New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-07

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P-l I-Olers room
nS show direction Of The rush Of water past boiler
The bull OF the Metis was divided into four compart
ments a. b. ID, and f. in Diagram H. by the bulkheads
FF &C. and Hi. These compartments are designed 10
confne water which may enter from any sudden frac
ture OF any part OF the hull in which case practcay
only an addition the cargo. The partitions should be
strong and water-ught. Those on the Nets were made
Of two thicknesses OF twonch plank rendered water
tight by felt In the ons They had been in six or eight
years. The schooner struck the Nets on the port side
Of the bow tre abaf OF the pilohouse, aud pierced
into q room occupied by an oier. These are the
admissions Of the steamers officers. The room on the
Doris corresponding 70 the olersrOom Is within COM
partment b. at about the point indicated by n, Diagram
L. and Diagram H., and to be abaft OF the pothouse
It must come within the compartment, appears IRON
Diagram /.
The schooner was laden. and her bow which did the
most damage was only three four feet above the
water ne-iu fact she must have crushed the steamer
lower than that This 90 point where In the high
sea then running much water would have been shpped
had the fracture OF any size and at point, too.
where the fracture would have been overlooked on an
examination on a dark night. The engine-room d., Da-
gram H. was Just above the reroom ~. and through
grating the engineer could look into the latter.
The boiler G Diagram ~ and the floor OF the engine
room were not far above the keel and the spaces be-
tween the boiler aud the sides OF the hui about IS
inches wide after the collision. the Oer found the
bgepipes Sucking air." that is to say, their ends
out OF water, and pumped air only. In other words,
at that point Of the hull where the water which had evil
IDENTIFY entered would naturally accumulate since the
drew trine water than the stem there was
almost no water at all. After tho steamer APP
parently settling this found second time, TO be
the case, and, directly after, the engineer, looking
through the grating great streams Of water about
four feet deep rushing in the direction Of the
I fran II mast her sid of
the boiler into the hre-rOom He at once sent man
down to turn the Dige Injection that is to set the
engine to using the water In the hold for cOndensing
purposes and so TO IT. and by the time this
done the water In the fire-room as high the
mans hips.
From the certainty that compartment b Diagram H.
was struck; from the probability that by the
fracture a good deal OF water was .hpped from the
fact that though water had entered some degree, IL
had not settled the STERN only moment before such
torrents began sweep into the fe-room; and from
the appearance In unbroken compartment OF a mass
OF water n result which no simple process Of filing
could have accomplished so quicy-t is probable that
the partition O. g. Diagram H. between compartments
Is ana ID gave way, sunetea inc water accumulated In
and larger OF the four compartments TO I'LL, and
scbooners blow but the vessel sank because bnkhead
gave way. The Examiners Will determine whether the
bulkhead should nave withstood the strain not
TIE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION AT PROVIDENCE
TESTIMONY OF OFFICERS AND MEN on THE
NETS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnBuSEl
PROVIDENCE, Sept. Capt. Boole arrived
here from New-LOndon early this morning Having
consulted with Inspectors Beckwth and Hoyey he went
with them TO the Cusomh Uuse at about o'clock and
the Investigation soon after resumed The remain
ing testimony Of Edmund Davies, bow watchman was
first taken In his evidence yesterday he had spoken Of
sighting two schooners, one TO stafboard showing
green light and second to port showing red light 1t
was onjectufed that the steamer might have altered
her course the starboard schooners
bow without his noticing IL. In this case had
there been an interval between the two observations
the might have yeered so az 10 bring the
starboard schooner TO port and bring the red light
into view with the seeming phenomenon OF second YES
sell and had this been true would have agreed with the
testimony OF the schoonePs captain and would have
gone far toward settling the question The watehman
testified however tina: he had sighted both kchooners
with almost interval between and that the sarboard
schooner passed the Nets well 10 the starboard He
also testified that the steamer going east that the
wind somewhat southeast, that the port schooner
tackled around TO almost squarely upon the
steamers port bow, and that her sails hanging ON the
mort eide VI her hull thrown with the wind and
merely Mapped which, II true, shows that the schooner
had lust the direction to strike the eastward. bound
ste amer where she did The testimony OF Thomas
Harry, second mate OF the Nets WAS next
taken There large OF it, and he made very
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