The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-10
MR.. GARRETT'S DEATH.
No NEWS Of HIS BODY YET RE-
CEIVED.
Statement Of Captain Wheeler OF the
Joppa Clean Blamed for the Ac-
oident-she Changes Her Course Too
Suddenly to Avoid The Collision.

BALTIMORE, June 9--No news of the
recovery of the body Of T. Harrison Gar
reti has yet been received.
A statement from Captain Wheeler OF
The steamer Joppa, which ran into and
sunk the yacht, Clean, was obtained this
morning on the arrival Of his vessel At
Baltimore. lie says Jus, before the
accident ] was in the saloon aft. heard
two whistles, and in about a minute two
more, short and quick. then started
for the pilo'house and got about to the
forward stairway when | heard the bells
ring, with Jingle. 10 stop and back full
speei.. Before / got out of the forward
door we had struck In seven minutes
We had one b6art lowered. locked over
the bow and asked if the yacht was sink
ing. The reply came from several voices,
yes ! told the people on the yacht to
come aboard of the Joppa, and several OF
them did So We laid by the yacht and
took them all of They had one OF their
boats to the yachts stern aiding in TAX
ing off the people We remained in the
vicinity looking for the body until 1870 a.
M Friday. Somebody said there was a
cry for help near our stern before We got
our boat out, but did not hear the voice
myself"
PUTTING THE BLAME On THE CLEAN.
Captain Phillips, the Joppa's pilot,
said: IL saw the Yacht when she was
about mile of She was going rapidly.
We blew twice, and then the yacht an
swered with the same signal She kept
advancing, and We blew twice again, and
she answered with one blast and went to-
ward the eastward, shutting in her green
light and sh wing her red. When
heard her single whsle ! rang the bells
- stop and back Then came the col
li,ion. I did not see ANYBODY on her
deck when she stuck. was in the
pilol-house, and was running the .ioppa
At tie time The yacht changed her
course when not 100 yards from Us, too
late for Us to avoid the collision. The
yacLtwas making about fifteen or sixteen
miles an hour. When the crash came
She stuck 10 Us until We backed away.
and then she drifled 10 the eastward.
did not see Mr. Garrett. II the yacht
had kept her course We would have passed
each other about ljtio 200 yards apart
Mr. HAIRY Taylor, one of the Joppa's
passengers, says that the JOppa, upon
sighting the yacht, blew two whistles
which were not answered, and after d
lapse of several minutes two more blasts
were given from the steamer. This time
the yacht whisiled once, and apparently
everything was all right. Suddenly
however when the Clean was within a
eew hundred yards OF the Joppa the
yacht changed her course, and ran direct
" in front of the steamers bow. The
Joppa's engines were reversed, but the
coll sion was then unavoidable Chief
| Engineer Lowell Of the Clean, says that
both the Joppa and CLEAN were on their
legitimate course the Clean showing hel
red light and the steamer her green ."
heard one whistle sound from the Clean
which was for the approaching steamer
To pass on the Cleans port side; thi-
was answered by two from the steamer
ANA before il takes time TO tell il, the
steamer, which proved to be The JOppa
crashed into the port side OF The yacht.