New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-04

.votcr calm but it was very DARK. iuio .S'o. .Uo
"a,1i ~ hon 7 came on deck found that TWO
re- toots one from each side of the vessei nat p
ni,oved and could hear them III lno ;,nnos
% t 1ook at nv watch and therefore " s he
s;1le for me to say how long tne p;ng in the
first or, lower the boats 10 te three other pas
wate sa,. On deck Mr.. Worcester was ono oin'
s,nnnr man, and Mr.. Blodgett another 6p had
WIN nd thai he feared we had sunk the plot-o a.
sd that the yawl with the pilot III ~ va" The
little capszed boat he had seen IN half an hour
other AZ about O'clock so lar as " ' a
90 discern every possible effort was ll t s0tsins
~ t. The ,norning went down 10 tie caPtaa
me; IN ma ~. found Inn shedding tears. He tod me
That II was most painful 10 MN al e IL nu,ober
sponsibilites in the matter Osf most of them fam
I,Pmen He thought one man erled OUT cav g ,on n
ON a father There was much dlSseI1snV ~ mains
the paSSenssV ,bo We're eye-witnesses. could only
learn of young Mr.. Worcester ana M % tie COLT
being present deck at me d noe e made mn for
SION ;;ilics Of The victims and this was placsu III
m ray hands as a representative of THE TRIBUNE
THE STEAMERS OFFICERS BLAMED.
William r. Blod= EFT was one OF thoSe pass, 49,
who criticised in strong terms the cohuu % 4,,it
Alaska, declaring that the steamer was !"
He said: ,. 40 ootcb the
et li,onse of pilot boat and was on the port SUI
&c tho steamer. Two signals were sent up oy INC
. AlasLa and were answered by n pliot-Doa'' WIh'H
waved n large light three times AT Intervals 80,
ouI conld see was the lights on the haSts VI 'n0
t-boat which seemed to me TO he long ds' hnot
OF Suddenly the large hgn' . Dd WV HTai crash.
1asbed across our bow and then there Ma SS :" '
saw fine plot-boat part in two ana sim; ;s o,d
c. b. Russell also adverse IN MS Upidnigbt nv
said that at twelve minutes before nliu t s;5o of
bs watch he saw the pilOt-boat on the port sut ,
the steamer There was slight crash Mnoh from 1"O
collision occurred ana ne nearu that the yawl had
baen ransized also, and thought the cries va 49,
from the men in the pot-boat Inc engn t wsre
rayerse1 nj that time. He Thought the D0ats moi
IIenonSed With unreasonable delay, and the second
hoat was so housed IN with canvas that slemdnu
was sent for, and he ripped IL Oh Will '"-
Sd. O. Sullivan also a PASSENGER on oira ate
Alaska He did not come on decS' Our c1es and
sbrieks coming out of the water de thongno si nc
steamer was going at an unTarTahlaoo ia co. that
epoo~ ras1sed In sim paper that was handea
around in the morning Tor eXOneralins 'n0 ''f
rur PINOT WHO BROUGHT THE ALASKA IN
TooTp,RUyE reporter who called at his home
No. 1853 Kent-ave, Brooklyn last evening Units
topher Peterson, the pilot who brought inc Ai"'A'
mn the Raw. said: az know nothing about the ac-
cident save the fact that the Alaska did run ploV
800 AVN ahout midnight boarded the Alaska
Of the Long Beach Hotel about o'clock tins morn
inc and was aboard the vessel not over ity iiu
utes During that time haa my ouSnI' cannot tell
70 ann h hu - was that was struck have no
idea what boats were cruising IN tnat Ln3ovvn
the time I don't think il will be definitely KNOWN
Sicb boat II was until the piot-boats now out are
heard FROM"
OPINIONS OF PILOTS IN THIS CITY.
The officials in the Pilot Commissioners oIloe III
Burling Slip had not up to late hour III tho ai.Ti
-.oon Icen able TO ascertain which one OF the
twenty-eight pilot-boats OF newborn haroor h nav
been lost. There was much speculation among the
xUho around
as to the number of the Inflated boat
at is impossible at this time to tell anything
ohont itn said one of them. There are at
least eight of our boats cruising about III inc
vicinity of Fire Island. Nos 16, 10 ana Ia nave
been accounted for. From al we nave oGen ao ne
10 learn the officers of the Alaska saw the hgnts OF
fbe sunken craft before she was run down. ENyery
pilot-boat burns clear light at her maSthea 20
been answered big torch is lighted. There would
he no difficulty in seeing and Distinguishing sucr a
light on any night when the weather Is ciea' +aI.
crew of a piotbOat consists Of four seamen, sew
ard and boatkeeper. The latter taxes the Doat
hack into port when the last pilot has lett her. ohe
Jrn ibe harbor Oftentimes pilot-bOats are obliged
TO cruise around the waters outside the Bay 19r zen
or fifteen DAYS before returning 70 port Nearly all
Dots are married men hence the loss Of boat IN
wolves great deal of suffering: ., aus, -.
Another pilot who sat near by s,ld ~, ia ot
must lie aud sail about directly IN the pain OF an
outgoing and incoming vessels; They are exposed
N
iisi0n. OF course there is no remedy for this"
talk OF sEAFARING MEN AT sTAPLEToS.
AT stayleton many of the Sandy Hook pilots who
live in Richmond County congregate at little inn
kept by buxom widow, known as Mrs. william
son. A TRIBUNE reporter visited the inn last night
aud found several seafaring men waiting
for news from the lost pilot-boat The
opnion prevailed that it was either the
Francis Perkins. No. 49, OF the America, No 81. al
7,iCiu md nho
the spot where the accident took place TIT
opinion prevailed, though apparently as much oil
reasoning from general principles as from any def
mite information, that these two boats were en-
gagged in a for the steamer when one OF then
Il have hopes that the yawl was picked up b!
some vessel" said an old sailor from Snug HarDoI
who sat before Mrs Wi lam oGseB nT9 Of tn
ferry-boat Westfeld; " what chance was there 10
herT T.. .,o,. oD,t M God no provjdence-bevi =
in your theory ~ sharply queried the old salt " In
as big an nfide as there is out OF - and you're
and d1 have fba o. she's saved Hop
is my God, and have hopes OF that boat benz
If is hardly likely" said another pilot, quietly
"Tbe chances are all against it, ] think 1t vii
never be known which boat il was until the roll i
called aud the that don't answer is the lost one
n will probably be a week or ten days-when tn
Iilot-boats now out get back-before it can b
Roth No. IS and No. 21 are New-York boats, an
it was thought by others that possibly some new
might be had of them to-day or to-InorroW. Ill
Pilot boat No. 10 arrived at the cotton dOcb
Tompkinsville, at 3 p. H., and the crew wer
eagerly besieged for news but none OF them wer
aL7e 10 give any definite information. There ar
many pilots wives aud families, and ,possibl
widows. on Staten Island to-day anxlousiy wait
ing for news, hoping for the best, but fearing Ia
worst. r.. IL, , 80;
Pilot Thomas, who came up on NO. IL
''It will probably be said that the pilo'
boats had no business there in the trac
of the steamer. These ocean steamers al
proach our coast going at high spood-time is Q
more account 10 them than life-and pilot has