New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-21
OWNERS on THE RACK.
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- hundred ana nftE thousand dollars
~ And you tell me that YOU kept no p4rr,,,.,..
hooks? Al said J do not know Il the LEDGE
hSSHMany of the bills show the O. x. Of Capta,n
sesaiSk W5s a ID raat - Acapta Van
80 q a the bills 10 the company. ''
THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION
The certificate Of United states inspection was
.aritted in evidence. II certified that on Nav
1905 the General Slocum was IN good condi-
zion 10 carry twenty-five hundred passengers
ers that II had on board 1850 life preeervers
Mr. Balnaby submitted list-of the crew as
eeaed to the General Slocum and said he pre-
srr,ed al were aboard on nc trip which ended
Nth her destruction.
Nr -lcManus for the steamboat oonpanv
sized Mr. Barnaby 10 tell OF the Instructions
- gave Captain Pease al the opening OF the
ssason Captain Pease told him. witness said.
.bs socur not popular rs she ought 10
), and he would like 20 fix her up
% tol6 him" Mr.. Barnaby went on Ito INST
.re boat in first class condition and TO spare no
.r,e,se We spent $4,000 on repairs sue-
eested
The s!ocun'. he testified. was insured for
S-009a
lanes X. Atkinson. secretary of the Knicker-
hacker Company. testified he knew nothing
sbout the name General Slocum being written
N on bills for the Grand Republic lie did not
look et the bills. he said.
At recess Mr.. GarYan exhibited some OF the
bills which showed erasures. At the top of three
q tie bills. just below the FIRMS name had
been written in red ink, the words Grand Re
rublic" The entry il a small running hand
was faded TO a rudy brown and the paper
showed that an attempt had been made 10 oblit-
crate the entry.
no FIRE DRILL INSTRUCTION
the first witness at the afternoon session. He
testified that he received Sc - a week and board
He had served on sixteen steamers in 1903. He
detailed his duties a. deckhand
Were you ever instructed in any fire drin?"
asked Mr. Caravan.
No"
There were two frepipes on the lower or main
Deck he said. He told Of the fire as follows:
Twas going TO TIE forecastlei when the bartender
offered me drink OF beer ! vas Just taking il
when little boy ran up 10 me and said. Mister.
Q,-Where was the boat then? A-1he last place
: saw was the Blackwells Island light. l looked
and saw the smoke coming from the forward cabin
J ran down 10 the main deck never saw the
Ho1What Was in that forward cabin? A.-The
boxer whore the oil was kept for The lamps the
o-Ho1 was that room lighted A-By regu-
o@Was il kept lighted all the time? A-No.
ward and saw IRE burning in the locker There
was pile OF charcoal there. and ] dumped 1t GA
the flames. ! pulled for a piece OF canvas but it
wouldn't come, and called Mate Flanagan and
o,~What did you 90 when all four of you got
there? Al pulled my knife and cut away the
Q-Did you do anything 10 the FIRE? A.-Nothing
only cut away the hgse. The fire wouldn't let me
GLOW far was the hose you cut from the for
ward gangwey2 About thirty feet.
AYES
FIRE HOSE NEVER TRIED.
.Q-Ddd you ever send the water through that Are
use? A.-No, sir. rot before the fire.
u but If You take two hundred feet Of hose in a
aEty-fOot space il is bound TO kink and coil No
crowd Of women and children was great the
crew could not work / pulled down some lie
Q-Diid you lower the nfeboats? A-one was
OF ina crowd / saw the captain on the starbosrd
sice ,us standing there and shouting TO the people
Odd yog see any life RATS lowered Alt
WaS impossible 70 get through the crowd.
Q.-Was that new hose attached 10 the standpipe?
Al don't know anything about IL. A row Of
..e buckets freshly filed every morning. hung on
Coy ex-Judge Ditlenhoener)- there any
smoke? A.-There none.
9-W Vas there any one IN the locker? A--No.
hT 70 NJ, A-No they were al right.
best YOU couI5, Of me sI1 qic aor Te
was three hours IN the water.
SAYS LIFEBOAT FILLED. CAPSIZED. /
coakley said the one lifeboat. filed with wom-
en- and children, that they tried TO drop cap I
sized while they were lowering it. 1t might have 1
been twenty minutes. CoakIey said. from the /
tine ne left the hurricane deck. where he saw
the Blackwell's Island beacon, until he saw the |
Ere and smoke
DIG you ever light matches down IN that /
Foreroom or locker asked the coroner.
Why. certainly. when I wanted TO see"
Was the door shut open when you saw |
The smoke" asked Mr. Caravan.
1T was open
NEVER SAW FIRE DRILL ON SLOCUM. |
Thomas Collin. another member Of the crew.
vas the next witness. The day Of the acct
cent was his fifth day in the service OF the
Anickerbocker Steamboat Company. His
animation was follows:
,oIzwere you ever Instructed in any fire drill?
,e-Did you ever see a fire drill on the General
,Q-who had he nozzle Of the hose? Al don't
,e.Dtd you ever see water coming from the noz-
y " q that hose Al did , -, a.,
H. eid rot watch il. started 10 get down the
,ses-Did eny q them break? Al did not see
,2-wheTe dla you jump from the boat? A
,e-Were sou not picked up BY the Wade al One:
Ass pckec ul, The Wade picked me up. though
s-9G you help 10 lower the lifeboat: A.-No.
S-3d you sec II lowered? A.-No
,s.Do you know II one was lowered? A.-No,
,Io-.was The locker room kept open? Al never
'| II closed.
James Corcoran. n deckhand on the Slocum
~ Tie last three summers who followed Collin.
ssfeed with the other witnesses that there had
'sen 10 fire drill on The Slocum since she was
81 IN commission IL May. The hose was rolled