Year: 1876




REASONS FOR THINKING THE ADRIATIo coI.


LIDED WITH HER-rHK STATEMENT OF HEn


OWNERS AND OF MEMBER oF THE STEAM


ERs CREW.


The story Of the Harvest Queen disaster continues to
excite much attention There is now no doubt in
the mind OF Mr. Lamson, OF the nrm OF @. H Mar
shall Co.. owners Of the missing craft, that she
run into and sunk by the Adratic though the officers
of the steamer fatty deny that anything of the kind
occurred The latter admit however that they nearly
colded with vessel in the Irish Channel on the
morning OF the Slst ut but hold that but little dam
age was done her, and that the unknown ship sailed
away without asking for assistance Nothing further
Is expected to be heard by the owners of the mis-
sing ship unless, Of course, something more is found
which will be additional creumstantal evidence Of
her fate They fix the time and probable where
abous In the Irish Channel OF the vessel so clearly az
the point where the Adriatc had her 'triAng, ex-
perence that there is chance Of any other suppo-
ston than that the latter met the former If she
did not cut her down and drown all on board
They do not believe that she and the lost Cape
Comorin could have been in collision as the date OF
the latter leaving Liverpool and the Harvest Queen
departing for Queenstown were so far apart 1t il
deemed impossible. All that is known OF the Capo
Comorn in New York is that she was an iron ship OF
about 200 tons, and commanded oy captain
On December 20 the following news was puohshed In
the London journals r


Captain Cruise, Of the steam-tug Great Emperor.
reports having towed out the Cape Comorn hence Tor
Bombay and left her at half-past one T. NJ on tno
26th inst six miles south-southwest OF Tuskar. Wnd
southwest; fresh breeze"


'-' ,IrvERpoo1 Jan. Z, 1876.


'The English ship Cape Couprin which left this port
a few days ago for Bombay has been wrecked on the
Irish coast The crew numbered twenty eight some
of whom drowned "


The friends OF the White Star line on the other hand,
claim that as both the Harvest Queen and Cape Com
orn wrecked on or near the Irish coast there ~
chance OF the two having come together after tho
Adrac accident That is say they hold that thera
being strong breeze blowing directly up the Channel
against the Cape Comorn, she may have mot the miss
ing Queen There is but little probability of this, how
ever the strongest point that bears against II s
that in the report OF the wreck Of the Comorn no mon
ton ia made OF a collision. Mr. Lamson fails to
that any attention should be given this phase Of the
case.


CAPTAIN JENNINGS REPORT.


The Adriatc sailed early yesterday morning for Liv-
erpoo but on Friday evening there held on board
oOlsaon ihVTSssa,on our.s All .he & ocers @
transpred but it is alleged that full understanding
to the character of the report to be made to the Board
OF Trade and other English authorities then deter
mined upon. That this meeting held there be
no doubt An investigation in Liverpool will of course
clearly bring these and other facts difficult to
reconcile and it is to be hoped the result will be the
complete exoneraton Of Captain Jennings and his fell
low oficersnrom all blame. Mr.. Cortis yesterday re-

attic her late trip one George A. Davis, wherein he
denies that any collision occurred and is willing to tes
tify fact On the other hand the following mis-
sive was yesterday received at the HERALD Office
which gives the views Of another sailor Of the Adratics
crew upon the alleged collisioh:-


A SAILORS ACCOUNT.


STEAMSHIP ADRfAmc, NEW YORK, Jan. IA, 1876
To THE EDITOR THE HKRALD:--


On the last passage from Liverpool the watch below
was awakened by the steamer running into a ship on
Hoyne Heads of Ireland. The watch got on deck
possible without being called. The steamers
full I chi
with fore aud mantopgallant sails set, showing her
green side lght the steamers engines were kept re-
versed until she was about one mile from the disabled
Ship perhaps little more; hands cut Nos and
boats lashng ready Tor aunching second officer or
dered the boatswain to let everything stand for he was
going forward TO look at the disabled shp six bells
struck and directly after cries Of help were heard from
several voices in the water the starboard side; all
hands for Nos and boats, as the order was
then given to lower them. Ten minutes
more passed before No. in the water, owing
TO its being the weather boat and as fast as all hands
could swing II outboard the motion Of the steamer
would again swing II in During this interval the
steamer was moving ahead; of the time the engines
moving in this way l am not certain, but the
starboard beam soon lost astern the
used night signal patent lights to burn on
the water, lie belts buoys, and yet an armful
thrown overheard with patent night light might have
saved many lives, for the ship large one bound
eastward, up Channel Then the boats would have
known exactly where to pull they went as far, per-
haps, as twice the length Of the steamer which was
still moving ahead all the while. When gone less than
an hour green light burned deck for their
return, and doing these hosted up when the
Adriatic proceeded her passage TO this port
Before lost sight of the disabled ship one oil the
seamen spoke to the chief officer saying that the light
settling down in the water. The chefs reply was
'It's of your business; mind your own affairs. "
The said Soon the light disappeared
These things saw What learned from the man
the lookout that the disabled ship hailed the
in English but received answer, and when the ship
first sighted her light from one to two points
the steamers starboard bow. There we're three
seapen on the lookout at the time two Of whom are
still on board has left her The wind was on the
steamers port bow at the time, blowing fresh from
west to southwest The writer be found If wanted
Respectfully ONE OF THE ADRIATIC'S CREW.