Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-16
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE SUNKEN OREGON. Scenes When The Ship
 Went Down. TALES TOLD BY SURVIVORS. No Trace Of The CoIIiding
 Schooner. THE PAk-ELECTRIc INQUIRY. Jay GOuld's View Of The
 Strike.
THE Loss OF THE OREGON.

THE Less OF THE OREGON. All The Passengers Brought To New Kork-Scenes On Board The Vessel After The Collis1On-A RuRanly Set Of Firemen And Stokers.
 NEW YORK; March 15.-The North Ger man Lloyd steamship Fulda arrived at her dock at Hoboken this morning, having on board the passengers and crew of the sunken Cunarder Oregon. The steerage passengers were landed at Castle Garden, where the agents Of the Cunard line met them and made arrangements for quarters for them. The cabin passengers dispersed immediately after landing. They were not detained by the custom officers, as their baggage and effects had gone down with the ill-fated vessel. Those of them who live in the city went di- rectly to their homes, while others put up with friends and at hotels. Agent Brown of the Cunard line was closeted over an hour with Captain Cottier of the Oregon this afternoon. After the captain went away Mir. Brown said: Captain Cottier has told me nothing more than is already in print and before the public. He will make no official report to me; that will be given to the com pany on the other side" ''It may be in- ferred that there was bad management either on the schooner or steamship, may it not?" 'I have no opinion to express. The matter will be inquired into and determined by the owners and underwriters. In forming an opinion here people must be guided by the statements of the captain and first officer. They say they were pursuing their course with careful lookout and that the schooner loomed up in front and in making effort to cross the steamers bow crashed into her''
 s. Newton Beach, gentleman now in business in London who was on the Oregon, states that the captain had every confidence that the pumps would gain on the water and that he could reach Sandy Hook safely. This was his error in judgment. If he had steered directly for the land the ship could have been beached with the chance of escap- ing total loss and this it appears might have been the best plan to have pursued. Mir. Beach exonerates Captain Cottier from all blame, as he acted with great coolness and deliberation and very nearly carried out his intentions.
 At about twenty minutes past Il o'clock on the morning of the 9th inst, while in mid-ocean, the Rev. c. E. Waller, who was vicar of an Episcopal church at Hamber stone near London, England, was missed from the deck of the i'll fated steamer. He had left his wife and son in their stateroom but short time before and gone on deck. The theory of suicide was at once propounded, but Mrs. Waller secuted the idea and maintained that her husband had fallen overheard. high sea was running, but no waves were breaking ha vaSSal Astor House Mrs Waller said her husband had been suffering from heart disease and nervous prostration for some time prior to his death On the morning of his disappearance she became nearly frantic when told that he had been lost. They on their way to Mexico for the benefit of his health. Mrs. Waller lost all her property by the wreck and is in a truly pitiable plight.
 Captain T. R. Huddleston, a wealthy farmer of St. Paul, told reporter that the collision shook the Oregon so little that he did not wake up. He slept peacefully for three hours after the accident and was awakened by hearing someone outside his door ask for brandy and speak of the pumps. Captain Huddleston said he dressed himself carefully before he left his room. When he reached the deck he was surprised to find everyone rushing about with life preservers on and hole in the ships side big enough to drive horse and wagon through. Captain Huddleston said: ''When it was found that we were in danger of sinking the captain ordered the ships eight boats to be lowered. The most dsgraceful scenes ensued. There were over one hundred stokers and fremen employed on the vessel and with axes, hatchets and belaying pins in their hands they made a rush for the boats. They struck right and left with the weapons and at first did not stop even for the female passengers to get aboard. Those who were not thus engaged were occyi- pied in plundering the cabins of the passen- gers. My stateroom was entered and money taken from the pockets of my clothing be- sides Il valuable watch and chain which had left behind After while the men | were brought under partial control and com 1 pelled to submit to the orders of the officers. They, however, secured places in the boats l before the passengers had chance. Had we I been in mid-ocean the loss of life would have been terrible.'
 l Another gentleman who had stateroom l on the main deck just aft the place where l the schooner struck said he knocked out | of his berth by the shock. He spoke of the l wild scene which was going on when he ] reached the deck and said he had never seen | such cowardice displayed as was shown by | the fremen and part of the crew of the Ore I gon. He sai1 the captain and crew were do- 1 ing all in their power to restore order and l discipline, but they had little or no l effect. The gentleman had a bruise | | one of the fremen while trying to keep him 1 from kicking woman out of a boat to take 1 her place. The gentleman staid on board
 until about twenty people were left. Some l of the scenes which took place as families l separated to go into different boats were ter l rible. The Cunard office was crowded with | the saved passengers. Men tell somewhat
 conflicting tales of the disaster. Many of | them are nearly crazed with the excitement
 of the time and they are scarcely able to
 walk at all. They have lost everything and
 are dressed in the scantiest apparel, many l being clad only in garments which they have | been able to borrow from friends since their 1 arrival They all praise the conduct of the
 captain and crew in their action at the time
 of the disaster and condemn the lack of dis
 cipline and unwarranted conduct ot the l2O
 iremen and stokers who inaugurated a reign
 of terror when Captain Cottier ordered the | ships boats lowered.
 | MT. F. B. Hoyt, the freight agent was the
 only officer of the company who could fur
 nish any details as to the loss on the vesse-
 and cargo. He said the Oregon was valued l at s1 ,250 900 and was insured on the other
 side of the Atlantic The cargo consisted of | 1850 tons of merchandise of various
 kinds and was valued at 25O,OOO,
 which was undoubtedly insured, The cargo | included 965 tons of dry goods, 200 tons of
 chemicals and earthenware, 320 tons of fruit, 26O tons of various articles and 145 of tin
 plates, rubber and steel. The responsibility
 which will attach to the company for loss to shippers and passengers cannot be deter
 mined until a thorough inquiry into the dis
 aster is had If the company is proved to
 have been negligent it must foot the loss
 Meantime some of the enraged passengers
 propose to go to law to recover for what dam
 age they sustained.
 The Challenge of the Galatea.
 NEW YORK, March 15.-The executive
 committee of the New York Yacht club to-
 day decided to write to Lieutenant Henne
 of the Royal navy informing him of the
 terms on which they will accept the Galatea's
 challenge The terms are said to be the 1 same as thosa in the Genesta- Puritan con