The evening world., 1894-06-27

viz lNlCOl, ana not hnOW HoW many
she was entitled to carry. nor was tolc
by any one"
did you carry any liquor. on .boardT.
Yes. The Club took on board ii,
G poS S seer 81 es a8af wss sod for
benefit of the Club Only two kegs wer,
emptied when the tug went down; i die
not see any drunkenness among the pas
sengers.
II can't say that the crew or officers
Of the tug were intoxicated, but l saw
three buckets. of beer go into the pilot
house; cant say who drank Il TIM,
Capt. Hyde had refused to take a drink
with him and he gave him cigar. This
was In response to question which the
captain was permitted to ask him.
When asked why the passengers rar
to the port side of the vessel and there
by .precipitated the accident. Kirchnei
said:
III they had remained on the Other
side OF the boat they would have beer
washed overheard. The sea was break
ing over the left side. Of the vessel In bis
waves, and 1t looked dangerous for an,
one to be there"
Kirchner said in conclusion that his
arrangements with the Company fol
chartering the tug were made in writ
ing. but that he had lost the papers
Blnmes the Passengers.
Engineer Farrell testified that he
was licensed engineer of the first
class; and had been employed on thu
orders previous to the final one to slow
down Just before the vessel sank
The accident was caused, in his opin.
the port side. The boat took no water
on board to speak of. and 1t was not
necessary to run the pumps.
Fireman George Hochein ,corrobora'
ton that some of the passengers crowd
ed into the fire-room. He drove them
out, and then seeing danger ahead, rar
on deck with the engineer and cut loose
Capt. Hyde was recalled. He said
that the Nicol carried a metallic life
boat, a liferaft and. large boxful o
were scattered about the cabin. He
couldn't say how many.
Was the box containing the life
preserrvers locked or open?"
It was open. ! don't know that any OF
them were taken out by the crew OIL
passengers"
ming Of the life-boa or for the distribu
ton of the life-preserverss when, Yo'
saw that the vessel was In danger?"
mo, did not"
why not? 1t was your duty. WASH
We'll. there wasn't time to do any
you had time to warn the passenger,
to get over on the starboard side. didn'
you?"
Yes. yelled to them twice. The las
time. I cried out: For Gods sake. ge
on the other side of the boat"
You gave no orders to the crew.
Yes. ordered them to get the pas
sengers on the other side of the boat.
did not have time to do much Of any
thing else. The sinking Of the tug wa
running Of the passengers to the por
side of the boat.
II didn't think she had on board an,
more passengers than she could safel!
ordered we could have carried them with
out trouble"
You said that Pilot Kelly was will
you IN the pilot house. Was he engaged
to pilot the boat?"
Pilot Kelly Guset, Only.
No No; he came as my guest, and t
t tens me 5efauss my license did not
pilot,
Albert Harmon. a deck-hand on tn
Nicol. said he was in the pllot-hous
when the heavy seas were running, jus
previous to the catastrophe. He heart
the captain order the passengers to tn
starboard side of the vessel. He noticed
that some Of the passengers were intoxi
Gated. but did not see any Of the crev
In that condition. The passengers VIII,
were drunk did lot interfere with tn
crew.
Charles Richardson, Of Philadelphia,
passenger on the steamer Algonquin
VINO witnessed the struggles of the Nico
with the heavy seas just before she sank
was next called.
ExOnerates Captain and Crew.
II was in Boston yesterday when
read that the captain and crew Of tn
tug were held responsible for the dis
Of h.
catastrophe, l thought 1t my duty t,
In my opinion the vessel was HANDLED
as well as could be expected under tn
circumstances. / had been wat ching tn
Nicol and half a score of other tugs out
side the Hook for the previous half-hour
The weather was simply too rough 70
that kind of craft
Twice. while watching the Nicol,
saw huge seas tumbling over her bow
The man at the wheel seemed to max,
every effort to keep her nose before tn,
sea. Had he succeeded in doing so, al
would have been well, but the seas raj
so high that our vessel (the Algonquin
felt their force from tire to time"
The witness could not recollect ', hethe
any member of the crew or any of tn,
excursionists were the worse for drink.
Inspector Fairchild asked Capt. VIII
lam Reeves. of the Reeves Towing Com
pany. when he could have his witnesse.
present
MONDAY" replied the captain.
The Inspector accordingly adjourned
the inquiry until Monday morning at 10. 8
o'clock.