Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-08
Steamer Atlantic Investigation.


this direction, was also read and adopted.
; Steamer Atlantic Investigation
| Halifax. Z. The Court again resumed the
| investigation at half-past two o'clock this af-
| ternoon. John Brown, the fourth officer Of
the Atlantic testified: l joined the ship at
Liverpool on the previous voyage, Tho cap
tain at about one o'clock On Monday direct
| ed me to alter the course to northeast for
| Halifax. At the time we were running :
knots, and at four oclock the speed was l l
| knots an hour. l then went below and re
NAMED cntil six o'clock, when | again came
on deck. The course and speed were the
same. At eight O'Clock l again went below
| and remained until ~ o'clock. The captain
and first officer were on deck when I return
ed. The third officer told me the distance
TO Sambro light was GO miles. Between one
o'clock at noon and midnight, the ship had
| run l22 miles. She was running 9 knots per
hour at half.pa one o'clock. When l hove
| the log, the wind was north northwest with a
little swell. The leads were all on the bridge
ready for sunding, and we could have sound
| ed in an instant. Between half past one and
| the time the ship struck, was on the saloon
deck about 10 feet below the bridge. The
captains boy came up with a cup of cocoa at
| three o'clock. told the boy not to call the
captain until three O'Clock, and afterwards
the second officer told him that he would call
| the captain.
s,o- ond No. th;ol Raeora ,.f, ,i,a al,
~ent 70 tho wa.,bar s;aa and sba5;,, NV
eves Win NV bands 7 looted so- tbs I;cb, ,,j
conId M, 900 !, or an,,b;no axeon, ne onon
sea. 1t was about half an hour from the
time left the deck until the ship struck.
did not let the boy 60 to call the captain, be-
cause knew rho shin hal mot run ANYTHING
lilo be, distance "A Mills All tho of9oors
knew that we were running in to make the
| sbc-o
NJ ona in nv bea,;og tola the Second oseoe-
that tbo d;s,anco NOD hean NV, mo of no
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES osEoa mo ;f Ia sborIa On 70
| the main y.rd to ,ook fo- lon3 ,o1J him i,
| was too soon Loan only eccornt for IN do
crease in speed from II to knots to the fact
| that in clearing tho b,rlars the coal was of
a pooer oualjtv. One of the ouar.ermasters
was nm the stayboad side tho second ofioar
was on the larboard side. | did not hear the
trout" of the sea on the shore probabIy be-
| cause of the noise of the engines. I left the
wrsck at about nine O'Clock. ard have not
been there since. We must have heen a
| good mile from Penan. Point when we ran in.
bur neither sow the breaker nor hoard the
| '.rout." | had not looked at the charts. and
did not know the cost. have been at sea
ten wears. and an officer three wears
To c,y KNOWLEDGE. nothing was done to pre-
vent the passengers coming on deck. The
CAPTAIN did everything he could to save life.
and was much exhausted when he reached the
shore. None of the officers smoke ofheaying
leads. or stoppinp the shin. The shin was
oe2- ions reeister 400 feet LONG and 40 feet
beam. There were nine hundred and odd all
told all told on hoard The crew numbered
| r
the clearness of the nipht and the certainty
of seeing the light. do not think the vessel
after she struck. was aground astern.
| Cross.Examined nv Mr. Richie.
went below at ourter to three was TO in
snec. the stserage. and returned when this
dntv was oerformed. the door hetween the
wbeel.house and the chart.room was omen at
two o'clock. the capta;n was was within six
feet Of tho man 81 tho wheel The crew
worked we'll the cantain and other officers
wero verv o,,ent;vo and stsn;ert. tb.v war;
oil tamnerato mon
Cross.svam;nsah v M No Dora,d.
M cords or o,har oanos ,sere allowoa. II
:, ~, .. ~. H., ...a ,ian;no oarIs
hai 10 t,d Shn $500 Al, not
,I;ri, 81 s,,oh a ,h;nn or ar,nr IN ,he col.
ouIa,;nn. 10 a te ,ron,J nm - or 70
knots a. n fa;r rnta ~ s,oeJ. she d;d nou RIM
ia ell snaod d,r;,r ~, nioht hof,ra VIC
chaneed Tho course for HalfaS. she onlv ran
: tnots ID M, know what onant;tv Of coaI
was IN hoard when wo ,nft I;rerpool
William HOGAN a steerage passenger was
examined NV Mr.. sherman. and testified: |
went to he'd on the night Of the disaster at
o'clock. and remained there until five bells.
. so o'clock. About ten minutes after went
to the MINER deck and for a while walked up
and down near the engine room. The night
was extremely cold. but the weather was bet
ter than i, had beer before Heard the watch
call out 8 o'clock and went below. Before |