The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20

on the starboard side vas about
spd bo% 50 s p rem s Hap more
abreast but astern Of her. Means By abreast
but astern that line drawn from the stern Of
na sEss h scTsss t 1o Eoa
about 50 feet. Thinks the Texas headway was
gines Of our boat made back. When the barge
| struck the Hope the tug quartered around
fd The bow Of the he barge She careened over
To Capt. Aiken-The course OF, our boat was
e euy eT 5a mype asa Mr. III Who
| learning the river with me. He had not touched
| the wheel sipee we backed out.
pretty. strong current. and the water vas agi
| lated by tho steamers which had pas sed up be-
ore u.s. coupled M, with the vessels lying at he
| well up to the time she made the lunge across
our bow.
that the sWe'ls Of the City Of Augusta 1nixh
possibly have affec ed the movement Of the
little boat. | had. lready rang the bells Of our
do 80. The wind was blowing o modeI ate
breeze on shore at the time of the collision. but
blowing stiff enough to make q boat handle
4 bad in backing down TO where the Hope was.
Did try to get down to the tug Hope and want
/ as far rs could with safety, and had to come
ahead on our boat to keep clear Of the shipping.
Laid near The wreck as closely as possible.
M M. BAKER.
master Of the chip Wyoming being sworn,
said--I was in the cab in my ship; heard
shouting and came on deck saw the steward of
| the steamer ahead. which supposed to be the
| CITY Augusta. beckoning aud pointing to the
| collision / then saw the Texas and two barges.
and small boat which J. .h opposed to BE- pro.
| sliding down stern first; I saw a, MN jump
ab ard Of the barge from the pilot house # the
hs small boat tioated down the river with her
bow three or four feet out of water. and the
| Texas backed down along side OF the barge and
| made fast; did not notice the whistles given.
ALBERT MoREY,
cotton sampler. being sworn. said-Saw the
collision which happened abreast OF the ship
Alert he I'd e, whistles and When
aud he little, boat, was from fifteen TO twenty
Boat sr
| the barges in tow Of the Texas struck her, the
Hopes bow swinging round to port Her stern
| barge struck the boat the Texas commenced TO
| back down. It went down 81 three ships length
aud then sta ted ahead. The Texas apparently
ran down on the Hope.
M. CONNOLLY,
being sword. said-Am q longshoreman: wit
| messed the collision whilst on board Of the
China; the boats were from forty to fifty feet
from the outer line Of the shipping at tue time
of the coliding; bofh boats were running par-
allel with the outer line: the Texas apparently
| ran into the Hope with her starboard barge ant
the Texas by the Hope: did not see the Hope
sheer.
JOHN CARR,
| being sworn eaid-I am first officer of the chip
| Getty burg He testified to the same effect as
the above witness es,]
| HANS BLoMBERRY,
a seaman. being sworn. sad-I heard whistle
| ply The Hope was checked up alongside Of
the Vancouver. our vessel.
John JoHNsoN
| being sworn. said-I am third officer of the
| ship, Minnie. Heard only. Que whistle.
which was a, Continuous blast, made By
! boat about fifteen feet ahead of the Texas on
her starboard bow. When the Texas struck
her the Hone turned over and filled up She
was half way under the steamer Texas bow.
| Then came up and went down under the bow.
| The Texas backed her stern and went out Of
sight. The Hope was struck on the port
| ANDREW PETERSON.
being sworn, said-I was the engineer Of the
Hope: The e. Hope was running near the city
the Texas was about quarter of q mile behind
US. standing out little in the river. she blew
We fe hops by
while, and looking over the port side of our
boat. saw her astern, gaining on us slowly.
stop. which answered PROMPTLY. the Hope be- g.
| ing in q sinking condition. l did not feel the
| shock of the collision. No effort was make 10
l kus
Sengers we're drowned.
IT,. MITCHELL.
| clerk, sworn, said-I was q passenger on the
Hope: saw the Texas and the City of Augusta
about 500 yards behind US. coming up. The
speed The Texas barge struck the Hope on
the port quarter. about five feet from til" stern,
causing US to swing round the bow of the barge
careening us over and filing the Hope f. ON
| the starboard side. by which she sank imme-
diately The captain Of the Tex's was told
there was a whole family in the cabin of the
Hope, hut he made no reply. The Texas backed
down about 100 yards.
MIR. BERNARD.
| being sworn satd-The captain of the Texas
was asked to assist in the rescne OF the family
| in the Hopes cabin. but he failed to give the as
sistauce.
Geo. W. Rea. master of the steamer Texas, In
g. communication, stated that the pilot of the
Texas blew the VIII istle to pass the Hope. which
was duly answered. was then standing on the
| starboard barge. when | perceived the Hope
| either through the pilot giving her the wheel, or
by the current. / Immediately ordered my pilot
, to stop the Texas aud to ba K her, which he did
promptly, but before the headWay could be-
stopped. the tug was caught under the b w OF
! the starboard barge and filled with water.
There were four persons visible on board,
whom we rescued and placed ON shore. We
! sstance we could One of the persons rescued
reports that there was a family inside of the
boat. consisting Of man. wife and two chill
dren: whilst another said there were but four
persons on the tug, who we knew were
/ rescued.
Some other witnesses were examined. but
their testimony is only repetition OF what Is