New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-16
THE SINKING OF TIE OREGON
Confined from First PAGE.

have been seon n mile away, but could see none o'"y
few OF the passengers were up hrre theh' IA" ''o
and rot my overcoat an a cork jacket which Thought
mi,ht be usefnl By tho tin, reached deck again
everybody Wa, ont aud things seemed little cOhlusci
bn there was no great excitement TAe lAies W'r'
frightened. though there was no screaming mo oc'l
and the crew behaved nobly. IL was only "heh l"o
stokers cInc up that thcro WAS trouble Ihey VITO
badly scared and acted like brdtes They made rush
for tho boats. knocking and women down. ana '"'-
cecied in getting one o. the boats IN which they huhB
around the steamer for hour They would nave
had everything their own way but for the sailors anu
the passengers. One passenger that sa" h't !"
sledgehanmer and another had hA'cno"
After tho stOk,rs had received TWO
or three cnt, they we're more careful and backe down
caught fellow by the throat aud we rolled over on
tbc deck But there was a p,ucky ltte sailor they
ciVod lick VIM deserves credit. When the stOkrrs
made for his boat n cuppe one over le hea
a spike and held them all back until ne got assistance
lie the man that jumped over am saver INV papn
that fell in the When IN were trying 10 stop
the leak In the steamer by choinsli up win
lack dove down several times aud was down so lohE
tnnt everybody Thought he lost lie got ms lr27
badly cut the rd-es OF the ron when nc was ~ ,G
water After nc saved the baby ycra OF Us Collected
some sovercigus which we gave him.
The Right Rev Edward Churton. Bishop of Nassau.
who had come over with his wife, asked WINE on
the pier TO sOme account OF hl' experience VIZ
in nv berth asleep" no said THE sudden shock awoke
me- and IA a minute or two was on deck Nh't struck
most the perfect cooness with when .Ins
was managed. do recall moment OF panic or nos
itation the officers aud men had time 10 urrS
don't know that feli frightened Perhaps was NO
excited To reallzr fully the danger We were IN. We
cond never all of US nave got of the Oregon' boats
the opportune arrival of the plotbo'J was ut ON.
thing that Ny wife was taken oil In one OF
Inc earlier 20 the pot-bOa. got away near
the end and landed the second schooner Noun
ing could have been more courteous than treatment
on the Fndn IL wa. my first trip across the Atlantic.
shall not stop in Ncw-lprk, but 20 STRAIGHT 70 NY
bi.noprc in the Bahama Islands"
\ j. Gordon OF Boston. said that he was called by
one OF stewards after the collision and dressed
struggle there for the first ten minntes he added.
'haye been much eNagseratcd some OF the hremen or
soSers did rlsh once Tor me boaS anu gov m %
them But Cupt"lI Cotter soon htd everything IN con-
troll again, and never saw more splendid cNhlp'loh
Of GOODNESS aid srre'rhht Than the crew am Pa-seI
gers OF the oregon showed from hai-pA>t orlotN l
& Dr. McMl-tcrs, who left the ship with the captain
Gully at the last moment 0tcau r"u7fu 10 i', "H "
feprcservcr. and his example OF cOplncs' Whrh lhr
ship seemed sink NJ restored the courage OF the mh
particularly or me women ad t"ltU-n' Duo ~ ,t,
scamcu. held only by rope about MS waist, hW nun
sl""r , 10" t ', n',r Ian p,r, and Iry now GOV
cred by the waves trying to stuh mattresses and pres
Ei ,,,.o GHcr aI and then one OF the en-
gurrrs his place. For two hours the ships bp''
were kept han ling Their davts, two men IN each,
ready TO be lowered any moment INTO the sea. An!
of first ana the men were picked mp aitrr"aln 10y sne
fusion or y broken limb"
one gray bearded passenger told graphic story OF me
disaster after extracting pledge mat MS uae ',oui
not be printed was scaslck al the way over Ss r
h. AID was deck iuSt before the crash came Inc
sky was clear ana the lars HhpLe pr,-H.'i 'u' ',
saw them slime before II was twenty minutes 10 Llr
VII eu z.,.~
falling of tons 81 ron upon ie pch lur SIlv ,tI st,i
aud then there was smother shock ana Il ,nId ~.
lighter / didn't see tA' vessel u'at ran mo
uS. but some one salH ne saw "rt uI - il
quite In two and sinking rapidly; Ihrrr was i nho
punched IN port bow Twelve by nine rei near ne
watrE 'o infIg So1 four feet salare The middle
one III size and position was below tHr water
my ,r tircs bovim, bcen mi ont nv the water Ten
minutes after struck the captain ordered all hands
Grc In '' pr time tGo vessel carcrucd To port and
plll "a -l A
set ami just before dawn sent MP signal rockets TO out
wlri-bouui vessels anawcrel but made mo- attempt
10 approach us. by this time every one hlI nc
preervcr ana prepared for the worst About
the bridge addressed tho crowd ard tod rs mat he
hoped To sAve the vessel nut ior IN 7''tN -. Wv tl
seuccrs they would take to the boats ana be transferred
To the plot-boat. Then the boats were lowered ana
s%m f" I"'G Gr o haste bnt we're fined mp
again. Then Ordcr was restored ana tue
ac,rI Trlvcly aud only once. iust before the plobol
came sight, when things were looking darkest Hld
hysteca some OF the women pulled their husband, mo
the boat with them. When the puot-hoat was crowded
loaded therc sti 400 OF rs on the oregon AIeF
the Fannie A. Gorhln came mp at one tiipr mere WA
were working their way ont to the ScnooGrr: d
counted 2Oi in all. The ship had settled 80 mat Ine
water was over her main deck io." oL,rs we we
were pacing up ana down WIN hie-PresrrYrrS on.
expcctug every moment that she would slip from under
US Al TINS nr Two men I'D "ln-y fEry - s TO 70
piotboat were doing nome WORK III nluli .'I,y ~
the schooner Al noon the Fua hove In sight An H1ur
mast went by the board ana hcr Do" suhk lIer s,,In
left high in the air, with the bright copper shti
ins, the screw and steering ger exposed men there
was a rnal ond report tho OF her decks burst mp.
aud nothing but feet Of her maiuWast and Irw rect
Of tie mIlzen and Jl-ser ma'to were Iei' "oo'o 'o
wafer"
,,I ,',,s n, tbcm I'm a lrcat state OF cvctrmcnt
especially the stcerarc Passengers. When me h"ats
were lowered ana the task Oi Transferring the women
and children began, man jumped into the h",t boat
Tho captain ripped ont yWorous 9ath ana IoIN t 4G
shoot the next man who tried that game. Another
man did try n. though almost iuu"i3te(' nut was
hurled back before he could get clear Of the ship some
the women reluctant 10 take 20 the boats IHer
timdlty had 10 be overcome by force and they were
dropped and tossed IN. The steamer vas low IN me
wafer when Nlr. Barre got away from her. Ihe boat
pushed OF Will" tacrr was room on her Tor hh.
dozen mare men THO captain or'ereu nts ',,.u
back. snyns that there her FOR twenty
refused The captain s%ora that he woold shoot him
ne didn't The beat then rowed back to the
ship and hllei up
Sfateroom 80 81 on the port side was occupied by
W. II. Hurst and his wife of tliS city, The satcToolh
was nearly the bridge. Mrs.. Hurst j. an Invalid
She ay facing the portfolio when the collision occurrol
ard saws that she saw tho rel light ot the schooner Mr.
when All AZ 3rce ns wiic cried ont: on see that red
light" The cTasl followed immediately: ~
The three friends stanley Mortimer THOMAS hitch,,
cock, r., and T.. ID. Morgan. VINO had been dong
Par, in company, stuck together on the OREGON . ter
cock spoke IN terms OF the highest praise ~ captain
G. G.. Davies. OF quebec, walked into his mothers
room AT her homo in East Thirtcth-S ST.. about a. III.
YESTERDAY his hat and looking II they had been
soaked IN the sea. In place of collar he wore
pretty silk tie. IN reply To his mothers anxious IN
Guiries n to the cause of his wocbrgOne condition ho
REPLIED that was of ihe OregonS passengers AS
further proof OF his statement hc showed his nan 49,
mass Of h,tcrs, the result ~ hours spent In the Slps
before the Full in sight. Nh Dawes lum'rd
from the deck 10 OF the boats when MS turn calhc
having his little girl al seven Years Who hcl
parents lie did not know but she sooD found teg
WILL THE COMPANY PAY FOR BAGGAGE?