The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-30
TIE DEAN RICHMOND DISASTER.


Further Examination OF tho Witnesses for
the Owners Of the vanderblit-Thc Captain
md Pilots Rvidence-ImpOrtant Testimony.
Yesterday morning the official investigation the
circumstances attending the Dean Richmond and Wander
b collision the morning Of the 10th OF September
resumed from the point where 1t loft or Satur-
day.
Francis Teson the FIRST witness called behalf Of
the Vanderbilt On being he deposed foIIows:-
am first class licensed pilot; have been since
tue license Law was first passed and licenses were
granted; have been employed for years on the
large passenger boats the river; have been pilot
on board the Niagara, Troy Hendrix Hudson, Oregon
Francis Skiddy, Commodore q Vanderbilt and Hero;
was also employed on other boats mostly IN the tow
milo. On mo. po' 3. a. Inc
have bsen first pilot Of boats for probably sixteen
or seventeen years; am thoroughly acquainted with
the channel OF the North river; at least pretend to
be; have been the employ OF the Peoples line;
been, on on, in the employ Of that line Tor
sent by board the Troy boats; the year be-
fore thai was also 10 their employ was never dis
the night Of The collision; also her rs, pilot; my
watch began when We reached Kingston We cali there
when gong up; turned N :. stony Point on, sas that
that evening: was duty both pilot and captain;
captain il were. before sne left her slip and
pilot afterwards; continued daty until We reached
Stony Point light; left the dock Charles Bis
sonnet the second pilot had charge Of the Wheel he
60 down TO supper, when we're about Yonkers,
think; the nrst I heard Of the collision was when my
son ks N. and a me % SD oa As the
up and stepped out Of my room; room s the second
door the bulkhead the port side Of the prone
just As did 50 saw the Dean Richmonds head lights
across our bow; our vessel was heading straight
the Dean Richmond was heading. as nearly
I calculate about southeast; s nearly
ofaa tho QQW WaQf nond -
head lights bow, and the next thing nearly
Immediately after this was the collision; the Dean
We had little headvay on. IN fact believe both the
boats had mead way and 1t time before they lay
dead In the water; the boats got together
saw there was no help for the Dean Richmond as she
had to sink, had run into her so far then to
work getting her passengers aboard OF US; when
/ turned out bad nothing on but my shirt
and drawers on nothing else; when got clear the
Dean Richmond put on pair OF pants, but not until
Of the Dean Richmond aud then asern, but not
until then; Immediately after got together TO
work pulling the passengers over the joiner's work
was all broken away SO that We had 70 guard
passage way before We could get the people over; we
hauled her rail work and belings and lad some pIanks
and boards over the rubbish thai the passengers
could walk on TO forward deck; took the Dean
Richnonds passengers across that gangway on 70
boat; after had commenced taking them aboard,
Of them ran eft and wanted 70 get aboard that
way.
dence being taken except what came under the Witnesses
observation 10 what occurred and about the be-
havior Of Dean Richmonds officers and crew, be-
IT, he said, tue court wished that irrelevant point
opened he could bring forward ample testimony that
the officers OF that boat were all their posts and ~
tending their several duties but he thought there
no need 70 swell the case unnecessarily.
The Board ruled that any evidence on their part was
admissible, such had been admitted before In the tss
witnee-I told Of TO 60 on board the
Dean Richmond; sang out to Horace Luther and to
was up there, too that time; told them 70 20 on
board the Dean Richmond and wake up the passengers
and tell them the Dean Richmond was sinking; saw
no officers there Of the Dean Richmond At that time
Counsel again objected TO the question: but the Board
decided that 90 far licensed officers concerned
every Investigation was required
wness-The only time saw any officer Of the Dean
Richmond when the pilot III that vessel, Wander
berg haioed TO me from his hurricane deck turned the
head OF his vessel round so that he couid pat her
ashore: at that time she uhe Dean Ricnmond) was
heading straight down the river.
Two small wooden models were here produced, and
Captain Teon put them into the position In witch the
two vessels we're when they coided; this position was
which he said the Dean Richmond had worked the Van
dorbits head round after In second POSI-
ton the Dean Richmonds head placed partly down
he river in the direction OF the westerly shore
Examination resumed-Shorty after vanderberg
spoke 70 me- Captain Curtis hailed me from tie same
pscs the top deck, but did not hear what he said,
because vas busy helping the passengers over the
gangway on board our boat; these were tue only two
officers OF the Dean Richmond that saw 81 ell; when
vanderberg spoke 10 me told him that there vas no
uss showing her head round the watcr was just -
down and get HE passengers aboard boat did NOS
him come down and assist; did not soc him after
that; no was not In his pilot house a. the time he
spoke 70 me; he was about half way between
his pilot HOUSE and the forward part OF the hurricane
dock outside; looked up whom ne spoke 20 me and
sAw him standing there; sent three or four people be-
low In our vessel TO soc " she making any water
soon as ono came up l sent down another; told
them 70 open the scuts in the forward cabin down b.
low the BARRIERS shop by the rst buikhead, and
see any water was there As tha, was tho nrst place
whore 10 was likely 10 come up; did not go down my
self, but could rely on the word OF the mon
sent instead tho first remember
coming up was the engineer and he said We
making water fast and that we had better back
out from the Richmond as We could; told
him could not get out OF her then; he then went
back to his engine suppose; az least no OF the
forward deck, and did him after that at that
time saw that we could not back of the Dean Ricn
mond, as she was sinking FAST had 10 lay there
until she broke up through us aud sank she finally
cleared us, and after that tried TO get back 10 her
alongside and the other passengers the
hurricane deck, but with the light wind We could
not got mp 10 her; then noticed the Drew coming
40 nj toll thom IN Ping hail nd - "A