National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-19

causing back DRAFT In that case7 A. Yes, sir.
/ " But snch q thing had never occurred 4
your a. NO, sur we nal had
| LEAKS IN THERE BrroRE THIS,
| but our smoke-box at that time was perfectl,
tight, and had always been very particula
when The Leaked e have 4 sss
/ II II needed cleaning every trip, or whenever
got an opportunity. That srnoke-box was II
hrstrate order.
mcse-boIf <. Not for 9N two years. We had
soft patch put In there, probably at this time
II may have been three years ago, or two o
three years ago, and u was OF wood; ] am sat
sneu y was as tight pa.ch ooui ~, ee, Va, W.
soppose Z COS, ,he COMPANY ng mot les
c n ,ne otne, Pssca WA ss avs Hs' Tn., fSV VIA,
ne said o. any rate, Al,
Y. Then IN your op,nlon you 10 no, tn,ns tns
nre originated A. al from the pack IraIt from
inc boiler. a. DO not. cannot ten now tne
Ore originated. IL certainly must nave orig.
mated 10 the nremans room; cannon teil, o.
course; but everything points that way so far a.
q. You think II originated from the nremah'I
room7 A. cannot see any other place for u,
from the simple fact that the fireman testifes
door that the smoke and lame burst right out
from the inside Of that room.
@. That was the nrst Indication OF the nref A.
rs o T sls; mom.n, the fireman. door was opened
the smoke burst QUIZ a. les W,
By Nj. EDGAR Y. VINO closed those doors7 a.
dld not see any:one close tnen,. No al.
Y. They had not been closed up 70 the time
you left the boati a. Inc doors were DOT closed,
mat Know ", ~ ~. AZ soon ~ w iounu tne
go we ses 81 ~
on the upper deck. l did not pay any attention
70 the doors, and wnether ahyoody CLOSED them
OF no n 90 not , kn ,,. ~, Ma, n, .,o,n,,u
the engine, and closing those doors you had an
opportunity OF ianuine al tne ooas
AND SAVED THE rAssEsGERs7
II or not.
Y. What Is your impresslonf A. II might have
had better effect
Y. Would II have caused the nre to have been
much slower In burnng7 A. do not suppose
bad no time 70 think. The INST thought had 70
be adopted. There was not time 70 think twice in
we were under the Impression we could get to
shore In time to save the people. That was my
thought, and ! suppose Il must have been the
captains, otherwise ne would nave gwen me
.,sn " s.pp " 3, f,ng 'ng pc o ~
S ne uh ~, nn,,gn, e rsgh,p ana
did !, 20 ina bs.t ~ Ma ahiiitvs sA' ."'
VI" n. N, Ross. n was tbars :nv forvsr, hatch,
A Mamma mi \ i,,,ie .cnttis ~ Viva air mn IN
Inc forwsrs, nart ~ ina mai "P "
~" ~ WI, XIX no, ,hs ~ shovr I,.e,f IN TIM for
20, mat,hs ~" AZ nas snow ,he, 4, was az evsn
Vi mimi have mean ami '" '""' "a' WV"
2: Was the forward hatch 80 close that The
~. ,no soswa, h.,nh 80 i,,,ia s,nsro h.,cS,
n 4. ,wantv sae, 1rom wse,e MI ara os,e,ns,ed'
y, 49, - snnnosaa 10 Sava ar,e,na al. mi,
y, ,,eb, rasu nv my 'nS
A. NJ Eissr" Wa ina nniShs.a or frou
,,o asar,an,s raS "Vas ~ ana , Sa ', n,as
n u dseS .hana room am forwas az that '"e'' ""'
~ Wss 4, az ti,,St maj tha smose cou,a M,
neSe,r.ts n, Has ta,oes,s wors 1V ami mi mi
IN tisbt 'O "~' ""' 'N'
u % W.. thu connec,,no door he,vso, tho b,iS-
hs sn1 tss f SorWess So n' M snthssd
O Wa thare any otSsr aooss Tbere M.
a n.rtition pight across from tne foTscasiie The
forward hatch was right across me forecastle.
from ons ~ tnese room, 10 n "a ss, hronsn
ina roomsY A. No sir theirs vas no comm,,.
nicatIon ' W." ~
o. You hal tn come down tbrouvn that hatch
'" So '"e'e' us '"'
Captain Wood Recalled.
Csptaln John Wood. recalled.
,ha sns,nner a. ~ vSa,her ha rqa.sH put 10
''' s"s'"ee', =. W "ne'ue' no ieeeneu
,..,. ANY ~. BELLE Is rhos IHs oAPTlm
hoase aid nv EVIDENCE se sm me- P pncn
W tue hurricane ueck, coming up by the walking
beam, anu stopped AUD turned around and got
OUT tne gre buckets, and commenced throwing
mae.. luz enshesr was tnen standing 10 Tue
~ n,i vh ,hasn 80 rs .n VI
them, I was .aiisnei mar he was driyan s,nm
~ mo,t ,nst he co"Is not ,emain ,hera i aoa
longer n he bells could have been ansSe e
,bes wopia have heen ring "A'' wv" ""'
on tns mas aacs k.as, 'ha hns, s,, no~p
S ,sn W. an ,na soSna, ascs tue ooa' Suuok
" o. You never were beiow nm the mai, dect
f,,,,n the tim Inc arst sIsr% w o s,vsns NJ
s,s mi nniii after the MAJ s,annsa e"' M w.
n Tha r.nnrt was ma Ia - IN ~, Oh. ,o.,
va ON aras Yea ~. ~ ona -, ~. g Tsa'
D
'" ~ no,,, w, ,n,nk IA v,o,,a han. haas, .,u.,
onS,.,n ~ t a,,sr ~, nav u. ~ rams
tha IA we.. Tha eamaa ,hen wa ~ ~ rh ~
hurricane deck. and i was Impossible Tor me TO to
src,,ph rna wnc,a smnn, ~ 4, ,s ,hst ina waa
ssraiS n ,esvs hin ar srnst MIN A. he wsse, was
o. And when You trst heard Of ths u sre tho
Wss " ar. from tse s,st renort run "' ens'no
o. It was moi repSrted n Won until After the
enSine- room WA Of, fjre. and IL was running nm
the gallows frame, then? A, Yes, air,
wasthe immediste cause OF the engine stoppingY
A. No, sir; mschiney Is somethine DO pot On.
derstand thoroughly: 1 DO NOT Know. unless some
hing way ,a VI sSS caused e
peT ,Ss eppn or even tss
The doors on he main deck. 10 have caused the
Are M hnrn much slower; Yea ar. sa,,
iooed 10 49, NM"
, ,,,,,,,., $3.50 o..
,s,ow tra% sk M I'm hu G asek AND pooSs
9: II that had been been done. do yop think the
~, Dos, , soun ns ss.ed, Mn na ~ aue r o
gsInPeS Zoo mncS besdwsv. and n vas imna.s'
Sle 10 get 10 me boats. ''po''
q How long ana |. .sks you 70 lower the boats,
We conld have lowered me boat. snnpose IN n
m,Inn,a tha wsy she was axedNi IN lel,p i'm. ma
that. The boat that was lowered 10 the guards
VS. VI ,ue s s ~ naa,.u,, u,o .o., a, .o,,