New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-17

aN ay, 8nd ne was saVcu Dy u uSiiHB pVav IA WV
morning. The second officer was picked mp by the
boat commanded by Jansen; aud one OF the boats.
No. 8, was washed ashore the next morning with no
one in IT, As to what occurred in the boats and the
means taken by them to life, and, in fact aii
they did, this witness knew little. lie, however
gave some very precise information as to the signals
that were made use Of and the manner in which they
were use as well as the subsequent occurrences on
board IL is best stated In his words, and Is as
follows:
The file was by this (betwecn 10 and ~ about
Rock after struck; could not say ~ what une
We about half an hour after we strnek; ons onn
for "a short time did not hear any bell at all Cannoh
were ired from The ship and rockets were thrown up
and nrelns half an hour after she strlck: we 'r har
TO bring the out TO get them into proper order
A Tar ~ fnow seven enns were hrei ~ licnys w
o oe 1e ,ps III l S, The frat cerpcntr ami
sailors tr'd the guns Ny watch had stopped ~ S.e
,t aud roo Eets ms we coni mp TO IL O'Clock
The slim ncd with water immediately ur"h ,rlhhs,
washed over il befre Several The pe,plc had been
washed OF tho deck before midnight came
CONDUCT OF TIE CAPTAIN.
He went on to say that he did not see the captain
with o revolver, though he heard The captain had
one The captain was aft and he was forward dong
all he could The aft funnel fell Mt about o'clock,
upse ting boat with the third officer and number
of peoplr in her lie took to the rigging about haf-
post u Tire captain at that time being Oh The fore
bridge accompanied by several other persons. Inc
last he saw Of the captain was about O'Clock III the
morning inst before he was washed overheard Inc
witness proceeded to say:
saw nothing ~ any ~ tho hoats after W. left the
ship. From half way the foreuast could lu-t see
the manm'st. There were "a nniBOf" prDf"' VII ~
few vi the crew, n the rigging ana n me w., . it
90 her the foremost. The rigging wasof vii anithc
vereof iron. The miinmst risglng was h4I 80
cfOnur,l that of the foremnst The raina>t iV IN
hour before the forcmast and both to ttirbOarl I,
fog cleared Int tie IN the morning but then we cond
the people On the mAinm i, ana should cay my
were about 80, but they could not al DE scci ne
davs the port side Just peeed out above the wafer
The other davi, under. The swell came nearly up
no drizzlc or rain. About o'clock in the morn
ing tie lighthouse itself was visible at distance OF
oi half mi. Ibbore point 10 siarboaul al the snip
forward. Al no time do hear the bell There vas
strong wind dining the ni-hf. which fcShcned Ia the
morning. aud aflerwa ard cleared away the iog. About
O'Clock | could the sdorc, but not distinctly. We
heard nothing from the sorcnothing hut whistle from
q steamer toward morning. Yhcn the foremost 'c most
about ior an hour had a Iifebet which got from my
bed Each contains ON, aud fetched mine between
llo aud J.: E'cry p'ssangrr h,i sven micD,i' amd
sOr made vi sindli biis oi cork, put together ana u
with piece of string the shoulder. When ia Inc
wafer saw no oar n' the fourth ON err in9 nD9y oi
qasrerma,tcr was i1diins neaTn aui IL had crruar
iiie-buoy on. held On BY that He-bqoy nntil was
picked mp; aud then Tie body was carried ashore win
me- together with tia fourth officer IN three men, Be
fore picked Mp had seen other boats re'euing peo-
METHOD OF SIGNALING.
Next asked rs to his experience in previous yoy-
ages the first officer said he had before passed the
Bishops Rock in sailing ships, and also in the Eagle
steamer Goethe. H. previously belonged to the
Goethe and had made four voyages in her ana three
in the Schiller. H. had three or four times passed
the Bishop ut night or in thick weather but never
before in for IL passing on former occasions they
had always sirnaled. in order thlt their agent in
Plymouth might ne apprisod Of their arrival He
oh. -fetn al
~ signals either from tlp Goethe Schiller while
he was on board. Their signa-a rocket, u blaze
light and fire ball one OF each fired i'll succts sion-
had always been used when he was on b0arl. IL
was ais, ak =, questions 10 the relative efficacy %
fog horns and bells. lie was referred TO the steam
for-horn at Sindy Hook, which, he slid. h. knew
quite we'll and which might be heard five or six
miles Off Had there been such a at tho Bishops
Rock they must have heard il. This drew from
Cart Harris one Of the Nautical Assessors the re-
mark that the Sandy Hook los-horn was blown by
steam, a couIse which would b, impossible NJ the
Bishop, seeing that the nearest lslInl Is distance
Of three miles OIL Moreover, one of the witnesses
lat.r ON in the inquiry, (olc of the lighthouse
kceperS. slid there no room upon the rock t. TX
the apparatus. There was barely sufficient room for
the foundations OF the lighthouse itself The wit
ness. however rctor.ed that an ordinary fos-hOrn
wond have been heard half far again rs the ship
was when she passed the Bishop Light. From the
position Of the ship when she struck, he judged they
must have passed very near to the Lighthouse.
though at the time he Thought they seven
miles off it,
CnOss-EXAMfNATION OF TIE FIRST OFFICER.
This is n fair epitome of this Witness evidence.
az he gave il the first day of the inquiry; but, on
the second he was snbiercd TO ri id Gro ss-cxam
nation by Capt. Harris, moro especially "a to the
4 ..l.sn. Il,
ton Capt Harris, who, it would appear, takes ex
cepti1n to the course ard the method of reckoning,
plainly told the witness that when the witness
thought he was seven miles from the Bishops rock,
according to his own showing and his method Of
reckoning he WAS not more than two miles 10 the
south of the light Capt. Harris also stated that at
corng to the witnesses answers % his questions they
must have been steering course due east at the
time before the course was changed The wines
SAID they allowed three degrees for the current.
"'That wouii make il worse sill said Capt Harris.
"fnr the current runs across the English Channel,
every one ought to know" DE had more than once
TO confess himself beaten by Capt. Harrlss pulling
questions, and remarked in excuse that his rec0ec-
ton had failed him in many OF tine Incidents Being
asked what induced him Ia change the ships conlses
at night he gave reason that the fog was sothick
a. to render il impossible to tell exactly where they
were, ard h. felt that they did not want to go
further before daylight. There were then 10 ind-
cations Whatever Of danger-n0 breakers or any
thing of that kind This answer naturally led to the
question of why soundings were not taken, and the
with the sails, and that the captain, who WAS jca
Gus OF interference i'll snch matter gave no orders
for any to be taken 1.-THE captain did not like he
said. "to be told when soundings were necessary"
Capt Harris pointed To the very rst article in the
code OF instructions issued by the Company, which
eXprrssly enjoined the taking of sOundings III fOggy
weather; but the witness replied that those were III
sric,ions TO the captains, and not To the officers In
reply to Capt. lryce, the other Assessor, he said
there difficulty, so far as he knew, In stop
ping the ship mt o'clock 10 take sounding On
the last orcaSion of taking observation they