The New York herald., 1877-11-15
THE CITY OF BRUSSELS.

PAssAGE-A SCHOONER SUNK IN THE LOWER
BAY-rwo MEN DRowNkp-BLuxr BuNsBY's
OPINION.
Tho City of Brussels alter most tcmpestuous yoy.
age of thirteen days. entered The lower bay very early
yesterday morning. Sho kept her way under
charge Of pilot until above the quarantine ship aud
nearly range with the Chapel Hill ights when she
came In collision with the schooaer Alexander
Young, Captain wiiiiamT 7. Blake, Of Somerset Mass.
bound from Philadelphia with coal. Tho steamer
struck the schooner aboutthe iorergging the star
board side, and literally cut through her like knife
sending her TO the bottom in three minutes Captain
Watkins OF the Brussels and the pilot stood upon
bridge at the timo the steamer was approaching aud
the opinion OF two that the schooner was un.
der way. When little while iater they discovered
this not the case tho captain telegraphed the
engineer. to his engines, but a screw
sol answers but slowly to this movement tho col.
lision became unavoidable Tho captain at once
ordered boat manned and sent to the rescue of the
of the steamer, three OF whom, along with the
captain, brought aboard. Tho remaining two,
constituting crew OF SIX in all, were wncd. Tho
steamer lost her port anchor, eighty iathomo OF chain
cable, her ioretopgallant mast and cross backyard
STORY
Frank Jenkins, one OF the rescued Grew OF the
Alexander Young, relates his experience follows
1--WE left Philadelphia November with cargo of COAL
and aft schooner Of 800 rons and the crew,
including the Captain numbered six The vessel
belonged to Warren, T. l. and as far as understood
was not insured, but the cargo OF coal The wind
being easerly on Tuesday VIC came into this port IN
order to take the Sound. II about two O'Clock in
the morning and inside the quarantine ship when we
noticed the steamer bearing down upon Our lights
little wind we had was iatr was on the lookout and
hallooed TO the mate that 1 saw steamer bearing
Where are you comm toS' But she held on, ana
the next minute struck in the iorergging and
and nothing but the mainmast LEFT standing above
water just before the collision made rush aft
was over Then we tried to get out snIGs ,Ss
schooner's boat but II was TOO late as the
swan for tho rigging OF tho mainmast ana N fifteen
minutes after we were taken OIL by boat from tho
steamer Another Of the crew got hold Of piece Of
steamer" The names OF tho rescued are Captain
T. W. Blake of Dgh,on, Mass Frank Jenkins Fall
River; John Compton; cook, and Thomas Blake. Tue
drowned men were }. Barnes, mate hfy years old, Of
Boston, and Joseph Perry, twenty fve years. OF Som
erset, Mass. The Inman Company Will be held
sponsbe in damages to the owners of tho lost vessel
and to the families OF the drowned men. The colli-
sion, occurring 1t did IN the darkness, is believed
to have been unavoidable, SO botn captain and pilot
escape censure The vessel and cargo were worth
$4,000.
THE VOYAGE THE BRUSSELS
Thursday, November 8. the City OF Brussels expert
enced terrific hurricane, which lasted twenty-five
hours. A sea broke over her and carried away the
wheel house door, two bridge ladders, tho saloon sky
light, stove in the smoking room and flooded the
cabins strong iron davit was snapped IN two ike
pipesteiD, two boas were stove In, threo break
waters carried away, the iackstay on the jbooom
smashed and the rigging considerably damaged.
There we're about sixty PASSENGERS IN the ssoerae and
fifteen IN the cabin. The appearance OF the vessel
plainly showed that her late experience Of an
Atlantic gale was rough IN the extreme The whole
had been laid up ior half year. The deck forward
suggested Inal.ol-war just come out Of heavy
gagemeaL Ropes or wire and hemp, broken tackle
and yards masts snapped N two srewed the deck.
The smoking room, always SO snug retreat for tha
had been stove ~ and the seats and tables had been
badly matreated by the elements The balustrade at
oil the staircase leading tho main had
been whipped oil. and there other but minor
evidences all about tho ship OF the severity OF her
TESTIMONIAL TO rae CAPTAIN
Before quitting the vessel tne passengers drew up
and signed the following testimonial to Captain
Watkins.-
We tue passengers Of the steamship CITY OF Brussels on
the VOYAGE from Liverpool 90 New York, November l.
sex Wasns ~ an aaa The and
and s nus Us aar s h
ing scenes OF this trying There those among
viewed with the light y experience that rarely
countc furious winds mpestnous In
our % os s a we On ns
to the shores OF Albion ne escape the
AN OPINION AS Is AN OPINION.
HERALD reporter went down to Burning slip to see
G. W. Blunt, Pilot Commissioner, president oil the Ds-
trcssed Seamens Society, president oil the ADtro-
bacco League, &C., for the purpose OF asking him a
question IN regard TO the cohsion.
''Enghicn mo on TINS polnt. Mr. Commissioners. Ia
the captain pilot responsible for that collision this
morning 2"
rhe Commissioner poised a goose quill in the air,
and IN severely dgniled and cautious manner re-
spondcd "I do not desire 10 PROFOUND an opnIon on
that question. IL the accident WAS unforeseen. then
II was unavoidable IL II could have been provided
against then II was preventiblo ana censurabe, and
IN the woras OF Admiral Beauiort-did you ever hear
OF Admiral BeauIort2 He WAS old messnlate OF
mine, aud when he was snipwrecked on inc Coast OF
Coromande, In the year 1928 he Is said TO have
d.
"But wha. did he say, captain, in the first placer
'.Avast there shipmatc. He said If George w Blunt
was only here now, could dio happy. Pi tell you
"Bas 1t the captain or the pilot that's RESPONSE
..rhe pilot can't be responsible Tor tho unforeseen,
nor any man, because, according to Adam SMITHS
laws OF nations, the less you the less you know
aud what you aont SEQ and never heard of you know
nothing al AL about, aud, according 20 Cocker, you
amt responsible. Now. when tnat chap into my
beiayins pin stuck In his jaw aud pulled 1t right
under my nose, showed HIM that notice. No smok-
ing allowed here lie stIll smoked in spite Of tDat.
Now, II l mad thrown HIM out the window as intend
to do with tho next man-Uhe reporter here discarded
his clgar-pd OF course have boen Responsible, boz
cause would know beforehand that the flags below
very hard-Weehawken granite, ! boleve-and
tnat ths man woulu be hurt when he reached tho
ground. The the captain and pilot cnt.
They didn't see and they aianl know hoy was agon'
TO hurt any BODY or anything, but they dd."
"Do you allow swearing here IN ihis roomf"
'Not uniess you pay ten cents swear for the ben.
eft OF Pilois' Widows Fund. II you pay $40 you
swear all you have mind TO-"
ibid you enter The seafaring business as o sailor
ora captain, Mr. Commss oncry"
81 went N by the hawso holes my boy, and worked
up ana now you soc where I'm landed-Conmissione
OF Pilots, president OIL"
"hold hara there, old man, times up" and tho
reporter made his way down stairs with load of In.
iormation--as much rs he could carry his mind.