtal
esc mebt during the recital OF the aoove narrative, par
hcuisriy - during the latter portion of H.
srArSsHNr OF CAPT. BEows, OF SaI uIrsoPoLrs.
APT VIM q. Lewis, The hrs, pso< Of the net~ovohs,
iy II HE time Of tue ooilbicn He has been
line siuoe II established, and there ia not
reliable pis on he Sound. He feels "a bad about
he accident Capt smh does, and wsees for the pre-
ens, 70 oi0 MAXI formal of the occurrence
him'ef Ba has, however, rels,ed tho whole Affair
me And will as- 10 you word for word he gave
no me;-We 10 Fab River about O'Clock In
day ever ng, for New York, With soe Two three hun
dred par ser. Aboot dvo minutes before t~o o. look
Saturday nsrphg, between Falkland ishsa ind New
Baven, the yioe saw . vessei about pptns and
half the nayboard bow, which he supposed 70
. schooner; she showed . very Btt,e highs an, bot
no head light whatever; she seadins east half
.ousheast, snd wo were goug west half south
When s'saDe,s meet head 70 head the rule IA for boso
put sbei tews 10 po ana pass 70 she sht bat SAILING
vessels must give their 80 suppo-nx this
be schooner on fres whit our PHO. kept on 70 the
seeing thai We were steamer, and tyng 70 pass
kr TO The Iefs, ind she oondnuns on Der regula.
trse, u "a natter Of TACT brought % into collision.
me bell Of the ueropoHs runs stop tho engines
bit in shout . minute struck bcs Secp Der maets.
hsd ou 81 ny berth and st 70 the window when aba
struck The sWemast Of tee propeller went o. cur ar
hoard bow, and her paipmast sta how va
ssre probably 1t the time ming at the rate Of twelve
m lef an boar do mot think sere going At grossex
nf speed than that, and have hole through
the side of the propeller i9ns light p,shs
WITH sbs haze on the wsae' but If .ne,e haA en- head
,ghs en- he propeller conid easily have hee
bins our 20 were rese~sed at the uue Of The COLI
sion, bu, am ma positive - 70 that Tho oopion did
bet awakened BY The oniv da image dooe the
kerpps b, The coAon Is The Ioss of cut eater and
cn n, Of ana We shall run back 70 ~ River 70 n,ehs a
usuai. Tie IN 20 oak stem OF the steamer ID ba'dly
scrarhed b"t sc ma, have N 70 ID the ways fo- repair
VII ID convenient for 10 no, the e.
70 the cut.a er extends under wafer lmmeday sfser
he cos the ~ some confelVn ard the
asou' ssth The boss or, but W" had sle dioEey
ab ut min, es and tvo others In I've minutes more
the crew Of The kamer tire ropes TO the propeer ami
saved al they could 10 that way and the passe gers
threw over HE pvcservers AMI ~haiever else ud
hy oanns IN that would foAt We haze ten bo.s 90
and st tglr In The ater the moment be collision ,os
pscc. AID se hauld three mon in over the oows ono
saved himself ~ cimoii the wheel and Capt nth
q 10 Inc bTacer az the wheel The opellcr imme.
dak Punk Ia about fourier sxeeu nath0ns IF wafer
Amer thu uohson se bep the 'ta lsyips still I'll afer
d., n, ht With bosis out ell lonkng for per-
ron IN ihs wassr Durisg the TINE the stssmsr erf ed
dr'snct from the piafe OF he soa but tbe boais
nsn ono eiibe around the place al The time 10 ho
nj ohcO> oring some person ipsing " hoaog bar
ri, rp.r, board. ba!e ~ somstavg trem The wreck
eui vthrut svau A. soon cSuiA zee clearly
aid nvs os 10 fOre for iear no mover The wheel
tat might strike and injure some Who might be In
the s.e or ese 3! Tho riople Sh,ch !. Won osose,
wash them rum y hasever they might % chnstng 70 We
could clearly SEQ he oil The water from the
o,ks In rho wreck lmmeossely afer the oollisi n.
mmee wss ~ med BY the passengers OF the uesroos,
for pu,p&s Of seehns administering 70 the
wsn Of The wrecked and Who had boen
savto and sho had os IN some instances every article OF
ooing snd dolAs Of money which they possessed In The
World They came 10 me in the hst place 70 male
pqu'ies sbcn Opt Smith, - they wshed N kpoy how
very ipums 9Th HIM Of sailing vim him on tho
sei; and told hem thai they could put moh
o0sndso in ~ staemsss .hch be migh,h abe 70 them,
,hAs hey need pos % afraid 70 uust hi with ustold
gold He ihcp, u Ibeir reqoest gave them god &c
ut Of bis crew - he but for haeef deonsd
kpsB an and bad espTvss Of hs nrsns Of earn.
Ing hveh Cd. and had lot al the property be posossod
.sd socn vasec about s,p5 .moOs toe pss.eose, which
they rr ideo among The surviving grow and passengers
sccovdips W ,beu pevevsl Deoesst~s subse,u"ns 10
which N y pytoucd and forced ppou CatA,n snith
hands w~eDs for Tho noble cooducs evinoed py him
o. ,hn lying oocasion.
srArRnBSr OF WILLIAM GRAVES.
I Wa dock hand board Of the propellerJ Harris,
~ had on The hc only sout twenty minutes before
the COLLISION and had Como forward, where laid down
the recassle deck, In the GID Sheets and Vas Sleep 81
he time heard the c,Mh Whom ! heard IT, ns,
Thought about going 10 The wheels OF he steamer AMI
oliprps ,.', but Immediately thought done 90 I
take matt Of the propeller. but AZ that meat sac
both rspn falling ben jumped ove-bo~d aao swan
10 The Of Inc heiros h, ON the port ride when 10 no
one fr IN her detks mr. oscrso>rd . svso, which I
caught hold Of was " hauled on board and saved
srArAxnHr or <. u. vARp.
ssoond engineer Of tho propeller and al tho umc
she struck duty 10 The engine room, In charge u
tho engines NJ. Thompson the nrss engineer, having
cf, the room few minutes before, ana left In chvgo
bad ,topped the stafboASd engine and inc p,In
OF stopping The hrboard engine when Mr. Thompson re-
,erped to the engine ON; he had no boon absent
aeen twenty minutes n The limo; AFFAIR bo,h engines
we're ~ pped ve heard . crab, stood BY The Iosv~
ready 10 back the ergne needed Al that umo did pos
In pbeshW boa, had into ~, or whcther Ne had
run s.bore, or ~hsi he'd cAused the crash Tho orss
engineer stocd oose ny a the time OF the crAsh and
the force Of tire bin ba'k against tho head n the
Ss c., ny ana -. me uS D 90
By pot fact Me fore part NJ Me propeller
under vaer ", nj an. then raised the s>fesy
70 nv waist when compelled 70 leave shaa position
then caught bold Of The any ard 81 the ooa from a,ove
me, and held 10 that until The waller came up me
then an under The awning, and ~ Tho bosi went
90. head nrsi, I w.s washed out from sndsr the
sssinr, and struck out and ssau out from tue ves-
eel be'ose I got clear Of her l w0 uader the
water rme di~anos, and had several hard struggles
In OF which caught u Of the toomssn OF the
peer. but out OF my hands Amer Struggling four
or nse hnes reached the surface Of the ~sior, when
sucr~ ded In grSsppg IN, wcccl OF the steamboat
great wonder thst escaped Fearing tos the vhesis
would turn end irre me, LET 70 and chung oa peoe OF
. nsst sb,ch goanpg 10 the vater UNTIL was picked
up BY Q email beat l bad po,hing on me when goa oa
boasd o he steamer but shirt, pants and boot.
hav Rffs n ougr
q the uetycpok this m<rnips tnok Csps'u smith Mr.
rhomp~op, wn. Graves, Jerry raanisan, M. Nesmss,
m Or. M Cahl and myself 10 claiming stnse and rave
sa-h Of ~ suit OF clothes &c aod all he Officers
and passengers OF the Metro oils have tes'cd M hxe gen
u. en- since The accident and ve oan IND no fanh win
hsm.
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