National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-18

hold OF me and aaId 'aThe boat Ia on nrein
any eXcitement: ssrn csa ,nsyc Dont max
enough In the stern already.o went iorwHr
TO sec where the nre was. L saw The hose wa
laid; do not know whether there was water /
as the wheelhouse. and The names rushed rieh
up, and tho smoke, also, 1 could not get an
further. / turned round, and could not &c
rNtern at all. II had attempted II I would hay
been burnt up. Then went forward, and sa,
my vallse hanging there, and I took hold OF
and threw It forward, and looked around, an
and stun. while 10 engaged. looked up AZ IN
pio, house, and saw
TRs o. Am ,IgpJ svO1 u sREp WITH SMOKE
and Names, with buckets throwing water. Ate
began to spread so that thought II was time {,
take care Of myself. ~ the men around thef,
were able-bodled, and younger men than WI
/ threw my ya'Ise e.Doard and 1oatet
on. took OH my " and put IN my pocket
and then buttoncd up my coat. looked aroma
and saw q colored woman holding on to IN,
her; she was a veiJ heavy woman. / Jumped
into water over my head. When got 70 her
thought, "weii, we VIII both be drowned"
| then thought OF my wife. When Jumped OF
pfs,y 60 i0s swimmer sh Tor Sf msn . mi
WI AM ~ NJ, 70. anu Ply ~ gu ny mean ,nel
waued 70 Tue shore; thought would Wy and
Touch bottom and cane up 70 about my meek
sa ess, piheu rouna, and gen.eina near ln'
a. nn mat ne WIS sinking, and went ior him
him 10 taycS he,,am h ia aan M NM ha ~ ~
s" ogh, ~, tna1 ~ WEI n WEN vi PIP. ans
tar ~ nn, p ese nnu orVusnt n,n M now
catingy ,bnng, :, RAJ ~ oa,,n ~ q, V,,
Of himself ioarea sround al nm ssw ~
'ap's AN anu rwr sne n cie,k , on , .
ne 7 thnnah, WSan , o. WI ,sa.a -.
nnmhcr of ne,sons ,ha,o n ,,a, ~ =, :
~ 10 IN " III a1 .me. H. msn 'nousns " "
". htsNVh hihco peloWt "a" ~ stkht
On ihe copnns,,s inv sna .an, tbara nn,,i a
or,ocs ana ne, soynsy nmu Y ~, W. .n, .,,
Ii teen m,es Az n M man.eement ~ ,hs
SSs 70 where here ne nn captain ought m 70 have
a. saw We wss h,,nt on ,ba u ,scs Whsn
met I'm DC shcoS bapds together, AID not ssy
sim. ..iyasa 'n ~ van nv, s.e ,s,. n 70
aI hevont rnt W. ,nn,ron, avn , NE;
von col ii,s ue sa,d. al cou,I moi eay y, n'u ~
once Tnc I,,I ne asked me u ! had pencil and
ppat'et a, WI penon' mn'un nna DEN
xhich VA. ~, vo ,,,ns ~ nv vu ,h n ne pspvs
the sun TO a, :. He naked me To- 10 assi,t lin IN
getttng ina na.sangess o,a,hor ana ana'na mn az,
1hat their names were We got ,hsm al ~
sether. 'ha 49, M o,o III, ~. al ~ h,,..
on The other / tt.inS there wero Iorty.9ve pss'
se,gars ''"'~ '"''e WI" ''''' Pa'-
% a., Tho be.ch, A Wa .,,
6 Yan ,bI.s Thai evass,h,n. tina, co,,, ,o
done wns dime on The mari az tbe n,,,cera. se
HIM so 'o"e U" N"e pA'' Vi '"o ''''ee's' A.
u. NJ N
t,s ais rms JTIS ny, "'s"s'"'e ~ MI oeio'e
o ~ ns,cnr. ~ ,. nvs; No .,r r,.
nil wa. aiwsvs - ,on,n, ,.ns v, '. a., ,s,
from The decs nm 10 IN p'Iot,hause. he MY hIs
siinneyS an ana va s,,en,lve ~, ~. ,a W. nau MS
q nh van ses any Jss,,a on ,ha a., . ne,,.
IN passSsgSps NJ srsr w s.yiSa - M TVS.
o. ta re iemalss' A. Was forward al the time
% iInw soon ~. /, a,nar u ve,, 40 :. III NJ
az lire betore Won fonnd n va imnossihio 70 aa,
sit, A. sho1l moi say IL was ma tban ~ ser
more. seeing tbe ara Srom ia nI.n,s,inn ~ NV
pacco pIantat,onS asI,ea his negroes ,ooetha, VI
thnk III in aii-and came 10 where We vera an
ti,e shore. and fool mvseif and a numSep ~ -,
others TO steWart's landing. lie wns yei v Kind.
&c refused to receive any compep satlon, When
l pulled out my watch, 1t yrs going. asked two
acntlemen-I think one of them was in me
thr. aieis ofice@ii they had Watches They saia
dee II they are going" They pulled them out,
snd both watches, 1t was found, had stopped ut
twenty-five minutes to 10 O'Clock. When they
them out In the sun TO dry them.
q. Do you think, from your iowledge of the
AFFAIR, that there was any
after Inc alarm was giyenY A. Na ~, M,
~, sae , S wien passed forward
ins paapo sder on. "N '''' "'' ''''"
than was dome d snye ths na sssnyeps on ha..S
Die boatg A. M. I Jo noi Ira cantsIn" n M,
was his post OF DUTY do moi Know. mi he was
there nj Ina nilota honse with hnrte,a W s.g
MIN myseln. md 1 was ne feot,y cooj and co,,
iealed NJ ths lime and saw ayerytS,ng aIa o ST
DOT do anything myself. being al old man. ''''
o mi yon nstae AN, fe' nse ,er wa AN ho. ,,
A Il all ami / could have talen holI 81 tham
myself, NV" VI '"e"'
I % Were ,hev eaav NJ accesa hv ,,a, .,or,ar
thsn van, Ayes ar thiSs ~ " Tns strsns
Vsre 5eny,ng down mi, cnniI have taraahats
Al one If thsm AMI nnileS n aawn mxse,, hn,
neing a gnod srimmpr nsyar ,honan, y, y ,na
4 fe. sr.,e, sers' was engaged NJ os,s Tina M
fhro,yinv inmhcr from tbs INV az tha haat
id nnp uss anv a, tba .scI,owsn, a snv ~. s,a
N tho host al III, '"' '>'''0''e"' v" ''o ''e'h
o IIa1 van. before tho alarm was oIven M
tlc,., ina i'fa.hosts NJ ali, M n, s"en' no-
n ynn M No, no,,cs ,.ha'har ,has ,,or, A.,
rosl condition ornots M s,r. ny, ,hIns,na
INV ac,Ii.nt wss go,ny 10 zee r. '"' NV '"''A"s
q. id Won NOTES ihe bose, M air. 7
ave hss,, goiag mn ami down n, Tia, ho,, smr,,
Ihe whole snmmef' " "'
I Q. You say think there was no negligence on
lhe part Of either oficers or crew? A. I did NOT
zee much OF the crew, The oillcers / did ace.
Ihlnk saw the engineer A., ,crWar,is. mi I dii
bot see him during the excitement.
q. What were the names of the officers Won
law A. The captain Of the boat and Xii.
Wheeler, the clerk. think they ware the
LAST PRISONS WHO LEPTTHE BOAT, |
@. What were they doing to prevent the pas |
.apeain was at the wheei.houss with buckets
law Mr.. Wheeler. What he was doing do not |
rers 70 get ashore. They came sshors some
lime after got ashore.
Q. How long was 1t after the fire occurred be- |
lore you jumped overheard? A 1t IA pretty
hard to say. 1 do not think more than three or