Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-06

our efforts IN getting the boats loaded
ana lowered accordingly met With h
great deal Of difficulty
My place was In one Of the boats,
ana but FOR the stupidity ana knaNery
OF a sailor | would have been there
This boat was lowered, and | ordered
The man In the bow not to cast off until
J gave the word, While was busy
helping the passengers OH this sailor
pushed off and left me. | saw this boat
after daylight She had eight people
aboard, and the sailor who had dts
obeyed my orders was directing her
movements They had rugged up q
blanket for sail and sailed by us with
good wind at their backs That sailor
had the audacity to wave his hand 20
us. He would not take us aboard, al
though there was plenty Of room for us
In the boat He sailed past us as lin-
pudently as you please, ana left as to
our fate out IN the middle Of the ocean
II ] ever had murder IN my heart ! had
It at that moment and during ine
succeeding thirty-six hours Of our dis
oomfiture and sufferlngs'
THE MAX BADLY DAMAGED,
San Francisco cal, Jan 6-The
French bark Max Capt Benoist, which
was In collision and sunk the steamer
Walla Walla, causing the loss OF about
forty lives and which was towed To THIS
port last night was badly damaged In
the accident Her jibboom made OF hol-
low steel, was broken and twisted, ana
the tip Of II trailed In the water on the
port side Of the vessel and at about q
right angle with the line of the hull
Her stem was twisted and great gap
ing holes had been torn In her bow
There was one almost at the water line
and another a few feet above. only
her water tight compartments kept her
from sinking,
The French vessel left Glasgow 100
days ago bound for this port, She was
In ballast and consigned to Frederick
Henry Her captain has had little TO
say regarding the disaster except that
his vessel was closely following the
rules of the road when the steamer
came under the bows Of his bark He
declared that the lights of the Max
were properly burning and displayed
and that the men OF his crew saw the
steamer for long time before the coli
lision He said
eve could think OF no reason why the
men on the steamer did not see us and
az the vessels approached we became
anxious Then II was too late, The
steamer had tried TO cross our bows,
but had failed Just before the crash
came the steamer swung slightly to
port as though an effort was being
made too late The bark struck the
steamer almost amdships on the port
side. For a moment they hung togeth-
er and then drlfted apart. our vessel
was 80 badly damaged that we Thought
she would sink and under the clrcum-
stances we had all we could do to take
care of ourselves. BY daylight we had
beaten well out toward the sea and
were safe from the breakers but our
vessel was to a great measure 'lnrnan-
ageable
"On Saturday morning we acc%ed a
tow from the steam schooner Acme
which later was aided by the cutter
McCull0ch,'
The captain added that he Thought
the lookout on the Walla Walla was
intoxicated but this charge is emphat-
ically denied by Capt Hall Of that YES
sci, who says there were three men on
watch at the time, Second OFFICER Le
Chavalier Of the Max told substantially
the same story as the captain