New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY july Is 1881
nounced. The remains were inferred beside the
body of Dr. Chapln, in Greenwood Cemetery.
HOW SIX MEN WERE LOST AT SEA.
STATEMENTS OF CAPTAIN CARNEY, OF THE SHIP


HOW SIX MEN WERE LOST AT SEA.
STATEMENTS OF CAPTAIN CARNEY. OF THE SHIP
CHARLES DENNIS, AND OF TWO OF THE OFFICERS.
Captain Carney, # the ship Charles Dennis, who
in mdOcean, presented yesterday to j. w. Elwell Il
Co., the owners of the ship, affidavit sworn to be-
fore the United States nSulGeneral at Kanagawa,
Japan containing his account of the accident at sea-
The affidavit was made June 2. 1t is in substance
follows:
lately arrived Ct this port from NewYor On the 10Th
81 Sh TIL 20 s sa sa'n nss %
t Hand seaman was T"she overheard while setting
hove ship brought the ~in% Sost
on In ch S OF Robert the sec
A. Brown and Vincent Chtes 1t rowed in the direc-
turned stood where the boat was last
and move no t to from M to but trace Of
lookout aoft those deck. The gale increasing and
cabins compelled for the safety Of ali concerned
10 bear away on the course.
:, The. first intelligence received of the Charles
Dennis alter her departure from this port, came in
strange way A sick sailor i'll Jersey City hos
pital. who gave his name Lawson reported that
that ne had been forced by the brutal treatment Of
Captain Carney to desert at Yokohama, japan. He
Of the seamcn was washed ovorboarC The ship hip
was running before the wind at the time, and max
save The tossing Of vi fe i over
board until the mon threatened mutiny unless an
II
after the accident the vessel was hove to aud q
Doai containing the second mate and four
lowered and pulled in the direction of the man
overheard. Lawson stated that the boat was
scarcely half q mile from the ship and plainly in
sight when slight squal came up. The wind was
fair for the vessels course and TO the horror of all
on board, Captain Carney gave orders to square
away: The sail was accordingly turned aud the
ship bore off, leaving the five men in the boat to
their fate.
TO TRIBUNE reporter yesterday, Second Officer
James Glllls said that Lawsons story substan-
TALLY lie, with y little truth added. The day
Bland was washed oyerb3ard,' said Mr., ellis
south of the coast of Australia, and about ZOO
miles from Melbourne. The wind was blowing
strongly and the sea making over the ship We
we've setting maintopsals to take advantage of the
wind Bland was standing on the port quarter
when wave broke over us. The ships boy jumped
rail. When the wave passed one of the
running forward and said there was man over
but First Officer Edgcrly ran aft and threw out a
life buoy; Bland was riding on the waves aslcrn,
would strike him. l did not wait moment to see
If he cot hold. but ran forward and went TO work
with all hands to put the ship about. In ten
minutes at the furthest the vessel = head was in
| the wind and boat launched. At that time Bland
was plainly in sight. not half mile away. went
into the mzzen rigging and kept lookout. When
waves like cork, and had no doubt that att they ley
would pick the man mp. All at once Bland dsap-
pcared l could not see at any time whether he had
got the buoy, While was in the rigging Captain
Carney hailed me from the deck and instructed me
to recall the boat. rs heavy squall was coming up,
which the vessel would have to meet The sauaIi
before l signalled the boat. | am sure they saw
our recall signal, for saw them make move to
put the boat about. believe that in the attempt
to turn the boat around she capsized. The squall
broke upon us accompanied by binding snow, and
lasted; | think twenty minutes. When it had
kept in the ncighborhood of the place until all hope
Of rescue was abandoned by the crew and
heavier, and as night was coming Captain
Carney ordered ordered the ship put upon her coursc;'
from the time Bland was washed overheard until 6
o'clock in the evening Bland" he said, 4" had
and was an apt and good man. The second officer
Robert Nelson was good seaman, but / saw that
high sea, l noticed that after the boat was
launched to rescue Bland. The story that Captain
Everything was done that could he done To- save ,,r
them The men were called aft when it was seen
that our ef1rts were hopeless. and they all agreed
that captain Carney was right
TESTING THE TORPEDO RAM ALARM.
The torpedo ram Ala.m steamed away from the
sunrise yesterday morning for her trip to Yonkcrs
Inc OBJECT OF the series of experiments to be made
follows: " 80
The engine communicates its power directly to n
vertical shaft which passes down through tie bot
tom OF the boat and is gearcd to horizontal shaft
and gearing are inclosed by, or rather rest in nm
iron framework somewhat oval in shape. An aux
mary engine, operated from the pilot-house il con-
nected vita this frame, and by il the whole thing
can be turned in any direction. III the vessel 10
going straight ahead the pilot moves a lever and
the propeller still moving, is turned right angles
with the vessel The effect of this is OF course. to
make her spin around on her centre The gearing ia
80 arranged that fifty revolutions of the engine
| make seventychve of the propeller, thus giving
great speed. The shafting and gearing are made OF
q kind of bronze 40
The Alarm was yesterday run at medium speed her
propeller making fifty revolutions minute Every
| thlng was found TO work well, and the ram was
turned with great ease and rapidly. At o'clock
the Alarm cast anchor at Spuyten Duyyil
ana a buoy was placed there. She then continued
| on her way to Yonkers where another buov was
placed The two buoys are three miles apart and
1t is over this course that the Alarms trial of speed
VIII he made. Inc slip" of he propeller Yesterday
was made than there would have been had ths
screw instead OF turning Ill the yielding water been
Worklng IN !, substance which offered perfect re-
sistancc. The slip" ordinary propcilers il about
~ per cent. In conversation with u tribune re-
porter yesterday Lieutenant Brown, the commander
| OF the vessel said: The success of the Alarm viii
depend on her speed and the ease with which sho
can be handled. She must not only be fast. but
must be able to turn with the greatest rapdty and
ease IN any direction" ~
On the trip the river Yesterday n tr;,I ,ro,
maze OF u speed indicator invented by ENSIGN Uoyr
one OF the officers of the Alarm his cons;ara ~,
TN tunnel, SNAPPED IKE an old-fashioned dicc-box
open at bOtu ends. From it extend fOur hoIlow
metal tubes meeting about six inches from The
funnel and ending in rubber tube Which il several
yards III length and has the other end fastened 70
an arrangement on deck which looks like n haro,"
eter but rs SO constructed that the mercury il not
affected by climatic changes capillary attr,c
Inc speed OF the vessel causes the water to rush
tubes. This makes the mercury rise i'm the class
and graduated scale shows exactly the soesd o9
ane vessel yesterday was the first trial OF the indi-
Gator but II was found to work perfectly The trial
OF the Alarm will DO continued this week and th"
first part of next ~S
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