The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-08
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY ps7s-QuADKuPLE SHEET

cocoa; the second onicer told HIM not to call the
Captain, az he would do II himself; at twelve
minutes past three O'Clock the Captain was called;
] know the time precisely, because l was asked by
the second office; the Captain did not arouse ar
few minutes the second ofiicer returned, ana
SAID 1.-THE best thing you can do Ii to shake him
and get him up - as the Captain was being called
watcn cry ahead the Wheel and
ran TO the door to see whether 1t was Ice; saw
the Wheel and nut the helm hard siarboard, and
ran to the telegraph connecting with the engine
room, but at that instant she struck; ran art to
get axes to cut the boats clear; q woman at that
moment rushed up and cried out. I'LL
told her to wait Till came back; when returned
with the axes took her and her boy up to the
saloon deck when / heard Mr.. Brady cry out,
"Where are the axesY'' called out that they had
board boat when she listed over; Mr.. Pnrdy,
another qlartermaster, was with me ut the time;
he said to me- Win g"n swim
save Moneys mother;" he then wished me good
by; he was the first man who lett the ship for the
away ! thought would try to save myself; took
on my coat and jumped overheard and safely
Cross-examined by Mr.. Ritchie-After one O'Clock
calculated that the ship had run la miles; the
wind about two O'Clock was south and pretty even
aStern, but variable; when the second oflcer called
the Captain he said 1t was getting thick, and sam
bro light was not yet in sight when the ship struck
the second officer and the Captain were both In
the chart room did not notice any person standing
on the bridge; cannot say II / was fourteen miles
from the pace where the ship struck how Sambro
light would bear or the course we ram but looked
straight ahead; when Mr.. Brady called out, "Where
are the axesa' did not see him. this was the
at halfspast one A. N. I judged we were fourteen
miles from Sambro light; at one O'Clock on the
previous day l estimated that we were one nun
dred or one hundred and seventy miles nom
SambrO.
Cross-examined by Mr.. McDonald:-I spoke to
the second officer as did because l felt very I'M
easy; knew the coast was difficult to make out,
for when was in Halifax before, in the City OF
London, remembered that the ship sometimes
and that the lead was hove every ten minutes;
did notice that any sleet fell on Tuesday night;
do not think that the ship was in condition to
run thirteen knots without canvas; have now
reason to believe that my previously expressed be-
lief that the ship had her distance was correct.
To Mr. Ritchie-I have heard that there is cur
rent on this coast In the Winter time running from
three and half to four knots; cannot tell how 1t
sets, and made allowance for 1t IN my calculation.
JOHN FOxLEY, CHIEF ENGINEER
Of the Atlantic, testifed-At noon on the slst Of
account OF the speed OF the engine during the
twenty -four hours; the Captain was in his chart
room; made up the statement and took IT to him.
The statement was here submitted by the Cap
tain, who had 1t in his pocketbook, and was
identified by the witness) The statement
sixty tons, and the coal remaining 127 tons; the
Captain said we were about 4S0 miles from Sandy
HOOK and ITO miles from Mia HALIFAX; there was ,o
the chief olicer, told him what guam,
tity Of coal was on board, and asked
for Halifax; we all agreed that as the barometer
was falling 1t would be advisable to put about for
Halifax; she was making little headway; the Cap
tain was afraid we might get within about eighty
miles OF Sandy Hook, when the Goals would about be
expended; after the ship was put about at one
that we would be able to keep sharper steam on;
from one T. M. till midnight she was going little
faster than she had been when we put about; at
midnight turned In, leaving my subordinates on
duty.
CTossexamined by Mr.. Ritchie-The fourth and
cident they were on duty from twelve O'Clock; the
NTH engineer was lost
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FoRTY-sEvEN TONS OF COAL
were put on board at Liverpool; there were 40
tons on board from the previous voyage, making
the total 967 tons; we used about so tons
sumption was sixty-nine tons q day; we had been
eleven days out when we bore up for Halifax; the
consumption was greater than usual because the
COAL WAS MIXED, ENGLISH AND WELSH;
this was my nineteenth voyage in the Atlantic;
joined her as third engineer and was raised; this
was my second voyage as chief; we consumed
much larger quantity sssn this sms@
out thirteen days and had 12s tons when we
reached New York; 1t was all put in for the use OF
the ship; the highest rate OF speed the Atlantic
could make in favorable weather was twelve and
hall and thirteen knots an hour without sail her
average rate OF speed from the time we bore up for
Halifax was ten and q half or eleven knots; pre-
vious to the last two voyages we had all Welsh
coal on the passages to New York; heard the
chief engineer say the. average consumption was
fifty nine sixty tons per day know 1t was less
than when we used mixed coal.
Reexamlned by Mr.: Ritchle-what said about
the high price OF coal being the reason Tor taking
no more on this voyage is only my opinion; II we
had twelve days full supply we could by reducing
tenth day, we could make 1t last little longer we
always
RAN AT HER BEST SPEED,
generally fifty-Our pounds OF steam; when we re-
duced our consumption OF coal we had from fifty
to hity-four pounds; when we left the dock at
Liverpool we had thirteen days full supply OF COAL
but we consumed eighty tons on the river; the
regular bunkers held 767 TONS
THIS ended Mr.. Foxley's evidence. The Court
adjourned at eleven O'Clock until tomorrow at nine
A. NJ, when the chief and fourth officers will be re-
called by the collector.
now Chairman or the Canada Board for the Exami-
nation OF Shipmasters and Mates, arrived here on
Saturday night and sat with the Collector OF Gus
toms during the investigation.
An Interview With Captain Williams.
reporter had an interview to-day with Captain
Williams on several points brought out during the
Investigation
REPoRTER-Captan Williams, 1t has been re-
ported in Halifax that when you left Liverpool you
intended to call here for coal, and that prepare
tons were made here to supply the Atlantic. Is
that so9
WrLL1AMs-No 1t is utterly untrue. ! had no
intention Of coming here until the engineer re-
ported the coal running short.
REPoRTER-How do you account for the extraor-
binary consumption of coal2 The English man.
ayers say the Atlantic had much larger quantity
on board than she usually consumed.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY that is true as to the GUAM
tity; but about half OF 1t was English, which is OF
inferior quality, whereas we generally use Welsh
coal. Had all the coal been Welsh the quantity
would have been more than sufficient to carry us
to New York.
REpoRTER-What about the proyisionsp
WILLIAMs-We had an ample supply OF all stores
except salt fish for the Catholic passengers. ON
the Friday previous to the wreck they had com.
planned OF the scarcity OF fish.
REPoRTER-You have said your observations on
Monday placed you 10 miles from Sambro at one
y. NJ, and the subsequent logging gave the position
as fOrty-eight miles south OF Sambro at midnight.
Morris Head, where the ship struck is SAID TO be
seven miles further west Do you consider that the
error was In your observations in your logging
WILLIAMs-in neither; both were, | am sure,
correct; but the strong current running north