New-York tribune., 1880-06-16
sE,u.OTFICIAL STATEMENTS.
rtT1cpSCF AT THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL LtNl
SHORT TALKS WITH OFFICERS OF BoTl


rLTICPNCF AT THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL LINE
SHORT TALKS WITH OFFICERS OF BoTH
BOATS
Inouiry at the olice Of tie National Line, by
which The Queen is owned, No. go Broadway, enc
tied no information IN regard to the collision. +.
W. j. Hurst, the manager OF the line i'll this cltN'
positively refused 10 make public any stntemen''
SAID the chief clerk to a TRIBUNE rcporter ho
captain of The Queen and the other officers OF the
vessel have bcen instructed by the management
not say anything III regard to the accident. We
are ali right, and in Mr.. Ilurs's opinion. anything
said now would be disconrteOus to the Anchor Line.
An official Investigation will be made by the COM
uany at which lime all the particulars will b fully
made known. We have no idea oi the amount o'
damage to The Queen. and will not be able to esti-
mate it to-day
Fonr men were engaged in beginning repairs on The
Onrcu YESTERDAY afternoon. When asked the prob
able amount of damage one of them, said: IL she
s crushed IN down 10 the keel they say. she VIII
have TO be put on the dry dock. This added to the
expense will probably make the damage aNouh' 10
from IS 900 to SO 900, aud will lay the NeSSel up
for several weeks, p;ObaOly."
ASaTE!BUNl reporter WAS entering he dock ne
fore ihc Queens passengers we've landed he met
Mr. Hurst coming out, and !he latter sand " Go to
the ship; you will Get all the information there"
This and the following from one Of the officers OF
The Queen were the only official statements mat
could bo oObtained:
at tbe time of the collsioi7 said the officer
Captain Williams, Chief ilictr GrithS and the
third officer were on he bridge One of The quarter
masters was at the Wheel This is all that ala al
lowed TO say about it. In returning 10 this city we
Ecnt very close to tie Anchura. hccausc we ll'l
part of her crew board. and IT seemed 70 us ai Il
She would sink ut almost any minute. W" Ia our
al t,I,..s lgt IL
in case shC s.ioWcd signs OF giNihG on. lhHHn'rI
of other .f.ccrS IN regard to The collision received
the uniform reply, &" We don't know anything ahout
The following is certified to by the proper
officials, and lunG AT the entrance OF the man
cabin:
The steamship Queen IS required to carry either five
boats with aggregate capacIly VI ~ cube fr"t r
boats of $50 cubic fec and one" hii cn"r I'ci
and IN addition wo hc-boais OF aggregate cal"cN OF
1000 cubic fee.
One oi the crey Of The Queen slid t. a TGlEUNE
reporter: was at the stern Of til" ship when the
collision happened. All Of til" officer, were ON cch
As soon as the order came to lower The bOatS WAS
stationed to pull up tie rescued passengers from
the Anch0ria. The stecraGc passengers were haiI
wld running about in great excitement, and max
ing much confusion. As S"O0 iS We found tn We
were net badly enough damaged to leave the N,s,cl
the orders we're save all the people on board IL"
Anchora. | suppose that this is the rra>on Why
the crew of the Auchora WAS brought over. Nht.
the two III, boats tina came to The side Of on Nh
were filled with the crew and others r"nnrc'"d
with the Auch0ria. TIE first contained II. fireman
and abou eie! ;ecn others and not passenger
among thCul.
First Officer II. G. Allen, Of the Anchora. de-
cncd 10 make any statement IN the ab>cLcc q; me
captain. ,
Another OF the off, eTs of the Anchoria made the
following Safcincu 10 Il reporter ot HE lE.W 81:
d" We sailed from NcW-loIk on Saturday Wlth an
ordinary passci,~cr list, full cargo AID the mails.
On SUNDAY morning ran into Il d-HSr t0t, ana
our ,pcpd was Slac ;cncd 20 about twelve Ill,'r
nour. Our steam whistle was blown ah"ut every
two minutes. and while the cabin passengers were
l,,,,.b oh, = ~ T. les
| near us. In about four mIuutts aitcrWard the
! steamship The Queen broke through ia" iog an !
| was heading Cirrctlv across our h"ws. Cur engines
| wer, Immediately stopped. and in an"to"r instant
Tie Queen crushed into our de. "uttluL ns nearly
! H. two. 1t vas miraculous escape iI"n SInk ing
| with all hands Oh board. Had the co li>l0n been
fftv feet further at II would have Cu mto Our ma
| cnliicry, the builcr wuud have CXpiVdcd and al!
| hands MOnld have been sent t. pritlIiI'u.
"Our captain and first Ciiccr were IN the bridge,
and their orders gwen in calm GEAR N"irr, NCIc
! promptly Obrved. Ihr cabin passengers rL>lI"d on
deck not witI apparent fIIGlt. bui with deter
nInation t. 0 all lhty could fer tHrIr own sd;c
Some of the >i""Iagt pI>a'lI.rr b.rtTr 1rh ne
and wanted to r IL OVCrio opr' W. H%h ,rrat G,i,-
cutv ~ preventing them from tilr"Nlur their cIl-
dr.II INTO the sea. IiV pas~c ,"l> dS>.t,d ~ get
ting ready aud clcarn" away the bott,, and th'
tlrSj 10 leave TIE AuchOrIa WIS beat >. " ii >"'-
rrai ladies and gentlemen u uArd laN" h'cI on
tIl, SEA cred many years, and urv"I II" beaver
or cooler Inau II >ucl an emergency tidn ag' am
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