The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
lad BOAT LOWERED AT ONCE.
D,eCETT ACTED PROMPTLY AT
TER THE COLLISION.

,r.rronts Issued for Captains of
po,b Boats on the Charge OF
vonsInughter-Capt. DRggett Gave
popa in the Sum of SIO,OOO-Au-
o,,sta's Boat Rescued Nine Per-
,ons-ResponsibiIity Not Placed.
Auensta's Damage Not known.
Wow, York. oct. S1.-Capt. Henry C. Dag
,s,t OF The City of Augusta, when cues
Sored about the collision Of his vessel with
,bs Pennsylvania ferry boat Chicago, was
rsrv guarded in his talk.
He said that he could say nothing new
,b,ut any lights that had been shown or
ubistles that had been blown. Until he
had made his full report to the officers
of the line. he said, he could say but
pttle What he did say was this:
As soon as the collision occurred 1 gave
orders to First officer w. W. Jardella
TO lower lfeboat from the starboard
side. This he did quickly, and the boat
Was manned in a very short time.
I'VE had twenty-five passengers on
heard. and there was no panic among
them. They were nearly all asleep at the
time. and some of them did not know
that any accident had occurred until 1t
vas all over.
81 do not know how badly the steam
chip was damaged"
Saved Nine People.
Chief officer Jardella said:
at the orders of the captain, I had
the starboard lifeboat lowered without de-
hy Within a very few minutes after the
collision We We're rowing around picking
persons out of the water. We dragged
cut n.ne in all, and Of these two were wo-
men They were landed at the Pennsyl-
vania pier.
Il was SO anxious about saving lives
that I did not get the names of those we
took ashore. For long time afterward
We rowed around looking for Others
Il is not definitely known how many
passengers were on board the Chicago at
the time of the disaster, but the number
is variously estimated al from fifty to one
hundred One man. John Bryson. is
known 10 have been drowned. His body
was recovered. Fireman Vroom of the
Chicago is missing, and is thought to have
been caught in the stoke hole II is NOT
improbable that other lives were lost,
Warrants for Both Captains.
Coroner Bausch after a consultation
with the harbor police, decided to issue
warrants for the arrest of the captains
Of the steamship City of Augusta and the
ferry boat Chicago on the charge of man
Slaughter. The affidavits are signed bv
The police, and are based on the case Of
John Bryson, the driver OF the mail wagon
Who was drowned
capt. Daggett of the steamship Civ of
augusta, accompanied by Counsel. an
Fared before the coroner, and was held
III III $I0M bail, which was furnished by
supt. Lefevre If the Savannah line.
me reports of Capt Durham of the
Cheago' and of Capt, Daggett, were flle5
W''h me local board of steamboat inspec-
tors this afternoon. Capt Petrie of the
,o'Iu' refused to make the reports pub
ny uuul ne had finished investigating.
Mail Matter Found.
Work on the sunken ferry boat Chicaso
was stopped at 6 O'Clock tonight. Shortly
1'loIt 'hat hour the mail wagon that was
aooaId was raised. There were thirtv-four
ioucIes and siXty-six sacks of mail matter
i in lne wagon All were recovered. and II
ls lhoaght that no damage had been done
eAcep by water. The wagon with au the
Pouehes and sacks was sent to the most
once. ,l. The mail matter was from Wash
.ugIon' Baltimore, Philadelphia and scat
seIIns local points. 1t was said that the
lusl thlhg IN the morning efforts will be
mace to secure the silver aboard the