The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-03-25
THE WEEK.
In the United States and the
Old World.
THE OREGON BROKEN IN TWO,
A Diver Inspects the Sunkcn Steam
shin.

THE OREGON BROKEN IN TWO,
A Diver Inspects the Sunkcn Steam
ship.
The diver who was sent to the scene of the
Oregon wreck has returned to New York,
and reports that the Oregon is broken in two,
and that pieces of cargo from her hold are
coming to the surface, His theory Is
that she broke in two when she struck
the bottom. Spectators ON the tulda say
that tho Oregon rebounded as she struck
bottom, aud then sunk again. The only
thing now to be done with her will be to
blow up the hulk in the hope of allowing
the cargo to be tlshed up. The depth Is such
that diving operations can be carried on only
in very calm weather. IL at all The Merritt
Wrecking Company has several boats near
tho wreck, watching for freight which may
animation of the wreck as is possible No
signs Of wreckage from the schooner have
been seen, not even spar,
Several mail bags and some boxes of freight
have been received from the Oregon by the
tugs of the wrccking company.
Richard Ringk, master, and II, Eick, pur..
ser OF the steamer Fulda, today filed libel
In the United States district court against the
owners, at present unknown, of seven casts
and one package Of diamonds which were
taken off the steamer Oregon when she sunk
OF Fire island The libel states the value or
the diamonds to be 300, 900.
Postmaster Pearson has been advised by
Mr. Vernon II Brown of the Cunard Steam
ship Company that number OF additional
bags of mail brought by the Oregon had been
found, and would be forwarded as soon as
possible to the general poStotiice. This advice
was followed by the receipt of As bags of mail,
making a total OF lis bags saved OF the 59S
bags dispatched from Liverpool and Queens
town by the Oregon.
Rev. John Conuclly of Ashevlle N. c.,
WHO, with his wife and daughter, was pas
senger on board Of the steamer Oregon, IN an
interview, says that, shortly after discover
ing that the vessel had been struck and was
sinking, a serious mistake was made, The
cap lin of the sinking vessel ordered a signal
of distress to be run up. At the time, Mr.
Connolly says, two steamers were seen III the
distance Soon alterward 1t was discovered
that, instead of the distress signal being dis
played, there was flying from the top tho
signal ''no pilot wantcd' This was taken
down at once and the proper signals run up
and rockets fred This was responded to by
pilot boat, the capta'l of which said THAI
he could baYc gotten there an hour earlier If
the proper signal had been displayed
Mr., Coanelly says when the ladies
were ordered to take to the boats, the crew,
especially the fireman, paid no attention to
the commands Of the officers of the ship. One
OF the scamen said to the captain that his Or
ders on such an occasion were mo more than
anybody elses" The want of discipline was
further evinced by the fact that there was no
system in manning the boats aud no officers
detailed to take charge of them. Mr. Con-
nelly says that during the transfer of the
ladies from the ship to the pilot boat the SD
men and iircncn trampled upon the ladies,
and all the time used the met obscene and
blasphemous language. Mr.. Connolly is a
hrother-n-law OF Rev. j. L. NJ. Curry,
American minister at Madrid. He went to
London a few weeks ago to accompany his
wife and daughter home.