New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE OREGON BROKEN IN TWO,
CHIEF rNGIxrrn BARnY's mrcrr TO THE AGENT


cu1rF ENGINEER BARKY's RErCE TO THE AGENT
-MoRI MAIL BROUGHT IN.
Tho Nerrit. urrcckiug Company's boats were stu
lowering IN the vicinity o the wreck oI tne OIee"n vi
yesterday, but no rep"rt had oeen -fSCea,J" -
The agent said: "A part of the OregonS crew
sailed on the Adriatic last Thursday palt ON the
City of Chester from mere ana ,Lv n i''i" ssnt Mr.
Harry tue chief engineer of the Oregon; down 10
the wreck with the wreckng boats TO get the report
of tie diver. He returned last evening ana says
that the diver reported that the Oregon mas broken
I'm two Just abaft the fore eIiggng. ihis plecluues
any possibility OF IaslCg the SNIP lne @ @
company was unable to do much more thah nahe
an examination. As there was such heavy sea
and indications of storm as to make " lmprudeht
10 stay near the wreck the boats got under way ana
ran i'm under Fire Island. The pieces OF machinery
are so heavy that the cost of labor would be 100
orcat 10 warrant any attempt to save the engines"
,cpoIt came from Sandy Hook that the
schooner Henry Morganthan which had an
chored in the Horseshoe reported that on
FRIDAY when forty-tive miles south-Southeast
of Fire Island she picked up schooners yawl-
boat the top white rail blacP and bottom green,
with the grpes and painter cut She saw some
empty cases with their sides stove IN, but ana not
ascertain the marks them. The yawl-boat is
now at Sandy Hook. When found II was bottom
up and its oars and rudder we're IN IT, mere were
Two more bags of the OregOns mall were received
Yesterday. at the Post Office, making 224 bags IN
all These two bags contained only newspaper
mail for other United states offices. The contents
were in so bad condition that little OF IT can be
forwarded, One of these bags was forwarded from
Fall River and reached the Post Office at 7:45
O'clock Friday night. IL is believed to have been
nlcked up bv the steamer TOnawanda. of Phadel-
obia TIE other was delivered at the Post once at
ii 30 Yesterday morning. Ii had been found at sea
nv the schooner Henry Morganthan and delivered
al sandy Hook to the Kill Won Kull which brought
ii to this city. ,.4
ing az counsel for a number of the Oregons passed.
gers has issued n circular wing the grounds
on which he proposes TO bring an acton
against the Cunard Company Indemnity for
t6c loss suSta, ed by the passengers
will be asked for on tue ground OF the
alleged negligence of the Orcgon's otlcers before
1he coIlsipn and their IncaUactv afterward. lie
thinks that there was no collision, as claimed by
thc Cunard Company, and that tue disaster was
c.uScd by an accident to the machinery. lie says
thai I le company has succeeded In stopping me
month of the trcmen, engineer aud every one VINO
woud know a Dout such an accident. lie also nouS
that the company Is liable. because no efforts
were made TO beacn the ship durI x the two hours
IN winch she remained aflOat with a sufficient head
of steam on 70 run the engines dtter the acciucnt
He also thinks that the speed OF the YeSSe shouiu
have been sIackened during the night, and that the
accident partly due to the fact that II was not
ertaln downtown firms here have informed the
Pilot C0mDnss' 'oneIs and masters of vessels that
they VIII pay 81 for every mailbag hereafter re-
covered from the Oregon and delivered at the Post
Guce uutii the sum OF So, 80 has been exhausted.
There are sad 10 be about 400 mall-baGS still un-
recovered and the sum mentioned Wou d cover
go probably all that 1t Is possible TO recover
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