National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-21
THE POTOMAC CALAMITY.

EstI, ~. " hi.-hppnfa'us, =" snyhhk VI
=; Have you Fos Toe nrc.cstlns Usher on board
OF The boat7 a. Yes, sir.
have only had command n n " he Boa, since sse
q, No matter about that. How often have you
a es .nem-any tins since you have been |
q. IIsw long have Jon been there7 A. Since |
me ntst OF May. They were all charged ready |
q. Do. you know from your own .personsl
knowledge that your pumps and your nre-sppa- |
ratus In every respect was usabIe7 A. Yes, sir. |
Y. How do you know that, N you had not exer-
csed your mem A. The hose we we're using In |
clesnlns and washing the boat from all the
Y. How do you know that the extinguisher |
time OF the fre.
.. How many have you'll mean the small ex.
tinyusher, Babcocks OF whatever IL let A. We
q. That was used at the time7 A. I don't
know whether II was used or not at the time.
wo SG ySs ssn ho% ss
your apparatus was In working order7 A. IL
was charged. ! supposed It was IN working
q. Was It discharged since you have been
there for the last three months7 A. No, AIR.
q. Were the pumps used daily A. Not daily.
Jay, OWING 70 excursions or Something Ike that
or we would be IN hurry cosing up, AMI by the
time we had done that aud sweet the boat up
phshtnRefh WOulu ut cOuluV
q. Was the stcim donkey In working orde.i
A. Yes, sir. ..
q. Were there any posters about the boa, at
~ il relation TO rucs aud regulations about the
q. Are you not aware that the law specifics
cerialn rules and regulalionsf A. was not, sir,
until ,hlI investigt alton commenced.
Y. Were you not aware mat captain ought
10 he licensed In orier 10 have command OF
boatf A. No, sir; not at that time.
q Were you aware that there was any aw
regulating steamboat seryice7 A. None had
ever been put on board. s.....
q i say, were you not aware that there was
any law regulating steampnmt servieel a. was.
Y: Have youeve read III A. NO. SIR; not en-
utey through. have had y IN my hands.
Y. You never read III A. have read some
portions OF IL.
Y. what pOrtions7 A. caht say exacuy.
Y: Anything In relation TO the IRE department.
A. NO, sur; don't remember that. -.
Y. Did you read that portion which says that
ne captain mas to have ceIt,ncstef a. NO,
slr; dlint dont remember. ~ has been 80
probably. l.T .L.--
anu took command OF that boat that yon bad 70
/ 0e licensed man a. NO, VT; Knew nsu 70
have my name on tho papers as master OF that
BOAT az lhe custom ~ noa,9. =, s .,.
advise you OF ihat7 A. No, sir; he didn't.
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| BY MT. Rose; q: The ENCOURAGEMENT sI Of ,hs
| WaWasqt mas necn on tue stanu am states lna.
Il ne IL POSITIVE tnht ne WAA ullOWcu 10 chIFl 100
/ passengers on his regular trips. We desire 10
/ know what you have u say on that subject, as
l we have your record certificate here and GER
| tifcate purportng TO come from the collectors
office at Georgetown which only allows 30 cabin
| and 20 deck passepgers7 A. In March last when
| inspected the wawasst, as I stated On pre-.
| vlous examination, we substituted the new series
| OF certificates Of Inspection. She had been In
| -pected previous TO that under the old series
FROM the fact OF the new ones not having been
nst ~ y, no u.s. M We 0ccom w we.e on
F0ulke, who has since died, asked him exactly
| aud how many they generally earned and he
then immediately apportion,,d them IN me Iist
lnr in all 80 I then not from him the humber OF
MS crew, which amounted In all 10 IS. After
| having got through we went to Georgetown and
madS COW Of Ills AMI depos,teJ II Win The
collector OF the port That Ia ali that Know
eouinments there amply sufii,iont FOR a.: that H.
NJ boats ''s' '""P' ''"'''0"' 'O' w. '"'' ~
| q. Would Won have given YOUR certIacate for
IbS supnosiiy Ma, h NJ Ilfs- i,r, servers ovh
| A, Thsy haI gnongh 81 those ~ - So
q. Hut with the boats you hal on board, woull
/ goii have given them n certIrcate for ISM A
M III, e"'u INV" '''''"OA'' 'o' '''' ~
d HOW many vou,d you have g,ven ouy car
| ,if,ase fory A. kbonI 5r,e hundred and tueniy
/ rnaf 4, nil told. incinl1v Inc crew
o. Who was mai that mi YOU iorty mr.. 1ftv,
| A. Captain Fnnle
l NJ !.