The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-07

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several minutes before he could proceed.
In about twenty minutes more the large
boat was launched and proceeded TO take
the passengers of the rocks. She was
in half An hour followed by two others.
| succeeded, fearing the ship would part,
and slide into deep water, In getting
Ithem 10 take of those from the ship first,
and many were saved, who If LEFT there
to the last, would have perished from
exhaustion. At this time l missed the
fourth officer and feared he had fallen in
to the sea, when saw him on the rocks
encouraging and helping another boat
along, when all had left but about thir'
tymen. Ny hands being frozen and my
legs still, they took me OF, the rest fol-
lowing Immediately. At 8:45 tho survi'
vors were landed and lodged ina wooden
hut belonging TO fisherman named Clan
cey Wham, and his daughter gave them
ali they had, and made fires and
warned them. During the day they were
drafted 10 the various. islands about and
billcted among what houses there were
there, Mr.. Ryan, the resident magistrate,
filling his house and others following his
example. No women or children were
saved. At 1iP. N. Issnt Mr.. Brady on to
halifax 10 give the particulars and obtain
food and assistance, and also to get
steamers down early and convey the pas
scngcrs and crew 10 Halifax. At 5P. NJ.
the tide having fallen, she broke in two
abalt ioremast, the ship falling over till
the sea washed completely over her, and
her cargo was washed out. Having no
other officer at hand, / detailed the cox
swain and eight men to prevent the
wteckers, which sWarmed around, from
carrying away the saved goods, and set q
watch Of four men during the night to
pick up bodies such as might wash ashore.
They picked up, but five during the
night. At daylight the custom authorities
came down and took charge, l gave Capt.
Sheridan provisional authority TO employ
all the lorCe he required for salvage,
with the understanding that the salvage
should not be over forty per cent Of the
net value, and II this was objected to, TO
leave It TO the arbitration Of two justices
Of tbs peace. We embarked al our saved,
amounting to about four hundred and
twenty. in the steamers LNdyhead
and Delta, and at Halifax ats +. NJ, where
Mr.. Merritt, the Cunard agent, who had
promptly offered US every assistance, had
places prepared for all. have given the
Company's carpenter orders 10 get two
hundred shells to bury the dead, and an
undertaken to attend to the bodies Of the
saloon passengers and that OF the second
officer, as their friends might want them
forwarded. Many-bodies had come on
shore before / left Some were unreCOg-
nizable, but recognized Mir. MetcaN,
Miss Merritt, Mrs. Fisher and the chief
steward, together with several others,
left the fourth officer and four men
at the wreck to identity and take
charge Of the papers, Valuables, &c,
that might be, thrown up or saved.
10 saloon passengers were lost and ~
saved; 4lG steerage were lost and 5S7
steerage and crew saved. But three wO-
men were seen, the two l have spoken OF
and one who got up beside the chief off,
Ger and died in the rigging with her baby.
FALIFAX, April 5.-On cross eXamina'
tion Capt Williams said the speed Of the
vessel at 10 o'clock was about twelve
knots. Reckoned he was easterly eight
miles of Sambro, bearing north five de-
grecs cast. Did not alter the ships course;
expected to pass five miles east Of Sambro
light. Never brought ship into Halifax
and never had been on tho coast before.
The third officer had been in the harbor
twice; no other officer had ever been there.
Did not use the lead In coming into Hal
irax, because the night was clear and
SambrO light could 6e seen twenty-one
miles in clear weather and fifteen miles
in moderate weather. ! am now satisfied
that when went into the chart room l
was mistaken in the locality Of the ship.
She must have been further northward
and westward than l thought. l knew
the coast was rock.bound and danger
ous one. If had been sounding regular.
" from 19 TO / I would have been on
deck and the ship would not have gone
ashore. There were three quartermasters
and the second and fourth officers on deck,
and had they been energetic they might,
I think, have seen that there was some
thing ahead, and If orders had been given
TO reverse the engines tho calamity and
danger might have been avoided.
The White Star steamers are supplied
with printed orders Tor the guidance Of
commanders. Those orders are that we
arc to take all possible precautions against
fire, collision, and wreck. There are no
special instructions as to precautionary
stops In approaching the shore; that Is
left entirely 10 the judgment Of the COM
tnanders. The officers in charge have
full power 10 change the course or stop
the ship II necessary, without consulting
tho captain. Theredre no special instruc'
tions as to soundings. This ended Capt.
Williams evidence, and recess was
taken till three o'clock. 3D.
At the appointed hour tho Court re-
sumed It's sesaion. Daniel Kinnany, q
cabin passenger, testified that he was
awakened by the noise oI the ship striking,
and when he got 10 the deck, saw the
officers running about, very much con-
fused. Asking what was wrong, was an
swered by the person addressed, he did
not know. Two or three minutes after
witness got on deck, the boiler exploded.
He clutChcd the rigging and the
ships side, and finally got forward 10
tho captain, who was encouraging
the passengers to get TO the rock. Tho
CAPTAIN and officers did all they could
do. They were attentive to their duties.
never saw the captain drink anything
stronger than lemonade. do not know
II tho steerage passengers were prevented
from coming on deck, l have no reason to
suppose they were.
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