Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-23
The Narragansett Investigation
Gathering i'm the Evidence Of the Mfnol
 EmDIOveS.


 Gathering i'm the Evidence Of the Minor
 Employees.
 A number more witnesses were examined in the above named investigation at New London yesterday. William Kiersted, col ored waiter on the Narragansett, testified that he was on watch at the time of the collision, in the stateroom hall, and was the only one on watch in that locality. He went on at 12 m. on the day of the collision, and would have been relieved at midnight. After the collision he went forward to see where the steamer was struck, and then came aft, through the stateroom hall, knocking at the room doors, calling the passengers and telling them to get out as quickly as possible. He then got out the life preservers in the gangway and stateroom hall and distributed them to the passengers. He remained in the stateroom hall until the water reached it, and then went out the starboard gangway and on to the hurricane deck and remained there until taken of. When rescued by the boat in which Mallon and Johnson were, the fire had reached the hurricane deck and was all around him.
 Jane Johnson, the stewardess of the Narra- gansett, testified that her duties were to at tend to passengers in the two ladies' cabins, the main cabin and one below which was reached from the main cabin by stairs in her room. She had just returned to her berth when the collision occurred. As soon as the boats struck she got up, and being told there was danger she! !called such of the passengers in her cabin as had not left their rooms. They went out on the quarter deck and she assist ed them in putting on life preservers. Peter P. Johnson, the pantryman on the Narragansett, testified that at the time of the collision the lamps went out immediately, and he went up stairs to get more lights. When he came back with a lantern he called all the passengers in the forward cabin, and they all left the cabin before he did. There were from fifteen to twenty passengers in the for ward cabin. He was confident there were no mattresses on the floor, as there were plenty of spare berths
 Abraham Banks testified that he was steward of the Narragansett at the time of the col ision. He had never received notice of de- fciency in the number of ife-preservers. He had seen one out of order. There were from 100 to 125 extra ife-preservers in the stateroom hall, and about 35 in the after cabin.
 John Kiernan, the passenger clerk of the Narragansett, testified that he took the names of all the passengers who had berths or state rooms. However, it was impossible to get all the names. Out of 400 names he might get $50. When aroused by the collision he went aft, and there was ordered by the captain to tell the passengers to put on ife-preservers, which he did. The first he saw of fire was when he went into the engine room and saw one of the fremen playing water on the flames. He afterwards helped in taking the passengers to the Stonington.
 When the Stonington arrived in New York he took the names of the Narragansett pas sengers as they went ashore, 1O9 in all I had sold up to the time went to bed 40 Boston tickets, so Providence tickets and about 40 local tickets, and I estimated about forty stragglers. am sure that would cover the passengers board. I do not say that 40 was the exact number of the Boston tickets, it was between 40 and 15O. The Stonington tickets would not exceed 85. The witness had pre- sented list showing that 253 passengers were saved from the Narragansett. Twenty four recovered, of which 22 were identified and were missing. The passenger list was recovered by the Coast Wrecking Company, think about week after the collision it was one of the first things taken from the boat. It may have been recovered on the Tuesday after the collision. The safe was also recovered and was opened by me. The money was found all right. There was between $500 and $4OO.