Evening journal., 1889-04-15
APlLOT BOAT CUT DOWN.
The Bateman Sunk by the Sue
via OFF Nantucket.
ONE PlloT AND THE COOK LOST.

A Thick Fog Prevailed At the Time and
tbe Listie craft was Not seen Until II
was Too Late--ssatement OF one o. the
Survivors.
NEW YoRK, April -. The German steam
ship suevia OF ths Ham, urg line, which ar
rived rt quarantine lasg night hal on board
a portion Of the crew 81 the pilot boat Com
modore Bateman, 10 u, which LETT Newport
on Tuesday last. The Bttanan was run into
and sunk by the Saavia on Saturday mora
ing at about 1880 O'clock OIL the Georgia
banls, Nantucket, about $40 miles from
Sandy Hook
a thick fog prevailed, the officers Of the
steamship say, and the Blteman was under
short sail, heading east-southeast, when the
sueYia bore down uaon her. The officers on
the bridge failed to discover the pilot boat,
they say, until h was too late to avoid coli
lision. AS soon as the mast of the Bateman
was seen tha engines Of tue steamship were
reversed, but 10 lttle purpose.
The bow crashed into the port quarter Of
the pilot boat cutting through the timbars
below the water line The pilot boat filled
rapidly aud began to sink The officers Of
the Sueya quickly had beat lowered, and
when the boat reached the pilot boat the lat
ter was disappearing, and the crew were
struggling in the water and clinging to the
wreckage.
Seven men were picked up, while two were
lost One Of the latter was James Handran,
flls n
lived in Brooklyn. He IS supposed t. have
been struck and stunned by falling spars, as
he was not seen in the water by any Of bis
shipmates
The other man who was lost was n cook on
the Bateman, and his name was Harry Hal-
ford This was his first trip to sea ON the
Bateman.
Pilot John Phelan was seen last night hy q
reporter He said thnt the steamers whistle
was first heard bat three minutes before the
collision came moment later the steamer
loomed up through the thick fog not 200 feet
away The Suevia was bound due west and
the pilotboat east southwest
The Bateman had no wind 70 carry her oui
Of the approaching danger She fred a gun
but before the smoke cleared away the bow
Of the steamer crashed into her port side
striking her aft Of the main rigging Thl
men were thrown into the water but il
about ten minutes they wore all picked NJ
by the Susvia's boats, except Handrau ans
Haiford
Capt Pholan thinks the missing msn mus
have been struck by the falling mast Th
Bateman filed and went down in few min
utes.
All Of the rescued men wore more or le.
l in niured by the collision Boatkaeper Mad
gan had his collar bone broken, and one
the seamen suffered fracture 0f the arm
The rescued men are; Pslots John Phelar
Bernard Brady, L. Devlin, Charles Samso
and Eben Turnure; Boatkeeper Cornelius {
Madigan and Saamen Julius jacobson, Ere
Nielsen, j. Robinson and Charles Peel
The pilots Of the Bateman expressed thanl
to Capt Ludwig and his officers and ere
for using every effort in their power % say
life, as well as to save the pilot boat, and Il
their kindness in furnishing the rescued me
with proper clothes and medicines. Boa
were lowered and life preseryers were throw
overheard, and, in the opinion Of the plot
all were saved that were not injured BY fal
ing spars.
The Commodore Bateman was new boa
having been launched in August last TO tab
the place Of the pilot boat Phantom No. /
which was lost, with her entire crew, in Ii
blizzard of March II, 1888 The Batema
cost $1,000, and was owned jointly by Pilot
Edward Hanlon, Bernard Brady, John PHI
Ian and two others. She was insured.