The Clifton clarion., 1886-04-07
THE ILL.FATED OREGON.
STORIES OF CHICAGO PASSENGERS WHO
 WERE ON BOARD OF HER

WERE ON BOARD OF HER
 When the Lake Shore limited
 express from New York arrived at
 the Van Buren street depot, two
 venerable white-haired gentlemen
 alighted from the train and were
 rapidly driven over to the North
 Side. One was the Hon. Thomas
 Drummond, ex-Judge of the Uni
 ted States Circuit Court. The
 other was John V. Farwell, of
 Chicago. Both had sailed for Flu
 rope early in January and had just
 returned after brief sojourn in the
 British capital. After spending
 a month in London, during which their general health was greatly improved, they sailed from Liver pool on the Cnnarder Oregon" March Sth. The voyage was an un- evetnful one until last Sunday
 morning when, just after sighting America's shore, the palatial steam
 CT which was bearing them home was run into by an insignificant
 coal vessel and sent to the bottom of the ocean. Last night the twain were restored to their families. MT. Farwell was met at the train by his wife and children and Judge Drummond was driven to the home of his son-in law, J. V. Farwell, Jr., in the Hotel Charlevoix.
 MIR. GooDHART's STORY.
 NIT. F. c. Goodhart, of Langby Park, Kent, England, arrived at the residence of his father-in-law, J. Mccormick yesterday. He was one of the passengers on the wrecked steamship Oregon, and related his experience as follows:
 ''It was about 1 o'clock in the morning and I was lying awake, when I heard loud, rattling noise on deck and heard loud voices. I dressed myself and rushed on deck. My berth was too far away from the spot to hear the crash or feel the shock. The passengers were crowding up the gangways, many of them not being dressed. The officers of the boat worked hard to quiet the passengers, and to allay their fears, and finally succeeded. There was no panic or excitement l after that, most of the passengers partaking, while one individual, after taking a look around the deck, returned to his cabin and | slept for three hours after the crash. Meanwhile preparations were being made to rescue those on board, and what struck me as strange was that it took three hours to lower the nine boats. Two large life saving rafts were constructed. The boat was slowly sinking, and had gotten SO far down that the water had e1tinguished the fires and the electric lights went out At this time some excitement pre- vailed, the emigrants crowding a. round the place where the boats were being lowered and fighting to get in them, disregarding their wives and children. A good many jumped from the main dsck into the boats and some fell into the water, but were immediately pick ed up. Several of the people on deck looked very amusing in thelr scanty attire. The Bishop of Mas sau came on board with only his overcoat on. Those of the men who jumped into the boats before the women got chance were bad ly beaten by the sailors. Others threw their babies into the arms of the people in the boats, and the babies were afterward laid side by side and picked out by the moth CTS. Some of the women jumped for the boats in reckless manner and one little girl was thrown head foremost from the deck by her pa rents. I went on one of the rafts and about ' o'clock a pilot boat came along and began picking up the passengers in the boats. We were left till a schooner picked us up, and were then transferred to the Fulda and taken to New York"
 MT. Goodhart was warm in his praise of the officers and sailors. and said that they did all in their power to aid the passengers. He lost valuable papers worth nearly s30,0O0 and several costly water color paintings.
 A woMAN's EXPERIENCE.
 Mrs. Butterworth, wife of John Butterworth, No. 566 North Ash land avenue, whose hands, arms