The New York herald., 1879-11-09


leaking very badly. Then we started the large
donkey pump. This all done in about one
In another minute the water was up 20 'ns os
the engine room. Then all hands gathered
on deck, and from there went to the quarter deck
found that the captain had given orders 10 wake
all the passengers l heard him calling IN the
cabin, Don't stop to dress, anybody! The two after
boats cut clear. but the ship stood low in the
water at angle of forty tive degrees. We had just
time to get on the hurricane deck. don't remem-
ber seeing any one who was there with me except
Mr.. Bunce. who sits here in the next seat. seized
settee just the water struck it and held on. al
though Twas dashed overheard. The water was filled
with loose articles, and as the conmoton subsided
saw the life raft by. The second mate and
cook were upon it and they rescued me. The cap
swimming boldly. He had his back badly hurt.
There was small ships boat. bottom side up,
near us. We righted it. and having bailed
people in the water. We picked up five others OF the
crew. The life raft picked up two or three people.
In the meantime the Octavla hove and sent boat.
which the scene when the water set-
tied. They picked up one load of people
and sent them on board Int theG fcuvs vessel IneS
the surface We all stayed near at hand as long
we could hear any one call. The Octavia had
Of Of our i crew were we're injnred~john thompson ana
Charles Ehler, the latter having had his foot badly
ish bark Petit Codiac Captain steever. bound for
Philadelphia. There may have been others saved
that we know not Of. The Octavia came to the res
cue soon she could. Nobody saved anything"
THE sTEwARDEss' STATEMENT.
The train was passing Elizabeth when the HERALD
reporter shifted his seat to the side of the steward
ess. Mrs. Catherine Gross. who said:-"I went on
deck and ran to the small lfeboat just as seized
over the deck and believe was the rst ONE over
board. held to the boat for my life. The roar Of
the water something awful. 1t was like the
bowling Of wild animals about my ears. had not
time to 20 back into the cabin
Jersey Cityv called the train guard. and in few
moments the shipwrecked company on the
ferryboaf. There was just one person more worth
talking to-the porter.
The colored porter Of the Champion, John Poster,
had the captain little dog tightly casped under his
coat. He told a brief story OF the wreck. He came
on watch in the cabin on Friday morning. At about
three o'clock he heard the bells Of the Champion
give the signal to stop. He thinks 1t was
which broke the glassware in the cabin.
''What did you do then?" queried the reporter
II runned right UP on dc after deck an seed the
eye fixed bench on de upper deck an jes'
grabbed dat bench an hung on until de ships boat
picked me up. =.
..Were the passengers excitedr'
II s'pose dey were but didn't look to see My
life was In danger. an all m saw JUS den was dat
you'd stop an look 'roundY asked the darkey in
dgnantly.
come on deckY'
"Oh. yes. He tor de women to never min dere
dresses, but get ON deck for deyre lives.'
The man said that he had no friends in the city,
and all his people were in Charleston.
CAPTAIN JoHNsoN's STATEMENT.
Captain Kames johnson, of Greenock master Of
the British ship Lady Octavia states that he sailed
from Rio Janeiro, Brazil September l. in ballast for
h s III us savs.. We startad ~ tan NJ Th,uS ~ .H.n
S"r New YorI the weather Mt the tma hs;n, cIa.yr'
At four p M. rain began falling and it began to
a. ouartsr mast three o'clocr the nsxt raarnin.
(Frday) tho weather being clear vessel by
tis anr In,,nadia, ,aiv af+er sha ,v.s shtad ~,
the man on the lookout she was heading east, half
Observation-Disclosures We contnmcd On nnr conrse anT
nresantlv saw the steamers red iicht ana thongnt
h rnud % ao astsrn nr ne All az Snca tha s.aa
tnot shear ar And showed ns her oreen i,ght We
a, +ha time wera ooing three and a half ~ four
knots She strucS us head on abaft the stem. mort
- ornsh,nr tha riatas ~, We iy,,na5;attir
manned the boat with four men lIohn O.Har.
Martin Dan Peter yessloyich and Wiilism McC,omrt.
anI Inwera3 ~ not know,ng 10 what ertsnt Wa var
dmao.n srh. rest If tho crew vare hocrinr the
uardsI advsed Cantain Joctwood 70 LacL h;s
sssai was f;i,ing cave orders to The boat 20 80 -
the steamer's asa stance AZ the sama time Isert
our carnenters below to see TO what extent we we're
dan,.oad Thev found our how crnshad an
and rarortad that wa were ie.t;n1 raalr
tire coinnartment nlIinr with water in los
than minnta' We kent atoat bnuavar vor'
.na1 lue. . , HoPs ai'oat, no~ever' n'
sha S,r,,ct ns the boat now RETURNED with ton -
The crew and went again. this time rettinn ten ID
tSir tha staamar's On, al, life raft 1nr,a;u 80,
rnan % onr shin which we took .hoarJ naaSin~o a
total of twentyfonr sayed~twentv Of fbe crew ayd
Sonr nassangars We transferred the Sonr ,eassan ~
nera and two of ti,a crew to Tho hart tIse pat;t
Co,iac hound tor Nox ynrt W. .ha,
mada for tha Delnware Rroak watar where
wa toor the tug pionaar "~I .r;S
~ pb;ia5..lnbia at ona o,cocr We b.J m.r -, ,La
iook ont cnnstantlv bnt there couid have has,, no
iootont on the Chamnion" CANAAN Iocr WOOD snh.
seouently told me that he had altered his conrse
mament before the colsion. but ASSIGNED NO reason
for doing 40 and that he did NOT sae ~ " shi vh;ch
;ndicates that m idea with regard To the io"rnnt
was correct. indeed was informed that the man
~ shonii hayo bean an the Iookont ,vas aIs.
,onsanng sail Ths stsamshin s.nt ~, sour ,n;nn.as
aS,ar tha coI,s;on and There Vas terr;hla nan;o
ave- ,.uIrr nrr,crp rrparsoS or rur ,1sciv r'
Ion,as Earanson ,ha ,nnto who ,yas -, cnarr. 30
.ho shS r oJv Oct.v;a ,vhan tba co,i,son ~ o,sJ a
rtWhan s.w the graen obt or,an Ont La,,
sht ,o,,;star .as carta?,, cai1aa r. th,sa ainS
si 80 .tau,s .s ,",,J .s 49, nj LntI a. s.. s
what words used Then T heard y shnff,a on The
s.aaw"r ss 20 some ON WAS rnnr;na az " II .Iso
%eard soma one on the staameSS sino ont
..Har, - Int 7 cannon saw whether it va.
,,ort or storbo.rd Tho next miynte The s,oama,
stst 49, ~ &c -, tha n,rt ho,v anast tha 60, s. a.
tho ,yhaa, I ,vha,, tha steamer strnct and hs,ra ~
,, sv ~. ~. % 49,, ~ tna s.aan,ars So-o,at t"I, 80.
d - ~ Hs, ~ 80 ,er 81 s ,ha cnlIis;on 0ur sh,,'s ha;
snovad awsv )" The eaward ran for ,h fprocas.,a
hd ~ rc - sas With ~ tho vassels -as tha ,nost
damaasd ard looked over the how and ssw The