New-York tribune., 1880-06-16

the Courts. and then the question of responsibility
will be determined"
HEARING THE CRASH.
Shortly after The Qucen was secured at the pier
the steamer v. Seymour went alongside ana took !,
off the Auchoria's passengers and what personal
baggage had been taken with them. Among thc
cabin passengers of the Anchoria was w. X. Camp
hell who said: 1--WE left Ncw-York June IL. ana
had pleasant weather until SUNDAY when a
heavy fog covered SOnt Us 6alna,t I was in S''' the
afternoon when heard the engines stop. Aboht Il
minute later heard crash, and on reaching thr
the deck fonnd that had been run INTO by
another steamer. The captain was standing on thr
bridge giving orders to the men. The green gov
her boats ont and came to onr asSis'ancc: leg
officers OF the AnchOrla also lowered the h'a'S aiu
began to transfer the passengers TO them; Inc
officers behaved well, and If there was any lack oi
discipline among the crew 1T was So DcE1nS1 STa tn ,nF
saw the captain thi eaten To break me heau OF olS
mau if he lett hs post. Those W no tired 10 cr0wd
into the boats before the women had nceh pacPu Ill
them were driven back. We all got OIL very qnifkN
and on reaching The Queen were well treated 10y
the officers and passengers. AT the tline III th'
collision the passengers did not show much cAcl'e
ment in fact, the only real confusion was caused
by the screaming of children, OF whom there were
O number aboard.
Blshop Ful or, of Niagara Falls, was Oh board
with his WIFE He sald: was sitting ut taDit
when the collision occurred. aud from TIE lEHV
shock il caused did not think ANYTHING very Nrr-
GUS had happened. On reaching the deck however,
and seeing the excitement of the crew, Thought
VI i.
not nearly so excited IL tine mcn trl"ngllG To me
vessel One Young lady was standing IN her canlh
when she suddenly heard lie Qncen strike ana saw
the whole side of ht L cabin come cTaNhlnG III on
her She tried to get out, but the broken llu'erS ldd
fallen against the cabin door, and she WAS COM
pletelv nemmed in. When the boats came lron
Tine Oucrn she crawlcd ont through The large h"Ic
in the of the Anchor1 ana d"'crtird 10 Il o'
lttlp girl three years CD. was Ourlcu de 'h' u
the failing imbers but they ieiI about rr III eucn
a manner as 10 form a Gaze wthOnt resting up0n or
crushing her Her mother screalncd Tor assist T"hcc
and she was taken from her pcrloiS po''tloh'
ALL PASsENGFKS on DECK.'
Horace ID. Atwood, of M,ddcbOro Mass. pas
sepger on the Anchoria gave the following account
Of The accident: "When the ships came together
was eating lunch in the cabn. immediately after
the shock q voice shouted out, 'All passengers on
derk' those who were below thcrCup0n made q
rush up the Companionways. The Queen was Eh'-
ing alongside, and was so close lla' one ol TUG ny
boats ~ EtT starboaId SIDE str"p Il throuAH 'nS
rigging of Ihe AuchOrIa There was cii'M'iE : M w
ropes and tackle i'll consequence" Which a""''' WY
much to lie confusion. There was great ue"i vi
excitement on the part Of few peoplr-nioHilE
women. The men were remarkably C%lLl, Dr!"e
our own crew had launched nny Of The lf"boAfS
there were one or two at the vessels side from ne
Queen The adles were lowered INTO the boats ana
transferred 10 The Queen, as II was llOnSht tht AN
chorIa would have to 40 down. HE passengers
\yer, not aware of tile danger. They knew there
had been a collision. but supposed the transfer was
being made 50 that an examination 81 i9e ne mp ti
transfer | think was about t0rty-hve minutes;
After the pisscngrrs mad All been taken OIL N0Me 'i
the luggage that could easily be moved was
also tIan,lcrTcd No attempt was lnadc Dy thc
vessels to leave the spot for scvcrE hours
nor uut,l n careful examination was made of the
injuries they had received Il is the OWnion Ot
everybody that the Officers OF Ihe Queen are ucSefV
ing of the greatest comnCnd1Uoh i3r .oli eiloil3
in Onr behalf the crew ot that NeSsel also siIycu
the greatest discipline" .,,
blowing Oi the whistle was he frs lGti'u'tion ne
received of the danger "Then the cIS'rr Na% fell
to reverse he continued, and Il few seconds later
came the shock. On reaching The upper d,cl. there
was The Queen lying alongside. S0nc"nc Sh"niti
TO let down the liicbnats The sailors appeared to
be greatly excited, and showed laDeniabl" lack
of discipline. Great assStamce was rendered ny tc
passenger, III getting the ladies lowered into ihc
boats. Ouc woman III her fright ml-> q i''r n'li ON
the rope and ie into the wafer. SAr was St iIcd OS
someone III the ll1eboat ana pniled on BOARD
TALKS WITH THE QUEENS PAS>ENGERS.
HOW TiIE SHOCK CAME--LOWfEiNG III BcAIa--
THREE CowARDLY sAIt0PS.
George Sherman, OF Philadelphia, passenger on
board Tie Queen, said thai the 81 amer sailed rom
London June 2, with abou, no steer'Ie passenser'
and about thirty i'll the cabin.
1--WE had pleasant weather. he continued
"throuc.ont the voyage. On sunday, june IL, al
nbout $50 O'clock We c31nr in coisioA wit the IN
rboria At the time OF the collision there was
heavy fog and it was imp s.iblc 10 more ;hai
thirty wards ahead. Both vc>>c.S were going TICci
full head If steam, and had all siils sci, Wi cu
we sighted each other too a'c I" aYo:d Strh-
ing. The engines not stopped until ne n!"Ecnt
of the collision. Fog whistles W.rs sounding on
both vessels before they saw each otitr. oar Nv
was badly stove Ill, and tjc water lu,"cd ~,
but fortunately our wGtertlrut compartments
kept us aloat. We thongh; at fist that We were
sinking. and for a minute or tw0 tic de- WIS II
scene of confusion. The captain and ciicer, rc-
manned cool, however. The captain Srcod on the
Il.
obeyed. We saw that there no Immediate
danger of sinking, hut believed tlc Auchorlt to bo
in great danger. Boats were lowered pas,rngcra
and all assisting, which Went to the aso,Stance Of
those on the Anchora. BT tho time We ro..ched
them they had succeeded III lowering some Of their
own boats and some of tine passengers were trans
ferred to our boat and taken aboard. TW" women
who eaprd down fell INTO The water. hut were
picked mp. Passengers crew and officer, al! left the
Anchorla rs she believed 10 be sinking There
was an immense gap in her side ; one 81 her water
tight compartments WAS broken ~, ana 50" seemed
10 be filing The two remaining compartments
kept her ailoat. -. -. oo,,;.,o. .,uao ot Aha
AnchorlaS sailors jumped aboard our vessel. Ih"r
trip back here was not pleasant one, IA every
body denounced them for their COWar!'cc. the
sailors ON The Queen refusing them rrImiss'on 10
enter the forrcastle. 1t was deClded by the cap
tans OF the two vessels 10 try to keep tue Anch9ra
aioat and bring her back to N-w-igrk. Tie
officers and crew, with the exception 0f I'VE sailors
who refused to go back, then returned 10 tie An-
clOria and set the pumps TO work. We remained
together until we arrived this morning. feel cei-
tam that If storm had arisen neither vessel conli
ever have got in the Anch0ria surely could not
OPINIONS OF AN OLD TRAVELLER.
Charles D. IIaskins. of this city, one Of tic man
ngers of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
was a passenger on The Quorn. He gave the follow
ing account of the collision to a TRIBUNE reporter
yesterday:
81 was standing on deck when the collision &C.
A ~ ulDlIf1 n ttt.Tts Il
thick fog and it had enVeIOped us for an hour .
regular succession of fog whistles was kept up by
The Queen. Soon heard the whistles Oi another
vessel and then the officer of the deck, Knight
think his name Is, came up to me and said !:
That is the whistle of the Spain = hut he nA-
medately contradicted himself by saving;