THE SURAT INQUIRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3396, 9 January 1874, Page 2

THE SURAT INQUIRY.

; ;;i January 8.,,, i ' Captain J<Aaaqft!a,eyidence waa f coatmueid; after weJwent to press as follows :—Previous” to anchoring-in Jackls the ahchprs were; op tW fdrecastle; head; add had been 'thele duying .the voyage. The. anchors could be p«it, pyerboard in. ten" minutes. There ' was' nothing obstructing the, getting at ,them, j>r ; to prevent - t th<g£ being got over the bow to. let them go. Tke .eahto was down ah : tie] Iqoker; and was : gbt pipe before .g<4hg Jjato liThck’s Bay. ' o^'w^Jti? r d four or sye as it wa^s’a Mtepfi' anchor* / We oyer the iioWs.; Is it not usual to makiag land?4-It is; but n tl windlass,! did hot consider- fyii i ciuse it would bp a nuisance to tie smgle passengers, yybp might tumble qWr thechain' cables during the night ini going; tb and from their compartment, and knowing that i if cquld be done in the course of half an holnr ,nqxt morning,. All the paasengers were: stfe}y on ‘ shore by IT a.in. Phi the-Ist., I les $£ vessel at about one 1 : o’clock, levying the |nd tw6 seamen ofa hdard| in; charge. The .mate correct” ihenr This was the' firsli ijitoe-Lhad epen him in a (drunken :stfte. A At the tune i; left,-/ the spas' were breaking through the stern wipdh A Th® seal * had . como“ ; agaihst theta and- brqke - ‘.the glass. / ,'J herd; was! nothing to Ptotegtfrthe glass, whiejß was of: very considerable u<thmknes», and which ’ was never intended tq bq-protected/' When: the vessel wap beached the water was-about .Infect fcom.the cqmbingkj'hbhut! LOit Gin. The cargo had heypr | it was mostly railway plant; but the passengers’ luggage wap (floating about, Thera was -no water , jn the .pasaeugerii’ compartment when beached, or when I ]left; to; he in .that wqujd ,have to be 'up to ai d’epth of I3fc. The passengers’: luggage "wak kept down in the lower hdld f ' -Wlidf effibts 1 they .had. with, them,in bundles ; no bixea where they resided. They were allowed tb get out their luggage about once every three wcoks j sometimes

'- V A oftener, the exception of two | my sextant, and, T; the seamen’ss Nothing tNavedj, Aft|r v ' were Idjid^d, hq; boats qatrte'. off 'to, attempt to save -tony ■ °f : A© toggage.s They! jfcere landed ?by' W aa and the/ reason I beheye why there -w»3 no attempt to; save anything watojkat they were; worn out, and pull.tofftob? often . 'backwatrdatond farwards?'- could?' be made the next day, id-consequence qfrthe roughness of the sea in 'part'of the day. During the night the mate tired blue lights and rccketa, and in the morning hoisted signals of distress; and about ten 0 clock it'-was sent off,"-in':charge ofrthe: which brought the mate ashore and the'two ‘seamen. The mate reported that there were IS inches of water upon the passepgers’ cleck: ’Tdid'nbt gG’ off to the -shipmyself. I took another; boat;/ and went off toj Jack’s'Bay for the-sick-women and children who .had been le£t ,th_ere, T I , did not send the second mate, as lie had'hurt bis leg in the last boat that he had alongside of the ship. There was no one else to send, and I’toqk theworcbof thp mate and the two, m;en, who wore reliable.' “Ifiid'hot get back' tb the vicinity of the wreck until next day. The passengers were landed without any clothing, beds; or-bedding,: rand n -without anything but the clothing they had on. They had all clothing opf but,some were better clad than others. I witatflto take you back to the time when the’ Vessel struck ; ;what was th O'conduct of-the At the time the vessel first struck there ‘whs 'consternation, throughout from.one end of the vessel to the other. Afterthefirst halfhour, when: we. found the vessel -was making -■ao water, and up to the time T landing, they behaved ..with, remarkable coolness. . they were orderly and obedient,’ and there wa,m,pqt-the, slightest trouble given to ms by, ajay, ope in. one way or,another; 'Uajj-' . taipi Johnson;; rihouire inib.yoar qwn individual cqhduct,’a(;' ; thia time r^herh' ; were you when the Vessel struck ?^&tfcihg ; at the head of the saloon table. Who had you with you, if anybody,' in the saloon ?- There were tfie, doctor ,and.Mr f Jsitt,.ope pf the qaloon passengers in the saloon at the tim s' A^ypne. else. ?—X Vhrep of ( ,'the r toSmed' hyans, apd Mrs ,hl?ininger. ( “^6 v -^e 7 eia^ i unless . the little: boy, -whgi. wai in, his oWh’ 1 fPPJi *tiwd the steward, was’; uTin I, bed/ - In fact, I was the only one withVthdwotaeh Li the Doctor and Mr Isitt standing bid Wi side, if I remember rightly. I was with the women. What were you doing?— Giving jthem a glass of ' winfe.’ l They asfcOa for it before I came into the cabin , because it was ;N ew Y ear’s Eve.< v’Jpjfat'was -aU that Jni‘ PW k v , J L ,hey e ßßei struck Stop, stop 1 | Had you be'ei bn deok' till ' five minutes of the time the shipstruok ? been on the poop till within twentyfive' minutes,' at’ tbeHodtside,the:time! lat which the vessel struck. Aftehiyoul left I Pi 00 P • deck ?—I stood talking to those ; females for about tail mitartes- They said; to me it a; ‘‘dV;NewiYeat’§Eve/?:and' I replied, “ Well, if you come into the cabin, I will give you a of i Win’e. ’?-f Tht‘ wjmen wenj; intb ! the-cabiu;> 4 ahd remained there with taetill the time the vessel struck Oid you have any wine with ,them'?r7-We were going to have the first glass when the vessel; struck.-' Ohe Of' theta- wanted a little gin; and the bcyVobk -at' Teastf-ten; minutes looking {fir'it: i t ‘ had soto^- in% my glass to take, and was waiting for the gin to come. Ihe ship struck-before I had time to take the whisky. I had had a glass of whisky aihce dinner atJ four. - One > °One only.- that Xiemember, but I believe thal after I cam* down off the poop I had another ode. When the vessel struck,’ ! immediately went;<on deck, and remained on the poop deck .for'a quarter of an hour. -At the expiration of that time 1 returned to the saloon. The ; salo’oif''was full,'and! endeavored-topacify i all the passthgera. I really han’t: tell-kow long I remained below.. I was called by the mate to pacify-the young women, send how time passed for a while I cannot tell. I remained i£ different:.places below foi about an - hour. It is quite probable I mty V have, been on the qjoop two; or three timet! within' that hour. I gave "ho orders from! the poop, dgqlr time I was up and down on'the poop. deck, aHd ibelow.r I; wag prin,cipally-, i between the pumps and the poop, until 1 ! was told that the vessel was; making water. I was! most of my time bn the poop deck until the! vesselarriypd atJaijkjs Bay apd was,bpached.| I don’t suppose I was off a quarter' of anhour at ? auy em v f At„the time the; vessel was hove-jbo the second' mate was in! charge, and till ...twelve,.but., was ,at work atj the pumps. I took charge Of the poop deck ‘after dhe; ppmpß: ;^erer , .Thb officers pujpps. L The secopd, mate’s Vatch !vy as, from' 8 Vclobk ‘ till 12. ,- The first should haye 'been : Ijrbm : 12 to 4 had nqt £ ( taken., charge and tfre qpcpnd.mate at the^ttraiis! ,1 remained, in, charge from, -the, sfcnkmgj.tili .the beaching, qf tHeVeseelj The -fiili charge., The, .firsf; fmate. wahjpst turnibg into bed 7vh.cn the vessel pt r bck. ; ‘ feeep conversing with dqctdr! jßeen thenjin s,perfq^|y ; |qber state. I, ‘ jhlit attejahs jpmpad.up! in r his ' . sbirtTsleevt*.,,; Hq .the.fore yesseij, and ihqVpcond mate was on : dech attending . aft> '' W 1 first)saw himito takeVoticeipf him kftefr';the y*#selstrpck, hq,^a&as'isbher.aa liadi,I i adi , moment.:: • lYhep ,;wm ! it; you' tirs£ !! hbticed any.thing^rqng so 'yith. XfW .the iqugrboat out, about' when be told,,me the passengers- had ' taken the charge ,of the, longt>pa.t.out of hit hands. I gave him nothing,,to drink'. He 'had ;a bottle of gin*inkis ,own room; the 'brp.vious, dfuiik; bn f, thafc. When he dqld me the passengers o had; taken •*be lQng-.b<^/Qu&hti : he was a ’He 'thbn .went dqwn tqrnis qwn rqbnp". I gaVb hiitt'the- ; bottle of jgin ,thq; have .gpt drunk ,pn dhalf,’ ana ' have , i!! hb|n affeeted:y#h;the gers tßkiqg:-tha..boat(..ffbm him..""! Uid.you' - " drink a,py ;mqre that, evening after thb sruok? -1 did, gir.. , D6‘‘yon. object tb state drqnkj ypu heed'not say ifVbir : perfectly , ,\yprq |hqr% firbarhii about that evening in my poqket, .But?,.it j 1 : believe >■;,Mr f fielebam, the ; third, ?rbate, had; one* but , ; it was^- not -loaded, i I'/, don’t think any qf the pistols wbfe' l'6M*jd. I putjmy pistqi into ■,my- > I poqhet > 4fthr' the ship was-hoye-to- qut of my J pobket * once; bur I neyet) found it, necessary tq use ) ir. . I .presented it at siime men, blit 1 ! did pot present it: at gny, partifujar perioh. This yas after the vessel ivas bn the beach. 1 These men were crowding down to the hbatS io the exclusion of the women and, Children. The, pistol has a patent ca'rirxilge ifnd ngedslnb .caps,; ;J., did not; anap.it at. anyone.,- ! swear it came only^Vnqe,pulj‘ v qf.my‘ poqket, and that iyas yvhen the.ship was on the be ich.i I 1 told Qeorge the' jingle woman’s constable, bn'thait;opcasiop tpat f-' would thobt ahyohe ' whb ! to hoist ibhp, 'ensign withbht my orders. woihed were waving their shawls at thh>-time. You ; atoppetthat?—ldid not; I never interfered w;ith* the "women : iri one #ay or another.! t j ; . .did not . see , the chief mate have his Irevblver taken from hlm by bne'bf bMssamen, and I was ; not aww© that fact till some tjjae after,

Friday, January 9. \ Captain Johnson's evidence was continued qs follows :—I asked you yesterday where the ship struck, and you said you believed ( hj Chasland’s Mistake ?—Yea> v After you, j struck you squared your snip ofif the land for about lihreVqharters of; sm hour. I want to know in wHa|: jthe ship was going then ?—We varq staud’ing off about S.E. by s.—straight idff'dearlyiH X suppose we had . run about four or. fiye miles; we were under low catlvas tbenX'Supposing you struck nn Chasland’s Mistake, and had run the distance, and in the direction you say, where ought you have reached? About five miles, straight .das hove-to on the starboaroT tack. I cannot say” \vhat was the state of the ti 'e at the time. I did net ascertain the state of the -tide-aa l came-along the mirks upon my chart, were so, dTffereht"TKat' I could jiot underatatia "ii—ifc v was eleven in ode placejand $| icpAnother.r • jWas it not ofi tqe.'jitide WwVr%ill j, did-not thlpk,;of t itaj; e ;i |ime.” . .Doos ybur chart indicate that <$ th® coast ? markedoV if{s& *}w»^ii!fthr^gh x Foyqitf» Straits have previouk to the 1 vessel dhas-lind’s-Miatake. But J want you to speak’’ fftniiJycnw.owp not notice any current when we hove-toV n#>: didi’Jt fixlPn? Sny particular; pointjif, d&nd to! . .tike bearings from. 1 was busy at the time’ with'the: pumpsoand opa thing I! kept no look-out because theire "being nbthing to fear off thq;.M n Xjkae^ r the vessel was perfectly safe. To the bpst. ■’ of if smy nkb qy J edge) we remained h°r®.^3: for a-half hours, After. havjmg hy^ v^tp: . wa? HayligHt *b eriable yhat ybu’mad Abac “tb be'Waik'avh' 'fiarhbr ? j Yes.- 1 .made out the break in the land, 1 - " r to6k to be WaifcaTa,-Harbor. ; Jjyhbn/ * daylight gotuhofei . were •» {you cbl if farmed I, had then no doubt it was Waikava )fq»; .ajbout; i sevqn;.miles pff.?^Npt : at- . thedimeijl ;borq. ;^,., ' Xc 'was !abdut ; miles* ;io Si?, (Aiter .measuring;j''; Ift _ givnl twelve yoil ? ‘did%!; two hovel-td. p r-rN[p, f, ;r !ttfoWjybu tan five mires itf' a direfct line off l; dh^land^ r wtiit : fo. know, the; exact ( qistahce, jietwQed 'Whe’l% 0 yottihqye, fvbich in the t ,-mbrnmg VyoUt Whfh r <!dve; toiler distant in a ‘ direct-! fine idE •Msrborjcjn otHm jwofds' i About J ' f sixX a halt finiießif: j[ did not ascertain, after heaving-6b, f JWhich). iway,the-^vessel; -was -driEtihg, ,1 dcncluded:. jihfowqqid j,,- 1 didiot j my step 1 to agcertMqpat vVaV, ;-h3fti9g : ; ; >yre dritt 8f.;4? j vessel whea-boYedo atiqne ahE a-halrmilea .- ■ hour,, without taking' inW So s ■ Mhtt J kfipwitfa^Xb now;, 1 thara:paryeHt’'Betß in alotig.there j Rdt jkhek. ' 1 toade'&ny ipquinesf l ’X f not f 'wißh : to post mjiself up ixf; I , heyohd what I ■ Them the: j distafee' i bet.Wiseii'the : wherethe vesSeh i struck, .and. the point ' ybtf fou'fid hernat.dn ! the totornihg/ wasisix ahd ,^k-haff-7niiles ! liad onlydo be guided> by what l tooli to he ; Waikava harbor»!andfihe lea(J.! A But the •norhing daylight came. on;rapid[ly ,■ "and..- you hadi-the whole’line of: cqastfbefore you.u.ntil you made Gatlin’s river • and’ you' told us JM®?- ®9j}ffthat.you had no doubt about Wai'atol. dofibtfur abM ? the exact, , I bad gttoasi When the fourth ih’atr hbve'the - lead, it by'somfe other fouled,'and tHB Tint had'teffeb out in ahout^iliitty : ' T ‘ r % , A i fiaa auofchei;.Jitie, v bu^it ;i wpuld have taken tim*' If you Mjakrfiitve drifted six aid tf-hall hours?—-Thewessbl haVd alee' currant toward?/ you told mßjjyod. idid not, know-of any cur rent—Then there must have'been a mistake of .in me beariqgs (of thepntraoce.to Waikava harbor, or else there, was acdrrabt .qs.Vr-. If; s t|ie. tide /was. How-! mg there»„,wonm a / pne : knot Wfrent 1 against us j if ebbing, it 11 would carry ;-®vcr ! ai,^jl«wt„f..n > ea»> Waikava, ,luabqr ; Do ydu still f 1 .Aah.ore_off Uhaslaad’s miAtakO ?—f stiff ad- ■

here to that opinion; you were miftaketfwitli regard to yourposi-’ right in believing that the aatore on Chaslan^ajmistake, and that you were! seven miles direct abreast 'of -VPaikava har- ! ‘bbrln thfe-moroing-Tr-No ; tf thep W bpbilityi ß { that/L am,a U^le r r wropg a 8 to.Waikava har-i bor. The Dog Tsland hghir bohfd' be aeenl from my ship’s at a distance of! or two pouts on dw'^ift^dm^r'atl I on the diet, when we took bearings. I did not dicatf e'the : lead/uhtil abide titoa .after the vessel strhiSEC i jjbn-t) think it would have afforded some; ;olue toM the position in ydtiri veSsel ,j hakl i struck, if yoirhad ‘ *&** hove dead <rhhve; .not §hd slightest hive,' , X tbftuhet »••'•*!«* -fe>>:<*oj I' certainly' didi not; anticipate?; that, thiogi 'would havi? fearbeSi out a3,:they..haW v I did not inqiiire how the lead line foalpd/. ; noI 'have I'/.ddne" so'Singer,''lt 'is not usual fof J& &«1.thbagh hi’doehW'ar, a&det S- Clt l“g circnhibtaucps,- • Whs therein man at' the .'wheel from .M timb then vessel, tfcutik until sbe\#as beabhed? relie vede»<&;Otheif.' I cannot give the uhn’ft names; ::• s if&fa, _oach mabstays about, two hours at th£

~ “ w *y** ** vw “«* vnv auuio aii hQA ■wheel. I caution .you before I go any fop:WMIPK l ask you,.theßd and btWtoheltions in orderto', tesJt • your fcnbWlerfgb of. .what ftoek place aftei* the Vessel struck,—l •#ipVo'‘The^ffiaerS;6t‘.a>esaelial#ayß haVe ii#!l.: ss& 'fymr: 't-sam Moriib-r----an able seaman onboardr T bfeljbVeM'Wab it the wkeelpar^ toit. wai ittheWheel before 'MdrPis.topk it.There neyer was. any pep*. son away frpp the wheel/ Was nSrthe wheel neglected for,an interval before Morns .look ic I pm.< awpre<of, I cm' assure ypu. I have qeyer known a man to be away from the a» iMtrsct«4otb%t T^b r thnWa4oitf& took the Wb§el was nearly ..abopt' when 7 the steamer wa* passing | .yS?B ihay§ ? to}d ,me that y6u iweteUQ.charge,^,^he,.deck at.that, time i now I ask you if yon will, swear, thafthpre was someone at. the wheel " before 7 ®iirtiß took it7—l will not swear.-. It is ? a thingl I 1 have never known on board"fbr a inan toW away from the wheel (for, two -minutes. The vessel was sailing,, .and- when the steamer S reported to me I was down at the Damns 1 was hot on‘ the pobp deck. When the' ship hore away she wis going her {&* *°■ ™sW3Sr. crisw behaved; had yoa any fault to find with. : t fP&f-7?ts o ßf l.:'tbo 7r orders, .given L, me. were promptly all the J »- te‘d|je» >1 the port life-boat, which t^«U4ii2. my orders. The chief o^ber; iaimcW, tte foo&jgat;? %iy' !; wiß B^ft r 4v, /T He sapped; $4 abted, as : piohj during rae first part of the voyage;' ; bnt was JB*. nothing;, to r jh> With the working of- the ’ 'vessel, and tooLa turn at the wheel.’ When* tHß ! WsfelrUj? ? e W fft witH> sprained foot, and had' pew ooder toe debtor's two pp three

the 1' I Do at the lime th^Bteam%^Wl^/[ Bi rf or any other person askuigiyott:%hefe tbeammuuition was kept?-Mid nqfe.-'ft was not necessary for Isitt to ask anch a question because he knew where it was kept. I took the shin into Jack’s Bay without consulting anyone. I may have told Morris, if I met Km about 'thSt” doing so, but 1 had no ccmyeraqtionvwitk him about doing so. I hwi> f-saitra&ker named. ...Fox>. ..He did not take charge sonuriittlr titoe■^r^B-^?wd s *truete»=i I had no higleaaifdiDeothatheajailTOjiker, in consequence, or with-any person on-board—-0 * the ,l *' & ilmakerewhop >topk tfoyy sombnolelse.ro sucMhff &' ®h« W>J§^2gs boatsToJuti;{ bafcnot[to : did^^t^H»r*he~beßt”^f--B»y~4mewledße*miw .askme to .fi^%^ T< With;tbece«cept^ =5 °USSS V Mr-DiaiSoth^ jubthirikhwea tfMd fife fc}>bat ofi6f(ibfc thrr ship ashore. ask me &I ■ • sSkr.’S.?? c J tor aßfc ««bne if Iwonldput out , 'fclwl tHSffaßiieiWfcwr Amftffl ”? fc 1? the vesselbt fesaaaßa FSs^r^aS He mpy .-Jiave asked the 5 flMtot.’All flyo T „bOate Rwm nsejhop occaaibxu^ teL.«W , ® a her wide oif.the (Skid*; Hume s*s*l cahvas;; kadit was L - g ®r rs A- ■ -ft-y&oput iuofhe « haate did not interfere With ’the working of P& 8 * ot an£ complamts from thfe pumps. I learned he hadijfadeero flmle irikndnameAs3^a«jyg hNatwenty-fivo garg at »^j^d ;i .havfe"bbn -a mfitefr-belT ween eleven and twMJcC Ihave’blffiftgflS years with ff y^nrsssn t eraoloyers, and eight years dnd master. I bad f&fc beehimdodte'i the night jthe vessqkelimqkjsmce morning the yeasel IlWhs' p§fteotlv #hit't tyisahtJukiaaft j no objection to state 1 1 swearJ md not_ take more than iubniaskes fh OUM between t^ g - V , eßß y to*ftflNnd beaching her. My glSsssrbf^wfaiskyrtare—vciy wineni glass of half watecOßdlhS whisky take at n time.-- I could- not- take-awine* r f f w'hibky,i ihot ’ spirtd f 1 ate ?°S- ng , durin g “°Wfßg from, r p cloct“ tbafcrnijrkbdS tbree^thonext'afterapon^ at MnHaVttDftß' w dtfjfts the ' v eißel ! StrnbWHSJMi ? c u jumped wifet hferhoiStt™!!-'‘no J.'hMt%:faVr ,' T Mr.-Sto.ut>;, Thisi? esb&Tnr^er® after hearing the other evidencef, ■ribdiout/2 Tfag StpuTJiJthS that are necessary to be done, fsit p^B

voyage ?—No, it m iffiS! ollSled but: bhirls babk fKJhl'^hWl b;v«»§CT '^^SmSSssa^M -jtetegS^ <)f New Zealand (now^ptodtfc^^wiff^o y*-i&Ss3ti wrtSf’SJf'Wt 1 oaLtetir^raaS

Before . you ’ left fJaraOTfir examined hixd weleftiiQndouJdi^^^BTi^VOTß .yWexa^^ ui ,T^ r - d the 4J° u v Ues; -^mjm-S^Lt ,<#er *a&- tbebMk«& ‘ “Y#ii|t^%n jeu b^hM' tSrftaW &»!#»» 7 1q R*1 thpre lomv; J;wo.jmiS , gyai^gfe. by supposition; *

o’clock, suMOßing your pbaition“WM?gl}(Sgff correct—if, 1 say, is only night, I Buppose 22 yfifsS£iKoW f tM deort'We Bad a®v^ high-.pobp. havl'b&tf WeMo’winl for It watfVery'b!€ar^ere~thl L *light wds.and’ dark and cloudy wherp the land’tfaa: b-Tfte light shone brilliWtiy^ p<; ydhit‘ c c6ursb r WasE.E by,E. i„E. at ahbrtt^ allowance teftdeviation? liras in • bur favOr, Wad that ;the! def jsittori wben the Vessel wasjr;it: altered ■- Wf V' 3l V3ykge; 'did l ybtf takC^ f ,- l oßseryiit , idh‘ 10 mthr ; '& ? ‘'-Vibw vttfl during u tn^i“’course 'ybf ■'' the « £, ‘ Voyage; • K mrjWsitibh wisi4 corfeo6/'; ; aM ( ifct "ten: 0 clbcK yod^fotfn'd'jfdtfrieffi t b&'H’hbii-&bky^ai i ' Ch aMMd’s 1 %sat fcontse/did" 'yottmake. %dfeti33P. ■ the acttiHlf 1 the 4 WkhhA expected. YoWfea.' ■ee -and distinctly before dark as ~ 7^3<T-w^r eould see it lftd fronii&oJ c lpc^; ) ±o 9-20 nofc Jtnovfl was on an iimp i T Vas off Mnu ibW tvfp o a °d on again. Did ; ybu lbbk k ai the occaaidhßiry^S l^er tbAt ; thfe-lfikri : ab-th'e < Wlieeß «pt the course directed^—l saw the course. How do yptt hiake ojag northerly faJ. 1 “SB/fiffe f orltMat' in We. %{Mthe needle stuck;*‘as’ 'in ‘ Wem 'Wib vfessm heeled over. We observed this’ he c . ou f?®, bf’W'epa-sage, especialfyi whln fl toapdihg o thb« Gape Mbf - ■ Good ■' 1 Hops’.. Didl'hbt-'-tne J Befcbfad ; 'itaate ! whbn bh deck' look to ■ see .ft isasc according pa i,j great attbiitibtl l: ' W'' ’steering I; We j if the WatDhing thb bridgb ! compass, he must tWw binnacle compass was out -of order ?—Yes : bn^lie-Was- :^uribg.C:theo-W>6sU^ ’tfae ‘'Debtssar-jv chwigSn'bb&Jtt, Sid’ ydu dbWthinks it nbeesi sary that more than ordinary precautions'* should, be used in taking your course? di«V')idf J tlMnK^f^n e tby take ispeciaT precafinb&fc 'WfWla’ftnb^faight, f»'dnb brbfSepf and ,s; slhodwr >^w£te^r! ' s EveryWlbg deemed to favorable previous - f tb 1 the'' vesseling, that ,1 thought ‘it unnecessary. Did yoh' bbmfulV'the^pipiblicatistf ** New Zealand -Pilot ” in your possession ? 1 *P otthe. making Otagp-Heada,.and' about,thp jSVhgetr* th pm JSs#te»;>ead off the Wore Yes. What is of a maßter f ,whpnWp 0 has sprung a leak r ' shbuld, do ? The first thing shouiffbeWMdeayqttb makt some port. in lying-to so and trying the pumps,* shonlityeu do ?~The next Wepparesi port. After giying“OTdeM *'fc© { ; ? try' J 'fbe pumps, did not } yea jn tfisk l|fi,^^ ssar y t0 send an ofiicer lo" discover wnero the leak y. aß ? iT'?Pw°^P e f 9°°|d'get at the bottom. It wiw I tent an and~both re--port^'W4re-my^nb ! VkWyih^WbTo/efhnd l aft ones. As ,you could not discover th* leak froal done to try to discover it from the inside ? It was underneath-/'” Ifl'-'ekliqeT moments 1 might Have put a sail over-the side where the the;exc/li:| (feeing.■ rpund inen risk coming on We it net occur to you to_throw some caPgo J overboard to heavy would 1.7. ta* l|V IS sail WWm not hadfillei) WtQgether, would not .the two end compart “ n?ifMfc £ HaVe''fidat3d l - r thb' dfoMtlm|' Th’ey com* Pytingnts at the extreme'- •Shfls^- sii Wfhht i oBfTOWb«- • by imchoring. id ' of thtf^is^filel^^v’PdidsfibtiJbbbsideyflhe danger so very I ami tßß fi after f could take the r ;vesßfei«fiW If r th6 t 'ltaWbbfa i,^mpo &id>hedn ! in‘ pftper Working_order, would that haW'Sived the orders we the vessel right tibrSo§lpifd Port Chalmers. It was a powernd pump;- Did- the vessel strike when you let-gel the q xo r> ;syj y;/ By Mr-Sttodb i. What time did itri-becokul. .daukomthe night ofathe-dfeast^J^itOwas !% H*ggitt : Your Worships, Sll take judicial notice bfithe alnianac. the sun btt'thatlclay?r.'>. ;; r Capt. JobQsoQi; ‘itr was dark cldudy feather, 1 ' "4ir.(u- deHga:] In reading ifohnsott corrected his evddencqinuchibf by saying the ifpoou was rel&vendajf a/bld' but t h lw %¥ yo-od m ■ _ Edward secohdlmafee bfJithe IB l P Su f a t \ I thooae of ceropeterifty il«rodqce/nb Ihave been second mate of tbe’Sumt-alittlb over two mass. {lt -wasj betweenn l or ;2',:pifii. on Deo. 3 that we first sighted land. ;Wheal saw lfc 16 or 17 roilesraway. ;! (It appeareajww mountalnooi'j./lhe weather was tine. vK:.W«bwere carrying plajßPkail*-ieverythine but icbyala. We were steering t9ther ! N;E;:cßy<Ni o'riN.E. I went below and came 'bn duty aii.4.o f She was then sevVlKto aorifhe milfea <tHb land —what land I could notfaayidvEdict-ndfr look *£• t J le ® hart * I got :mV''dOQrsd : frbifi the chief officer—it wasiNiE. il/yvß.y cuEwas left 0 ? A e when the- chief officer relieved .W wbre felobglthi. edge, island ; but I could not see round iißfhbr lEh extent of it. The captajh' and.fnata^men- . tioned what it was, but .Ircan’t <rembinber T thfe tain and chief officer were on the poop;! I then .cleared the deck; saw f L as is went lwlow,>jny^whteih. : expired I did not observe) wherfe sthe r . vessel was before leavinapthef deck. :!; did not agaiitcome on deck till ifrfi itf .’#ak then& myO.watch till 12. I relievedjqthdrfschief) (officer. Who left the deck, andolf'did 1 not* aeblhim again until aftefchthe When % 'came on at eight sherwabnSbdut the dame'distance fnim thfe. laudi-ritndtra' little ratther, 1 afid ’was going /the: mbiith of a ,! paß3kgd between*two:islands; wfhMx apileated to be tivclvb'oflouTteeniriiUesracrosa, f did not hear the/islanda;; nor did, I inquire. About# Is.cthe cbptaih; came bd deck ahd askedumier’stb; itakeVfthe fcbrrect |)>wmga of r then apBefore leavinga the,-deck j €Ja«tiinq Ibffiison ordered m*etorkeep;*a[ good Idotouat;- which wQriuil dilh <hiffii fcfeforA le’aviifg the deck. When I came on deck: at :8 tfie oourse ,lygot E.- by-E.^-^,-E. ifeanngs j Stance, -viicb )J( f guess^^fon) ; mbm Qio ■>y ;.- n ,’r % . v; ., 7/;,, *

iJtnrentßen-to “twenty mtleß.'"-l-h«d-no-infor. Ms iion Jo go thi distahee. kjqcjw its height, but kn >w the distance was visile from ship’s deck by a we had, I MstpmatCd theT distance at /which; the light * wafe visible ffom-'the "deck' at twenty-fopr .-miles. I reported the bearings _ merely to the captain. * From '8.30 till a qharter to 9 wa saw the light. It then,'came on to ran ve p , ,and’ we IbsV’sighhlo'r'it.b It was'tiot diylight at the time. " Thbrte was a nice moon in the forepart of the' evehJng, but the .rain obscured it. It was (dark between ’ 8.30 / and ‘ 9 'o’blockj We ,ha|d no other landmark in .sight after dosing the light. were 'fbuVteen to sixmiles away from-the nearest land we '."W-e'-were: -steering N.|E, ' 'by l E ’ { K.v and' 1 carrying thb same canvas as when-wS" 1 - sighted''Ube land. fS4®.t:D®??t s ,thiiig r i j thatr.happened *.wa? rseeitig m land ® n iß9i,^Bftt f; hibw between' :S| quarter and _ ton._ minutes to ten. fil yPHlid put.■judge ite was. e , Theirai'n f cl]SjiMcl suddenly|' ABd ihe c !apd I came.iip{ t^) o ia f -f -N| E,. by if. | B. at that moment, oUt* Ihe' cojurse was still N. B. by E. The'land' idiree.^ngints?»d the port say. -There was no moon at. thiß time, T it was bbsdured by clbucUL It was Very dark for a night on which the moon had' risen./ 1 . OAiBIJ'wdiDM man on the look out called but, 41 Land on the |pbrt bow.seen. >thenandTfi>st; -was j standi*^!f.on* thef"j;top of i-i ar. ifieff,' .C^qpi- , *J-' o a* i ‘"the. poop,\:;rreOibni I":;saw u ift - Whenyqu aaw itSrom-the -' pokitiomyomdid,. -Jld it not odcuntoiyoif thetban ion ihoMt k* ■■ f^l^i?-r-NV-*-£fowas-;vnotviliren^ andddoklqg attHe cenihass.' • He;bughb tohav,6 se'en rt'';b6fbrenme; im the -.position in which it was. I remained); a; the weather. cleaied up j and seeing the laud, nearer than it should be—nearer than I anticipated-jgave orders,to the man. at /wheel to put the helm a-jport; aud jiiat as I I?P e wero going qver.a grayed bank f^bvdercd 1 the yards to' be aquaredi'ahd' wa.3 ; fn'the act of running" toghim corhrhg n^-;tKP^ e v ( !d»d!tfi?- ! fl:6b the 1 7*1“ deck 1 . 0 1 The. first Words°he said nSJ a^ tbe dpiebi*’ 'hr <o What’ the fimlacbbfj .doWg.o- Then .the"captain °rderod tp port, the helm, hnd' the man apsiVeffed' that it ;i was :?< * bard 1 up. ? The cross jack yard .waarunnearly square by a pd the captain Ordered the main to - bfe'Bquana; r *t|hp .fVifia^if , thlg<'time;bemg off the starboard-qitort'er. The effect hea'd the .ship offetbeldnd r ,and' she ojeaded to the E.B.E. After the (grating sensation' wasiar.short shake/;>which- appeared ap though she werh tpok^or>harcl - substance 'or / the jiort .side, ihe struck lightly twice"] ithe next shock Jaa heavxeb stilb] and the.7lJst ione-jwa&S'the worst -ofe' £lb'. the clast biimpi 'atlltbe apilshad been squared. The shrpiranmlfHu E.S.E. direction for hal 6 <hr(t&hee;-quirfers of an hour, when she Welfan f?® four to six miles. IFfevioua to striking | r e.av«rAgednirrebilea/;rr.We'were-sgoti rhnmng so fast, because the cankassdhad been ihortOnfedS /Afsef Jspe btithped the last time, ilhe captain sent for thd'. cAtp6nter; and' id.i:tr«cted_him to attend..to ..the-pumps and % e b Jn first sounding the pumps, the' - J ng, a minute or, two "after,"' two or .three beß / t .than, hal'f-an ! ; hpur uter Wf a isipip ytrasV,hbve a i b »ihuding the ship, made.- no vater, said, he would wait till the feather f dQWTi Y iutu°tbe. ( jompartmeht with a light,", aud no K^btfe l and T.^tnr%at 'dsjweht h^;PP^P.^jlffl e ht, : ,‘and. also fpuhd7no-Vwater e there. A cheer weht Tbun'd'ihVi Sbip bh my anything more about tne.jyeather, because I S *“" Jrying to 'Pf. tjkree;ipcheß i ahdT reported' 74m’. 'r sounded a the ,wd go,held^the,;Jight* that I not "on that occasion that -V foiip^' fc ?a4lMWf^yjTO tc seven Wbu^not fetch at a 3plesß Bhe,h£d Wish motionless. water; but when thlk was ■^S-. c f ir l J engineer, and myself were, -trying to got the pumps to work. pacify the passengers till between;' I Znd k t then went to the. Man-hole albiigside thetect of mi tB'A hSfd. lU a | passenger, held the light, but, seeing 'the I P¥®pPger ß docking around, pa held'thie light so thatiohlyl -coui^Jo^'\fhatr were. My obj|eot r was t'q she'where the moit water waa coming from, but I did not suc--oee’d./-- I wlntjimdeck, remaidec(.th£ro) halfT an-hour, <hßeryd‘ the’ people *: as VI could, and then weWpn poop. The ship’s head was .between S.E. and E.S.B. I only • prft *dov?p th’h' rod ,<mce) ' When I sQundqdibffiM I tSaw- the par* penter whfift J gftt iffidsch a g al did not oot ; , ask him the result of hia soundings, ?y<ef*43;bade; Thehbct jdpbti bf-dpptnpif' 1 H'darff -jarSaf height ps3i rfi. 0 b ® veSsellh head was S^fl’it.9Sid-)^-- j^t 1 breaking dayv frdm £,pa?Bsen'ger assisting m carpanter, who was 'passing the 1 report th S® tho ‘ sHig previous, to this. gßjfM iSiuayed' away bet ween one : ahd two; d^hroak;' ThexVhear(l ( Q| the- dfpth of ’\valer'jafteif t the 1 'ship 1 ahchbred/ 1 first saw the steathW smoke above the koriaon—bqtwem two and three; 1 * tiitlq daylight; Althr I ••AM 1 * the passenJfcn; to:get kridwhig there would be some dif; get*ing asb<»t((t6(sjiut A off'to ;J4f6 »owb Stidv-withhfout 3fien, ,, |6t ifitb' hung lasterfi.-iThe hke’amtft’tvab (then ofifis bdtwhefflottr and five. I saw an ensign hoisted and uulWd dow'ni L l Ther stea'inei' theh'fehavly abreast of the ship. I a sedond time, bnc- A i r / r do ; 'notktw/ mp** c t^n : ' to ’.twenty l elapsed between the • flag"'-beifig 1 frnlled 11 J dowtt ?^11 and* - T hoistisd r( ('again." f >-The | Jpeamer was not past the ship- by- -thife ! time - ; The ens-ign warhoisted the firjt time , a considerable 1 time the- steamer was , abeam of thbhhij)'; : it tbVdTpmtita before .-tpe ensign- was first hauled fJAwa, I coqld not SayV ’noil have. 1 any idea. oe . my ipe -ollection thq ateamer 'ton the f T tbe hoisted': the 'Sebsnd ( Gme, Xg6t tvitblaia mile and a half steahiab "and donld- sde the man-bff othel nian" atLtbe wheel, bhe did n->t-see us. She was et this time four; to, fiyo points abaft the ship’s beam. The, steamer passed something over an hour after I .hAa'rd .therO Vvere .8 in the ship’s hold. •’ ;i - 1 > " .7dQ >: .uoil;, *;tqq(4 au