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

error There had been no Observation I9r luIcc
found TO- agree with their variation We soM..sd ..
for ss OF sas an aas scs CAPT nd
that world give about seven miles to pass the BISHOP
nn s, o ,as Ri SSi in dick said 6a, o., mad
been dense fog ri noon would 70, nav uos nv sccond
day watch rom six 10 ch Imade no suggestion 70
The captain that Il would be desirable to take cas-, o a1
lead io sec II had made good our course me cau
We fhrn on deck The capt lin told he was going 10
make sciy tie always di make it, On that occasion
S@en MAS a' q Snf f me 1 ss to signal that
dstance" We dld signal. A station list OF the ooa''
With tIie examination of Richard Hentze the
fourth Officer the boatswain, and two sailors, D.S
portion of tho case was concluded. All these WIZ
neses testified TO the general facts rs set out IN me
evidence alluded To above, their statements Dcins
mainly corrobcrative supplying further iniorma-
tion rs to mat ers of detail IN regard 10 tho auo
ing ana manning OF the boats.
MORE ABOUT TIE METHODS on SIGNALING.
The attention of the Court was next directed TO
the other and ulteriOr portions of the case IN reier
enoe to the signals which We're given from the snip
and the means of saving life ut she Bishop Annin-
Der of Scillonans, including Mr. Thomas johns
Osaxton (the United States Consular Agent, Mr.
Bally Ia coast-guard officer, Mr. John Bin'leid
(Lloyds' agcnt Daniel tthe lighthouse Keeper. ana
several Trinity pilots from St. Agnes were eAahneu'
These witnesses unanimously spoke OF the custom
which prevails of vessels signaling on passing Sei,y
m order that the fact that they have passed may ne
telrgraphed 10 Plymouth They also stated tial
they had often heard guns fired winch were . not
signals of dlsIess. The guns wero used 10 aluaco
attention to other signals. Inc guns do not appear
to have boon heard by any one on shore save ny ne
pilots and the man who was on the lookout lot tc
Shin Nv the orders of Mr.. Baniied. Lloyds agent
and they were not very snre about IT. Inc ,Oot.,,oN
man said ne fdnciel bat, little before O'CLOCK u,
the morning, he heard gun but me report Wn Wy
faint and he did not take il for anything Stiii Mr.
ianfeld thought enough of it to Telegraph 70 DIX
Stevens the agent OF the Eagle line al - lion
INN " hslr
morning; possibly have been the Schiiiei' "e'o
Ue' however. was very far from looking upon it as
signal of distress and if he regarded il at AL ms
telegram clearly shows it would have been is d Big
nal that the Schiller had safely passed. neIe w
certainly no evidence that any OF te E'Y,o ny -;
ever signaiei by the firing OF a gun; pn, IL WIS
shown that on one occasion yesSe, Oh tno iI"i"s
American line had so zig aled, and on se,Sii oc'i
siolS other German steamers had d0no tilc s,'h"'
Mr. Banticld declared that, whenever tins han Dcen
done, ii must have been on me ~ fespo'SoilF vi
the CAPTAINS as they in case had any llstfuotos
James Daniel, the lighthouse keeper. was called
principally to prove that the fog bell was kept rng-
Ing throughout The night; He, however, gave eSl-
dencc of seeing the Schiller on the rocks, ana ne
spoke of seeing her gradually break away under ms
eyes without its being in his power 10 render lIle
III rhtcst assistance. Two pilots heard the guns
about 0clo X in the morning. but rs they coud
not hing they thonght i was pass'pg steiner,
and did no. 20 ont till daylight had broken. linen
they discovered the terrible work Oh tlo previous
night, and Rescued the SURVIVORS.
SOME COSCIUsIONS TO BIZ DRAWN FROM HE xvi
DENCE
The inquiry was then adjourned. No CONCLUSION
WAS come TO- or even will be at the next sitting OF
the Conrt They Will probably take time for con-
slcration Their decision will be in Writing, and
delivered 10 hc Board Of Trade. 1t l., of course
impossible 10 prodct what Will be the nature OF the
report but is not hard to see from the testimony
given. and the III inner ia which it received that
there is n grave ilnt to b. found with the seaman
ship, more especially in the neglect of the captain
to take soundings Whether the Court viii see fit
also to crnsure the system of bearing 50 near 10
these dreaded lodges now adopted by some vessels
for he mere purpDsc of signaling Their arrival, Is
doubtful. but ii il certainly system which should
meet with universal pib.ic condemnation Inc al
Naniag' of speedy and expeditions passages from
overratcd; Int they must not DO facilitated even
in tine rrnotest degree by means when
arc very likcly to end in disaster. Another pom,
uYou which tie report OF the Court may be expected
to treat il that in reference To the boats. Ihefe
were sufficient bats to save every soul on Doald
under certain circumstances Every allowance
must be made for tho trying position III which a
captan and the officers of ship are placed IN me
hour of imminent danger, and in this case Tor the
state of the weather and the hour OF the ngit; Dut
il is hard for n landsman to believe that more than
per~ousaud all of whom, be 1t r'inembrfct,, were
bv boats wing carrying capacity for ten times
that number. The system OF signaling SHOWN 10
eNi,t should be condemned; and 1T Is TO be hoped
that after this, some means Of communication De
tween the lighthouse and the main land will shortly
be DEVISED Ind that been the case here, may
lives might have been saved-possioly those Oh all
the Passengers and crew.