Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24
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The following are extracts from letter
Of Surgeon James Suddard8of tho Oneida,
to his father, the Rev. William Suddafds,
D. D., Of Philadelphia. The letter Is
dated at Yokohama, Jan. 81:
We left Yokohama at p. m on the
oath, and at 8:45 were run into BY the
Bombay on the starbosrd quarter, the
whole Of which was carried away. She
struck US full with her sharp iron stem
! :na CO. every thing oH as with 8 chisei
The wheel, steering gear, spanker boom
and gaG, and poop cabin were all carried
away, and in fifteen minutes the Oneida
sank In fourteen fathOmS Of water, and
out Of q personei of IS officers and l60
men, 4 officers and "a men are LETT to tell
the tale. ssf ottt 10 t4f4 tti25t3 y.
The ward.room dinner was Just finished
at the moment of the collision. 1t seemed
to me as if the whole side of the ship was
coming bodily in on the dinner table.
We all rushed on deck immediately. Ev-
erything, Of course, was in the greatest
confusion. As I stepped over the hatch
combing / saw large steamer just clear
ing us. She was hailed BY our executive
officer and requested to lay by as, but az
far as could Judge she steamed away a.
fast as she could CO. ls ,a9idt ssH9ta
walked aft on the quarterback and
saw that everything was smashed to
pieces. ! then looked over the quarter
and saw the extent of the damage. be-
lieved then that the ship would 60 down
in two minutes, and rapidly concluded
that every one must look out for himelf.
As realized the position, noticed that
the ward room boat, which hung at the
port quarter, was manned by twelve or
| fourteen men. t-4-
l jumped on the rail and asked if an
officer was in the boat. The men said no;
and seeing who I was, they said, lump
in, Doctor" and, selling hold of me, two
or three of them dragged me into the
boat. | at once took charge, ordering a
man at each fall to lower when ordered,
having first cut all the fastenings with
knives We staid there until within three
or four minutes of the ship going down.
management of the SAME and the
Of the charges for the Q
Of freight and passenss,
,ers thereon" and is a good bill iFe-
very respect. pd
The reader may ask if there is notof
LANCER that this bill may be dcclarees.
unconstitutional, as we'll as the las he
me, by the Supreme Court. They
answer is, plainly, No! Because tn .
yO,ut, as at present constituted, cdanq W
zee the stnc0nstl,aiOnaiity Of the m0Ue .
nent to Enable the people to secu'y a
uilrOdds for Themselves, as easily az
lid the Supreme Court Of t,co years0gohe
Do YOU see it? That's not much IN
If cOnundrum, is 1t? be
The whole gist Of the argument onn
his question is summed up in thee
act that it will pay the people OF thek
through which a new z
Railroad is proposed, to give 5 per
.ent. on their assessed property val
lation to get the Road. If the peo-
Die will see it so, and will vote the
AK on themselves for this purpose, e
life. Being under sail, however, and go
ing free, she rapidly left US, and in about
two or three minutes we gave 1t up, and,
turning to go back to the ship, found that
she had disappeared. Wepulled to where
we thought she had been, but seeing and
hearing nothing, finally headed for shore,
and landed about $50. at once went up
to Japanese house, engaged three guides,
and started off for Yokohama, twenty-five
to thirty miles distant. We crossed five
mountains on our way, and had the most
fatiguing tramp you can imagine.
We arrived, however, all safe at four
o'clock, on the morning of the 25th, when
I spread the news and sent down assist
ance to the wreck The vessel was found
Yesterday, but no bodies as yet. The
English Consular Court is investigating
the matter. All the officers of the Bonn
bay have been examined /; our turn will
come tomorrow Mr.. belong, the
American Minister, is conductingthe pro-
ceedings in our behalf You will know
the result by the next Pacific mail, due in
SsM Francisco March II. l landed on
shore in an undress uniform, without a
cap, and only saved my watch by having
have been very much shattered by the
occurrence and subsequent fatigue, but
am now much better and begin to feel
lille myself. Ali Yokohama has been ex-
tremciy kind, invitations to stay at private
houses pouring in from all quarters. The
feeling against the Captain of the Bonn
bay for not stopping Is intense, and if the
court attempts TO whitewash him violence
may be attempted.
No vessel that has ever been. in the
Eastern waters was so popular as the
Oneida. Even the English officers say
they would much rather the misfortune
had happened to one of their own vessels.
Of the twelve officers eating dinner at the
time Of the collision, l am the only one
left.
vaors aud TnaM HeAra.