The Portland daily press., 1895-07-27

deck himself most of the night and all
the morning. He first saw the steamer
four or five points off the port bow, and
about 200 yards distant. She was head
ing so that he judged she would clear the
schooner if she kept her course. He first
heard her whistle after he saw her She
blew one long blast and then three short
ones. He could see all her starboard side
at that time. He blew his own horn
twice after he saw the steamer and told
the helmsman to keep the schooner on
her course. The witness then related the
TACT OF the collision as previously stated.
When he saw the steamer bearing
straight for him after porting her helm,
he hailed her twice. The second time he
received the answer from the steamer,
We're going full speed astern. F" The
steamers stern struck the schooner at
about right angles, as near as he could
judge After the crew left the schooner
she came around ON the port tack and
then tipped over with her nasts under
water and her port side uppermost.
When witness first saw the steamer he
should say she was going about eight
miles an hour When she struck the
schooner he should think she was going
three miles an hour. just before that he
had put his wheel down, but she hadn't
come around for the sails were filed the
wind not having been shaken out of
them when the steamer struck. Just as
soon she went aboard the steamer wit
no hod
Gould, who said ''If you'd kept your
course I'd have cleared you Witness
replied 81 did keep my course. /" Then
Capt. Gould asked the value of the
schooner, and witness replied about $1,000
and that it was insured for less than
$1,000 Capt. Gould figured up the value
of the cargo as about s18 900. Each cap
tain said that he did not hear the fog
horn or whistle Of the other
Had the steamship kept her course wit
ness thought she would have passed in
front of the schooner by distance of
more than half her own length.
During the conversation between the
captains on the Louisburg after the colli-
sion, Capt. Gould said to the witness
that if he had starboarded his helm the
schooner would have run him down, and
his vessel was of much more value than
the schooner. The witness made no re-
ply.
Gross examined by Mr.. Dabney. He
had seen no other vessels that day before
the collision. Between and 6 O'Clock
that morning he had heard horn or a
whistle, which he thought came from a
steamer. He had two men aboard the
schooner who wanted to work their pas
sage to Halifax. He had never met
either of thom before
Between s and 10 o'clock that morning
witness was positive that he did not go
below. He had given strict orders to the
lookout to watch sharp and listen for fog
horns or whistles.
In the afternoon other witnesses for the
libellants were William E. Young, James
E. Decost and John Cameron of the Va
lorous, who corroborated Captain Morris
testimony, also William M. Davis of the
Portland Packing Company, who testi-
fed as to the cargo of canned Holsters.
Capt Horace w. Gould was the first
witness for the defense. His testimony
supported the statements of the answer,
as printed above in every particular. The
cross examination had very little effect
upon his testimony, as shown in the libel
and answer the statement of the two cap
tains are directly at variance. The wit
nesses who followed Capt. Gould were
Alex S. Robinson, second engineer, and
Charles A. Muggch, second mate. They
corroborated the testimony of Capt.
Gould in every particular
The testimony of the defense was not
all in when the session of the court
closed at clock. The case will be con-
tinued this morning at $50 o'clock.
Mr. Dabr ey Of Boston, counsel for the
defense, with Mr.. Hale, has rather an
unusual reputation as a successful lawyer
in admiralty cases.
Interested spectators in the court room
yesterday were Hon. Charles E. .Littlefield
and Col William H. Fogler of Rockland.