Year: 1876

furniture which passed up from the saloon
lieve the pressure Mrs Garner and Miss Hunter
This continued until we all three washed away.


ruoRwALD PuRGEssxS,
the quarermaster OF the Mohawk the first witness
summoned. He testified as follows:-


My real name Thorwad Furgessen, but l am
commonly called Thomas Thompson; was quarter
master the Mohawk at the time of the disaster;
the weather dark and cloudy; topsails and jibs
set; the main and fore sheets fiat AFT; let
60 tho maingantopsail halyards without orders; l
trying to get the foreshee but ailed the deck
kceled over and covered with water; lost my
footing and swan; made my way into the cabin and
found Commodore Garner trying to his wife, who
jammed ana who could not move the main.
sail. forcsail jbs and gahtopsails set when the
accident occurred; don't know whether the jlbs
set before tho anchor broken from the
ground when she righted after first careenng heard
orders given.


Captain Rowland, who frequently interrupted and
cross examined the witness, wanted to know where
the witness At that time


witness-I was going forward TO tell them to draw
away jiba


Captain Rowland-who told you to 90 forwards


Wtness-You had previously told me 70 60 forward
when they did not hear; got order to let 60 main
top hayards the first thing let go was the mantop
sail; 1 came forward to tell them to let 60.


Captain Rowland-Did you think was frightened?
wtncss-I don't know; at tho time the second
gust struck the yacht trying to get at the fore
sheets.


mainsheet 60


TO Juror-The captain gave orders to hcave anchor
and set sails; heaving anchor when she first
keelcd.


Coroner-Coud you have done anything TO save the
vessel IL orders had been givens


Wtness-Yes


Coroner-Were any orders givsnf


Wilness-None that heard


The captain cross-examined Witness but elected no
features or facts


The latter further stated addition that the
duty of the sailors to do all they can, without orders
to save the vessel; he heard orders given by the
captain lower the nainsal had tho captain lowered
tho mansa and put his helm up vessel he thought
might have been saved


FREDERICK PALM,


quartermaser gave testimony similar the statement
published in yesterdays HERALD. When the squall
awakened me, he said, heard tho captains order to
lower away the maintopsail The witness described
the position of tho vessel and the sails,
and said II the mainsail had been low
cred the vessel would not have sunk; he
the captain make effort to life the vessel
give any order the crows the had instructions
never to do anything without the captains order.


To Captain Rowand-When she was FIRST struck
in the cockpit; went out and tried to slack away
the man sheet, but could reach it; II about
two m nutes from the tlme came deck until she
over; If you had given orders to lower away the
mainsa it would have been Of no use, there
time to do H.


boatswain of the Mohawk testified that It nearly
two p N. before tho mansaii hoisted; then they
set the maintopsail and hove in more anchor chain
while waiting for the captains New YORK.
the captain aboard little after hree the
topsail the port side; Mr. Garner little after
four and told the captain to get under way the anchor
was hove short, the wind west-southwest; the jibs
sot the captain gave the order to heave up;
when the anchor clear Of the bottom the cap
tain gave the order, "Draw away jbl" wo drew
jb and staysai also; the quarterm CRIED keep
sheet TO windward;' We then began heaving up tho
anchor, when tho captain ordered, 'Draw away stay
sail;' this complied with she went over, ell
sails being set ordered the to heave the anchor
quick, but tho vessel was so keeled over that they
could not heave the anchor the captain said, ''Lct
go the topsail halyards" at tho time that
dered the manning OF the capstan the centre board
thirds down, and think the strong pressure
of the tide side and the wind on the sails
the other was tho caus> of tho accident; AZ the





more wind than usual; got the anchor up and
were under way when called to the captain to look
for a brig; she mad little headway she lufIed
little; think the anchor three four fathoms
clear the bottom when by the sluall;
IL not dangerous weather to get under way but
lay at anchor with sails set II the main sheet
had been sackod Off IN time the vessel would have
been saved; there scarcely time u do it; It was
about two minutes from the time the squall from the
northwest struck her until she went over, and
minute before she became unmanageabe.


To the Coronor-I think the captain was competent;
at least Mr. Garner trusted him. do not think that
any censurabc


r. H. coMsTocK,


captain Of the yacht Phantom said "we lay close by;
when tho squall first struck was below; had our
mainsail and forsa set the Mohawk had her mainsal
and oresail and all her topsails set; when got on
deck the Mohawk was pretty well down; then she be-
gan to settle, and remarked that the Mohawk
capsizng; we oegan to lower boats immediately to aid
in the rescuc may have said that she ought not
have hoisted her jibs until the squall struck; If
did not make this remark at the time | certainly
thought so I should not under such circumstan-
ces, have hoisted either gar topsa or jbs


To a juror-The weather such that would not
get under way unless ordered, and then would sug.
gest delay until tho weather cleared; had my owner
ordered at that time get under way should ask
permission to wait until tho squall passed or indeed
was about to get under way the time; do not
think that this squa any than others had
that day


wILLrAx ). cARLx, DIVER,
testified that he found Mrs Garner sitting sofa
the port side the lead ballast had shifted
piled her up high the sofa; by shifting the
ballast hc got her free this took him nearly hours
there wooden debris against her as well he
found tho cabin hoy on the port side aft, the
companion stairway. in standing position; Mss
Hunter found aft OF Mrs Garner beneath the sofa
In the main saloon; there weights upon her;
he found Mr. Garner the starboard nearly opposite
his wife; he under Sofa also; witness has
been abc To Mr.. Thorne's body had searched
every place and failed find it yet it may be still
ycssel all tho ballast has SHIFTED floor bad