New-York tribune., 1873-04-08

THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
THIRD oFFICEg BRADY's sTORY-THE MIDNIGHT Run
T. THE FATAL C0AsT-FoURTH OFFICER BROwS's
TEsTMONY-A PAssENGER's EvIDESCE-sTATE-
AlENTs OF sEAdEN AND QUARTERAIAsTERs-
HALIFAX. April THE investigation iRtO the At
antic disaster was resumed pursuant the adjourn
mens al 10 o'clock tins morning. The first witness
called was Cornelius L Brady, the third officer who
testified as follows:
oF11cKR BRADY's TESTIMONY.
third officer Of the Atlantic; my watch IRON
u clock that niEnU the captain and tie four
ofieers) al with the ships position az
p H.; bore Of for Halifax course n 24' E by compass
there that g. easteriy vraton by solar
observation. sambro al noon bore y. 20 E distant 10
ulle ID the afternoon had variable weather first
E. with ram; then shifted q " cleared up and
then 70 " n W; fine with occasional passing clouds.
bur brilliant hight at midnight al the request
OF the captain I made out by the log slate
the distance run since shifting course at
O'Clock 70 be 10 miles tins calculation
Is not always strictly correct but Is nearly and
corrected BY our Judgment did not look al the chart
but knew position OF the snip, and thai II was DIS
tant from samnro 45 miles; used common loghne,
and IL was hove every two hours; the speed OF the
steamer often varles considerably from various
as from eurrents different qualities OF coal used, DC;
dd NOT know the number Of revolutions the screw made
but by looking over the side could tell the speed that
she was making within half q mile the course was
shaped 70 cOunteraci the westerly set Of the current
have been Halifax twice before, but never 70 stop OF
Law here aud an well acquainted with the coast
the captains orders, when he wentDeiOw, were 20 call
MIN Immediately Il any change II the weather oc-
curred that Is haZy thick; both leads'
patent and con mon were the bridge, ready 10 be
thrown at any tme captain did not give orders 70
heave the lead gave the captains orders 70 the fourth
officer ana immediately turned IN after being relieved
ld not know anything afterward until the ship struck
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Nv berth was IN the after end OF the ship my room
was locked and fourth officer had the key had 10
means q getting deck Just as turned cut
Of bed and met Cuartermaster Williams be was after
ward drowned asked him what wac the matter he
answered. ny God the ship has gone ashore - ran
AZ once 70 No lf-ooa the captains boat, on the
loon deck ny own boat had been stove during the pre-
vious heavy weather the passage got an AZ, and
succeeded in clearing the boat whle IN the act Of
launching the boat tne ship fen over on her side
near az could Judge Il only six eight minutes
after she struck that she reeled over when found
that she was going over, scrambled over, and sue
reeded in gettinr the mizksn rigging finding that
was OF no use made my way forward, accompanied
by ouartermaster Owens and he stOrekeeper heard
the captSin at main rigging and called TO him do
NOT suppose he heard the confusion when got
forward made the rock II front Of the ship aud
tbourht that 4 I could get the rock could
save myself and others unroYe the starooard
fgretopsa wang d new rope, and also the signal hal
Yards took ese on the outside Of The ship and sent
Ouarterruaster Williams with them 10 Try % reach the
ROCK but be tailed and had 10 haul Inn back % The
sbiEr 1 then sent Quartermaster speakInAn be sue
eeeded and Immediately followed him; hauled The
stolr rpe bv means Of the Yang 20 the rock, which
yss sssut Is yaros suppose. from tie ship We hauled
number Of men from the ship % the rock, but finding
IL getting crowded then made the rope fast % the
rock and communicated with the island by the same
means and IN tins way saved number Of lives on The
island met Clanoey and asked him 4 could commun-
cate with Han1; he told thai there was no regular
means OF communication and that would have Ia send
q messenger on horseback this did and went back 10
the shIp; then ths boats
rIIE PAssENGKRs EscAPE SOT DrPEDED-
remained she rock encouraging the people ana
thus saved a number Of lives Here the witness pro
dueed diagram Of the internal arrangements Of the
ship and showed That there nothing 20 prevent the
steerage passengers IRON getting deck To my KnoWF
edee nothlng said done impede any Of the pas
seneers coming dec the statement that there was "A
absurd and incorrect: the steerage passengers we're WeA
acquainted with s the ways OF eFress and ingress from
NV own positive knowledge, the passengers mad every
facility thai was possible under the circumstance for
REACHING the deck In fact met Of them going up
when 1 was making my way TO the deck; an positive
that no orders were gwen carried 20 keep the pas
senpers below. Witness here produced another plan
shaving tie position Of the compamon leading "a
the decK Oi which many persons awaited themselves