The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-07

Did the wind blow in steady violence or sud-
den squall?
Heavy squalls.
Was II during one of these heavy squalls that
she took the list?
Yes.
When the gale first came on did the ship
seem tender?
No.
When she rolled in the trough of the sea did
she recover herself properly?
Yes.
What do you attribute this disaster to?
To the heavy weather and heavy swell and
wind.
Do you know of any reason to cause the cargo
OF the ship to shift?
No.
Was there any after sail put on the shipY
No.
Did the captain seem nervous?
No.
From anything you saw of the captain did
he seem to think that the ship was in danger
Gus position?
From the manner in which the ship be-
haved did you think she was in dangerous
position?
1 did not think there was any danger until
the last couple of minutes when she gave the
last final list.
Was this after the unusually heavy swell?
Yes.
Did she roll with the swell or after the swell
had left her?
She rolled with the swell and filled her main
deck on the starboard side with water and did
not have time to recover herself before the
second swell came and pinned her down,
showed her over hard, and the third swell that
came showed her down.
Were these swells in quick succession?
Yes, they were in quick succession.
Could the officers of the ship have done any
thing to save life?
Do you know if any boats were actually
lowered?
There were two boats in the water, No. and
No. z, on the port SIDE
To what part of the ship did they belong?
Forward. One was abaft the fore rigging
and one abreast of the saloon.
What experience have you had at sea?
Thirteen years last April.
In what capacity have you worked on board?
Ordinary seaman, able seaman on board
sailing ships for seven years.
How long have you been sailing on the
steamers of this company?
About six years.
How many vessels of this company have you
sailed in?
Five.
vi WddtIOutcs nave YOU SdlleQ III the racine
Mail?
Quartermaster on the Manzanillo route and
all the rest of the time between here and
Panama.
How did this vessel compare with the other
ships of this company as to her action?
Just about the same.
Was there nothing unusual?
Nothing whatever.
We're these boats you speak of washed out of
the davits?
They must have been lowered at the time
jumped off the ship into the sea. 1 was in the
water about three minutes before l saw any
boats. Then saw two of them-seven men in
| one, and in half an hour after the ship sank
squall blew the boat out of the water and cap
sized her.
Give an illustration of the violence of the
wind.
I saw the wind pitch the Lighthouses and
| hurl them in the air.
What were the last vessels you saw after
| leaving Manzanillo?
| Except three schooners the San Juan was
| the first.
| When did you pass the three schooners?
AT $50 Sunday evening, May 26, an hour
| and half after leaving ManZanillo,
| How long after the wreck did the squall SUBJ
| side?
| At 3 O'Clock, about three or four hours
| Shortly after the ship went down we had calm
! weather for half an hour, then we got squall
heavier than when the ship sank.
| In your experience as seaman have you
| ever been in a heavier squall?
| No.
In your experience on running on that route
did you ever go through similarexperience
/ before?
No. Nothing like it,
What boats did you see any people in?
No. and z.
| Did you see any one in No. z?
l saw two men and two women and the
| squall came up and turned the boat over six or
| seven times. (Signed) o. HANSEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
| day of June, 1895.
(Signed) GEO. T. KNOX Notary Public.