The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-20

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DR. is The Z sm tue S=ymaur, OF
o .dtnsbcrg, ie.E c-pe Vincent yes
teTGsy noon with TOW, consisting of
three oTedses, two dtrricks aud seven
COWS, owned 10y Z hler & Arnold.
~ BAIT 40. They h4d fac weather un-
III ait passing Gtilop Islands, of
, iek,t's naTb..r, " hen q gale frcm the
northeast. with hesvy snow storm,
set IN. TIE tug and Tow got within
i've or SIX mites of O,weRo, when
they lost their lights. The tug turned
around ard endeavorcd TO hold the
heet until daylight, but the feet broke
away aud was lost, with all hands,
except ak, who were rescued by the
tug. Thiriy-one prisons, including
three women and one girl, were
drowned. The fleet is total l,ss.
Pm LADEI PuIA, Penn, November is.
The investigation By the United States
II If h. l.
1t this port into the collision of the
stcsm;r Champion with Lady Octavia
was hegua t. day, the officers aud crew
II bat vessels being summoned to
at I'D. Tae iIquiry began o-iay
with the testimony Of the commander
OF tie Champion, Capt. r. w. Lock-
wood. This officer detailed at length
about :he C 'llision and the measures he
took subs, q lently to prevent the loss of
life. He aid not know whether OF not
It was the custom Of his nate to take
men from the lookout to the sails; il
his mate was IN tie habit of dong so
1t was certainly unknown to him; he
had hot given any positive orders on
that subject but il was an underkto
thing on the ship; he had been off of
duty about ten minutes when the coll
lisiou occurred, but had not got to
sleep; he heard the cry OF Usail
aheaf," and when he got on deck he
saw q ship approaching, not more
than hundred yards away; he saw
no light on tie ship, and had no time
to look for one; he rang the bell to
stop his own vessel, but had hardly
stopped her head Ssy when the coll
lision occurred. Bang asked where
did you strike the ship, Capt. Lock-
wood said: We did not strike the
ship; the ship struck US just abaft the
stern and just abaft the how, about 0
O'clock; eight feet abait-thst is as
near MS We can Idge. because we had
no chance to see; she struck us at
about an angle of forty-iive degrees
she went into our ship about twenty
or twenty-five feet-within twenty feet
If the fOIemsst. Capt. Lockwood
then explained, by means of models,
the POSITIONS of the vessels and stated
that the holes on either side of Lady
Oc'avia were made by ner passing
through the bow of the Champion.
The engineer and seaman of the
Champion also testified. The latter
witness was asked whether bis vessel
ran into the Octsvla or the Octavia
into the Champion, but he was unable
to give a positive answer on the point.
The examination was then closed, but
will be resumed in the morning.
The Survivors of the steamship crew
are at present before the conrt of in
q1irV, and their testimony, which will
occupy sever Al days, will be presented.
BALTIN RE. November l8 - The
large Il urlng mill of A. L. Webbsou
of Calverton, was burned yesterday.
Loss between $4,000 and SIS, 600.
assurance $50 zoo