, 1870-04-29
TIE LOST ONEIDA.
Divers Mt Vork-Au Encadcnt OF the
DN1'N Lnbor-Extcna Of the injury
to the Sunken vesxe}x

Divers MT yo1k-.An Incadcnt OF the
| Dns'n Lnbor-Extcna Of the Injury
to the Sunken Vessel.
hanaSssu eorre.E,enden+r # aS< S1s-snseato Un:an
On The 2ith Day of February tbs '' bou<wed"
steanssip A1oostcok. with Charsey and :. 8
San francisco, went to whe,e tho O1aexaa les,
in LIB feet OF water After :he usual pfapara-
tions had been concluded, ai1f by
sounding, had been aeeertained azat
the deck Of the Oneida vas 11}
after every pzeaution had been gwen to eieRf
strong sailors to keep the air pump con.tsnN
in mofion. and allow not an instant OF tir1,e ~
stoppage 10 Occur, IS thereby depended the
life Of the bold di7zr sfter Charley Loueec
That supplied through that slender tubs Of
ooiled rubber, with lifeline around his body
aad leaden clogs to his feet, with "Good-t7e" !"
aud "God bless you" from al aboard, he ~aa
dropped over the side md slowly disappeared
in the blue waves while nervous t5en1or shot
riak undertaken by that rnan who was seek
iur for truth in over 100 feet Of water
Away to 1eaward. borne By tide and wind
came floating bubbles to tbs surfaee-life sig
nails from below; The, men as the pump were
temptsd to change for treah hands. and there
was stop "Great God j. you VIII murder nv
brother! Ql1ek1 for heavens sake, guickt''
And IS the men recomr1snced tho revolutions
Of the air-pnmp, the elder Lougee, with
on the lifeline below. For an instant thera
came no response, and she face of that
bic; but then we- saw quick
notious from the submarine station, and
knew It vas the ~clcome sign=aof "al right"
wheel, who came .onear sending both below.
and simply said: My only hrpther's Life do
pends upon your ef.rts in keeping. that pump
n IN noton-stop again at yonF
those men not to Btc? again. ansf With Iieu-
tenant Tanner close By, thcY keut a.. wnTt
mt11 stopped by o1desEt from Louyea. Near
lime. while we were on the dcckof that aana-~
heightened to half an hnur. Charley Inneea
Naa searching the Oneida at tho trasaensiSus.
aepah msntieas @ A. las=9 .1 ~ ~ @Ka1i
Fnt In notion Slowly CANA tl.e coilire hen1,-
ap1rubber on deck, and a. laet, awa1 in he.
deep blue waves, came iEs night the diver
and pauopIed in weird garments'
AZ, % e7me to the surface, he reached Min
tfen-vaa his helmet 1oosed, and our party.
crowded srnund to hear Of tEs gallant ship.
Among our party we've many of. tho survivors,
Of the Oneida among them wre William.
and Dr. James Sudda1d, Who uere ioteneeIv.
excited to learn the things.
Said tbs diver: ''Tle Hater for the firHt.
seventy xest Was qnite c1ear, as the sun gave.
excellent Light, and, although my suppiy Of
sir was ouoe choked for an instant, reached
he deck OF the stip just astezn Of the miz--
a1a close BY the mess-room -bateh.
he tide Was ebbing quite strong, and I was.
compelled 10 hold to Ines from the nggiag to,
;eep from baiug swept forward + first s1am-
ned the side OF the ship; she Was cut from
he nizzen rigging (at an angle Of about fostv
egrees) across the whole stern Of the ship.
er timbers, far below the water-liue, beng
rushed and broken, the Captains cabin
1t IN: two, the wheel and steering
hole side and end OF the ship stove,
CT cutawa The ship Is heading south--
est and eits upright On the bottom, and IS
aking sand slowly Laid down on the deck
d peezed over the broken end into the cabin,
It did not dare trust my airline in contact
not 50 forward, IS Iras afraid Of entang-
I'D he sad your evidence, which resd
zcribed almost. a1actly the injury, except
1t she was cut deeper than you could have
OWL" Lougee expressed the belief TINT
Will be iup1act;cable to raise tho ship, but
It the splendid battery, personal effects,
:, can ba,, saEak II the government seea-
oper-
By this survey. the testimony Of the IvingH
rifed and the memory Of the dead WITHOUT
tain, for the positions q the ship IS found,
the position Of both the Oneida and Bonn
=, as tesiified to BY The; navigating ofdceza
ow that4e Was impossible foE the Captain OF
. Bombay to have ever seen the red light OF.
q Oneidar and that the order Of IS Port your
In, }" by Captain Eyre, WIS wrong, and the
;ta1board, hard-a-ssa1board' Of Major Yatea
9 right