The New York herald., 1870-03-28

an order to take to the boats; about that time the
bridge was very nearly S,yx IN wTa 1rs wa.es MN sapn
Just before IL noated IN the water he asked the
captain y ne would Jump VIII. nm nm INTO ns ass ae so
something to the effect 'ne would sink with his
dropping his rumpes as he jumped; he sank having
on o heavy overcoat and mufaer, but came up
sas Of sSs Dos sna WSs being Saued in
turned his head to the right ana saw tne 2oie o.
nat st gninS down: when he got into
the boat he stood up and looked about for the snip
but could see nothing q nsr nor anyS sMa y ;ns
boat, and was hauled IN; then he saw an oAcer in
MS shirt sleeves in the water who cried or1 Yates
witness ordered the ylen TO "back down. and they
backed their ,s oars fo. him. butn sank Just under
ad s NJ One soG
not say 80 on cath ne be0Red the men 10 stay b the
sy 6 a o oqi az spSu saw
| ber In the boat when she was lowered, and half
| were haoed IN afterwards; there were forty-lour
in 1t altogether, and II not very large; tnero
came in; orders were given 10 bale with shoes or
must get ashore az soon as possible; and the men
were clamorous 10 60 on and commenced TO
| then they would stop, but would 20 on IN
minute; any way, they headed for snore. and
possible 't steering with long oar; Just before they
lanaed tney very nearly capsized in the surf, but
finally all got on rOckS near Vll-
lage IN cove on shs side Of Kanonsaki lighthouse;
some OF those saved stayed there all night but others
sJragged of after witness went to sleep aud walked
| to Yokohama; next morning he got up ana, leaving
| Mr.. Crowninshiels and three men who could not
| walk, he started of with a small party and got to
| CALLS FOR HELP UNANSWERED.
He had forgotten to mention that the Oneida's
llson until just before the ship sank; the man
| jacobson turn It on; Jacobson was lost think the
gun was nred Iour times from tne oneida; az M .he
| fourth was somewhat smothered as the vessel was
| ABOUT sinking; the lieutenant wanted the gunner's
mate TO get primers and powder; he should Judge
| the primers were got from forward; we fired lour
times from the same gun, because the primers ana
| Stewart Kept them there; witness only stayed
there with him until he fired that one gun; none
he should say that thirty seconds after the collision
their whistle was blown, and that I'VE minutes
aoated fifteen minutes alter collision; l think the
| tonnage OF the oneida was ], 800 tons, with the
| engine room. admitted that the gross tonnage or
the Bombay Is 1850 The new tonnage OF the
Oneida was o95 tons; the boats they were short
| Of were the launch, the second cutter and a
dingy; they had din0y, but she was useless; he
came away in the first cutter, which was carried
on the port side; the doctor came away in the third
cutter, which was carried on the port quarter; the
was no other ofiicer saved whose duty t was 10 be
on deck the boatswaln was saved; he r was war, ar
| whistle was blown and Immediately after the
collision took place; witness did not know
1
onieda's whistle had very loud tone and was o
very large whistle; from the Oneida he could not
1 distinguish any figure on the Bombay; he
| great many lights; he was standing on the star.
board side OF the bridge at the time OF the collision,
looking at the Bombay when she struck, and did not
see either OF her side Lights after tne collision; he
saw several lights on her deck, but could not see
all her lights at the time Of the collision: ne looked
over his shoulder when she struck the Oneida; saw
| her green light before she struck.
HEARING THE GUNS.
Serge IS6Omin, first lieutenant OF the Russian gun
boat Vsadnik. stated that the evening OF the COLL
sion he In the mfdshipman's room when he first
heard the sound OF gun; 1t was about ten minutes
past seven; not being sure " was gun, he did not
distinctly gun but from what direction he could
not say shortly afterwards he heard another; W.T.
ness could not say If those guns were from man Of
war and did not speak 10 any one about them
could not say whether he heard the Bombay's guns;
he heard TWO guns; 1t was between seven and half
any rockets Further evidence was offered on this
point oy Lieutenant Cochack, but the Court did not
Mr.. De Long then offered to prove by MAJOR Snep-
pard, United States Consul at Jeddo, on oath, and
also by ms own oath that about the time the Oneida
| hama. He was sitting In his library with Mrs. De
| Long. They all heard and counted three cannon
shots following eaoh other; and at the time spoke Of
it TO one another, wondering what u could mean
AMERICAN Merchants as 70 their hearing gums
Mr. Barnard observed That ne had no objection to
| MI. DE Long bringing any evidence. M lie could
who never heard guns. lie could also bring MIR.
Mcdonald and Mr.. Dare, who reside nearer the
more likely to hear the report, but did not. The
Consul remarked he had consulted with every mem
Der OF the court to whether 1t was necessary to
call any more witnesses on the SUBJECT ana they de-
clded II was not.
The Decision Of the Court.
The President pronounced the following decision
Of tue Court
l. Was the injury sustained by the Peninsular and
| Oriental Steamship Navigation COmpany's ship
Bombay brought about by the fault OF the COM
! . After the lcollision had taken place between
the steamship Bombay and the United states cor
vette Oneida, what was the conduct Of the master
| OF the former vessel ?
tenant Yates are utterly lrreconciable and though
the collision is accounted for by eacn OF them. It
talny could never have occurred II both correct
It, is, therefore necessary to look further, and see
| how Tar each is supstantiated. The statement Of
Mr.. Eyre is borne out in all Its material points by
the evidence OF pilot chief oicer. who were
on the bridge with him, and also by that Of all the
officers OF the Bombay who are able TO testify to the
| with regard 10 Mr.. Yates statement however, the
starboard lookout man Of the Oneida affirms that
about fifteen minutes previous to the collision he
ported to Mr.. Yates that he saw masthead light
right ahead ana that as soon he could make out
one Of her side lights he reported her green light be-
tween half point and point on the Oneidas star
| board bow. About minute or q minute ana half
after that he reported the steamer tBombay) about
| right for the Oneida's green hight; but at no
] time did he see the Bombay's red light
before the collision TOOK place. Tne nems-
man asserts that he heard the Bombay reported
three dlnerent times by the lookout to the
officer OF the watch-nrst, nalf point on the star
board bow secondly, point and a half on his star
| board bow, and, thirdly, coming right for the
Oneda that he received an order "starbOard y then
"steady,n and then to ''let the ship come on her
| course again." after the second report had been
made aud tnat after the third report mad been made
1 Mr.. Yates again told him to starb0ard-after doing
which he saw the BOmbay's masthead light about five
points the starDoard side OF the foresai; that ne
Kept his helm hard starbOard until he heard an Or
der given TO port aud that as he was In the act Of
obeying the order the TWO ships came into collision
1 1t Will thus be seen that the statements OF Mr..
| Yates, the lookout man, ana the helmsman are
/ more or less conflicting; but It may be gathered
| from them that when the BOmbay'S three lights
should have been seen by the LOOKOUT man as we'll as
| by Mr. Yates, she was about three points on the
| Onelda's slarbOard bow, about mile distant and
/ porting her helm Mr.. Yates states that at this
| moment he gave the order ''starb0ard," and then
| shard starboard.n N these orders had been
| promptly obeyed the Court is or opinion that the
ships could not have come into collision. But the
| statement OF Albert Rugaart, the helmsman, shows
| that the Oneidas head was about southeast Wnen