The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1902 LOOKOUT JOHNSON OF THE LOST WALLA WALLA ADMITS THAT HE FAILED TO GIVE WARNING TO OFFICER IN CHARGE Says He Shouted When He Saw a Light. — Testifies ThatHe Was Told to Report. | | a sensational adduced yesterday on of the col ill-fated Walla the French bark Max oped that Third Mate who was lost in the was in charge of the ship at the t f the collision [ Ephram Johnson, a sallor, was the It was duty tc port to he saw He tes- the deck whenever th of the ship. 1 done his denying { the Max lision. Henry Max, sworc Walla Walla was d was unabie s statement. roed. who was in e French bark, ed. He testified the out at 5 o'clock collision and visited to see If they were the morning after e again went for- e lights were burn.- | 3 cted as lookout and | ck” at the wheel. The | was very careful whe b, Says Lights Bu looked and head. I neves | n 1 saw the light the forecastle When the on the star- the steam- | ch was came to- from sked the steam- vered. steamer the he 1 the t 1 out saw a ome i was going t did you s Captain Hall i | eply. | er off the ship | tain Hall in- tomty tes ‘to come | was the answer. | Says Lookout Was Asleep. | a Burget, a carpenter on the Max, | statement of a man | ning against the | ¥ awakened by shadow recastle before the col- ¥ to questiéns lles. “At the time kout on the ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCIDENTAL? The j returned a verdict of accl- dental dezth on the man who fell from the wirdow ledge on which he had fallen | ssleep. 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QUARTERMASTER OF WALLA WALl a —— EUGENE HENRY BURGET EXPLATNING MowWw HE SAID TIE Saw TE LOOIKOOT ASLEER ©N TIE WvAL LA voslla o | WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED YESTERDAY AT INVESTIGATION INTO WALLA WALLA WRECK. Walla Walla asleep. He seemed to be surprised and woke up suddenly. 1 was on the forecastle three seconds before the | coltision “What part of the ship were you on when you first saw the light of the ap- | proaching steamer?’ was asked. AL “] was amidships,” he answered. “I| saw a red light on the steamer and when the coliision took place I ran forward on the Max.™ On what part of the steamer was this | man whom you say was asleep?” Captain Buiger asked. in the center red the carpen- seems to me he w " of the forecastle,” a t Were there any lights on the Walla Walla?” “Yes; 1 could see the salo other lights; but uld light on her masthea “Then how was it you know the man was asleep?” asked the inspector. ‘‘Might e not have been injured?” All 1 can say is that I saw plainly the on, c~bin and not zee any hadow of the man in the position I stated.” “Then all you saw was the shadow of a man.” I saw the shadow of a man, and the v he acted he was greatly surprised.” In what position was he standing?” “I can't tell exactly.” g = “] want "this explained,” sald Captain =. ““This is a very serious matter."” w the shadow as the steamer was coming alongside,” asserted the witne: “Was that the shadow of a man stands ing or lying down?” | Page. “He was standing up,” sald Burget. asked ~Attorney | | Walla 1t in the Walla you see a hole seems to me I saw a hole at the | water lne.” “Where as this man—forward or aft “He was forward.” Continuing, the witness said: the starboard two steamer: ame together. I was alongside of the light tower of side of the Max when the Then 1 ob- sight of the steamer and I had continued on her course.' Charles Buhot was then called. His tes- timony was like that given by Captain Benoist and other members of the crew. He testified that he raw the first mate lift a lamp out of its case and wave it at the cncoming steamer. He also said he heard cries for help. “Did you report to the captain or mate }_llln‘ll you heard cries?” asked Captain thought she served what_seemed to me to be the shape | Hall. " of a man. My first idea was to jump on ‘I did,” replied Buhot. board the steamer. Then I thought of | (aptain Benolst was then recalled. | our water-tight compartments and fig-| . 'After the collision took place,” Captain | ured they would save the ship. Then I|Benoist, did you do everything in your | lost sight of the shadow of the man and. { my attention was directed to the hole in the steamer. And then the captain the Max told me to blow the fog horn, | which I-did. In the meantime the rest of the sailors did all they could to heave the Max to in order to come closer to the steamer.”” ‘Are you positive the ‘lookout was asleep?” interrupted Bolles. “I. can't swear positively. The man I |.saw was leaning. In my belief he was not attending to his business.” | “Would not a man hold on to some- | thing if he saw the ships coming to- gether?"” “I conldn’t say.” “Did you see the lights of the steamer after they separated? | "I;nw them about fifteen minutes after- ward.” | *“Did _you hear any cries or whistles {from the steamer after the collision?” ( Heard Three Whistles. | | “I heard three whistles.” Later on I lost CHANGE IN WIND £5 THE BARK Caithnesshire Barely Es- capes Disaster in the North. -— Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Jan. 10.—Captain “Furneaux of the British bark Caithnesshtre looks back upon last Tuesday morning as the mest eventful in his life at sea. For six hours in a hurricane gaic his ship drifted slowly but steadily toward the rocks on the southern Vancouv: Island shore, to be saved from disaster only by a provi- | @ential change of wind at a moment when and crew were taking to the Caithnesshire safled from San Diego in ballast for Tacoma on December 2i. Last Saturday, after a rough trip up the coast, she made Cape Fiatfery. All Sunday afternoon and night a strong gale was blowing south-southeast, and the Britisher labored heavily. Monday passed without a change. That night found the vessel about sixty-five miles from Flat- tery and off the coast of Vancouver 1sl- and. With a gale such as is seldom seen Cap- tain Furneaux found himself in a critical position. The Caithnesshire was gradu- ally driven shoreward until she was al- most in the breakers. The bottom offered | no anchorage of any kind, and the terrific wind was still blowing. From _shortly after dark on Monday night until 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning the ship stood off the rocks, "in danger every minute of being dashed to pleces.. Anchor after anchor was lowered, and three of them are now at the bottom of the-straits. The pro- gress of the vessel toward destruction was not checked. Chains and hawsers snapped like twine and the windlass was nearly lifted from the deck. Beside her. three anchors the bark lost two wire hawsers and 200 feet of cable. # With fifteen fathoms of water beneath her and right among the breakers, the safety of “the Caithnesshire was de- spaired of. Boats were being lowered in an attempt to reach the shore before the vessel struck, when the wind suddenly veered to the westward and the situation was entirely changed. The next day the bark stood up the straits. During the forenoon a British ship was sighted. Captain Furneaux was flying signals of distress, but his country- man paid no attention to them. Not an answering pennant, not even a promise to report the bark's condition, appeared. Later the Cathnesshire was picked up by a tug and towed to Tacoma. Not only is she anchorless, but there is not an anchor available on the Pacific Coast. Her New York agents have been wired to for assistance in this particular. The crew of the Caithnesshire attrib- ute their remarkable escape to the an- swering of their prayers, HOPE FOR MISSING SEAMEN. Members of Bristol’s Crew May Have Survived Wreck. VANCOUVER, ‘B. C., Jan. 10.—As long as there is no definite assurance that Cap- of power to render assistance to the steam- er,” asked the inspector. “We did everything we possibly could,” he replied. My idea at the time was that the steamer continued on her course. The only reason I lighted a torch was to let the - steamer . know where we were. I thought we were going to sink and I wanted the steamer to know where we were. Had I known that the steamer was sinking I would have lowered my lifeboats and gone to her assistance. I did not think the steamer was hurt because after she struck the match she came alongside and I pushed against her rail.” Captain Hall Testifies. i Captain Andrew Hall of the Walla Wal- la was then called to the stand. Inspector Bulger read the following statement which the commander of the ill-fated steamer sent to the board: “The steamship Walla “Walla, under my command, sailed from San Francisco on January 1, 1902, at 11:15 a. m., for Victoria and Puget Sound ports. We had light variable wind, moderate sea and clear taln MclIntyre and six members of the crew of the colller Bristol were drowned on Friday morning last after the steamer had piled on the rocky shore of Green Island, there remains” hope that they escaped death. It is considered possible among marine men in this city that if Captain MclIntyre succeeded in launching his boat and getting away from the Bris- tol, he would have managed to keep the boat In such trim as to ilve out the gale. Should such have been the case, it is con- sidered likely that he may have bcen driven north by the gale to Tongas har- bor, which lies just to the east of Cape Fox. The collier Wellington, which recentl arrived at Ladysmith to load coal for Sag Francisco, has been ordered to take her cargo to Juneau to replace that lost,on the Bristol. On her way north the Welling:c will stop at the scene of the disaster and make a search of the shore. WRECKAGE OF THE BELLE. Little Doubt That the Crew of the Lost Schooner Perished. SAN PEDRO, Jan. 10.—The power schooner Clemente, sent out to search for the missing schooner Belle, Captain Harry Oilscn, has found wreckage from the Belle on the shores of Anacapa Island and. it is now deemed certain that the schooner was lost with all hands. The Clemente picked up a hatch cover, binocle box and several crates, which were identified as belonging to the lost boat. The Becile was a small power schooner and put out from this port on December 26, Her skip- per, Harry Olson, is survived by a wife and two children. Bark Santa Clara Floated. - VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 10.—The bark Santa Clara, which went ashore on Trial Island during the storm of Christmas night, was fleated this morning. =3 weather until off Point Arena. From there we had light southeast wind with cloudy overcast weather until off Cape Mendo- cino, which we passed at 2:45 a. m., Jan- uary 2, fourteen miles off. From there the wind ‘increased with very dark overcast weather. “At 4 a. m. I was on the bridge; then went to my room and laid down. Was awakened by. hearing orders given from the bridge to the quartermaster of ‘hard a-port.’ 1 jumped out and just at that time the whole side of the house crashed in. I rushed on deck and found that we had been run into by a bark, which since proved to be the French bark Max. The first thing I looked for was her lights, but saw none. I rushed to the indicator, which was smashed; also speaking tube to engine room. Officer Hughes and Sec- ond Officer. Lu&p were on the bridge at the time. Both officers swear that they saw no sidelights on the bark before the colli- sion. I immediately gave the signal to swing and lower the boats. , I met the chief engineer at the companionway-and ascertained that the ship had stopped. I ordered the port boilers blown down, had the forward pumps started and the fires hauled, which the first assistant attended to. The boats and liferafts were lowered and pasengers were rushed into boats and on rafts as fast as we could get them out of their rooms. The shlg sank suddenly, after twenty minutes afloat, under offi- cers and crew's feet, who were carrying on the rescue. Third Officer Hughes was on watch at the time of the accident, hav- ing relieved Second Officer Lupp at 4 a. m., some minutes before. The time of the ac- cldeat was 4:30 p. m. . ““What was the state of the weather when you came on deck at 4 o'clock?’ FRANGE DEMAND: CONGES3ION Credentials of the Min- ister at Peking Are ‘Withheld. PEKING, Jan. 10.—The French Minis- ter, Beau, refuses to present his creden- tials until China fulfills certain demands of the French Government. The joint audience of the foreign and new Chinese Ministers which had been arranged has been postponed because of Beau's action. His colleagues are discussing whether to support him or not. A repetition of the Turkish incident is considered possible. The Dowager Empress to-day followed { up her friendly advances by sending ver- bal messages to several of the Ministers | thanking them for the care they had | taken of the palace and expressing pleas- | ure at the reception accorded by the for- eigners on the cccasion of their Majesties’ entry into Peking. The report of the arrest of General Tung Fuh Siang, whose decapitation has been ordered by the Dowager Empre: is incorrect. The Tartar general, who is Governor of Kwan Su, was afraid to ex- | eeute the orders he received owing to | Tung Fuh Siang's influence among the |.aft to do so before going below. | went below and returned to the bridge 1t 5 | asked Captain Bolles. “There was a heavy sea running and it was dark 2nd cloudy,” he replied. “How came you to get up at 4 o'clock?” “I always did so when the weather was southeast. The second officer called me. I was on deck five or ten minutes.” | * “How would you communicate with the | man at the wheel from the charthouse?’ ““Through a scuttle.” “"When you went on deck, what did you “I told Mr. Hughes to keep a sharp lookout. I told him very particularly to At this moment Inspector Bulger an- nounced that Second Officer Lupp, who was listening to the testimony, had no right to be present. Captain Bolles dis- agreed with his colleague. Lupp came to the front and said if they wished to have him wait outside he would do so. As hc was on trial, he was permitted to remamn Continuing, Captain Hall said: “I was in my cabin just before the accident When I heard the cry ‘hard a-port!” I sprang out of my room just as the ves- sels collided. I then rushed to the bridge and found the second and third officers there. They both said, ‘They showed no lights, captain.’ ”” The witness then told what he had done to save the lives of his passengers, all of which has been narrated before. Lupp Gives Testimony, Second Officer Frederick Lupp was ths next withess examined. The follogving statement submitted to the inspectors was | read: “My watch was from 12 midnight to 4 a. m., and after being relleved by the third offier, Mr. Hughes, at 4 a. m., I re- ported off to Captain Hall.J The captain then got up and had a look around. “The quartermaster haing neglected to compare the after compass, I sent him then 4:30. L went into the charthouse to write up the log and while so engaged I heard the lookout report a light on the port bow. Almost the same instant I heard the third officer give orders to port heim and then sing out, ‘hard a-port! Not hearing the quartermaster answer him, I repeated the order to him. I looked for the cause of ‘the trouble and saw a flare light on_ the port side and almost the same irstant the bowsprit of the ship came over our bridge and struck the Wal- la Walla.” The witness corroborated the captain as to calling him at 4 o'clock and told how he had changed the course of the vessel and took bearings off the Mendocino light. The witness testified to the facts that ap- peared in his statement. ‘“Was the third officer injured?” he was asked. ‘“No, sir. He was not injured, because he spoke to me afterward and said the bark had no lights out.” Lupp replied. He stated that Hughes was standing right behind him in the charthouse when the lookout notified him that there was a light on the port side. Mr. Lupp told how easy it was for Hughes to reach the quartermaster from where he was stand- |bx;g, but the inspectors were a little du- ous. Johnson Was Lookout. The chief witness of the day was Eph- ram Johnson, the seaman who was on the lookout on the morning of the colli- sion. Captain Bulger had to go at him “rough shod” to get him to testify as to what he knew. The witness was afraid to speak. He feared he might be blamed for negligence. He testified that he was the regular lookout and had the watch from 4 to 3 o'clock; that he came on duty at 4 o’clock and that the weather was disagreeable. He said he had been going to sea for the past two vears and had been employed as lookout on the Walla Walla for the past three months. He stated he could see well that morning and was able to distinguish the Cape Mendocino light. After looking at the green and red lights of the Walla Walla, he said he took up his station amidships and then saw a light on_the port bow. “How long was that after you went on the lookout?” asked Mr. Bolles. “Shortly after 4 o'clock,” he replied. “What kind of a light did you see?” “A white light and I reported it to the tridge “Were you answered?" “Yes, sir. The third mate answered me. “How much was it off the bow?” “About two points.” “What were the words you used when you reported the light to the third mate?” “Light on.the port bow.” Continuing, the witness sald: “I ran to the bridge the first time I saw the light, and on returning I saw a green light.” “What did you do when you saw the green light?’ “I sang out green light on the port bow. I did not get an answer right away. Just a little time after some one yelled from the bridge. I stood there and then Mohammedans, who dominate the prov- ince. The Governor feared that the ae- rest of Tung Fuh Siang would incite the Mohammedans to rebellion. CAMBON NOT ADVISED. French Embassador at ‘Washington Knows Nothing of the Demands. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—When shown the news dispatch from Peking stating that the presentation of certain demands upon China by the French Minister at the Chinese capital had caused a serious hitch in the proceedings therse. M. Cambon, tke French Embassador at Washington, ex- pressed great surprise, saying he was not aware of any clalms preferred against the Chinese Government bf the French re- public which would be likely to cause an lntertuglion of affairs at Peking. The Embassador has not received any advices whatever on this subject, and therefore was not prepared to give a spec- ulative interpretation of the dispatchy. 1t was suggested that France does Ecld some claims against China, but it was gathered that these were not regarded here as of sufficlent importance to bring abbut the state of affairs set out in the press dis- patches. At the State Department it was sugzested that the trouble may have arisen from a question of precedence or procadure in the coming presentation of the foreign Ministers. Mine Machinery Damaged. BIG OAK FLAT, Jan. 10.—The hoisting machinery of the Nonpareil mine was damaged to the extent of $1000 to-day by a fire which was caused by sparks from the blacksmith shop of the mine. The pEoperty was nmot insured, The mine nas een idle for some time, but was to have started on Monday. The Longfellgw Mine Syndicate of Glasgow, Scotland, is the owner of the property. th Captain A. Hall Gives His Version. Denies Bark Max ‘Had Her Lights Burning. a ship ran into us. I did not see a ship before she struck us.” “How long was it ‘between the time you saw the white and reported the green light?” “Some little time."” “Where was the third mate?” Saw a Green Light. “In the charthouse. “When I saw the green light I called out as loudly as could. I thought it was pretty ciose continued to see the green light until she struck us. I saw no red light.” As the witness would not or could not tell the inspectors the duration in time when he saw the lights Captain Bolles be- came stormy. “Now I want to know,” said Captair Bolles, “how many minutes after you saw the green light did the vessels col- lide?” Johnson became frightened and lamel admitted that about five minutes had passed. Are you sure you reported the green light to the mate?” “1 sang out to him as loud as I could.” d you call more than once?” o, sir.” Did you get an answer?"” “I got a yell.” Then Captain Bolles became He turned to the witness tone said: “If you went off to report the white light, why didn’t you go to the bridge the second time and report the green ome? You as a seaman ought to know it was more dangerous. “Well, 1 sang out,” dogged! witness. “I thought I did m “Well, you're not sure he heard you?" “No, I am not exactly sur: quartermaster on the weathful. and in an angry replied the duty.” look~ o, sir; he went below.” Captain Hall interrupted to say that the lookout was instructed to report person- ally to the bridge if he saw a light and The witness admitted he s rule. The witness said he left the steamer in No. 8 boat, which was in_charge of Boat- swain Alec Holmes. He said he heard the captain’s orders telling them to go to the stern of the boat and take off other passengers, but owing to the boat having but an car and a half they were unable to_do so. Joseph W. Ettershank, a 19-year-old boy, who was quartermaster on the Wal- la Walla and in charge of the wheel at the time of the disaster, was then ex- amined. He said he had been at sea one year, and of that time had been quarter- master for seven months. His testimony developed the fa-t that he had been given orders to “hard a port” and he had obeyed them. J. Albert Reed, first assistant engineer, was unable to attend and his afidavit was read. According to his statement, the collision occurred at 4:15 o'clock. This is in direct contradiction of the time given by the officers of the Walla Walla. The latter claim that the clock in the engine room was fifteen minutes fast. Reed swears that he set his clock by the time ball at the ferry depot. M. Nielson, a sailor, was the last wit- ness examined. 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