New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-27
rHE MrroN p1sAsrER-coRoNERs INQUEST

The Coroner's inquest upon the dead bodies
OF those lost by the running down of small boat by the
propeller Nuhpa, was held at Milton Saturday at
D. H. In addition to the testimony Of other witnesses
whose statements have been published the pilot and
testified as follows: / reside in Athens, n. Y; am by
occupation pilot the freight and passenger steamer
Nuhna running between New York and Hudson; left
Hudson last Sunday evening shortly after o'clock;
passed Milton about II were In the middle Of
was with me saw something ahead, and told my asss-
tant 10 heave over looked again. and saw 1t small
the small boat coming toward stopped the boat
when the small boat passed under our bow out OF
we then lowered boat, when Capt; Carroll and
another man got into it, and went on they were gone
along did dare 10 back the boat for fear the wheel
would catch whoever was in the water; all our lights
were burning the captain and the man. who was one of
the for the occupants Of the boat
half three OF an hour when the captain came
IL over he nothing OF the occupants and told me 10
on we were short distance below m4 on, N tne
is large boat we were going at the rate OF IA or 10
miles the hour we had Just time 70 give tne propeller
of; hove the wheel over as soon as we saw
the boat but saw we could not clear e h anu
rang the bells TO stop then as soon as te small boat
passed under boat, lowered our small boat we
carry two boats hung On davis art we Gwered te
a woman haloo just as the boat struck, ana
pissed out of sight, but could not tell whether f
the shouting; the propeller Corning came down and
stopped abreast Of and asked, WHAT'S the natterf
and passed Oh; heard call for help can't tell
how far boat before the small boat was lowered
which was not than five minutes after the bells
rung she did not drift quarter Of mile; used
the best judgment had ana did all could 10 avoid the
collision; the small boat might have hung short time
on our bow but think not the forward lookout leaped
down on the forward deck and sung out for heaying
line this was all done In moment boat from a slOOp
out, 80 the captain said, and helped over this
smalDOat but didn't II; II the man who was saved
had 20 feet 10 the westward, In the shade Of the
mountain, we could not have him; there
wac dead calm a. light breeze lights the
water up always; 1 could moi see anyone
In the boat large steamer the Vanderbilt passed up
just after stopped and the Corning passed DOWN just
after stopped blew two whistles for the Wander
b the Corning passed between and the west shore,
as did also the Vanderbilt the wind IL any was the
Southwark the kuhpa runs along very still after dis
covered boat did everything we could u avoid the
collision tive OF Whred the wheel rapidly; we sheeTed
10 the eastward and did the small boat shutting up
the gap the small boat was lying stu when first saw
IT, there many things lying in the river nights you
can't half the time tell what they are.
Mr. VandenbuTgh, wheelInan, cOrTObOrGtcd the tsst-
mOny the pilot and the examination closed with
the recalling OF Henry Miller the rescued man. and
Mary Ann Purdy whose testimony has already been pub
ished.
The inquest then adjourned till Friday next to pro-
cure the testimony Of the Two men who rescued Henry
Miller