New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-21
THE LOSS OF THE JEANETTE

CoyrINU ALTON OF TIE TESTIMONY OF LIEUTENANT
DANrNHowER BEFORE THE CoCRT OF IN
QUIRY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Lieutenant Danen-
hower resumed his narrative before the Jeanette Board
Of Inquiry this morning lie said that about p NJ on
June IL very heavy ice pressure was .elt The witness
saw SIR Dunbar come deck from the wardroom win
his knapsnek and felt that had Went be
low and brought mp hs knapsa and threw Il into
the cabu. At that moment met Mr.. Amber who said
louily "Tae order is to abandon the ship"
The witness then threw his knapsack the 81 ar
boar rail upon and returned get other things
but found the water halfway up the ward-room ladder
then went To Mr Chpo who sick bed at he time"
and In getting MIN out AT his time all hands
emp Dyed under direction OF the CAPTAIN, who stood
on the bridge. getting the Iemmican, camp gear
ammunition and other stores, which principally in
the dcckhouse forward Another party Of men also
working IN the afcrhol until the water rose too high
for them to remain there. There also drail Of
Inc ice. placing the stores in safe situation az
they from the ship few minutes
previous the ,nslgn had been hoisted at
the m.zlcn'op. Just before supper the witness
orted the surge that he was ready Tor work ana
requested 10 be- recommended to the captain for light
duty The surgeon pro Missed to do 50, and in the mean
time requested witness assist him in breaking
out the medical and Liquors, which The witness
did. slowing them in OF the boats A. ahoui p M
order given by the captain for everybody 20
leave the ship the water was then level Win the spar
deck the snip heens ythrce degrees 10 the star
board DURING prcssures ana beo sne crushed
the snip had turned and seemed 90 M little sometimes
AZ the bow and sometimes NJ the stern.
When she finally hove over 70 starboard. the Ice
coming above her doubling seemed to mold her down,
and tHc prcs'ures ielt IN her timber heads. Dr.
Amber the time told the witness thai he entered the
ward room to get some stores and lifting a hatch
cover found the coming into the ship. and u0on
his (Amber repairing 20 the captain. the order he
fore mentioned given Everyone left me ship ana
the order wa. gwen camp and prepare coffee. This
was alter the boats provisions and stores had been
shifted to lar o. foe piece about $50 ards OF the STAR
board bow. This was done at the suggestion OF Mr.
dunbar the ice pilot the ice IN tho near vicinity was
too much broken up afford good and safe place for
camping. The had en- above the horizon at md
nj ht since NV aud d-ht very good except in
very clou ~ weather The snow ~ this time was two
and half feet deep md the thermometer ranged from
Hf.cen % twenty degrees Fahrenheit above zero.
When the order was given to camp, Dr. Amber re-
litvcd the witness from the care Of the incidence
liquora. etc, AMI ne (witnceD took charge o. No. 5
parry and went to work collect the boats outat for
tie Journey n each partys gear had been previously
marked an. slowed In state Of readiness the spar
deck or in the deck house. Whhe waiting for coffee
witness returned the ship In order to take last look
at her John Cole bpatswan. and Alfred Sweetman'
carpenter and t three stood for five or ten minutes eX
aiming and discussing the situation; found place GA
the shs SIDE below the afterend OF the forechain' on
me mort !e which APP AIRED be bulged In the
waterlinc as II tongue OF Ice had impinged on that
part The fracture covered about three feet square
The stern launch The time wa lying about sixty Ieft
from the shin on the ice abreast Of the porchains The
capan was standing near port-quarter Of the ship
and tn. second whaleboat hanging at the dayits
near MIN. Mr.. sweetman ggcsted going aboard To
lower the whaleboa and asked the witness to speak to
the captain Tout it. The witness declined aud sid
r ere are IN Of 10 lower her n necessary
markcd We lave sufficient number OF boats already
rc tarce then returned together, leaving the
the vicinity of the snip Aier c"ice ma oteL SIT "a
the party turned ttis was about II o.. I'D. \ rev
,he order Turn ont everybody" was gwen. The Ice
cracked near the clpain- tent ana Dlcalae nee
piece All hands turnet I'm again ahou, a ~. on the
i3ti watc1 htvilZ been sr-. Abour a. m me VIZ
TacI an T sitr'ss ba Trash and the remark. Of
tine two men thev watched her 20 down. THAT morn
ing after on hands were called The spof where the snip
sank vas watched nv the party cabin chair signal
cncst and icw pec's OF wood were igund - I'LL, .
witness was asked; % VIA, was me condition !, moi OF
very much broken and thrown NJ in udc's The l-r re
foe in which we hal been drGE Tor o zen oa{9s
seemed 10 have been broken mn by hug2 on iicrtl'l'
island ald swinging around 70 the northwest The ~
lSe crse wScr Growth in that resion but II
hove in very confused way ana The creates drai
foot The broken pieces wcr. generally OF email area
There were no long connected leads. ana only sna
/
notion its general movement being dependent upon
the wind. which usually from the southeast, ana
the local zion, owing 10 we HuHlA'th WIS rIc-','I
aud dependent upon the amount OF surface exposed 70
lie wind In some the foe would have turning
III In nsuor IN n ouostion "a TO the condition OF the
eannete bcfor- the heavy pressure OF the 18th WINES
ship and I'D the same cou1l-
lion As when she e,t Francisco, with the exception
trat her forefoot was twisted
ION that dav Juuc . seaman Nirdemann pointed ont
to me the ioreooi under water which seemed 10 re
twisted 10 mort This don" the 18Th ~ January,
1850 but was in sight until juno II. owing 20 me
ships bong iubrddcd IN the lcr Inc snip hhd lcdAeu
some since Jauu nv 10. 1850 .
Do Won attribute the o7s OF the ship 10 the ne
qucHt prc-rlIc- an heavy sJrln-, OF 70 me 1ISu"
which she subjected oh June ~ 1851
40 the pressure which SIC was subjected June H.
AID that day stood the pressure Tor three
| hours before commencing 70 leak.
ing the without having been subjected 10 INC
| pressure would she have been seawOrlhy ship ana
suitable Tor further Afc'lc eNplofduoh-t A-oht Won" oN,
have been % seaworthy ship, but 81 would nave utpth"e
You The ac. ual pccucr she would have encountered
! az 40 her capablity for Arctic work.
| O.-kuoSmg ser condition at that time, would you
If I'm command OF expedition, nave deemed 10 eX-
ned. Mt ~ continue the Arctic exploration A-No,
Tor she had been fitted out originally Tor three years,
warrant another year 10 the lee. Inc supply OF ooai
would have been iceut Tor the coming WINTER
aud the had alread, been exposed FOR t"O ears 10
the rgor- Of tho Arctic climate. Furthermore, II Is the
Arcic work NJ the end uf tn second summer
In reply 10 further question: the witness said; Hiu
it been any Other vessel however perfect she uIEhS
| have been. Judgment would nave pren me same.
the slp'- log cor the last day previous 10
her abandonment identified by tine witness as IN
the handwriting Of captain DE Long. IL was made "a
part Of the record ana the court ADJOURNED u T. LIE
! Till 1880 a. III. TO morrow.
! UALhERS RESTING BEFORE THE CONTEST