The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-11


The testimony Of Captain Burton during the in
yestlgation yesterday terminated with the follow
Ing
Q. Do you know Of any hole being cut through to that
second compartment. from the engine or the coal
being cut through
Pa % os sy To n Ss's @sr with any n S
board the Nets or not; Ipres.lme there were
far as l know.
The investigation was continued today.
TESTIMONY OF THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY.
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COMPANY: the HEADQUARTERS are at Providence; my
sSS
have hay had as Of Vessels
a h an new when was sSssn ry
old, and have been master Of steamers snips ss
H @ S s New York e ss a a
fs :" sm Ro
think the SstIs was aiersd passenger steamer
ssG last to n seM * on IA:
being agent Of the me mo s0y to Tc
ef o Sc% past hoar ave
ng @ s s on a
twelve o'clock; was woke up after while by the motion
the but
Of what supposed to be collision with some vessel;
S@psa out q bed opened the blind and saw vessel
tain Burton there and had some congregation with him
sent st pilot aoMn SsSsT,s
captain Burton told me was trying to fn the vessel
nsn, SSs ~ =
that ,hsy would not come up and run into Us; Then
With ssS% And "Sa s # ny che hS ad
SGS e Inc s Seen
n s Msm % Ss r aske e tho sp was
making any water and the reply was that everything
The lie S we nss
!Ss
IT see as sSs sss s WITH the The Sss pd
he fsSc9a w To s T S S Ss P
not zee the vessel; Captain Burton decided, then
Then down below again went to he engine room
q I'M eSS ss s The sa ss
not mot Ss e sG%s s n up ~ into
hs%yy sSss shSagSs sS%s.hins must Be- %rSns XII
e5 we're @s e 9Ge ey G told n e e ol s
~ ws Co % e her 10 e them sy SYa
w Ss al nd es and his
engine room saw The engineer trying to cSmmpneats
him what was the matter, and he told me the ship was
that the water came on 10 him all a. Once asked him If
l"u6 O %s he could free her w, tn his he
0i thought ae G %
sy 900 as
he s n shp was 0 nns Sn l
S seesshs If n;
being in room down on the main deck where he was
any noise that might te made outside then Went 10
"a he az
his AID go up into the saloon and put life peseryers
lie pfescrver as there We're plenty Of them for both
,hen @
broke my knife, when Mr. Baker, The mate came with
n a%a S% s on he M rS nS sa
sS I hon Win na ye asSdsa & Ws
u TE ba aT TSr n Ssn on
boats down to the MEETINGS; then thought time 10
Es M 0 nd tive dSw SS s
Easse filing up the door tod them thought they
saa ssli' ~ TRsf ~
dow on The outside broke The blind to the window and
when got out again the waves dashing on the
s.. sa a. ss
had got On saw ha a. he had none gave s., him the
Saesr @ h S s G W. % G
ssaid the people 'hatw floating about in me water
Tsihs d%a% ; ssnSas i PROVED
Of the wreck; he took and culed aiongslde his
boa, was nearly full Of water put men on beard the
side till we got nearly into the breakers;
went into the breakers and picked by the people
on shore think had we got into the surf and there had
il mot Gnc an have been lost aid not count the passsi'
Wind DIV" When " We O New Wy York probably
] sy w ladies f s
sSsn eSTsssrvsrss the LADIES' The
Marihas vineyard under my command the greatest
and sSven,y PERHAPS ois not over
He,s Sr"nS ad S9ng On one Of these trips the
east side Of the channel owing to tie exelne low tide
two hours when we we're foatsd of by the tide there
aS % at h or % hut ne no damage
slow at me Tine and many Of the did not even
~ Ia% as Wharf All Al S ne
se was w 70 III SfeR Gsuh hat Of BEEN ss snip h nps
length further TO he westward could have gone along
else the Vineyard Soand excursion before tbs trip
How do You for the af the officers
in not ascertainns the damage done 70 the hpf This
course the wafer was running ali The time this very
n ge roh tho We on
nd with M the 3 mSe that
sseS d1 sn nd dE rr he snsse
been lowered over The ric and said she was ali right
af5S gtsHy
was boat that usually trimmed by the stern; went
down into the orecastle myself think II was twelve
bfieen minutes after the collision from the lime OF the
collision until the ship down think ii was about
forty minutes all my movements about the boat were
made very rapidly; should not think there was quarter
enough water in the hold TO sink her at that timc
should have noticed IT II there were think the damage
done NJ the time OF the collision ana
that the steamer began TO make water then I;
there nothing done in handling the vessel after the
collision thai would naturally have made the leak that
know of "a dnot pay particular attention 10 the hand
ling OF the vcftel, but understood that they were
,gsisG SCHOONER
and her account for the rush Of water which was
cd Inv
BY The captain, fpatehe got SO a,gg body Of water 10
was all around be boat and never discovered sign
water until in the saloOn when the steamer op
red down and then thought there something wrong
but The weather cane on worse al mat tlme ana diu not
know AZ owing 10 tie wind THINK that TWO men
in the toi house were al bat were necessary up 10
hal. past twelve o'clock think everything was done
after the COLI ion by the CGicers and crew 20 save the
lives al be uasstDgers there has been DO ocai report