The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-17

just finished my smoke and wss pulling
on my boots to go forward, when my
room was violently Jared. Immediate
ly afterwards l heard the engine stop
and back. The second jar l suppose
was caused by the vessel rolling and
striking against the bow of the Car
lingford. Some of us ran forward and
found that we had collided with a
schooner. I said to the mate: This is
bad job, MIR. Frazer" to which he ans
wered, "Yes, sir; it is" Her mate came
on deck at this time and was sent below
to sec where it was leaking. He quick
~ returned and said to the captain that
we were sinking. l saw that the men
on the schooner had lowered their yawl
and could save themselves, SO / headed
the Brunswick for the shore. / did not
believe at the time that we were sink
ing, but went below and found that
she was rapidly filling. I closed the
| bulkhead down and set the pumps at
work Three quarters of an hour after
| the collision the Brunswick went down
| head foremost. Seven men, including
the two mates, were in the
port boat, the two cbOks amt
myself and the remainder of the crew,
eight persons in all, were TO go in the
seaboard yawl. The boats were hOisted
and swung out on davity and some Of
the men remained on deck to push her
| of. We all had on life preservcrs except
myself. AS the steamer sank she seemed
to me as being broke into. She took &
sudden lurch to the starboard and rolled
over the yawl. Mr.. Francomb, the en-
| gineer, who was on deck showing the
yawl out, seemed to get jammed between
| the cabin, as / never saw him after she
went over. let loose the stern yawl
but Rood did not unlock his end so the
| yawl was taken down with the steamer
l thought tho yawl would come up
again and told the cooks to hang to their
seats; they did, and never saw them
again. / welt down a great distance
before l let go, and when 1 did let go
thought l would never get TO the
top again. When 1 came up | caught
on to some pieces of the wreck
and was picked up by the port boat and
with others taken TO Dunkirk When /
reached land was so much exhausted
that / had TO be carried ashore Capt
Chamberlain states that he learned the
following facts concerning the accident
from members of the crew: The Bruins
wick was heading west southwest, and
the schooner seemed To head about
northeast by east She was showing her
green Light when she was reported by
the Waterman. The mate said to the
Wheelman: "Stabboard your wheel
We Will go under her stern" This course
was pursued for sometime when the
watchmau called out to the mate, Mr..
Frazer, that the schooner was coming in
stays. Port your wheel, then" called
out the mate, then looking at the schnon-
er through his glass, he said no, t0 keep
her to stabbOard as there was no time to-
port. Before any other move could be-
made the collision occurred. The fact
that the schooner luffed when immediate
ly ahead of the steamer would seem To be-
borne out by the fact that she was show
ing her green light on her starboard side,
yet she was struck on her port side.
John Frazer, the mate, is an experienced
sailor, having had command of several
of the largest steamers, including The
Isaac May and Mineral Rock. He is
about 60 years of age. John Franscomb,
the best engineer, was also about sixty
years old, and has several groWn-up
sons. He formerly lived in Windsor,
and had been engineer on the transfer
steamer Union. Mrs. A. G.. Fletcher,
the cook, was a widow and had besides
the daughter who was lost with her, a
son and daughter. the latter being the
wife of Captain Tucker, of the barge
| Winona. The Brunswick, owned by
Chas. Ferwick, OF this city, came ont
last summer, and was valued ut $3.50, 600
1t was insured for $50, 900 in the Pho
nix, Lamar, of Philadelphia, under
| writer.