The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-07
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years. spark OF fire may remain In Q bale of
cotton for some time before making IT pres res
ence known. We carefully noticed all the cot
ton. and could discover no sparks, or spark
marks, on any Of The bales , - +. s,tr
We get one bae which s seemed :" Cd s Wtb
turpentine was by the sample hole; EXTENDED
far down az We could dig: called the c +
them: think it was hoisted on deck; don't know
whether it came back again; can't say Just now
long before the fire this happened. perhaps
three or four days. or it might nave been
We took out about a pound or SO Of tho cot;
ton: 1t was not wet or discolored. but smeileu
strong Of turpentine: don't know whether u
was slowed again or not: don't know the mark
of The bale; did not examine it on deck.
We no Or o woE IN o
hold. but only on 'twean decks. Allow no ono
to smoke below, not even the captain.
CARL MULLER
mot sworn)-Am m able seaman: helped to put
night. and take 1t off again on sunday morning.
1t was in about the same, condition when taken
Off as when put on Looked into tho hold when
we put the hatch on saw no smoke, nor did l
smell anything like fire.
RoBTr WILLIAMS RECALLED.
remember the bale Of cotton which was wet
with turpentine: don't remember lust nov many nI
days before the rs think ABOUT e 81 tha hhe
and ] had ittake on deck to be examined; think
the mark was and 9 in circle. with an IN
nea when Re the Bale was Gotten on deck
looked like any other; the baggng was good
and the cotton seemed clean, but by putting;
what took to be turpentine; After thu, loose
cotton was taken away, no smell remained.
When Mr. Candy came repored to him n, and tha
cotton on the wharf When ! next came on
board it had been put back In tho hold. spoke
II the master about It and he said it W. vas or all
imHSb on the upper tween deck. -
Examined the bale carefully all over. The
% opt ABOUT Be hs se"n kan
the stevedpre's foreman. All that / know any
thitR about is what took out myself; an.
cotton In his hand when he came to me on the
.whHFfs There was no loose cotton brought up
with lhesbale when l ordered 1t up on deck.
HENRY ROTTERDAM,
reoalledThe cotton which we pulled out OF the
B 10 VIE left lying beside it. Did not see the
bale 40 UP on deck; l pull led out, some oil the
cotton. and some was taken out by others we
the Pale 70 SIDE ana rne
I'LL q half bus bel measure all of which smeileo
q turDsntine.
CAPT. PAUL II. T1NGLEy
of the British ship Thomas Keillor.1 was
lying outside the Tornado [ was called about
and went on board the Tornado. | thought
could see what was going on on board the FRO
tector from my ship and from what saw was
nado before9 o'clock aud am still 50 convinced,
/ because gould feel no gas passing through the
hose which passed over my rail, and the nose
was not distended as it would naturally boil
T a1ly waF passing through it.
+ AZ Quarter to went to my breakfast; Re- re-.
hose vas distended, and remarked i sec they
AbouVs O'Clock the captain of the Prot ctor
lowered his lamp into the Tornados hold, at
lenst 40 far as it would go, say about eight feet
below the top of the after house: 1t came J., up
minute: we we're laughing about it on my ship.
we being satisfied that there was. at that time.
no gas in the Tornado.
| Another thing that makes me think there was
| no gas in the ship Is. / overheard Capt. Colburn
ask the man who had charge of the generating
OF the gas II he was ready TO 60 to work ana ne
/ saw them pumping water, seemingly holding
soda. in solution, overheard which | suppose
was washing out" this lasted. think, about
MIR. Bailey. Of Lowell & Bailey; Mr.. Schultz,
egent Of the Ship Mr. Joseph Lsee a. Ca pt
Ellis at 10 80 o'clock SUNDAY morning we were
| in consultation about half an hour. and we ad-
vised him Capt Ellis) to stop the gas and use
water
There was smoke before the main hatch was
opened: before the tarpanlins were lifted.
| Think this smoke was of lighter color than
has been mentioned heretofore; It decidedly
| was smoke the same color rs has been coming
from tho ship all the time, S.
1t was about 7:3o o'clock, half an hour after
the captain Of the Protector ask II they were
ready to go to work; Saw carboys OF acid com 9,
ing on board the pr9teetor at SIS oei9oR Rb that
putting the fire out in ten minutes. 1.-THE CON
sultation on tho poop-deck the captain Of the
Protector thought he would then want about
forty hours Think would have acted as Capt.
Ellis did under like circumstances and that he
did all that q pru ont and careful master could
have done in the premises.
GEORGE CANDY.
I'D To ooI
nado; / got on board the ship at about o'clock
on the Sunday OF the fire. Tho engines were
throwing water WAS present T Eig the
the captain Of the Protector.
We three wero standing together when the
captain Of the Protee9I snid that ne would th
hold he could save the ship and that in forty
min utes we could commence unloading.
o TaD The T Prot,etor left The ship through through fear
that she tthe ship would fall on her (the Pro-
| tectorl
the cargo The captain of the Protector sent
| the diver down to hook on the cotton; it was
af or the opening Of the matches that the de-
scent of the diver was first mentioned
Capt Ellis told the captain of the Protector
that he thought his gas was no use: the capital n
Of the Protector told me then that he thought
that, If he could leave the gas in the ship for
three days. he could save her.
| The arrangement finally made at that time
was that Chief O'Connor should have charge.
|
work under him.
| was discharged by the United States Mar
shall / at first refused to stop work. but was at
last threatened with arrest and by advice Of
my counsel gave it up; 1t would have been
better for the cargo to have been removed by
| the man who stored 1t. than by any one else 1t
is now being discharged. Don't think the ship
would have sunk If the tugs had not abandoned
her on Tuesday night. 1t is usual for tugs to
work at all times in such cases.
They did not even warn ny men. who were
| leave but left them without any notice whatever
of their intention to abandon the ship.
At this point n recess of half an hour was
taken, and upon the reassembling of the court
Capt Ellis was asked If he had any further tes-
! timony which he wished to introduce. bearing
! upon any point not already brought out. be
4 replied in the negative
Mr.. Cohen, counsel for the, Harbor Protector
Company, upon being, asked whether he had
I any evidences which he wished to introduce
said that he had wished to introduce the testi-
! mony of Chief OConnor. who had been sent for
, but MS he was not in attendance he was unpre-
| pared with any evidence for Introduction.