, 1881-06-04
.. witnessed No General Movement
~ Except at the Officers
Request.
.itnrument OF tho Investigation to Give
gime 10 Isnjso and Examine
the Hull.
r,n1osiou Of Steam Tank at Boone, H.,
and Killing Of One Man.
r,.ath Of d Boy by Being Caught in
Belt In O 6awmill.

THE LONDON HORROR.
fpttfal Wspatsh 10 Tho Chteaao Ttth,tne
rnspos, Ont. juno a.-1ho Inquest on
M Victoria disaster WIS resumed this after
ooon. Tic County Crown Attorney Is COLI
d,ror Tho case OH behn1f Of tho Govern.
.n4nt Que of the passengers, John W.
pt1rr. who lost lis wife a1ld une child by the
,rr,deut, testified ns to tse state Of things OH
to,r, tho steamer OIL the Journey. 1iu said
md OF tile heck-llatmls, frencliMnI,, catne
"a Capt, Rankin and asked him to use Ills
influence to ret the people to change their
pp,lions 50 rs to right the bnat,
A. 4, sl!c was bndly listing. The
tau,an replied that lio could not
Ifsye his wheel. lie then ordered ono Of tho
pnpoyts to sec the engineer aud hsk him II
lie putnpor sipl0u, or both, were working
tIshtty. The Captain then turned to tho
witness and one Or two others who were
Standing near tho wl,eel-',o,lse to try md get
1ba peoue 10 move over n1rd trim the bOnt.
lIe eayc rs q reason thnt 1t was necessary 10
do 80 and
uE Gould NOT LEAVE Ills WHEEL.
Ono young girl sitting In front OF tho
xhs!holse tnrned to the Captain and asked
There was my danger. lie replied, AFT
you don't noyu over will run yon ashore
md YOU will have to walk lonle." Just
after that tho bpat mnden sudden lurch to
!As south, al,d, rtghtIng ngails, wont over 10
The north, ai>tt down. low first, CAUSED by tho
sudden rush of people to that side. In less
than three seconds they were all Immersed
IN he water. After that, rs the witness
wMup 10 his neck III water, tho connections
II tie .tcam boiler broke, and tho steam
poured by Ills face. lle noticed after
ward That tho lower deck seemed
cleared Of everything, tho uprIghts being cut
Heean rs II sawn u!f by the giving way of
habolleE SO fur rs tlifs witness could see,
The ebow was crowded. There wera no gates
itISptiagoa.,k, or other restrictions to tho
crowd. Everybody got OIL board TINT wanted
ID, He heard. solto Telis tloArl him kay Mt
Sria2bank that tho Captain would not start
he boat until some one got Oft.
{. A. rIroy.
Teller Of tho Etcrehants' Bank. sworn:
'Nlwas oil Tho river bunk on the evening Of
ihs disaster, lsaw the Victoria coming ,tp
hett7cr Sho passed. within about ten or
altetn yards Of wllere was. did not no
tlea aanythlng much concerning her. saw
H. aooel'ao'.' ~ tl1e nA'!A u Htl1'sn Nu'ln
America, OH the lower deck, Itwas crowded.
aat whet!cr oycrcrOWt[ed or not cannot
taT.' After going about scyonty-flvo yards
lather tao accident occurred. The first I
sawot II was Il part sf tlla boat standing out
ii !he water" ~.
Sirho,os For,,or ,f,a rro,r,,r,,,, ,,,ovo W.
,,.,.a =" oahcS' ule N!e'lo9'tnnn auose ~
t,'." 10 lcsls'lea ns follows: ~ Was cl1'-
p!osed on board tho Victoria On the 9th Of
My as dcck-hand. I have been sailor for
The Vctot,, M .a uo T.. o".s "sss !,.ea "nte.'
lux l"s s!s.oraa was til goad condition when
nv s'elt optlngbank. l looked into her hold
eein!c starting. There wpro al]out ono md 1,
~. ~ INCHES Of wafer there. was stationed
Vas great rush to Get on board, and
sonE pE,tsoys ,tf1u"rn nvr1, mr.. ~ p.u
while ohers co,,a aT,'r -. ~ usn iE '1 r.,
not oter Ju.rs IT, same W ali Tue gat'Rway. dtH
VA, siuI1 nnt mx uy t ote not 70 come IN board II
tssst S}dE, %; 70, i! ot Ssp MY officer ot the bout
bsnfi ti,E vtts ,pa,. Gm, When W9 roaeted 5prtng
boa ng1s rn;ns ,,~,, were ssyentytiye persons oll
Po.ostk kSMii.9 S! tl0Wll. we took tho load OF tho