, 1873-04-06

agfn, eS seas ~a9 nroparcd Tor al have given tho
3ompany's carpenter orders to get 2oo shels ~, 10
bodies and that Of the Second
officer as their friends might wish them f9s%aEaeo. @
Many bodies had come on faode 1erof M Meca Miss
Merritt Mrs Fisher, aud the Chief Steward togo1ner
With several Of tho others. LETT tie Fourth omeeF
the papers. valuables, ETC., TINT might be thrown
m or aayed Thirteen saloon-passengers were LOST
ID saved Lie ateerage lost; 6a7 stserago and crew
snd one who got beside the CHIEF oMceF' anu o'ea
in the rigging, with her beoy: nnss, hs added that
he was On the bridge up to twenty inutes p5s.
oclock Up to midnight there WIS brilliant ta
then he left he bridge and went TO the ~
feet abaf OF the bridge on the upper deck cay
CAL Of the officer On deea he sn soI tep 1sy down Il
msknc his calculations he estimated her speed 70 ne
Il knots She had increased gradually from ~ 10 II
knots. ... ....-.
Ta Third oncer reported that she had run 122 mica
at u, which agreed with my calculation. l. e1peStao
the ship would be 18 or ~ m1les eoata o. aA2{ ~ y
al Hal every to put confidence n Second on
cer He had made two voyagea IN tue SHIP anu d.
III Lis crossexa,nnation Capt Williams said hat
the soeed Of the vessel at L O'Clock about u knots
81 saqa non5 pearng nosh degrees DID aot
shift her course but expected to Rass ,n mfa ;nta
Halfar and had never been on tue COAST
before. before M His Third oaieer had been in Tie The
harbor twice, but no other &c oneer e1,nn nan ~
HaIfs1, because the night WAS ceSr, mud ne samoro
light could bo Il miles In clear weather. ana 70
,tes nm m no satisfied tnst when went into :he chart
room VAS mistaken In the locality Of the ship sho
must been further northw:rd anu "sssmalu ] d
dangerous one. II had been sounding 1eguiary
from L. to O'Clock, would hare been on dseS ana
me- p,rternasters and tie Second and Fourth OFF,
cers on deck Had they been enezgsdcr they might
think have sean that there WAS sonethn8 aneAu,
Il orders had been given to the engines the
| calamity might have been avoided. -, ,.,
Ine for he Guidance Of commanders Those orders
sre to tske ali possible precautions against nfe ana
collision and wreck There aIe s,i1o no shore
That ia let entirely to the Judgment OF the cou1an
ers The officers In charge haye iun power 70 cnangs @
aung ths Captain There spsci instructions
This ended capt W1liarns' evidence, and reccsa
At the appointed hour, tho couf: resumed ''1 S0S7
4'Gn .,,, Rn.ne, cabin passenger, testified. He wa
,rnfnncd b. tho noise Of the ships striking and when
he got to the deck saw that tho olcers Were 1n1ns
| .hGnt cnnfused Asking what was wrong, he Was an-
aered by the person addressed that he did not know
TWO OF three minutes after witness get On deek ne
| boi1.r e1ploded He clutched tho rigging and tne
he vas he gssssnge5s to g get to The the
cn1d do. They ware attentive ther dnea. Never
saw thn Captain drink anything stronger than lemon
| adj
pTayented from coming deck. Have no reason to
cabin sRne th1 Se os wea
: On deck and found everything in confusion About
eight minutes after she struck she o1 keelea o,e e'e r.
!. eopd aas ee'a e s.ve p he people. He Sas under
: the foreast holding On to rope and encouraging
ISe sntip %ss excellent Tie officers gentlemen il
of the word sTays @ sstsnfve don 70 %
hne~ liam ssyd Did not know nor
hear Of any effort made to keep the ateetaes p@sSe
eesa acaoas SsIs Brandt making hi. s1h
of the oaeers snd discipline % Of the grey ere,
seas vfsy bsyona Sp'a vnss o'n9s
iife After the ship struck the steerage matches ws1
esb Thew %nsa as Pfnsafs
" is,a below. Witness encouraged passengels -.
moving .boa TOT 1 %Sen
a:e elesr ~ vas getting hsy night IN Which it would
: sss 4s sns n III gnspsss
seas evidence Witness then eshed that in hi
he opinion Q good many more lives would have zee
70 the ship d had The Efficient crew: Ihe a., GI
+. efficiently. One boat remained sonnd as m1ca .
three ater the ship struck The impression g
but they were not eeient Tho Captain and officer
s heselves abssn @ as much "a hey could Ihsy
competent rule to exercise tho crew Of the boa
;as once week, was not carried ont But few seane
ast John william Firth, chief officer Of the Atand
nd tesined At noon On Monday The Gap1a,n ana toe
~ very closely The Latitude 1s 6 deg IS min, long
deg IS min consultation & Of oheess IL .,;f r.
~ ssssst REeseedtns Rs A. ne;1
aSea9 min: tno sa' then vent
TN x.a made in the course was below from to 8.
there had been change OF weather, an and L. seTe' M
hip Of rain reansa On aa aeff heq nn ao,
clouds but they had passed, and 1t was then cles
About i the told me u ths 81
Cants1n came on tho BRIDGE where Was and inqor
CO. for the Third oces GRADY aa ne w1ahsa 81 to ha
u s ast1ned sdy run s the e On Ills rounds o
.h ship The Captain afterwards came On tha br.dge
he paced the ghP four 1es 7oaa o. =, ~
1a irht OF xod character toget two points on
g pol eo~ 70 cal cal lin not ater an O'Clock II
~ | orders conveyed to the Second Officer. I
essy VS. On n9i tt 6g
ia when the ship struck vent on deck and f. fount n
,.t s3et s sss ssF saspl s
the Ne-boa was then cleared, and also wnshed nWay
and the sea, which then making elsan breach o
AA0 A~>3N
5ith windward and seaward. Passengers were taking
erp, the rigging. There we're thrty.two including
iii omnn in the mzzen rigging with me at daylight
the remained there until about in the al
Irst, noon, when I was rescued by
an1 | boats crew under command Of the HeV-
ock Ancient. Many who left the rigging to try to reaen
dest ropes we're Hashea AWAY: WE ulaoe - g
tha | my opinion impossible to have launched the
get spoken Of by NJ Allen It was carried away ao
crSl uAyA8nt lave nAu tHeutS en 1Rpnn5 ~
lied. sea, with great many MASTERS, anu - Av - 49,
cold Williams a that could have been s1pscea o. x, On
{ha largely In the India trade. There could
been attempt to keep the steersgs
nber eeloW. Ihe companion "a5s were WI FL
on / c1nnot ElfF ouJ oltl1oa % ~ t4-e
ss xhsshsr It was enc sn9qgh 's3 o. fe not 6f
line Joined the steaner IN tne morning ana 1al on eM
ards l1ter persou might % TOLD tnefe were soo ~
ming coal on board, but that would no. prove u. or
and cften SNORT quanctT o1 Goa! ID put ;" snPe @ 49,
the cred there Was not the snghtaat raaK Nnea
gned bed at midnight The intended TO tak
Chief sbout dve miles esst of Sa1noro n8ht toi
ding which she struck L. learn seven anes W9ss ~
ID a. can account fof the disaster in no other TaJ