The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-27

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ADMIRABLE C.cSDUCT OF THE PILOT AND OFFICERS
twou.d be ADJUST 70 pass nnnptced the very sailor
like conduct If Mr. Atkinson the pilot of the vessel who
when the explosion took place, and the mass Of steam
rushed through the deck accompanied by broken glass
th, fragments and debris Of the cabin furniture, wholly
unmoped, kept his position on the gallery amidshps He
'old Of the passengers who near him, Tha he
knew nothing OF the engines there TO take Of
the Ship and while she ship he would stick 70 his
charge" And he continued looking steadiasty ahead
through the thick clouds Of steam just before him. Sewe,
firth officer the vessel who had followed Capt Harrison
from the Cunard line kept to his place at the wheel al
though for he was, with every one else wholly
ignorant as TO what next was to happen. 4s
The gallant conduct Of several others of the officers and
men also deserves special notice Among others, HaW
kins, boaswan who the first to accompany Captain
Harrison into the saloon after the accident Fisher ordi
nary seaman who also rendered great service IN assisting
bringing up tne wounded ssokers anu aan,,an
to the effect that mark Of respect for the gallant and
daring conduct Of the men, and OF sympathy for the suffer-
eFs and wives and families Of the wounded, met with
cordial response and when brought forward by Lord
Alfred Paget, sum Of over &120 being immediately hand
ed over to the officers of the ship for distribution
cordance with the wishes of the passengers.
bas ta LANGLEYs STEERING APPARATUS.
In this crisis was found that the plan OF the steering
apparatus answered perfectly It's the ingenious contri
vance Of Mr. langley, Of Blackwell BY It's Sewell
enabled 10 steer the ship with much certainty by
signal TO those aft if he himself had been at the sern
This arrangement consists Of small dial with amoveabe
index securely fixed the bridge and connected by
rods with another Of the description at the stern OF
the vessel in front of the at the wheel movement
Of the index figure Of this continuance to port star board
the bridge gives Identical movement 10 the one IN
front of the hemsman at the moment BY similar
plan the rudder itself is connected With second small
they have exactly obeyed ORDERS while this communicate
ing in its the officer the bridge, shows him that
his intentions have been executed the Of the
latter dial being regulated by those at the rudder the off,
ON duty has always the helm before him. that the
men cannot devate quarter OF point from her course
even for a second. The communication by electricity
with the engine also found TO answer admirably
THE SCENE IN THE HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
Every possible assistance rendered to the sufferers
by the two medical officers, Mr.. Slater and Mr. Watson
aided by the literally rendered professional assistance Of
DR. Mackham who happened fortunately TO be on board.
Under their auspices the wounded men were taken into
quiet Of Of the cabins, below, where
everything that human skill could do either to lessen
anguish or preserve life accomplished The doctors Of
the vessel could hardly have expected so serious de-
mand on their professional ability at early period,
but they acquitted themselves manfully under the unanti
for the zeal and consideration with which they
ecued their very painful task Previous TO my leaving
the ship ] visited the hospital and medical depart.
mcnt The professional report shows that at that
time two fremen were dead, trimmer mis- Sing
the same who is supposed to have gone overheard
some stokers are 50 severely injured that the majority Of
who brought up from the stokehole exhibited noble
qualities. One whose hands nearly scalded of could
with difficulty be restrained from going to look after
Of his other colleagues and the seriously injured
and who died on Saturday morning. told the doctor
wa BY him but to 90 TO some others who were more hurt
appear to have acted in most serious upon the
nervous SYSTEM and the deaths have arisen from exhaus
ton rather than from the severity Of external wounds or
COMMISSIONS No bones broken and some OF the do
not know whether they scaded by the
steam which rushed out Of the casing.
REGULATIONS ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE VESSEL AT
PORTLAND.
On arriving at Portland no visitors were allowed 10
come board, and stated that permission of
the would be given until Monday (his day. The
grand saloon will be covered up and the lower deck of
the compartment where the occurred will be
closed up and but for the huge funnel lying the deck
there would he nothing 10 show that eruption Of
miniature volcano had taken place the Great Eastern
The number Of passengers on board more than
Marquis OF Stafford. Lord Mountcharles, Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Ingram, N. p; Mr.. Ayrton NJ. p; Mr. Roy
Campbell, Mr.. Nasmyth, MIR. Appod Mr.. Hobbs Mr. and
Mrs LeversOn, the solicitor OF the company Mr. Smith
the inventor Of the screw propeller Mr. Penn, Jr: Mr.
Scott Russell Mr. Mcconnell engineer Of the London and
Northwestern Railway: Sir John Burke Mr. John Dillon
Admiral Heryey Captain Comsock who brought over the
General Admiral steam frgate for the Russian govern
ment from America, and others. There not more
than about twenty ladies board, who remained calm
and quiet amid all the confusion of the accident.
From the London Weekly Dispatchl
The whole experimental trip must honestly be pro-
nounccd premature The ship was in an unit condition
receive passengers with any regard to their comfort
she was not properly manned, although three hun
dred men were on board; and her whole organization
without any dsrespcct to her excellent captain) was
disgrace TO any business company The directors with
the exception of Mr.. Jackson nearly all on board
and their chief desire after the accident seemed be
induce me members OF the press to give garbled state
Inent Of the accident. II was with difficulty that
duty u is 70 inform the public and will certainly not be
with the concurrence Of the direction that they are stated
in print at the earliest opportunity The whole voyage
had too much OF an advertising and Stock Exchange cha
racter about IT, and it would have been well if the great
floating island before she moved from the Nore had
been thoroughly fitted for sea-
The motion OF the vessel was very slight even in long
and heavy gale and that was entirely Of gentle rocking
character Her speed established Thursday and
Friday IN rough Channel WATER to be about eighteen to
twenty miles an hour and the comparative Immunity
from sickness which her will give the future pas
sengers be highly estimated by those who hate
the sea and yet are forced to travel by it,
The whole number Of persons board at the time Of
Inc accident was nearly &C., including the officers and
behaved admirably probably because many ignorant
Of their danger.
There at one time prospect Of fire. and the next
funnel Zone OF the five along the ships deck) was in
highly heated and perilous condition
Most persons have left the ship to night Saturday. and
she now the inquest and investigation The
vessel is only formally handed Captain Harrison
her commander, at Weymouth; and the loss by the da
mage done TO the engines and fittings will fall upon Mr.
Scott Russell. the contractor
From the London Herald, Sept 1871
The unfortunate accident to the above splendid vessel
though attended with such pecunary disaster the com
pany will have effect aordng the public an oppor
tunty inspect the great ship for time We
ceve that in order TO give every facility for doing the
Railway is running cheap trains daily to
Weymouth giving the traveller the advantage of returning
either the day the following The Great West
Company Also running additional trains Weymouth
and steamboats, ply the arrival of each train TO take
passengers board the Great Eastern The fee for in
spectng the vessel is D. 3d. each
INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE FIREMEN.
Correspondence of the London Chronicle, Sept 1871
This morning the inquest upon the bodies of the five
fortunate sokers who met their death by the awful expo
sion which took place on board the Great Eastern on
Friday evening last, opened by Mr. H. Locke, the
Coroner for the district Of Weymouth and jury composed
Of fifteen. The inquiry took place in the Town Hall and
ii remarkable that, Notwithstanding the intense in
teres which the accident has created there WERE besides
the jury and the officers Of the ship scarcely dozen per-
cons present as spectators
The first duty after the jury had been sworn and most
painful il was, to the bodies of the unfortu
victims Of what the directors themselves their re-
port sgmatise gross neglect They had been removed
from the vessel 70 the hospital at Weymouth and present
all that horrfyng appearance which has been so power
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