New-York tribune., 1879-11-10

iision and there was n terrible panic;
Mt once ordered the boats ioMerHoi; hiore a"" the he
steamer went down. Two OF her crew jumper
ON board my ship at the time she SUI si"on' on
mean TO sav that the steamer cane nng a, ~ hers
rrrruFR DETAILS OF THE COLLISION.
First Mate Ferguson of the Lady Octavia was on
watch at the time Of The disaster. He says; Inc
ship was going three and one-half knots an hou''
When saw that a collision was inevitable l sung
out at the top of my voice, aud heaiu "
scnaling On the steamers deck, rs II n
number of people were running along IL.
Directly afterward the steamer struck oW vessel
ahait the stem on the port side. smashing her DoWs
and cutting her three feet under the water, almost
instantly filling the fore compartment, only ', 'ne
wateI-ti ght bulkhead preventing the snip iron,
found,iine | went forward on the turecastle heaIu
and saw the steamship under our bow p1cHinR
astcrn and confused mass OF casks anu woou n"S
inu about us. gave the order 10 lower tc n"dI un
the davis to save life and told the rest OF inc crew
10 back the yards. which was Quickly done. psaTic
the boa; reached the steamer Il sank our oi sitnii
The h,af picked up niue people. and returned ana
saved eleven more. Two persons VINO WcIc vi q
large boat belonging to the ill-fateu s'eanTI w M
also saved. aud Two Others rescued themselves ~
Clamhcring into our hcadgcW at Inc moment oi coi-
Thr hoatswain of the Octavia says: was on
The deck of the OctaVia at the tire O the COLLISION,
beng one Of the watch. We saw the steamer. nut
she was not heading for Us. so we KEPT our couIsc.
All OF "A sudden the steamer TOOK "A sheer over 10
port hut there did not appear 10 he any oOuS on
her deck except one man, who was engaged IN
looScniug the sails. We called u the steamer, Dut
IL was TOO late. as we weIe struck lmincuaieiy.
An intelligent man connected with the crew oi
the OciaYia stated that he was IN ms berth Wheh
the vessel struck. He on deck IN an instant,
and saw the whole occurrence. The steamer was
under full steam with ali sails st, ana was gong at
the time at about twelve knots an hour. nc
Octayia was also under sail and Of course had thc
right of way. hut only gong no the rae 81 thrtc
knots an hour. Tie only man on the deck 90 the ie
steamer that thew saw the man Who leIllhe
wheel to loosen the sails. The steamer did not blow
her whistle OF make auN seiiii.
LISr OF TIE LOST.
The following is the list OF the persons lost. to-
Ccthcr with all the Information that could be OBJ
tained about them in this city
ALLEN JouS ncwsDOv. about l. years OF age.
ASDErws Mrs. o. A.. about II years of age, wife Of
Colonel o. A. Andrews. proiGueut cotton broker OF
Courcr and president OF the Home Ere Insurance
Complny o. Charleston. she Was iogneriy M MMts:
twn wears ar,. sac had reon on q tour 10 Europe
Win nor daughter Miss Mary Mikel. and they were
nARsfa. Miss Ros, one OF the steeragc passengers.
BUDD. FREDERICK. oilcr.
CLARK. W. ". a cabin passenger
CUWIN. WILLIAM cOal-pAsscl.
fwrn.y-nye wears old. He formerly an oiler IN
Tie employ o the comp ny. but had carird MS pro-
motion b, MS Jealous attention 10 duly. lie was
na,rrrd sbeuttw years AGO lives al No 4s Willow
place, Brooklyn aud leaves widow Dutno ehiiren'
GAEIGAN. T., cOal-passcr
GIRARDHNr. d. 8. colOred; baker.
HASp PAU 1,r Setmsm, ot Roston po.sencer
HEXsTAHLE. Mrs. H., OF Boston a PASSENGER. , .
LL0SAn. g. II nr5 LII 'ia,e, "pSH, rSeSSp n -
ami i'avcs widow: onl no children ne lie nad spent a1
ia. Etrh'Sr par, -, ne rT @ ri,S,i % oai,, Uo bad
chtrgc OF the deck al the time of the collision. ana
forward by The captain TO ascertain the ex-
tent oi the damage anu was 0"'i'o" "o"" VIZ" ''e
MIsmAw. ANTONY; pautryman.
MIDpLITON. ANpREw; waiter.
MiSfii Miss MARY. OF Charleston. 5 G., daughter Of
Mr.. o. \. Andrews by former husband she was
seventeen years O Az ,.'' ".s I'o NJ ~ @
Rom abroad WIN nI. @ I ne ,'n no' a% n
neciel with the welIknown jenkins ana eeaorooA
lam lies oi H"nlh OaIuliNa" .,- H.. ,.. q e
year. oi age. For six years he was clerk 0i the
stoa uship Manhattan MttfwaIu ne estdpilshsu
the Charleston house Of k0che MOuatt ia MnlcI ne
remained for i've years and returned 10 the lhe
anoul year aso.
fATrtN cd passenger
PATTEN. T.. a passenger
PEkrs WILLIAM. passenger.
PoTrs. l.. r.. oler in the engine room.
EICnNHD~oN, JOHN second COOK
sisKA WILLIAM, "A passenger.
sNAils ILlhh, steward - ... IT,. .rs o,3
hIEIfANh CHARLES pdsschger' tWehtysiA Years oiu. G
tn,r,vrr % Of of ieweirr' eniDoyed by Wheeler Parsons
& Co.. OF ihis civ lie was going TO Charleston 10
rurtcKTy' Miss x a passenger
j. l. Marvin was Reported among the ost @ nu1 az az
s is' ,t Se mad been unable 10 catch the steamer
rrr s,vrn
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Following is the list OF the persons saved from
the Champion:
RpoAn n passenger transferred TO the British bark
Petn zodiac.
BUScE {. r.. nrst-assstant engineer.
SRoss CAIhAhINL steMaidessii on tho ,or,, pa,,,
LHIih 'hA'lhs' seaman ''Aou vi '"o '"iA i''''
=, ,i, n"1"'; ;;-,,,,v are,nan
iHTHS THI'i - ,TrirE drenaS
FosrTn J. g. a colOred plssengcr
FosTEE, JoHS. porter. Mi.
GARNER. G. L., passenger taken GU board tue Petit
Cohic
HAMhvNp, isAV' M Vn,ri ,, c"oA'
HALLAND; GEORGE waiter; ,otor o, hoard Tho Petit
hotAN; a. De- " p"SSo"s'' '"A'" vi '0"'U '"' ''''