The evening world., 1894-06-27

! uid not see the inspectlon certincate OF
she was entitled to carry. nor was l told
by any one"
did you carry any liquor on board7'.
cases OF beer. one quart of whlskey and
400 pounds OF Ice. II was sold for the
benefit of the Club. Only two kegs were
emptied when the tug went down; did
not see any drunkenness among the pas
II can't say that the crew or officers
Of the tug were intoxicated. but l saw
house. l can't say who drank It"
Subsequently the witness said that
Capt. Hyde had refused to take drink
with him and he gave him cigar. This
was in response to question which the
captsin was permitted TO ask him.
When asked why the passengers ran
by .precipitated the accident. Kirchner
said:
III they had remained on the other
washed overheard. The sea was break
ing over the left side Of the vessel in big
waves. and it looked dangerous for any
one to be there"
Kirchner said in conclusion that his
arrangements with the Company for
chartering the tug were made in writ
Ing but that he had lost the papers.
BInmcs the Passengers.
Engineer Farrell testified that he
was a licensed engineer of the first
class, and had been employed on the
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.
ted Farrelrs story, and said in addl-
tion that some of the passengers crowd
ed into. the ire-room., He drove them
out and then seeing danger ahead. ran
on deck with the engineer and cut loose
Capt: Hyde was recalled. He said
that the Nicol carried metallic life
life-preservers.. a few life-preservers
were scattered about the cabin. He
couldn't gay how many. 49, no.
preservers locked or OPEN"
it was open. l don't know that any of
them were taken out by the crew or
Did you give any orders for the man
ming Of the life-boat or for the distribu-
tion OF the iifepresery;erss .n when you
why not? 1t was your duty. wasn't
NV, We'll. there wasn't time to do any
You had time to warn the passengers
to get over on the starboard side. didn't
Yes. yelled to them twice. The last
time l cried out: For Gods sake, get
on the other side Of the boat"
You gave no orders to the crew.
Yes. ! ordered them to get the pas
sensers on the other side of the boat.
did not have time to do much Of any
thing else. The sinking of the tug was
caused by. the heavy seas and by the
sde N the Se b bne passengers to the port
II didn't think she had on board any
more passengers than she could safely
ordered we could have Carried them with.
You said that Pilot Kelly was with
you IN the pilot.house. Was he engaged
to pilot the boat?"
Pilot Kelly n Guset, Only.
No; he. came as my guest, and to
tend beyond the Hook"
pilot?" ~ 60 0eep'ea
Albert Harmon, a deck-hand on the
Nlcol. said he was In the pilot house
when the heavy seas were running. just
previous to the catastrophe. He heard
starboard side OF the vessel He noticed
that some OF the passengers were intoxi-
Gated Ca but did not see any Of the crew
crew.
Charles Richardson, OF PHILADELPHIA a
passenger on the steamer ALGONQUIN,
who witnessed the struggles of the Nicoi
with the heavy seas just before she sank
was next called.
Exonerntes Captain and Crew.
II was in Boston yesterday when I
read that the captain and crew Of the
tug were held responsible for the dis
aster," said he. AS witness OF the
catastrophe. I thought It my duty to
come on here and give my testimony.
I'm my opinion the vessel was handled
rs well as could be expected under the
circumstances. had been watching the
Nicol and half a score OF other tugs out
side the Hook for the previous half-hour
The weather was simply too rough for
that kind OF craft
Twice. while watching the Nicol, I
saw huge seas tumbing over her bow
The man at the wheel seemed to make
every effort to keep her nose before the
sea. Had he succeeded in doing so, all
would have been well. but the seas ran
SO high that our vessel (the AlgonQuin)
felt their force from tine to time"
The witness could not recollect whether
any member of the crew or any OF the
eXcursionists were the worse for drink
INSPECTOR Fairchild asked Capt Will
lam Reeves. OF the Reeves Towing Com
pany, when he could have his witnesses
present.
Monday" replied the captain.
The Inspector accordingly adjourned
the inquiry until Monday morning at 10 30
O'clock