New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-28

acted" He "Suln out ahu drNch 'HV'"
meant" The BOMBAY must have been s'lng do1u star
knots hour. She must have struck the oneiuaS 81
steamer The Oneida mai ght or might not nave hehrI the
Bombay's whistle four or five miles on one mus naAo
l,en ahnut that when the whistle was sounded
This witness could rot say whether or not there was
steam Up on the American vessel NJ, .,o ,,o,,,,,,
Boy e Purdou C the second officer OF the Bombay
gives similar accu3nt Of the facts preceding the COLI
nei Of the oneida a. c Vas passing lie thinks she
not going less tina eight knots but might have been
going more slowly Tie third. fourth. ana other officers
Of the British vessel confirm the main iacs rs gwen
Isaac J. Yates AZ officer Of the Oneida with the rank
of Master the American account of the collision as
follows: lie relieved Lieut. Commander stewart upon the
bridge Of the VeSsei shortly before the accdeh; te loE
heaved about O'Clock showed speed OF six knots ana
fatLoms; he Thought the vessel was moving niue
more RAPIDLY and asked an officer the report accu-
rate; he answered positively that 1t was; the snip
quarternaster forcca>tle reported steamer right
ahead and saw steamers masthead lgnt eoI hn6
10 starOoard then hen turned round saw Hl. ~
daur. who asked me. whats the matter. Yates ,
ahead to starbosrd but Mr. Moldaur said, 81 cant go
any more to port must aSa So En %e could see the
steamers masthcad lgh, on our starboard bow ana
daur ana both saw her green light and her masthead
irht point on orr ,iarboard bow she was then ey-
IDENTITY running near parallel with us, pretty well INTO
the western or s;arp5ird shore Mr. Moldaur SAID yon
her green hight here and SAD yes anu ne sala
then iTce miles Off We were on our course
ali the time by T.. and were Of course approach
rug cach Other W.. i' sltaiucr W'l' d lc nv, Vn, 49,
points the saIh I'D bow. saw she had put her helm
headed right for our green light; standing on the
sarboard side OF o.. bridge where had been standing
her heading for and the instant her red light opened
Ghou all TN, lsnt.D. gave the order starboard
me from the Wheel we headed of rapidly port and
Kept heading Oft that way when this steamer short
distance from me- e'i Judge how far exactly she put
her helm TO starbu d II she had not starboarded her
point Which she da strike; didn't hear any order given
the other steamer; her helm must have been star
hoard Ihead ose tie steamer Gnd sd,o no sign%s
made o. a Ea o a. % ne ne 1G e 40" y5 5a5t S @
whether to one on board the oneida or 10
IONIC the Bombay, cannot say she struck our
p not long after >trboarding her heinz her helm was
cardboard when she struck us.
.. rLR THE COLMsIoN-oN THE oNEIDA-GUNs AND
WHISTLE.
We give first the evidence of the American witnesses
concerning the collision and the taken TO call the
attention Of the officers Of the Bombay Isaac j.
Yates master testines: She struck about the star
board rigging. right abreast and at an angle OF
about 40 to IS degrees and she cut of the whole OF the
quarter dagonaly. ami carried away the poop, which
went over the sIIe asteIh she also carried aMdy or
suauker boom and CIt the wheel and saIDoard BIN
nacle: cut the cig Two and smashed u all up; my
ship was unmanagrIble. entirely so; as soon as she
struck gave order, shorten sail she struck
broucl,f on deck by two men. and Mr.. Stewart
as he touched the ships deck, ran to the port side
and sung ont az bHd tone OF ro,ce steamer
alloy you nave 'I' + , acT6ss the stern of the
Oneida but Immediately went out OF sight; only hcard
Mr. stewart shout once and heard no one else hail
The steamer heard no one answer from the Bombay;
he then went down from the chest aud said "for Gods
sake aTit iheie any I.lioIS Uo M he nr1crs fiat
man, where's the EulS matt a., u0 ~ ,,e
were az "5o, 6 i n,, and All the bIue lights
aud signals which might have been available the
f;rnrd IN tbe beams the rockets were also made fast
io, NE beams t"gr'lcr: the boxes of primers in
the ariuorcs which situated on each SIDE under
meath the poop soon 34'yT lIoaS ava Nj iar,s
Ytnei Ot CCf @ ,,,s tbo STANDARD No / 3d
division gun which just forward OF the bridge; her
calIOcr was ~ d. aHt IHq On ; ,, S@ S,oiJa. al
a., sr,t. We're rom line same gun the sound OF the
,oui'n W.I' i tIh I l'onIct wanted the gunnels
rnate 10 get primers and powder; should Judge the prlm
trs were ot from forward fired four times from the
SINE ru because the primers and powder at that
gun: aud suppose Mr. stewart kept them there; Only
|tr ~ y,.re loaded at tbe time of the collision
"r 5,6 a. ,G,t o., sccnnds after te collision orr
whistle was blown; aud that minutes elapsed before
-. W., - Ill NJ oneida hoacd Il minutes
,ftcr - Johnston
William W Crowuinshicld the Captains Clerk of the
orsI. Testified. The ,-troaTd quarter was gone the
,,Ir r of the cabin Which was rs feet long, aud
srrn demolisbcd cut down 10 the waters edge the
noon "A, carried away: TO person looking from the out
To- lar. the noon cabin had bodily been swept away
Idd moi hear any one han from either OF the ships;
whistle was blowing from the time deck until the
sii'n s.1nt. there were three cTlns fired
Albert I;ucart. on the Oneida. SAID; heard
ancc singing out ship ahoy;" the ship not FAR
%Iy iE n6 s ' d Te4 The 70 steam Whistle was stopped
ana NO gun the strooard side was nred three ues
ItTrc1 each ,er tIat me steam whistle was started
AGAIN but II stopped Of isel! when the water mp
/ am certain that the whistle stopped ard then
turned on again after three had been fred heard
voice the Bombay, hut could not distinguish ~hat
was said; that after the collisions no answer was
gwen from our ship the BOmbays the hail nom the
Bombay before Mr. stewart haed Just AT the tuc
THE GINS At YOKOHAMA.
,.., - Ti,,o.,t - tho R,ssian Navy NJ
Serge Istomn, Lieutenant OF lo RUSSIAN navy Vi
the ship Vzadnick, follows: On the evening of
- o, NJ ohout IN minutes bef fore o'clock was on the
a. - -, t,,ta,. a. ,,o borhor y, Yolo,aroa. 7 went
deck OF the Nzaonck IN the ha'oor oi ioAo'ns' N.'