The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
SINKING OF THE GREATSIEAMER
OREGON.
The Vessel Lost Almost In sight OF
New York HarbOr-All Hands
Rescued.

SANDY Hook, \. Y, March b
The steamer Oregon was run into by
a schooner between and o'clock
Yesterday morning while east Of Fire
Island, having two holes stove into
her. She commenced sinking at
once. Part of her passengers were
transferred TO a pilot-boat and part 10
a schooner, and il is believed that
they were all subsequently transferred
10 the steamer Fulda. There are over
800 passengers and the crew of the
Oregon alone on the Fulda. The Ore
gon was entirely abandoned. She
sunk at o'clock pm. yesterday.
rnF GERMAN STEAMSHIP FuLDA,
Capt. Ringk, from Bremen, which ar
rived NJ the bar at 5:25 o'clock pm.
to-day, reports stopped off Fire Island
March 14th, at 1918 o'clock pm, in
order 10 take up the passengers and
crew Of the Oregon, and anchored at
the bar Off Sandy Hook on account of
low water at 6;25 o'clock phi. the
same day. The crew OF the Oregon
are. lSb first cabin, e. second cabin
and s0t crew. The steamer Oregon
collided with an unknown deer laden
three-masted schooner on the l4th
instant. at APO o'clock am, when
between Fire Island light and SHINE
cock, striking the steamer on the port
side Immediately under the dining
saloon, tearing large hole in her
side under the water.
GAIT. CoTTIER or THE OREGON
was below, the chief officer being in
charge on the bridge One of the ms-
sengers states that the hole was so
large that one could drive a horse and
wagon through il also, that wien the
vessels collided il sounded likethe re-
mort Of an ordinary cannon. Inc boats
were. after some difficulty, manned,
and lowered into the water The la.
dies were first got into thetboats and
transferred tO pilot boat No. | | and the
schooner Fannie A. Gorham, Capt.
lfaboHey, from Jacksonvile for Boston.
From TO II O'Clock a.m.the work of
transferring the passengers was pro-
ceeded with. All were transferred in
safety, not a single life yeing lost. At
1915 o'clock pm. theyMere all safely
transferred again 10 thGsteamer Fulda,
which, owing to the stlte of the tide,
was obliged 10 anchorht Sandy Hook
at 6:25 o'clock pm. Capt. Cottier was
the last man TO leave he ship.
THE STEAMER bREGoN
was built by John Eldr & Co. at elias
gov for the Guion Line, and was
launched June 81, 1888. She arrived
here on the initial trihon October IA,
1883, making the run from Queens.
town 10 New York il seven DAYS,
eight hours and thirty\minutes. AT
that time she was the most magnifi-
cent, most powerful nndfastest Of the
Transatlantic vessels, with the ex-
ceution OF the Etruiia VI the same
line. She retained record for the
fastest speed. In AuguA, 1884, she
made the run from Queenstown to
New York in six days nin4hours and
forty-two minutes thisS Ahing nearly
twenty-four hours shbrbA than her
first trip, and the mstgk then on
record. On her return tripN Queens.
town she made the run ih six DAYS,
eleven hours andnine minuhs. The
dimensions OF the Oregon were, 500
feet in length "a feet breadth of
beam, 40a feet depth of hold and 1850
tons gross Measurement. She was
built of irop, with nine transverse
watefatight bulkheads, five iron decks
and strong turtle-baek deck forward
and aft rs aprotection from the heavy
seas. She was fitted TO accommodate
$40 saloon, 90 second-cabin and 1000
steerdpe passengers. The fittings of
the Oregon were unusually tine. The
grand saloon, capable of dining the
wholepf the $40 cabin passengers, was
placed in the fore part of the vessel,
and was laid with n parquetrg floor
The ceiling decorations were almost
exclusively confined to white and gold
The panels were of polished satin
wood, Tie pilasters of walnut, with
gilt capitals. The saloon measured
sixty-fSe by fiftylour feet, and was
nine feet in hight in the lowest part.
A Genital cupoH of handsome design,
twenty-five fec long and fifteen feet
wide. rose, TO A hight of twenty feet,
and gave Shrndant light and vcntila-
ton. The fate rooms were nearly all
fitted for ohlB two passengers--a most
desirable arrangement, that was APP
preciateJ bgs travellers. The ladies
drawih9roonl was on the upper deck,
and tHs deck extended nearly the
entire length and breadth of the YES
sell The qnoking-room was also on
the upper deck, forward of the en-
trantb TO the saloon, and the ship
throughout was lighted by the Edison
inctndesccnt electric Rshts
THE MOST sTRIElNa FEATURE
ogthe vessel was its enormous steam
idg power The engines were simple
N const uction and represented a ca
bacity greater than any before put on
I'm ocean steamship. Her boiler power
bwas CORES sondingly large, as may be
jpahzed from the fact that she burned
more than 300 tons of coal in each
twentv-ionr hours. The Oregon had
only been running abort a year, when
by a shrewd move on the part of the
Cuuard Line managers they secured
the transfer of that vessel from the
Onion Line to their company, A few
weeks ago the Cunard Line deter
mined to establish "Wednesday fast
line from Boston next month, and the
Oregon and Gallia, together with the
Bothnia and Scythia, were to be trans
ferred there.
THE TRIBuNES ACCOUNT
Thu TriJuue's account says; The
shocS o. the collision Immediately
awoke the sleeping passengers and
that portion OF the crew who were
having their watch below. The pass.
encer, at first were thrown into great
confusion. but the calmness of the
officers and toe lact that the day was
inst beginning 70 break over tran
mil sea reassUfcd them At the time
Inc collision look place p lot boat No.
II WAS ab6Ut TO put pilot on board,
and tie sEhooner Fannie A. German
of Boston was passing near. These
immediately bore down TO the scene
and IA 'by, ready to offer assistance
An examination Of the Oregon showed
thar She had two holes in her port
sides below the water line, rs if the
schooner had rebounded from the first
hlo~ and then struck the steamer a
scgoud time. All efforts to stop the