Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-19
ECHOES FROM THE OREGON.
DIamOnds, Shamrock, Mail Bags and
Pieces of Baggage.

Pieces OF bA&S@&Ss
From. the Esw York Sun.
The Merritt Wrecking Company's
.,oonar Rescue, which had been down to
o,amine the sunken steamship Oregon,
came back Tuesday. Her Captain re-
norts that the Oregon is lying upright IN
f9o feet of water. Her topmasts stand
about IS feet above the surface Of the
cater. She cannot be raised, and the only
,bin0 TO be done with her will be TO dow
,lnthe hulk in the hope OF releasing much
of the cargo. The depth is too great LOT
diving operations. The wrecklng COM
ANY keeps a boat near the wreck watch-
INC Tor freight which may float to the sur
facp and making examinations OF Ine
yTreck. Not a bit of wTeckage from the
schoouer which sank the oregon mas oeeh
picked up. The government VIII aluA 70
The wreck a gaslight buoy, burning Sopl-
nressed GAS in a white light behind Fres-
vi lenses. anfrif necessary the navy de-
nHrtment will be called on to TORPEDO the
wreck ana break off the iron masts close
to the deck.
FROM THE GUILD COUNTHRIE'
The Poet Geoghegan's face was
wreathed in smiles yesterday. lie bore
aloft in his right hand stamped ehNe-
lone Vrinkled by the action oil SAT- wa
ter. 1t contained over 100 sprlgs OF sham.
rock. 1t was a letter taken from one OF
the three bags of Irish mails saved from
the wreck of the Oregon. The shamrocks
had snr0uted. and were as green as the
Emerald Isle that gave them birth. For
d years the poet has received a package
Of sbamrOcks for use on st. Patricks
Dav from friends andSld schOOlmates in
Bailymahon. This year the tribute was
dou6ly welcome from the dangers the
souvenirs had passed. The poet regarded
il as an omen OF good luck, and he dis
tributed the emblems literally among his
friends, wishing them all the prosperity
in the world.
WANT PAY FOR LUGGAGE.
The committee OF Oregon passengers
waited yesterday on Agent Vernon H.
Brown to see what the Cunard Company
expected to do in the way of c0mpen-
sating passengers for lost baggage. Mr..
Brown said that the company had not
caused the losses by It's negligence. He
advised that individual declarations OF
losses should be prepared and submitted
TO the company for consideration. Another
meeting of the passengers will be held at
the Morton House on Wednesday evening
at s O'Clock.
The last off the steerage passengers left
Castle Garden yesterday. She was Mary
Moran, a Scotch girl, bound for Provi-
dence. She was rescued in dress and
chemise. AS she was shiverlng on the
pilot boat Mrs. K. d. Morgan took cloak
from her daughter aud put it over the
shoulders of the girl. Father Riordan
bought hat, shoes, and other clothing for
Mary and sent her on to Providence.
MRS. MoRGAN's KINDNESS.
Many of the immigrants went West
without q change of clothing. They left
lists of their lost property with Father
RiOrdan. He said he understood that
Mrs. K. ID. Morgan would bring test suit
against the Cunard Company to recover
her loss on personal baggage, in order to
have the matter finally settled, and that
the steerage passengers had determined
to abide by the result Of that case.
THE LOSS ESTIMATED.
Mr.. Anton J. Raven, Vice President of
the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company,
said yesterday that the loss on the Ore
CONS cargo was fully 100000. The cargo
consisted chiefly of woOlens, dry goods
from Manchester and Birmingham. and
a few silks. The larger part of it must
have been insured on the other side. Mr..
Raven thought that the loss on personal
baggage would also be 100000.
But the greatest loss of all. in
his opinion, was IN the regis
tered mail. 1t is the custom to send over
coupons by mail, and the Oregon must
have carried large quantities of these cOu-
pons, especially of the AZ per cent. gov
ernments due March l. These would be
dead loss. There were besides great
quantities of bonds and other securities
in the mail. Several losers had called on
him to inquire what could be done. One
gentleman said be had $500, 900 worth of
securities in the mail. and he was anxious
to organize q searching expedition on his
own hook. Many of these bonds can be
replaced, but not without a great deal OF
trouble and expense.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Captain ROderick McIver, a seafaring
man, who was an intermediate passenger,
says that If the vessel had been listed
over to starbOard the holes could have
been lifted out OF the water. He could
not understand why the vessel was not
0eached, as the engines worked for two
hours after the collision. He had heard
some of the fremen say that the sluice
valves in the bulkheads between the CON-
partments were not closed at the time OF
the collision, and that the water flowed
from the broken compartment throughout
nearly the length of the vessel.
THE ALLEGED SCHOONER.
A seafaring man yesterday said he be.
lieyed that the Oracle e. Chambers, a
three-masted cOaler. Capt. Theodore f.
Lane, was the schooner that sunk and
was sunk by the Oregon. Snip Chandler
Wilson OF SO West street, one of the
owners of the Chambers, said she was
all right. According 10 the shipping
record the Chambers arrived in Baltimore
on Wednesday last and sailed thence for
the East on Saturday, the day before the
collision. At Cambern's shipping office,
which furnished most Of the Chambers
crew, 1t was said that it was impossible
for the Chambers to have reached the
place where the collision occurred. The
Chambers had crew of seven men, in.
Guiding the Captain and cook. She
measured $40 tons.
The James ID. Newell, Capt. James
sharp, left Baltimore for Providence on
march with a cargo Of coal. and may
nave been the unfortunate coaster.
me theory is gaming ground among
sulpplng men that the schooner was not
Oound east, but either south or to this
port, from an eastern port, and that she
stone.
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
BOSTON, March 16.-An interesting
statement was made this morning by q
passenger on the Oregon, Frank Ordway,
W tle llrm of A. y. Ordway ~ Co, Of this
NV lie was lying awake in his state
room when the collision occurred and
says; LAS the steamer was 50 cold
slepl M my underclothes and with the eX.
septon OF pulling on my boots | did not