, 1860-09-13

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tho mats sur2 ou. the anchor vas ready
told him to hsld oa to his anchor
The steward said she was not making any W.
ter, and told the mate not to let 70 his an
chor; then ordered to hois. the fore stay sai
and get her before the wind azain; put tht
helm hard up; Is soon ns We struck The steam
er and got clear, I ordered the helm j" hard
down to get her into the wind, when found
she was not leaking, ordered helm hard up; she
still lav in the trough Of tie sea, md did no,
pay cfI; had part Of the wreck that vaa drag,
g1n1 forward, cut array; che Sill would moi
pay OF ordered the m.te to put TWO ree5s il
the toresail and hoist that up; lie hois:ed it uf
little in order TO reef it, lad she began to pay
| Of; We got her before the wind; stopped hin
| from hoistlpg any more; 60: her moro round
| heading S. "; did not know how far off W
were, bat it was my object to get close in shore
expecting change Ct Wiad; had been running
out Tor three quarters o! an hour before We
could get her Tound after the steamer struck
stood in S. W. until got into fashoms water;
then stood on 3. s. E. until got into Chicago
never san or h:ard any person on the s:esm,
er; heard no whistle or. tell; heard no one o1
our men call to steamer, but afterward heard
one OF them swearing at ths steamer for nct
answering bis hail; oae OF them, John Brown,
believe, attempted to get down the bost, as be
Thought the vessel Tas siuking; tho purpose oi
my order before ~ eo!llhion was to get tbs res-
H. n. w., our course being s. E my purpcsa
IN my orde. after saw the steamers light WIS
10 Ees clear OF her; gare no order to hoist sail
II the vessels had struck sideways theY would
have glanced OF without doing dsmage; sup
Poseo the steamer would 70 aeross our bows
eieas until about half minute before abe struck;
GIG not know what damage We had done to the
steamer, but supp posed We had carried away q
part Of her upperFolks; supposed the j;b.
noom going through the atste'rooms might XII;
some one; some pieces of dishes and tracue a,s
OF steamer camc on our deck; I'll cur head.eear
Wis carried away; did not know how much of
cur b3w went into s'e steamer; Cannot ind au7
marks on car bow tn indicate how far she
passed into the steamer; could haze brourht
cur vessel to anchor in three miputes if there
h:d been bottom; don't know ihe length Of
there.
Cart cay how fas. our vessel Has poinp. nh.
was on her beam ends; might have been going
ten miles an hour; not much sea at the tim .-of
me eolllsion It was raining very hard, which
wculd tond to Keep the sea down the sea rose
verF fast after the squali; frat learned the
FL yin gas suaS, from Sir. Avery, on tia dock
when we got in beard it 6rs& then: do not talk
with my men; none of them ssid anythipr to
me ABOUT the accident; the vessel was IL the
trough OF the sea, the wind abeft the hesm
t':ed ha!d 10 get hcr before the wird; We were
perhaps two or three miles iato the lake after
the Collision before We came into the wind.
The shock WIS very heuyy and stopped the
vssse' dead. II they hsd no: hauled down the
lib the vessel might hare answered the weather
helal. The rain came down 50 violently 1hat |
thought il was hail. One could not face to
windward, it was 80 violent. Did not see any
eaoln lights st III. When the vessels lag cid,
On the weather sice. From the tina first saw
tue Lights until We struck, it might have been
three minutes. Had I lound tha ves9el was
leaking should have dropped the anchor, /
expected the vessti wonfd loae a mast when
she came head to the wiEd.
ln my protest, made since l came into nor..
which dlaers little from this, it was said
sns sna W. "as kspt p steady on her course.
end dde VAS, bu. We we1e trying all We could
40 TO get her oil The course. When euv the
light Ut the steameE first thought abe would
cross our bcws. the nex. moment l sav she
Wou!1 not: Hare not seen the mates, eithe-
OF them, since yesterday morning. Never said
10 any ose Oh the tug that brought ug iu. that
"e ',Eun Tito III old scow up tee laks and
There WAS nothing eaitl al ;ur lowering boat
On account OF tue steamer; it was for ourselves.
hsli=vlng &c we1o filing with water To1k the
men up 10 hear tue protest read. supposed
IRON Whit had seen that the vessel steered
well enough, but bnt!, the mates said she did
not. No vessel would answer hsr helm when
liipg oser IS sue vas. Ny opinion istte ve sci
would hare obeyed her heln. better If The iib
hat 30: been hauled down; dom: kno1 that We
shcuic hare cleared the Steamer; tie light on
tne "sanps3n poc:" can b. seen ordinarily
iio0 nsi1 ~ tSFe5; 11e.t*Fi o 4 mile; il is ilst
tha same Is the st.amer's bright lights; these
Gu be seea fnrthfr1han The red and gre:n ones.
aen't think the steamer c.uli have seen our
nights more than mile; don't thin il orr vessel
was IN the trough Of The se& six minutes before
50" the steamer; don't suppose the vessel
was unmanHgeabe more than six minutes be-
lore ~e Struck; II Was the duty OF the lookout
1t he saw light 10 report it to the cflicer on
,H4tes, aud t6e latter" duty to keep steady On
his COURSE; if lookout should see the licht of
the steamer and not repo1t it, in my opinion The
vessel IL responsible for any accident resulting:
At the time Of The collision supposed that
the Lookout on the E1gin was under sheIserfrom
the Aqna'l aud did MT see us a. nil: that was
ny siew then; there were expressions used
among my men. condem1;ng the steamer for
runotng swaT aad learlag us in th.t condition:
consider our lookout d competent sailor: he ii
d sat water ca:lor; it il q remarkable (sc: that
we Gu n't get 0ne sal: wafer sailor in ten 70
makes good Wheelsnan.
should regard the faw requiripr sailing
vecs~ts to Keep Oh their course in meeticp =
steiner. unle.s saw collision was inevitable:
then snorll DO anything to aroid collision.
thes. lakes ara Competent fhev o;re 1,n clma %n
q, to how vcs:el IS healing Tas iookont @ t'a1 on
the Egin would naturally Suppose from mr.
bright light that We were not in the trough Of
Eiria would nassu,, o' 0ao 'oa' Tie
Since 1 ca,na in nort othar r,,..;u
were OUT. amvpx lhem i,antain Grpsn GGpns "so
hr;, Sar,n III thst ~ hpsaNr ', uEeeo, o. toe
thonrht when tir.. me came up ~ de zen
HAT my second mate had not BEEN % doino M u1S. S;1