Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-10
half ahead of where she should have

us Usual 70 hkAaF oeSs
Of time
A.-No. 1t is oftener the opposite.
Q.-Have you observed that the ship
coming up the coast runs ahead OF time.
especially in the winter time
A.-So. / don't know that l have
observed that.
o.-Wha, distance did you give the
ship per hour fer - hours previous TO
the accident
About l0;l knots.
JOHN HOLMES
Being dulv sworn says:
O.-What rosi.ion did you I'LL on the
steamship Umatilla
Al Vas second assistant engineer.
Q.-Who was on duty when the snip
struck
Alt vas my watch.
Odd yoa get any warning before
the ship struck p!
Al did Just about 80 seconds before
she struck. | got stop and reverse
bell.
O-Do YOU think she had lest her
Roadway vixen she struck
Al don't think she had materially
lost her Roadway. ! had stopped her.
bat she Was still turning ahead. l had
no, had time to get the cutoff OF from
her.
Q.-How long did you remain on the
ship after she struck.
Al think about one hour.
CHARLES RIEGEB
! Being daily sworn says:
Q.-What position did You hold on
the ste .mship tmatilla
Al was quartermaster.
| Q.-Nhat course were you steering
| when she strnck!
| A.-North by west west.
Q-Had you been steering that course
all through your watch
A.-Yes. That had been the course
steered for the last - hours or more
When Captain Worth came on deck
that morning be ordered not to steer
anything to the northward Of the coast
line.
| Q.-Do you remember what was the
state of the weather on that morning
A.-Thick snow squalls.
Q-How far of of the reef were you
| when the alarm was given!
| A.-AbOut 10 yards.
Q-How long did you remain on the
ship after she struck
A.-From one-half to one hour.
Norr.-After reviewing this testimony
the Inspectors concluded that no blame
could attach to Captain Worth. Th'
findings were drawn up by Captain
Morgan last evening, but will not b'
signed until today, hence We are IN
able to publish them until tomorrow.
SCIopTIcoN.-TheB Baptist Church wal
filled Tuesday evening, the occasion
being an exhibition of most interesting
views from Seattle, Puget Sound, Egyp
and the celebrated Valley of Petra. Mr.
d. X. Judkins. the photographer, At
tended to the magic lantern and caused
the beautiful pictures to dissolve out
into another. The lantern is one Of thu
very best makes, and it requires no or
dinary skill to manipulate 1t. Th'
scenes in color and the familiar scene
of the ) ,und basin we're indeed inter
esting, but enough cannot be said con
corning the views of Petra. This bar
rem place in the Bible the land o
EdOn") is vet almost entirely unex
plored by civilized man. 1t is situated
some ten days march from the re2ula
caravan route. and is intercepted b,
almost impossible rocks, among which
the Arabs Turk, jealOusiy guarding thei
traditional homes. In 1882, Edward l.
Wilson, pilot, grapher of the Centennia
Exhibition, succeeded i'll landing in tn
midst of the massive ruins and thel
; proceeded to take negatives of the mos
important objects. These views wer'
subsequently exhibited by him L
crowded houses in the East. Mr.. Jud
kins has procured great number o
these and 30 WAS enabled to give tn
audience very fine treat. The grea
9, rinthian columns and huge facades
cut from the solid rock, were wildly re
produced upOn the large canvas. Rev
ID. j. Pierce explained the scenes a
they were presented. MIR. Judkins Ina
secured the aid Of first rate lecturer
and he intends to take many more view
of Washington and will then start upOl
a tour In the East, where the scenes O
the Northwest will be appreciated YER
highly. 1t is the intention to repea
Tuesdays entertainment at an earl
date.