The morning call., 1894-05-12

about the deck. l could have had one my
sell if I had wanted it,"
Third Officer Ryfkogel took the witness
in hand here
ado you think it possible, captain" be
asked ''for vessel TO run through kelp
like that for ten minutes without the engi-
neer noticing it?"
"Yes, think it possible. The kelp is in
punches there. and. with a smooth sea, it
was quite possible.
The second officer. Philip q. Ward. was
the man relieved by third officer Ryfko-
gel, about O'Clock in the evening. He
was below when the ship stranded. He
was one of the survivors taken out of the
rigging by Captain McGinn. unconscious.
1--WE changed the course off Blancas and
got northwest quarter north," said the
second officer, and to the question of In
spectOr Talbot, De you know how much
the compass is out?' he replied, Only by
| hearsay. l understood that our course
was very near true polar course. l never
! had occasion to study it out, and don't
know what the deviation is. We steered
northwest quarter north from B!ancas to
Point Sur"
"Have you ever had to haul the vessel
ont any on that course ?''
Sometimes we might have done so on
account of wind or sea, or even run inside
of it little. but 1 always understood that
on straight course northwest quarter
north is the course
Charles Roth, passenger who had got
off in the last beat, stated that the captai n
was very excited and that Captain Nc
CHM was the only one who did any decent
work. 1t was more than half an hour
from the time the ship struck until she
sank. Mr.. Roth does not speak much
English and caused considerable amuse-
ment when in describing the ships sinking
/ he said, Den she sink, und she sink. und
she sink, und den she drowned"
''rhe man at the wheel" from Blancas
to Point Sur was Anton Melo, who testi-
fed that he steered NV. "a n. He had
never known of having to haul out.except in
a southeast or southwest gale. When he
went to the wheel Sur was bearing NV
! y n. He kept the vessel on that bearing
until the steamer struck and never had the
light on the port bow. He didn't see any
kelp around at any time. He was one O.
the men that was left in the rigging ant
taken eff by McGinn's boat. There wa
no excitement among the officers.
ss''Are you positive that.when you took tn,
wheel the light was bearing NV. u n. p
asked CAPTAIN Leland.
"Quite positive" said the witness.
Chief Engineer Wallace said he had ruI
to the engine-room when the vessel struck
He found things in such a condition tina
he told the captain the only thing to d.
was to get out the boats. He denied tha
he had received orders from the captain Il
stay by the ship. He heard some one say
Go out to the Eureka" but he did not 60
w. Sanford, a plasterer of Pasadens
who occupied the cabin with Howell ant
TennysOn as a passenger, entered TO testif!
with his head encased in huge turban o.
linen and lint, the dressing Of the wound
he received on the night of the wreck. He
claimed that the confusion after the vesse
struck was frightfu.
The officers had lost their heads aud thu
captain was crying out. "Oh. my God, if
only had been on deck "Oh, my God
here is 100000 worth of cargo going tc
the bottom" Captain McGinu. the wit
ness said, took charge of the vessel when