New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-16

compelled ship. After the passengers haC
been transferred to the plotboat and schooner PHO
Joe Parker, three AMI myself took OF tho
boats and stood I'm toward the land. When OF Fir
Island the Lfc-sayng came oh and took ashore
Pilot Parker ana tho tEcn stood for the pilot
! boat Iafterward saw them pcRcd ap by a steamer.
tecgraphed the loss the city ther
went back to the beach. up to Long Island City
on the train TINS morning aud went to the company
Office where examined As to what knew I'm regard
to the collision aud sinking OF the Oregon. and tnen
came down here
The boatswalu sld " below with the third mate
getting out the mails. I heard the crash and went on
deck As reached the deck | looked AIT and saw 4
hrecnhsted schooner with all sail set astern of She
had struck us on the port side Just forward Of the
bridge. and torn large hole In our side Ithiuk that
the schooner must have struck square
mcut and torn 1t away We closed the compartment
quickly as possible hn the snip began To settle and We
W're nh.Isci 10 Leave her Tho boats were lowered
without much difficulty, ana the seImrn. who were
cool acted well and took their places quietly. but the
Hrmen acted badly and We had to put some OF them out
OF the boat by forc". The passengers behaved much he
ter than could have been expected aud did have
mnch foHne III transferring them 10 the schooner aLd
one Of the seaincn who was on tho lookout forward
SAID: " was on lookout IN the bow-. Tnc lrst saw
OF the schooner was when she not than halt
dozen shps lengths from us She had al sail SET did
hot see any I,&htS AZ rSt but IN an instant saw Ecr
SidrlghtS called ont hut got no answer and almost
hcfoIe Knew u SHe struck Tho shtp hcced over
b ana heh the schooner rcbOundrd from us and lost
much CcaNiug TO relate his experience. "The night
clear he said and the stars shining The schooner
did not show the regulation lights. aud only when
she was close upon Us tnat saw OF her sdccht1.
We all called to she first mato hut before
orlcr the gunrierma-ter to port the helm were
head Inc Orcrnn for tbc c'cE We conI ace ~ about
twelve miles away The schooner under fail sail
and carried three masts She set low IN the water and
mast have sunk in a few minutes. All we saw of her
alter she struck us her stern, and thoucht made
ont the name Ella, with word aftor IL which
could not distinguish 1t dark at tho
lime. ! heard no cries from any one aboard the
boat nor dd SGe have lookout There was no person
In the Office of tnc Cunari Company man dressed in
ihe uniform OF the line who gave his name a7 Thomas
onkou's the turthack of the Oregon st before the
collision and mat he saw the schooner first when she
white light lie shouted To her Dut got reply ana
first olhcer' exclaimed Irwin to the reporter, "he
ought 10 have seen tnat schooner There was no use
plain enough ana he ought TO have sheered on There
seven Of went down In that snip and the first
bulkhead and could not get ont" Before irwin could
say more ne wa taken to the cellar or the companys
building by one Of the ships officers.
Matron McC Crren. who was the only person injured,
said was lying IN my berth At the time of the COLI
that the Shin SUM was VII" sI,t,nE immediaf"iy
When turn came to 20 into the bosl went over the
side AMI down the Ladder | held on to rope that was
my hand was ammed between the side OF the vessel and
Inc rope ana tlr"' or my myers were injured. was
put on board of the schooner and from her transferred
10 the Fulda.'
DE- McNa.ters the surgeon OF the Oregon. q tall,
robust finely bmlt young man, with chrly sdewlskcrs.
wuo one of the last men to leave the Oregon said
that when he stepped of into the boat alongside the
water was breaking on tc Orcgpns deck. Great care
taken hc C0utiuu d. to all the passengers
1t known that the veS-cl was going down,
AID avn positive that every one got oil tLc steamer
meyer saw passengers behave 50 we'll We would have
had trouble II there had been running.
vas in asleep when the schooner struck the
steamer did not hear the vessels come together ana
p not think that half tine passengers diI Those vino
were Orw rd OF course felt the shock most and h"te
W., cousldcrahl" excitement there II speedily
ilaycd however by the rcasSurhg statements OF Cip-
Cottcr and the other officers OF the ship. There
WIS ouly sick man abOlri lie was troubled win |
IN tGa. and sick when he the vessel. He
acted calmly aud there 10 need 10 piacra watch
upon him rain him in any way. He got de |
poudcut after left Queenstown and jumped from the
Shlp. Everything ripped up whcu the Straner
urk and the water poured in rapidly at first but
checked by the compartments and this counts for the
OGg time IL took the >el 10 sink. when | |
t"ck hrr" sign OF the schooner, and Was told
Oi the officers that she had probably dOwn.
u the schooner. We pretty bad hx olr-eyes
something ml-nt nave been done 10y the steamer crew
q aid th" unfortunate men, aoine ~ whom, heard,
Scr" seen i'm the water"
Tho second engineer who was tho last TO leave the
Isiuo-rOo %. said The rrs put out long before
ne zines stopped. tried tp keep the Hrrucn ~ their
posts, when tIe water began creep chem
hey qut and on deck. Tlcy rough set any
low, and made cOuS!rrg lie trouble. worked On" en-
lines slowly. a. about half speed, uut the wafer got too
lose, and then IN" steam shut of. | think kept
%" engine Goluy for AN hour and q haN The hulkhrads
we're al right hI there some places where -hip
an be struck w.tr' ih" hukErId- Hr" ot comparatively
itIc value, ant ihc oregon struck n Just such
pot. With the hole In the Orrgor'- hull without bulk
o ads ~lo could not have remained anoat FOR five
minutes"