New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-25

would be very likely TO burst the collision bulk
head, and jeopardize all the lives ON board h%VW %
heng total of l25 persons 22d, 1880 a. m-Ail
being completed in filling up lower fore peak' anu anu
the weather clearing took the pllot-ooat IN Tow;
and proceeded Mt first slow, then hall speed anu
fna ly full speed the ship making no water care
being taken to have the compartments c0nStahuS
sounded and fore peak examined, also al s'ednn w.
pumps rigged and ready for Immediate use VI
proceeding stecrcd west. and shortly passed through
the debris of the foundeIed steamer which hau'
from all appearances, blown up on fOuhderHnB
From 5 D. M master and second officer were ID
charge of the bridge. The passengers, tWenty-one
in number, and crew, ffty-two IN number OF steam
ship Edam were made "a comfortable as posSio'c,
the captain giving mp his room to he women ana
the cabin passengers made the most OF tie small
cabin accommodation: The third engineer ana al
assistant engineer OF the Edam were lost"
CAPTAIN TAAT's REPORT
Captain Taat made the following statement to
TRIBUNE reporter:
1--WE sailed from New York on Wednesday AT 10
a. III. We bad good weather untu IhurshY az
noon, wien IL became hazy with liteut i0gs
until about p. H., when 1t cleared. Al V5o the
fog became very dense. The engines were slowed
down and whistles were blown ct intervals
of two minutes. just before 10 o'clock
we heard whistle, three points on our
starboa rd bow. The helm was puo, hard
astarDoard, and We blew two short whistles as
signal to the approaching vessel To stdrhoafd hef
helm. Shortly after we heard the whistle again.
nearly abreast The helm was ste1dled ihlhAIn@
that all was night. Nearly at thr same instant We
saw the steamship coming ont OF the log Oh our
stIrDOaId side, headed directly toward dS. she
was too near TO make any change la The course, 20
We went ahead fast IN hopes OF clearing hef'
She struck amldsiiis, opposite the engme-rOom,
cutting through the boats, deck-houSe ana Ji!uSo
up to the bnlknead. aTOuud the engines aud boilers.
she rebOuudcL and struck Us ag.un near he ca0n,
cutting l the plates ana CARVING away auolhCl
boat and davlis, She again Tebounded, striking us
farther aft and cutting INTO the hull Ihe water
poured INTO tnc engine compartments. l't Nt>scl
was rapidly sinking aud lowered our three boats.
We got the passengers ana crew INTO them. We also
saved Che chT0nolicteI and ships papers. The mlio
for
people, and hearing no response Ne conClulcd
everybody was saTcd. Ia the meantime the Le-
pdutO went around under our stern and tlen came
close alongside One OF her boats came alongside
and took the mate, quartermasttr ana cabin Stew
ard After leaving The wreck Vc loaied around iOt
Il hdi1 nOur Oi more, Wien We came III sight OF tie
Lepanto. About 1880 We heard loud explosion,
winch was undoubtedly caused by The Etam SINK
ing. We missed the two engineers Lcyemccckcr
and Van Geyt The Lepanto had large hoie IN
her bows and her fore compartment WAS iuil Ot
water. The uOws were repaired rs we'll as possible,
and We stood 10y the sttle OF the wreck lnlll day
light At o'clock on Friday morning the Lepanto
continued on her voyage.
THE CHIEF oTuCER's ACCOUNT.
Chief Officer Lackmooy Of the Edam sad: " ! was
on watch at the time Of the collision. There had
been dense foe for an hour more, and blew oar
whistle al regular intervals of two minutes as
waning to approaching vessels. also sirnaHod
tn. engineer run the engines at slow speed, ara
this he responded %. Al 800 beard whistle on
our stafboard bow. / Immediately called the
capfalu and had the bcIn put nara d-slUIodlN. Al
the same time blew two snort QIlcN pitrt o. me
whistle TO indicate what had done ana lor tic
other vessel 10 do ,he same. The next lusa heard
tie whistle directly ON oar starbOjTd beam, ana
,unDoslng we were all r; ht steadlcd the helm.
The next inStant the !ooeOut reported the light
aad Simultaneously / saw he masthead hcnt OF lac
LepautO coming ont o. the log aud only
auout fifty feel away. | cr.erei the helm
uut hard a-staTboard again, an1 kept
on at full speed. 1he Lepanto was
coming straight for us, and before another otncr
cOuldibe given she struck MS near the bridge, cut
ting through our boats and hull 20 tht engino-room
ana struck agTn abait the mann
rigging tearing away ono OF the boats an
and davits and cutting into the hull
Size again re6ouuded ana struck further at,
crushing the bulwarks, the deck and another
boat She then Omitted asiein. lhc
wafer rushed iutO our vessel ami she began
10 sink rapidly. We called the passcaEeTs and
officers from their statcrOom~ and the crew RON
their beltns, aud rmg the bell 10 sioD ie engines
but there benz no answer " i suppo'cu ltA LII
ginccr Lyem' ecl,eI, who was on wach, was IN
stantly Killed. Ne lowered our thIee LARGEST boats
and got the passengers and crew INTO ihtm. Inc
boatswaln. while rnnuing forward, fell through
one Cf the holes made by the Lepanto, hut we Sot
him ont again. lie only received a lew seraiS hes.
The captain and myself searched the vessel iOr
others Oh board and thcu we left her |
went Ia of ,ao LcpanloS boaiS, WIN
Que of the quaItermasters and the cdom steward.
Halt an hOGT laler after looking around III inc
var. IN search O 'hc engineers WHO were ms ing,
We reached the LepautO, where two Ol our boalS
had already arrived. Captain Taat, who the
last 10 leave the Edau, arrived soon aitcrwaId
with his boat, IN which were tie five cabin pas
,enRers Captain Rogers insists that he was on our
mort SIDE when tn" whistles were INST heard, Dut
inis is a mistake, Tor The Lepanto was Oh ouI star
board DOW.
TIE STORY TOLD BY THE STEWARD.
Vincent Otto. the CABIN steward of the Edam,
WAS seen bv a reporter of TIE TRIBUNE late last
night as he was going board the Schoten, at her
dock in Hoboken. In answer to inquiries concern
iur the accident he said we were struck Oh
4 Ia, fta ttf,y
about twenty minutes iheTe we're hVe cdpih
paSsengcTs sixteen stecrage, ana nfN-lOur men III
the crew All were saved out two cnglneer9.thc
third and fourth. The thlrd engineer was killed
while down below shutting OFF steam ana he was
probably stunned by the shock, aud then killed by
the falling OF the broken beams ana other
pieces of the wreck. The fourth engineer
had his sta Groom exactly where the ship was
struck and as he was IN the room at The Time, We
suppose he was killed there when the collision oc-
cured. Captain Iaat deserves much credit Tor the
courage he displayed lie was the last man 10 leave
the ship and very cool all through the accident
The crew saved the passengers and themselves
with Mt the AID of the English ship. After we had
| been taken on her were treated very well. The
men bad to work, OF course, ana some ol
some complaint about the food furnished the
! crew. The water was very poor. The passen-
| gers were well treated think. There were three
women among the steelage passengers, one c'ch
| from Germany, England and Holland. The sixteen
men seemed to be from many different cOun-
| tries"
| DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSELS
! The Edam is the first vessel that has been lost by
| the eNethetlands-Amencan Line. She iron
vessel built with five iron bulkheads thus dividing
the vessel into compartments. She was built in
| Dumbaton, Scotland, aud launched in August
| 1851. She owned By the Nethcrlands-Amer-
| lean Steam Navigation Company was $50 feet in
! length, 80 feet beam, % feet depth Of hold, had
| three iron decks, and of $500 tons gross
register. Her engines were of the compound type
/ with 500 attaInabe horsepower The caDln, sit
uaed abatt the engines. contained state rooms for
nifty passengers. these were weil-lghtcd and ven
tIlltcd and tanned every facility for comfort.
| The saloon extended the entire width of the vessel
! - I..II1. L..L.Ic IL