The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-10
THE LOSS OF THE ONEIDA.
THE ATROCIOUS CRIME DEsoRIBEn
BY SURGEON SUDDARDS.

M SURGEON sUDDARDs.
Tho -, "a p stem &C the Bombay Cutting Lib.
N Cbis. thtonHh the Oneidn-Mor tb..
n Hundred rersous sent to tao Bouor,
with ut usrning--uprru te ldent lien.
RVS Cool Account Of the Disaster.
Surgeon James Suddard@, If the Oneida In.
lettor 10 tis father tho Rev DR.. William su.oars.
of Phiadolrl ~. dated yokohama, J,u AVA
scrhos the sinking Of the D. =. steamship Oncilabv
tic Pacific and Oricnai Stcam Navtyai ion Comraoy,.
steamship Bombay. Sur con sud- rds sayp: Wa
lot Yokohama at 8 r. ". on tho eih, and A, es
we're run into BY the Bombay tles tarboard quar-.
ter the whole Of wi ich vas ca-rlol away. ao
struck VA full It'll er sharp iron stem, end
cur EVERYTHING oFr As Win A otIssI
The Sneel. sieerinr Fear. spanker boom md "a.
add poop calm all carried away, and In 6i,sa.
minutes she snnk In four 'sthous Of vat, r. AND On,
Of pereoHHe OF Is on GERS aud 100 ms eer, s.o
81 men are left tell the tale. 7, ward room dlDna
was Just finishing at the mon ent o. the collt.p
Il seemed to u the Whole Al lie Of The shin va.
coming bodily IN on tie table, We all rug cd a.
deck Immediately; everything wac ~ tao ersOt..,
confusion. As sionned owes he hatch eombi II
CIV large steamer just leaving "a. she wa hapsd
Sy ou executive er,eor, and requested to stay By
| us, butSs far as could Judge thcy
srBasgD away AZ PAST A. ruBy cpuLn al
walked AT on tho ouarter deck and snv u,,t
everything sua-hoi then looked over u.
quarter and saw tho extent of tho dom1rq I h.
heved then thnt shit would TO down In two mn.
utes and nuidly cOnr,u ,oi uat every mast look
ont for himself AZ ,izod tho resrlon no,lced
that the Ward room b''1t, which huug at the ovrt
qrarior, was manned BY twelve or fourteen men. |
boat, The men said NJ" aud seeing who vac
they said, Jump on. doctor" and setting motive
o. three Of the drlgyei me into tho boat. Ia
rI0rrn a !
lnvcr wien ordered havire drst en-, NJ the aseu.
ings with knives We staid thus until within ITs.
OF four minutes Of
rnn suirs GOING DoSN.
Daring this time tho hoatswain anj two W ,hr..
uiru Q,t into the boat, NJ king the Whole upia or
seventeen. We were std lanrinr at Tho dlyis when
the slip he-an to r in at peenli " NHv witch M.
eedes iOuHefing. snI the boat Was ia. bet agiAsi
TIE .ile llo slip ] looked oa he dec md S4w
lower away and hang by the falls. ~ All rot
We teen three minutes lcnser At q G dsNt. would
bayo Oco1 too late, A. sac
WENT Down LIKE snor
after startny, and tho suction would h1ve ,,rr,a5
our boat down With tho wreck. I may entia,
teie tIat when the boat was b. on tnt ~ tho IlGho
she uc1rly sank .lonrfile. and m exa. ton n
found that seven uieees were broken on he,
stsrbo'ri eide, and one OF the planbs WIS krcchod
an inch out plHce. Thl- must have hesl done b.
striking the side Of The slip and convirscs me hs,
we could no, have we'd snv more In our loit .ts
! load. As The CO. Ase ain cut the fall
JuSK WAS SEEN cLosa by
under sai'. We starel Tor hcr. intending 10 bring
| tet plouesi 70. n possible. aud save lie
Being under salt. however. and going ftee she
rapidlv lett US. and IN ,bout two or three minutes
It up AMI on turning " 70 back 10 he sbip
found that she had dlsan"carei. We pulled 10
Were she had been. but seeing aud hearing nothing,
| hnoilv headed Tor the shore aud landed II abool
| bait past eight. ut once went un to a Jupl,es0
ssogse ENGAGED three rulhes aud ,tari'l on 70 70
| kohaina % To % miles dlstaut. We crossed Eve
mountains the aud Lad the
MOST FAuGUIse TRAMP
you can imagine. We arrived all sar al aDon
| four o'clock IN the morning Of tho gT'h hen
.,read the new, and sent down asssiarco 10 tho
| wreck. TIE vessel wis found yesterday ont no
bodies o- yet The English Consider Court in.
! hnv have heen cxamincSl. Our turn will come 10
! morrow. Mr.. DslonZ, the American Minister u
conducting tue Proceedings our behalf You
| vii know tho result ny tic mex, Pacific NIT dus
| In san Francisco March | landed on shore In
| undress uniorm. without a CAP, ana saved nv
watch only by having 1t on. have been vcty mu,h
| shattered by the occurrence and subsequent 10
| lene, but am now much better. and ba'in N zeal
IKE mNseh. All okohPmn has been oXtron, ly Md
| To- tue survivors. The ieehrs against tu1 CatAn
| Of tie Bombay tor not stopping IL Intense, aud 4
the Curt attempts to white1 ash him violence may
| be attempted.
LIST OF ruE MISSING
| Wallace W. Aicn. wiHfan Biyntan, Anttorv B.s-
lord Rehu-d 10, ION, nu ~ Harues Jorn no,i, james
~ le' tfAiSs bntf, 20 cob blts, W llitu Uuser
FUR. James /. Glars, Denl. CGoNHan, jaime, oiSy.
Chalmers, John Dale liath FORMERLY. Sr6 n sSis,
| wliaw 4: Dolphlne o,,ph tergnsoa, h,rry Fol,
uric Il ics John ILL., wsm la.. Ra , ioS,
Jey NJ ob r1n. 6E ayGa cs Sqfsg ,a oa c
- tloma. kealias, t:soT.e Kuin, wdbam' e LssS
sa fS%es saya ' {nss Ii ytc se6ao9 JS 6
NshoSey. Jo6a MccieSacy, jane, MeFsri,a- h Esa
! Murlhy John ,,oran John b Mooney, joan Nyrran
PsE e6ra$S G%1no % %sSby c1sas Ses sR
eTSSss T Tne@a ay sss rS GSal. s 2S
NJ John y synint uavil elder lou stqtsc> George