Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-11
story Of tho Scuscr Svrx;x.r
A GRAPHIC STATEMENT or THE SINKING o. II,
STEsAKR AND loss or EIl.rH I1rss

GRAPHIC STATEMENT OF TIIH SINKING o. THE
STEAMER AND loss or FrrrY LIVES
IheodoFe Ste!Sert, quartcrmastcr. and q. 4.
Anderson, seaman. the only two persons known
10 nave been saved from the Steamship ENTITY
y Souotr; oi the tlyde hne. which fnundprrd
AZ sea on becelnher ~. with = persons on board
arrived Beie Yesterday from jamaica. on The
steamship Atlas They went al once IN fhe
oliice OF tie company OF W +. Clyde co and
gave statement OF the disaster. The two men
were examined separately. ana then statements
compared in every particular
Nj. Steinert stated that when about Pa miles
from New York strong gale with heavy head
seas came on The next day the vessel beam
TO leak. All the steam pumps were started
but the leak increased The deck freight N-as
thrown overheard. the foremaSt cut away and
all hands worked for three hours throwing
overheard the cargo. Then the chief engineer
reported that tie water had come into th,,
fiIe-rOom and was putting out the ares About
five u. in. the captain ordered every one TO
put on life-preSerNeTS and take 10 the boats.
as there was no hope OF saving the vessel
The statement continues: The first boat was
lowered, In which was the hTSt mate. +. VI.
Deaken, TWO or the crew. Mrs. Root. Mrs. CaZ-
Deau, Mrs. Storm, Ellen Fleming. the steward
eSS, ana two other passengers. This boat cap
sized, and the people were holding to the bot
tom of the boat and swimming toward il. The
second boat. with Mr.. Booth and Mr.. Newman
the two assistant engineers, all except two OF
the passengers. and two OF the crew. got away
clear The third boat. in charge OF the pJirSer
and with several OF the crew. including yalla.r
Edmonst0n, also got clear of the vessel Cant.
ana with Cblet Engineer John lice gave dira,-
ions in getting away the boats. They then
Win the second officer and Rutgers Crosby y
passenger, made a lumber raft. aud after throw
ing II overheard jumped after it The captain
mad llrSt made arrangements for the six nerSoDs
remaining on board 10 floar OF on other partS
CT the vessel. Two OF the cooks and one Oi the
passengers were IN the pO-houSe waiting
lGF lhat 10 be carried overheard ana kndeI-
son. nySel1 and a passenger. supposed 10 be
ferdinand Klein. from the description were on
the l0fe-hatch house. and when the ycSSe! had
SUNK down 10 her smoke pipe heavy sea
washed the raft of. and us whit In about 10
minutes the vessel went down carrying the three
persons IN the lighthouse down with her. After
floating on the hatch-houSe a half hour the
ltft-raft fioated near IT'S ana We got on it, We
tried 10 induce our c0mrade to come with II,
but lie would not. We hung fast 10 the hatch
mouse until biz sea parted our hold. and We
lost sight Of ii aud our cOmrade We also lost
sight OF all the boats. as it was then dark hi;
90 not give up al hopes OF some of the Others
having been picked up. We were on the life
:aft il hours. during which time We picked ua
a boX OF tripe and box of oysters. With these
we stayed cur hunger. and Quenched our thirst
WITH the oyster liquor. The raft was caDSized
several times. Dnt we managed to hang Oh and
keep our food with us We were then picked
up by the schooner Abbott neYerealiE and
after telling the captain our experience and
there being no boats in sight. We were taken 10
Kingston
Sergeant EdInOnstOn. OF the HOb0ken police
whose son was pantrylGan on board. had con-
SuItat1on with the men yesterday. tie said he
had 10 hope of ever seeing his son.
The |. :. local steamboat inspectors VIII hold
an investigation Of the loss OF the SOuder in a
few days. II is said that they viii inquire into
Tie report that the Ship was too heavily loaded.
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