The New York herald., 1876-03-12

held on 10 another on the opposite slde. when the
steamer had gone down between them the Captain
swum across 70 where he saw his wife and assisted hsr
10 keep good hold. They both saved. lhe story
OF thu calamity Ia, morning journal asserts efeu
more painful tnan that OF the Deutschland when We
examine
Here were these unfortunate ladies and gentlemen
drowning In an open, much frequened sea- not thiry
but only three, miles from shore The Francona having
abandoned them to their fate the question arises How
comes u that more were not rescued by the people OF
Doyerl IL has been ELECTED during the inquest which
has just been concluded that Dover boaman dd put
on TO the Francona whose captain him. not TO the
wreck but cn an errand into the port Next TO the
negligence o'he German captain the wort feature IN
the case IS the
HEARrLRss CONDUCT
OF the persons in charge OF an English tug the Palmer
ston seaman OF one OF the Deal fishing boats, 10
whose Efforts most OF the lives saved due depOsed
that at mile and half from tho wreck he along
SIDE oil the tug and hailed telling the captain that
large steamer had gone down close by. and the reply
was, "Be of with yOu' She then turned for a mo-
ment toward the wreck, but finally went back to the
German steamer. or this extraordinary conduct the
DAILY Telegraph says $50 serious a statement OBJ
viously demands further investigation and the tug cap
tain should have AN opportunity OF meeting the impu-
tatiOn cast upon him. for IL at present impossible TO
comprehend his conduct But Is Il so mposslbler
Is II not selfevdent that he thought the StrathCyde
beyond all hope OF yielding profitable salvage claim
the human beings would not pay 10 save, OF course
while the Francona, which was certainly Tying sig
nal Of distress was stlll available Indeed the samo
paper goes on to say mo sensible and humane man
observing the StrathClyde sink would have hesated 10
go TO the aid OF the drowning people first and then
To turn his attention salvage and the survivors
The conduct this Dover tug suggests inevitable
parison with thai OF the Liverpool, the Harwch tug
about which you heard much at the time OF the
deutschland disaster. But the comparison would be par
tlcuary odous lor the Palmerston. Here no ship
ob Wild and lonely sand bank thirty miles out at sea,
with gale Of wind blowing, but II large steamer run
into anu sunk Almost within hail OF shore, IN lne
weather and IN clean
MANsLAuGHrER.
Thus II happens that, although there can be no ques
ton us 10 the bad conduct OF the captain OF the Fran
COMA this Is, TO English minds, by means the worst
feature Of the The inquest has concluded in
verdict OF mansaughter against the Hamburg captain,
and equally we'll mertcd is the censure passed upon
the persons IA charge of the Pamerston, whom, said
the jury they could not refrain from including IN their
been disposed, have rendered succor 10 the dis
trcssed.n al they had been so disposed 10 Not
pleasant sentence Tor Engishmen to dwell upon IL
is remarkable that the inquest has been concluded and
the verdict rendered without ecitng any defence,
indeed, any statement whatever from the officers
ow ners OF the Francona, who their defence, II
defence they have ior the trial which will take place
ut the next assizes at Maidstone, the captain
time, being admitted TO bail 'lf the Franconia's ol
GERS have no other reply than silence 10 the charge
made against them" says daily paper in an editorial
article, German we'll English opinion will as
surcdly demand that heavy penalty should follow
negligence and inhumanity whom they are proved to
have been criminal y
II is earnestly TO be hoped that 'heayy penalty"
will also be meted out TO those who their country
men and countrywomen perish beneath their eyes
without lifting finger TO help them.