The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-23
STATEMENT OF CAPT. O. P. HAZARD.

ment in full, which is as follows
STATEMENT OF CAPT. o. P. HAZARD.
November II, 6 A. NJ, left Savannah, Ga,
with 8 cargo of cotton and rice, bound for New
York, weather hno and pleasant, with light
! lighthouse 9:59 A. NJ. passed sea ouoy; II A.
III. passed Martins Industry hghtshlp ; $50 P.
II. passed Charleston lghtship, wind fresh
ened, with moderate SEA II P. N. saw Cape
Roman light, day ends with fresh N. N. E.
winds and moderate head sea. Nov. IS begins
and ends the same, nothing transpirad OF note
Nov. IA began with moderate N. n. Z. winds
and head sea; between tho hours CT 9 and II A.
~, 80 miles s. W. Of Cape Hatteras, exchanged
signal with steamships Herman Livingston
and General Mende, also tFo steamers un-
known bound south; 2:30 =. II. made Cape
Hatteras, bearing n. W. ! W. about fourteen
vast, Is fathoms water, when MIR. Bergman,
the chief engineer, reported to me that we
would have to stop the ship five CT Elk hours
to repair tubes in the boiler; then put ships
head to eastward and run for one hour, work.
ing the steam down; then made all sail, hove
ship to, and stopped engine when engineer
hauled Tres, and blew down boilers. At 10 p.
nj. engineer reported to me that ho was all
ready to start again; sounded in IS fathoms
water; started snip and steared in, wind N. n.
w., and took in all sail with high sea; at IL
midnight sounded and was about TO haul on my
course when the explosion took place, and lm-
mediately commenced to blow OF stoam and
stop engine; November Is, 1910 A. NJ, i'm
mediatey went 10 ascertain the cause. when I
was met by tho chief engineer, who told me
that some OF the tubes OF the boiler had OK
ploded, and we would have to lay 10 20 repair.
In few minutes after, an alarm was given that
the ship was on fire forward, bctween decks,
caused by the flames from th. fire room pene-
tratins through the bulkhead TO the cotton be-
tween decks. Called all hands, manned the
frepumps, aud commenced playing on tie
burning cotton. Tho fire spread 81 rapidly
that We found it impossible TO chech it, aud
I OF uered the boats to be lowered away ready
for leaving. In fifteen minutes from the time
the alarm OF fire was given, the ship was one
mass Of flame about the engine room and for
ward hatcn. The boats were lowered at once
and the ship abandoned, I judge, in lat.
1928 north, long. 75:QS West Cape Hatters
bearing S. W. ~, % miles distant. The
first an second officers and myself took charge
of the boats, dividing tho boats into three
squads. The fourth boat we were driven from
by the fire. We laid by the burning ship until
daylight, when there was nothing visible but
her hull. when We commenced pulling INTO INC
westward. Shortly Afterwards, Sail was re-
ported from the second CGcer's bat to be IN
sight, which proved to be schooner standing
for us At A. III. the captain took us OH
board. The vessel proved to be the English
schooner Frank, OF Sidney. G. B., CAPTAIN d.
M. Eacham, from turks Island, bound for
Halifax. lie kindly received Us on board, and
bore away for Hampton Roads, where VIC ar
rived November 16. To Capiau Eacham wo
offer our sincere thanks for his kind and hu-
name treatment. On arriving off Fortress
Mooroe We were kindly received on board the
steamer Mystic, commanded by Captain Schor-
merhorn, to whom we also tender our thanks
for landing us safely at Norfolk.