New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-03
AROUND RONC1DOR REEF.
TESTIMONY AS TO THE SHIFTING CUR
RENTS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES OF THE kEARSN''"N
RELATED EY WITNESSES BEFORE THE
cor.Rr or 1NorIRY-THE FLOW OF
THE SEA NOT TO DE-
RELIED rrON.

Tmnor,snt testimony regarding the warranty Oh
Caribbean sea currents WAS elected at yesterday
session OF the Court Of Inquiry INTO the loss VI
the Kearsarge. The first witness wdS Assistant
Surgeon Thomas &. craig, who testified that u"
oversight and hearing Of the lookOuts on the DAY
the Kearsarge went on the reef were eXce"e"',
Tho mon were Joseph Huyle. John +. Kaninah anu
f. r. Lawrence: al were apprentices Huyle VINO
was the lookout when tn" kearSdtSe s'ruoN' "''
sworn first. He gave the warning cry peio'e Il.
saw th. breakers. As soon as he heard th' h"'" VI
m. foam he cricl out "BreoScrs on the port DOW;
breakers ahead The word b. said. was passed.
and s,u WAS cl,wcl up. The snip was then aoou'
90 wards from the reef lie heard the order gwen
hard abort" but by that time the V"sS'i vas
fas; aground. Lieutenant Braindrd had i!S'i
him 20 keep a sharp lookout for breakers ''e
other two l,,kouts gave corroborltive testl' IT.
CAPTAIN Thomas Lockwood and First o'ic'r Ho'e'-
son. OF the steamer cry of Para. were % nave
been called yesterday but they sailed for colon r."
Gently and they Will probably be summoned 'o hp-
rr,r when the CRY Of Para comes into port IL -
expccicd that these witnesses would prove ''e
exlstcnc. Of currents not On the charts.
Lieutenant Charles r. Forse. the executive oih''F
Of the Kearslree WAS then called by Julge-AdVo-
cat. Kelley lie said that the foresail had been
haulcd M before 6 p. m. February Tni. Was
done 50 that clear view couii ne hii ri IL a.
opinion b. WIS useless 20 try 10 get me steiner OH
tn reef when sh" struck. even VIZ ~ ,'' ~
,,r, fl,rls .r,ris toward saving lives and prop
.rfy were, commented by On" oArCuiN" "lHc"i %.
Tho Judge Advocate then cA.l"! I'!"ut-ndh,,
Mailing the ordnance officer. Whlllng sNd I'M.
Ileutrnant Lyman had tod him that the horn'
end ~ Roucldor was dead ahead . ..r,.,
Il salI 20 him. continued tir "ith',,' ~"
w. can reach Roncldor hy daylight Ile san We
could suggested % him that II woun p' ~'la r. ~
get up steam as speed was iaIlnS on ne
navigator 0.rut"nlnt Lyman sIoh' 10 tnV IN
mnuler about getting up steam, ana u" IN m
manicr said DE would do 80 aiicr me = % ''''"
ol4.rvltlon took that observation 1890 81.
WAS there any particular r"ft IN why YOU ION
~ asked Admiral GhcrIrl4 The witness '''' u''e
"Dli you feel any anxiety" continued the Al
ny ~. dll; after O'Clock"
"Reciis. OF tho whl,e-c,ps ~ not think the
breakers could Joe seen further away imam TWO u
While ~ coon the witness had spoken about me
VIII, tod him that during the night and up 10 ;
o'clock In the rr'rn!ug ~" currents were 10 '"'
northwIrl. ana after tnat io me S'u'h am 'dSl,
Lieutenant nm T.. Roller. VINO j. now ''''n
With the I.lulUm.ut l;urrau 30 fh" Navy Department
ami vho was formerly tho NAVIGATOR on the hciS'rt.
when an. crl!s-,l through ~" Caribbean SCI ana
~ the currents u that region, ana ne "Npr'Ssrl w"
opinion that they w~r" noi % be relied upon, ne
had encountered current travelling IN on" dlrr'
fon and again. under exactly IN" same cpndltloh7
had found the current be- in opposite direction
ON one occasion The kc1rStrHe hhd been driven "ut
OF the h1rbor OF colon hN "a norther. ana hl twenty
four hours she was carried 20 me cas- ana tn'h u,
ih.. west by current which should nave SCI
steadily IN one direction.
Lieutenant Gu-'lvus G. Hanus now stationed ar
the Navy Yard. is an expert on the caribbean Hti
corporat,l In the sailing orders now issued 10 tn
/ service the Government IT. clri'iordtrd IN
every detail The testimony Of Lieutenant NaNInS.
Court was then adjourned until this morning.