THE SURAT INQUIRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3397, 10 January 1874, Page 2

THE SURAT INQUIRY.

Friday,' January 9. > ,U n \ 4 he the ■second ttatb, wae After we went to.pfe's i.AS.follows The captaip said there so i confusion thatspeople would not he ablAt» workjkb the women were atl oiit of the ship. Saothei;' load war- taken while the ship. ;Was- iimlpr way after thi vessel had slipped*,- and finding he was too far to get into Jack’s Bayke went into Gatlin’s Bay, near the'flagstaff. Being nearly low water, he saw a man on the beach trying to give directions where to land the passengers. Ho took in two boats. Tt was from 7.30 to 8 a.m It was ebb-tide ' the third boat-load, he returned for another, and found the vessel on the beach. He took a load, principally of single men. After landing them he returned 'on board the ship. Nfi ono -was on board. Two boats were alongside with the captain, mate, boatswainy and jßtewajdi;; ? d;herrest; were on shore. The sea was breaking over the ■ship's stern—over the. poop. He went into ■the cabin, and saw the captain. He found ithc car poster ,unscisjving. Jin going into the boat He* injured his leg with a gun, and could, not return. Ho had ■;never been on the coast of New Zealand before. A manpiaino t;b(unp jwas; on the looklout on the forecastle, and one Picton was at | the helm. brpbody i;epprtedjland in sight | prior to my seeing it. After*Ti had seen the Jlaud, one Moore, a seaman, said" he could see 1 the hand ■'That, was after thelooklout had reported. Moore said he could Vee I the land. He haebpot thep,altered the ves--1 sel’s course. 1 will swear that Dunn or i Donovan did; npt report land.a^u^rter pf an | hour before the vessel’s course* was altered by me. £gaye. tiylp pr4ers,to r ‘‘ Not ■ a moment elapsed between. There was a ; aeamhu: ! did notireporidandr; Hadfi.pn. hdur ’atfthe tjhp,?;outside .. h,ad>•' not elapsed Vetwfeep the last tinie. :, .of ,-, .the., . t captain. meing on deck before the vessel' ’struck.*! cannot say where thecaptain was when the ship struck. The last time X saw him

h.o;bsris #t%?idingf,by ..the .standard, i compass near the. «hid.;r- .w^e f ouf (the ppop and.had .been f for one arid .three--quarter hoprs, excepting !wjieu,,..about mipej Q’elofihQhe; went.to the'stahdaiglfng« fCwfrip to get out. It was working, J?atbK Iliad been at the wheel from eight o'block' to the time when the veasel'etruck. The captain could get on the.quarter deck r wiihout the man at the HeM seeing bitri; ; "butf at the same time the man at the wheel could not see the poop forward any 'ihbfri^than thri forwWd end of the ship, it waja so. dark The captain during my’~watch 'hu't he ';rfei mained on deck a long time th^fTrSt>'time. ,to. keep.a good look out. I caanot't ay ' whefe^the 1 captain ■'waa’wh'eh'the vessel struck, nor who was with biriri;'’kfter .the ..vessel struck. I.met him on the ladder. I hat wojS ; the' fitst- time I Was. in' 'a L pf>sibioii to notice his marine*/ T'had opportiiriity of .observing there was.no difference in him from h?s ordinary-manner. ■ : I saw-B'6'diflefimoe throughout the' night, ’ rilthfioglr ibkw* him firequently; Tfwas between two r rind : three o’clock when I put the boat‘into - theater. ; I believe there was a glass of grog given to th e ,in»n. 1 ' I caripot briy ' served it f out. t had brine. I noticed 1 something'tUhi&a't* ter with him; I saw Mrßobth; a‘p¥sg6riget, taking what I thought a bottle from him that 1 thought contained! gin. He was quite sensible. and able to do his duty. I saw the ■fir^t■ mritej.jvha; Was''perfectly sober ’when 1 , left the ship, rind;’ so far as Iknew thrrihgtithe evening. On retiirriing'to the ship Ke was in his bed, aad ( do hot kuoW iu ; what state he was. When I left the ship'’he' was quite sensible and 'able to manage a ship •^“4 e yy?? .circumstances whatever. He had rividenuy- had'» glass of grog, bnt 'SvWb’uite capable of maaS&ing ri in hny d'ffib'ri’lty. He was so during the whole t me until the passengers were landed Mr Hey wood, the hat bor master, .remarking.on aomething that was said about the captain 1 being iu liquor, neen drinkifig.’? I"ha[ve not. examined the chart to see where the vessel was wrecked! hav^iio't'tti?dlto!find oUt:ttoes;spot; ;,!• was not asked anything about charts in my examination! by rtUei’BoririDof. Tradieti (the chaits were laid before the’ witness by the Provincial Solicitor'..) -. Mr-, Stout remarked' that it was no part of the duty of a second mate: today ithp ;chan.; Ihe Bench said it was expected a second: mate should be ablelto; navigate fa vessel. i A. smaller chart having been produced—after; some delay: the.witness declined to'lay;down ! the position of the .vessel on sighting Dog ’ Island fßighthoitse.;.- He believed the ship’s position; was on tho.;chart : at that time.-, -1 He ißench said, aJsan'officer of the ship it ! Was. his. duty to .give! ail information in; bfs ipower.w-hxSminafiori - rioniiuued; ; -l.^ririw: the position iff the ship, is.on the jcharb, bmpg told so;by Mr-Bbotlnr-. I, night' of the.disaater.i .I had had one gin, -.lt was.mot casual , for thq firing 1 leavingmhglarid and that! time*. Ih.ad token beer, IwlcanfcoMay who grive, me Fhe gin. 1 I thirik the-stpwatrt’s haniUn a Wine-glass;: It was verybdark, „ ,The.;capta ; ri Igave.order? !to th e watch :cfn. duty’ at the.thnri he desiredpthbjafirihoßiitO) : bebgqt .ready- ,\A 1 have ibeeri: id'-.siiipe --M ready droppitig until nßafly>«i 7/1$ inconvenient- "to the ‘passenger**, to-.bend the anphoc.iWas n6t,irei|dy.(; Lwas&om the -the; Usable wias beat.—By Captaiii Thornton'; Thp ckptaiu ,topk a; bearing,of .the Dog Island'flight;: . :, have; been wrong in gaeSs.ng-the distance .of the ligut, bac it seemed'i abrinti eighteen miles, li the distance had-beensixteenmilH? oqly a course N.E. by; E. £ E. would havejtaken thfii'Vwßtjtclearof thhilimd*'t,,X-wasr^q wired to do a day ’s W orik r iby. the ■ of ; 1 rade, two ' logmttmfas, .van..altitude/;,and other ithiirger, but .off Atyessfiljs poaition • ’bn. ■ a? - chart-: r, >We j wqrajetßering. the COrirse stated 1 by the; standard; cpriipass, , It Wais N. .by The eaptain ordered r a .little easterly; deviatiop’dn the latter. on< running thejeastward;,. The -Dog Island is a llash revolving vrilves^in! 30: seconds.:: The Sh,p was-hoye-to dn theshoreward tack after striking, 'The. spanker was-mot set-iwbem the ensign jiyas flyihg 'Unmini: down. ,7 The ship,.-could-have Come-nearer torithfe Steamer than did, bhe bonld' have passed Withinihail; of. the isieamerV, ■ When tbe ! Vessel ■ struct ■' she was from ohe and a-' half 1 ’mile; Jto’ two) miles fromi.the shore. • 1 went forward'to see the.lookmut was at his post';' ' His name-: was - Dunn/ and.;h,e was attending to hj* duty, with gers near him. I looked round to see that the standard compass was working.' The' tosn ;at tbe helm'waa steering correctly,. By' cutting the pipes away, passing along, the ship’saide, w.e bonnectedothe donkeylepgine' wich the suction ;< pipes i,.of the ,pwmp3. • It could not be speedily applied, buthad to ' boT done after f daylight. I went after; the steamer, , authority opWhich I went,.was A4r, .cunnof: sc^; who : gave the order f—Vtitriesri : Air John Booth, a cabin passenger. Mr Booth and the captain were, on friendly.tprms, and I thoughtthat he had been instructed by the captaiu, Qf the ship and had sent mm to give tub order. [ was then'* in'the get it ready to leave the snip for the steamer, I had no

authority to get into the boat. The' passengers were in confusion, and I thought it my duty to lower it to keep it from getting stove, t saw the men rushing to the boat, and I . thought that if I did not A lower her b'i^ v ; would be swamped or stoysy.or othenvii&l injured. Five men ■mtol ■me. J i The Court, at a few minutes-]paAt six, jomned to ten o’clock this, morning. Saturday, .IANUARti’XO. y . f Abram Foreshawe, chief officer of the Surat; i hold uo other certificate than that of master, which I handed in the other day. f pined the ship in London, about fifteen days "before* she "sailed."*lsuperintended tak—iug in the greater part of the cargo ; there was only a' little iron in her when 1 joined her. .The cargo consisted of railway plant and geufiral cargo * bu^rhaveTiO’idea-of'its-talue, neither do iTknhWAWhother the ship was insured. 1 kept the logbook, which I hotnHed pver ‘ to' -Captain ; Jobasoh. ’’ Wb had ; a * x Veryy f fino r : %&Slbersipfe!iage f> throughout; Thp' cpmptifclsbsl w f i»rkbd' Very •Welt- until We pot towards tfebwwercf coinsidbrab! 6 d e l - V'’kad'they'didcnot' to hang‘>6onie):itnes.; WbVhhd ldk'en ; meanA to -pr©Vobt‘ it” as much As pb'BSibl6?T VI b'- hightßdt the'-'coast: ew ZeSlan'dTft 1 2 omtho )31#t; ‘ We first sighted E SteWaHV delhn'd ; btttlTuld not. know wihat’pai-t; r thuhe the !U Traps 1 ' 1 Svere'-’ : boy*ttbd ‘•-‘Withc’^a^aniist;

, It wap the S. W. end of the>U»land< jwe ...j sighted rr-about the Cape^ ‘ <gyr poasi ojf.,Stewart’s Island at '.nbohi wlieh we itobk observations. cbiisHM'llong'Me' island we kept about nine miles JffTbelahd.'' jlWapuke Island wai tthtf rfifst Ikbdraalk jjbi r d > wire ; jabaut SevAh ■ W., our course at the time being.NJß. f/ t ’hy(,B r , r; i | miles an hour, and tne nour at whicHiWS

;our course, and at eight o olock wemaw D'cSg by N., dlstaftt about twenty-two 'miles?* produced ] ’ Aj,y, custom„is to, enter up the log-bog af every day' What happepad .qftefpoon iof.the 31st is: on my alate—how the bottom,- ! suppose. I; ffiyself tdbk;tbe' bekribgs l and light. < ‘My watch was- sacceeded v Xy‘ thetalking of time I refer to that kept on board 1 ®kipt-y: (I don’tjknow the, i our time and ahip’stime-waa correct flp:fgrdais ,oqr^ppsilfipa was concerned ; it was corrected| ■•:PVpiN no .? n -i, fl-Mr Haggitt :;T-bave, asktd st.ateiucifit that itfs d?rfc ii' tlbS® ‘parti it W Pi ,*TM faiml-T r jtamingitipn.' pontinUedl—Freviolis ; t6 Jgbing/belopr. ;X; gtfv&;V.tffe f £§aoa v ' , '&Siy i, lH^ mm ‘^°,P?-.?v!iht,, sliows .Wnat I heuevedup'be’tlie true position ,bf wfelti‘7%e' Seponfi 1 officer relieved mb—aboiil t,! tW -br fiftbfeii minUteslafter S.The croaslwat iffivdrfibfyTthir ®*pj;A' ,n -,'l ; could^ ; sea/thehicoast of Middle isTadd asethe Uitog’iight; chut (here was haze over the land. X biauiofesay saw ‘an^it ; wftSj9u..the"<p6ft%ow. it considered,rre jyjpris og,,Uieend of the rbut, 3ied f tjie iitne as to what part (Of the ..coqst .theVlapd, .we.saw i rn! tp fhe\/Jeck befm ' the vessel touched. I yyas.in my tiine from going belpw till the ship touched. ' The dbctor was in mV cabin fotva : tibib '.shortly- ' after 1 ' I’ ' went hblbw. ; Jiy shortlV aftbri'f 1 T me:iri Feh dr-fiTteten minutes;:«l iu : th^lbg-tlate;? : (eniained with m%' r ihb , we just sat chatting. He went intP the <saloon, and I prepared to;go to bed; / Tl.vras •alonp About.twenty 'minutes wben l felt' tht ithbed Of th©-vesseljtbuching." Ifmake ijb from 9 to 9.15 when I felt,the;shock—thati,if as neArly.ras d cap:g'ie-ja the timo. of my room on to the main deck, heard,' itjie captain’s and Isn't the'/peopje so-,qbiy j them.;! I.ifoundD the; and I took -my- 1 proper? position-,on ; the; ,9, saw his orders properly carried out. j ThVsbiorders'wereitb square.tffelaftbr yards S and back tbo'ship ioff. - ■ (That 'was.ldone, and ■ the ship edged off. We were in the act of: .<quafmgir the 'fiero’jack iwhen JOtn j ship slid off. . She touched iffive turns, asr fiir as, !yPOuld feel tlje. shocks. T ;,.\Vt were at .the ‘ bricej! VV®® last shocK.'* She' strjiCK fiv l e 7 times before! e K.M B M. tjheyards. -Jigr ! way was not entirely stopped hi going on Aie rocks. , She canted .off!'to:4hS,iS/S.Jii. l.Tht Ahecked Afpointsahtt a; hilf,' wfA l the “Wind 'abafU the; beamv'.and every think' drawing. 'Jhe' heit brdbr“was>to -c«lli*He! j up the mainsaibj.'Undlvlto/qc'ew up all the! t-gallant sails,-tben-to back the-main-yard, * which was dohej the/yiSsSpklh.Sh being hoveto a bout one and a.half hours, as nearly Apj! p.apreppjy.ect, pla p.spd, bstween<-thft veuulj striking and the order to' back ■y a r4, being giycD., j , 1 first.prjier was immediately after the striking ; tbe oruer to sails ( ,w^ f :gjysn -twenty minutes afterwards. Tn the meantime'‘the ol ’der torth®,carpentejr .there ::^gen_ec4.cwtusiqa.on.iQ^^j;4);rMmo! ???.. hiouptPj '■* hut I had seen a! coiupass.; I iudgb'it was the c&uree~ obrthe 1 assumption that thb courSe X gW’tpOhb second been steered, and frot&£e direction in - 4diich Bhe twehVL'btf the rock] [ I he latter part of this question was objected to by Mr StbuVas riot being' l what the wit- ! ness- actually stated, .whereupon; [he bea ; .fhe„,cro’jao,k T yard ,was /squared * j fell . dtf threh or four ipbiritß,' audl-consideredtishe'was heading, towards the E.B. K., if her coarse had been kept as f gave it to the secbrid'bfficeV, drift I did not see any compass at all. On being hove-toj the pumps ‘ were workfed, and jbtfey had beeri working before the vessel was hove to. I had been getting‘thoi-hieri tofeethfer.'wtdaSw' the sound4rigs, taken ,by (thp qarpenter.....,, ( The first soundings were taken five or ! six minutes after the vessel struck, than fivA inbhea pn the Todv. Thb next soundabout ap hour afterwards, when there, were' twenty'inches/ 'Thepbrt pump only Vas then working i We tried the starboardi pump, i but it would .npt work;

iiie engms.driver:;and.ili,ivent to see the r c.ause. and 1 cyncluded ; -it had burst withihe shoct, as- the 1 boxes were in perfect dr&6r I can t give .any rt&on Wfcthdaock breaking one pump and not-theother. 1 don’t knotf that the shock was on the port aide. Thd anip'struck several-times, and .the'jari tnisht breakthe castings. ■ It. was'niy .dirty, to lee sthat tne<puiips■• were in ordir.yv l : had: hot ' examined, tbeknufor Munihe* fore this s further thanking that soundingsWwere taken :every ; .day - riW ■were tfever Worked whUstti wwSd theahii V; There o was mo .(.water inadtf ih: the, .thedrod sometimerf inch or oneand laqfaes frhentheship was’upright, ! but none when she heeled 1 over—-as: the log. shows. ! We were about anvhour. trying td;get the starboard punip.-to. work. rTheuport Pumh doing” ’good \iuring.)thp'v. Mine it. worked. • ! ■ It ’ * was - only.' < .stopped?! . while, we poured water down the starboard pump, to %orl£ We poured > down 'ai(|bofl«ltokuj(i!.’lmbket& t .i but nql w muoh as we gob put p| the port pump,

! n the 8 con 7 , at work »i\tiraa others decks. did ho||| thatSllcoaxuU me r r^ h f in the h ffei lfe^ott M o’clock, or about when ! of of water. There was feejfcf I ascertained that tor- myeelf. had had been going on ail-the time, and was still going on. I did not take any. more soundings; and they were the last I saw. Shortly after one he consulted me on the poopasto-^he-stato-cTtheveesels—4-fo-mre--me orders to square away and put the vessel before the wind. I reported f to hMlwhat water I bad found in the hold at this time,

andhe-^fttd~it-WAB^aining.-iipnTi-n© 1 brdered was done at once.. He merely gave.m'e orders ;_he did hot ask'igy sidviye? x jty this r time ke boate,pujt.Vhipli X pro! peeded.tejdoj;; } Jn ads (siX-m, nutpber) wore',put in the water. 9 fk' When t found Tcould SS be o&M.TI® m fr the poop . and v told T him hot be~ obeyed about getting the lob’gMt b\rf, and liked with it. I.dPri’tjrpjmgniher whatmcg said, or whether ho gave me an answer or not. r f Did)]hff) lAttempfc t 0 support yourauthonty in any way?— Well, 1 was so excited'it; (the < (timerthat JruncMly. -spoke, and weriMtcaight offd/hri .ppop, t < iDid.yon. tcomoi going to,.leave the ship after she was beaßhed. P 0 y ®“' Anything 'wa'ifWing !Npw* (iMr r previous te the>time of the deck jyon.hitd been drinking Of wjjiat T Were yod in yoUr.owptf&dgment sober |at thifc’tutrttt r Pleftitherdedkiislrwlw lonly partly sober.?-: Had grog been drinking i Where sbdiyo.Ul get the gm -*-I got rt from the captain the day preVious, and hadditiin'iny o<tn .room* ; <•, What? IP whnt y otf«tb>4©ft«mi is"this. jhad nOttfeTdropTibE drink rbefo re :< you;(yent (on deck^ahftd^youdrink beforeisavdog it?— I Between the vessel striking and mv leavins I * afrfS! st-of tfe»«iabiir^ !ahd I 'drank two' glasses before jdeck. I who saw nrt We it. were in 1 your cabiu, -Abriifl ybu r was going on m —I I had jistened.. As of fact, did you pn The u mght ; of* Dcteeaibeij anythipgbf what, wap* ' m thsCTsaloon' aftoroycji retfrelfta jPUr'Pabin, and! befqre the ■Ship struck?— YcSj rdid'jj-bnt X'lpenldlonly teUpthat<bbrwferg 3 ib«?tlia struck ?—I am.ttotaceiftairi^ofeiilh'jbedaielSlßrjk just ran on to the main dock as.fclip ;VC8?ol touched.^' had been shut Ho-Vou know p isitively who d jftm ' L Five or six peoploprpra iwtke have it admitted, that there were females in thercabliv,'Ant 1 1: will 'notmskd yoh l^ Didlyoii heir 'ariybody.(pass into..the sombshort >; Xiistf bafbre. thfe doctor lofti meethh>o4pttun had gone in with two or three peoplsfh both men and women , I think—but I ponld P*?/X voices. Very*ltw minutes before the ship tain was out of the saloon ahd ; 'bb poop before X could get'out of (my oabinffriff tny dobr ra’thpr difficult hof ; opeiptfc. ym 'flptfw* ,any^hipg G -i»uk> pf-As abd distinbtly. You sawhhh sfevlrW times in the oourseof .the evehii^^pairlicdlarly on tho •occasioh/whstf. at !li h' , cl6ok»an the hold—-at that time did yon-tnotieej-apy* Sms fr-i<pi v&m*r No. Then up'lb the Mt tbedeok dkdlg'th’e Cfcpta«^d^e r yott.thw day -WJp&givojyo^^ for it, ana n© have jtdp me, Xhkdonlyjrot thA shiji. f ; l th«oghl (itiwashs fi'v«i ■stores;'•andit preschtrifrom'hira, f Do f ybn*knbt(r' whAn‘)the ; CMtef tk» anchores; l i l;gave '• tHorviriirifg.H I vbgd Ahpftt anclmcM^y.vwkao get the anchor ready for next mornibcf and st¥uck. il!f rhad heler The ihn^ad 1 ib'btairt- of tiam t)o|ou'iHffi&t >«noh >dumhep! yissel 'didilwitfaolit any.6tb’irir> knoVledlff of was' affotdedi by .-youb oho ; 9bart|, tp lake the such Aonodil&s •W>sdp^ iw x regardUo Sjr master[maribor, and mastib 'mariAAK yW pught abpto offer an opinion» i - R wmd, .and.if )I iu,charcex)& riie toe^Wn 6^ ;#csh&| going oh her oohrii%; ‘ where,wj v vAd Tanflopßdfeoktfcouia y»ff see.thhfcjrd! "Wieih I>hkvefclopked/ osWhy^do'you'fSnk Ju— Y* “km® on the Brotheri ?H'£r(Sn ,•??: abd ~distance. we “Jhad j»©n

WOm. a. quarter to_tetit6 * garter past mine, r .#»t<TPppW ymcaay. Wea,;pa» Sftl^lJrf^Ee ( |sime whs father projecting p-iut, Chaika MisUke, lJut I ,??nnot exactly nay where we,Bteok.becauaa T. did ndt’ seeNiVbof tha ST?!' 4111 -^V^thwßrdlhfltt* m& t stbideb or youJSE? Brothers, and- suppoßitti' , liK'e v £{^^U/^^L." 1 ? ; ; waainm^«!f^ o» the ProS/whe^^

the Brothers, I.a^k jpu whkt vas'th’o Veil'sp>,sitiiri at 8 ; %& ® , ‘^) l ? rj a.,quarter -to ■ must have been agfouhdat 8 o'clock ko.hayp flOM.thafe .course and got.on to the’Brothers!! [Mr Strode wjllput it into nautical language.] _ By. Capt. Thomson : *" ®#p« bp.t;;aßqwing the : bemingsi of the distance of your guess of Dog Island hght *0 be ; i wrong, just ~gpback say seven mßeS' in' the* line of Waring/ and starting from!,that ipoiritctake- your departhre frpihjiDdg’lsland,- Waring cWlvby N.y distant fifteen miles ?—That would put the Brothers! twenty-two miles pg at pjght. Where would Vp::Wio; ,Brpthera^ :< -jfcU •g Brb ! there, if your distance had.been run That struck ussn the 1 »£ eight must have been’- only fifteen nnleai^orh* Jmu- #*) off7—One and "-a hilf oh tw0,,,; rrplea.; Jdon’t know anything about the Bfotbera.~ YS?'thpfe.ai-e a,couple-of rocks you have just done this f .v. i just* ascertained you were'atr lließroVners at teu.' Su .P^f i SP!y^F^P^? i M on . to -Wve been seven miles nearer the Dog ! ligh*t ! than you supposed it to be, 1 want you to do a similar things Sappseliustkaia bSingiwWWAt'ten yon’ 1 cSsfrotV* { 1 nine/- for*; f thefeahout^ »nd. find out what yoirr- ; positi(Vtf i 'wbnld t dtf deh ithese lf hircr’mktakces ? It would •hV to do tkkt iu an hdfch.'T yotf haVe’ in an hour ?—We shotild have gfone asWb on Slope WeVotild* hdt fe Kav^ v gone there ; we could net haVfrkbfitfkslifire on the 'fofo £ ‘6g c ’ cfook. When did yon leave at what hontffidWfrsJeft l^ '><Sis4senda tembef/atA 1/41 : high waternearly. I am tiotible to say certainly the state of the tide onreaching-tho coashof Sew Zealand at 8 .bldlibck xil wcrked r ft up on the-Blatlij’>bh{Hd64 hot rdnibbiHar. LI threatened to use firdarmv to-‘ some of ithe •rAwnfievloTß toleaving;th*;deok;aftef the vessel struck, for disobeying ply.oriiera, and their manber of getting thb long boHfcotftf I did not attemphito hpcT-St to cut away 6oiueiof!itbe*iggmgJ in brderiib get the boat out. 1 dodnatmsmembefthteStening to strike any ofethd mendwithiti; oE di<l n °t form any opinion as' of saving the vessel. id was.;tocrumriiftf. excited. I thought when we had four feeb;df;watepinith«hold>w6'cduld save the lives ancticfew b\ running into smoothwat er/land il«d.f 1 og g’, the anchor. I was afraid the vessel would not feeep»%at£T!i];| It wo hours afterfinilini. the water gaining uponiydhpandtthercfiße'ng nearly double the water-lyohspokeof/! you saw sought 1 thought the^eaSeßrwbUldfhaVe;kept upSdnng enough to do so. <*hkCd her assistance, but we fihouldrbaveiad’to 'Heave to to Bct tdhcir! gsaiataace',. and-.tye<i'^ e re running before the dfi there-had not been time L should not have waited/f ©ridel ay was ;wa». danger in delay than-running for the beach ? •nfll Ahuldi dot h#reTwai£fcd forthe-sWanfer ¥d«L would hdt Have waited for a dteaftiferi passing within two miles ?—lf I found'*here' Was too much water W waiffor thbateamer, I should have let ohcr a-go oh. fi'JHad ( there f, tjme :,to igbairpm ‘the (Vessel to the steamer, of coarse I sh hid have signalled her. In a vessel (with/fptufi febt of water in the and. the water inorea&ing upon yon, wmtid.ybnnot’haveTattefmpMi to obtain the as isfcande of any stkamcßforllvessel you conld;hafeigtit hr-Yes, with foUis hct I would. I undeisfogd/yau to shy eighf! feet in the h(dd. I stayed(pa<;bdardi-wfc'.UatlinV River. I volunteered stbs-dosso, owithOtwo seamen with m®li)l. l to6fc>nQr Sbundibgspaiut just got tbines together fpfcßending! athore next day. The boat catner effi about cloven in the forenoon, undercharge’ penter. Be took soihedhinga aahbireh iSEhere was a strong 'the vessel was beaohedo*;xi{ Diioedoj aoxtsd OU). By Captain Thomson;': in the N, K. point of theJCfjmpasStaftfeE jlealving the Cape of Good Hopoiwasli^^ib tineas terlya liMbaertAtibna detesmino* the (Variatakeoialmbstldvery day. That wasf*abmifcl bn the night sofeialfnhjngis o TheH deviation on theOß. byls.ic]idiny thaf>' nigHh was abo-d. two degrees ; I could nb^yVexactlyj><;3lhe cpmpasar Jight : at T o’clock fc®-*-—-*-he_deviation., oh-.that ..point . was ftbput a point There was no other point of bearing was a cross-hearing . 'J.btaiu.edr Not being able to get_a cross-bearmg;next qeafc wonld'tfl to keep a^oo’d r; aWd 'take 'sounding. what was 1 h’6’t ; fiHd out what was wrong. r The t pnmps were of iron . pumps* 1 “ the 'two main Captain master of s.s. Wallabi, and-returneaThis morning from the the Surat." “Noticed the windows the after-cahiii, was no apMarance>>of watbr hbving Ibeatea- iniiat the sternjuthhcushionsiand 3 drw Tbeyvhaa beeh remwvedi' bttt ’thellockefrf anil IHaebt'where thejrhad bebn showed no'sighs of water haying Hkd-.bceh breakmg! ,th« . cargp cout,’ with’- thh'diver on board all yesterday. The cargo is being got oAftJtirbugbttrclhHtaies..; WbuTdmotilikeTto form an opmioivjiaSito. how much water had papapa Point,-Ifibltfdmg’ ChkiHud’s Mistake There are no outlying rocks off the Mistake Wat thetfe itlohbfififdV/lbaVaWivefbratcfT; jt could!wot afcrfkeipfft'thd out'er fachM th*< Mistakes Without rubbing her isidik along if-going-end strike first. Know the Brothers rocks—-two outi lying rocks by themselves, with one small oneKoundv, ahdf«}h Bteep. v/ The kmall roijk is partly outf<pfc{wfttot*.:i oAn veitol; ebbld not strike on these without being very close in, irejilmbJSt a 9 s{gep a{rshe Mstfk#; Know the coast off Slope Point, which 4 ;off. miles out. Have sbeq;hfßAkerß that distance in hea^r weather; ordmarily- about, a mile reef NM ( qareqmedißtahce|,also a’foul’bottbin.; patefieSl of rock all the way he- - Point, hut irpm 'only‘lso to 0 yards M P>>9P"! <>f(V' vessel A?ft f wornjlth^ or the 1 k atbr^; could'see the Pfog Ea|ftna hght tWehty-ihree milps away on a clear night. On a thick nighty with passing-show'efsp it’ might 'Be : seen ’ about twelve miles away. ' Am alohg the’Coast tfVCry WCek. < df % neighbor.

| a difference/high tide jthere about' seven or bight o’clock on the ®X emn .g of the * wre6k. Cro is-examined t | The windows were shut.“ Rooked through two jontfbf thetour/bnt nbt&erf the rtthersV (were laborers Onboard; audit is quite possible (they might have .shut them. The aea 'was mot, breaking over theship, i: Could swear ■there had’ b£en uo water where I looked in jthe saloon and : after cabin, a? there’ was straw in the'lockers : quite dry. There was some water spilt out of the cases that had jbeeh hauled up from the hold. Did not look •particularly, nor was I told to look for the .‘appearance of water.’ : Hdd no idea of being icalled here to! give evidence;' and did not imake an inspection for that purpose. There may hay,e been more than four ports in the istern, as there were curtains and other stuff jlymgigibpqt. i: I. believe sometimes, rooks' are 'K>und which do pot appear in the charts, ;Before ,the s.a.-Spqth Australian was wrecked jxt was known .that a reef was at the spot jwhere'.she struck,,' but, it may not r have | been .laid dqwftin .the ( charts. f; ' To ,Mr; Hag. jgitt: If the sea had been breaking in at the stern windows some trace? of water; would .have been left in the saloon; and on the fit{tings. To Captain Thomson; Have been javessel, on - the coast, of jNew Zealand for thirteen . years, have | PtyßdJ constantly: befcwe.cn; the Bluff and Dunedin for two years or impre,; andbebn ; parsing up and down for four or five years r . watchful, over toy corn* : passes when'in hu iron than a wbod-n vessel/ sa-5 a -y n fiM. “J both; .leave . the bridge till after getting roiin: 1 the Brothers, ,in dirty, weather, r When a dryN.W. wind is b owing thC land appears more distinct I was at the : 81uff .with the Wallalii on ;Dec. 3Hast; out could hot say What the weather was, as I was, in Invercargill in 1 the evening —it-was l showery thehe; /The soundifags I ? r when ; baying* .occasion' t» r try Chart'. “ :v ; '’^boihhs^ (doctor of'ihe Rurelating to the striking, and I gabbing of 4h6 / vessef \vasjibs fellows :—! IfcblQk.1 fcblQk . th ® w *» sober whibh the ship .friim the-baloon, i and, •recollect seeing laiid. oh' the/poft hew I not far off; 1 w&B’ , ‘a ; llttle el&Va'tea' : and i l ippression,mado on me .at thc’titnewaa • water/ 1 ThW nigh t '< at' tbat tirad J HtSa v *ntit'' particu 1 arty ' 1 da ik ; wm a shower shortly, after khe ktruck. I I drd ndfc* notice/ any ‘Vain./when' t' : wedt on ‘ ®S., EOr did! obserye khy/hi'obh. ilj when 1 : Whs '"the , poop 1 ”1 Packed if , ka Y e t(the after-batch ’'opene 1 I to he ; bothrfibg hinrdtsu&V mtrafent./a8 'iiVhad 1 SSl?', the.chie‘ offiCfer/' ShOrtly struck, he i was*open JLhadnq opportunity ofnbticing th , e the kfecond officer, nor do I know 1 b ®, ST. “ott*' Tpi 'present At-tne mustfer of the chief officer : . this . was three’quartern : • cnongbt°'ht rthat'.tinfc the ; M& u wbj&tfen I remember seeing a steamer an houiPbir’’so after daylight. An hourafter wards we made j wa’Bi thett -ebhiihg; r ul) r oh >ur land side, about; 10' miles ahead. No made to-signal her until-after -ine wds'past us, bn bur quarter. As aU<s wal coming toW’aVds f US'— when aheSrts'brtwoeii the land and our port-sidfe, and about ten miles distant—the passengers wanted her to be signalled?) (They'asked thh cahtiin to !; The captain gave orders that qo signals were tp be without his Orders, as far as T temeihber;' 1 ' 1 THb' wbmen were waving their shawls •; on the poop !as ; the ifeamepcanie dowii; was said to them i on ithat accbnnt.'lsaw 'thoehaign hoisted'/ qlt was nob allowed- to remain a*. I do.nob know by whose orders it was taken do*»W /Did ails- came tip and ‘asked about: hoißted r iu between its J being hauled down 1 Mid'..hoistedo.againAwa» not more than ten! minutes.’ : T :aa'w] ; the; 'captain> at the • time; be waa in a state ofViVitoxteatidn. L can tefl you more about the first officer when getting 'ihe>longboat-out,’ a' out au hbur afte’rivards. l-hsf steamer.diad passed . before 1 ! the was hoistedithe l fieCondttince. ; I! should'say) sue was.then two: orcthree miles awky. • o-'d.v .'■‘'■■"[CeffPiittiDg.] v,»'"

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