Mr. Watvewetcut appeared for the master of the Hattie B. Tapley, Me. Do dall for the Owners of the we, and Me Latham and i, Robinson for the P. & 0. Company.
Mr, Laruaat asked that Mr. Nelson might be recalled as he wished to ask him a question.
Me. Warsewarcur said he might be recalled if he was in Shang Luxpgor, sworn, states:—I am master of the Heron and was so on the 27th Augt. I have been 14 years at sea. I hold " Swedish and an English master's certificate. I have commanded the Heron since March; before that I had been mate on bowed her for three months. I have towed ships of largo size with the Heron, Lhave towed the Alexmder Macneil, the City of Montreal, the St. Lawrence, the Gleniffer, the Glencoe, one of the Castle boats, the Durset, the Lylia, the Glenexrn, and the Pekin, all of which were over 1,000 tons and all towed during the pro-sent your. L have towed some of these out of dock on a strong tide which is the worst thing for tug to do, I took the Nt. Lawrene out of the Lunkadoo Dock and the Lylia out of the Old Dock. I have turned ships at Woosung, Che Heron has never failed to perform what she was been ordered to perform. I have tuad any kind of accident with her, boilers are better now than they were Inst year and are in perfectly good order long as I have been in the boat there has never been anything the matter with them, Her engines are very large but the boilers can only prodtice 60 h.p. We ordinarily work them up to that power. The Heron is a twin screw. We can handle a ship more rapidly than some On the 27th Aug. T wont to Woosung to tow in the Buttle B. Tapley. Mr. Miller-told me to tell Captain Jack to should be ired. Tne Ewo might be required in they required to turn the ship round and anchor inside in case there was not water on the bar. 1 could have is without the Lwo. I have dono it with bigger ships than the Hattie B. Tapley. L went down, took a pilot with me and went with him to arrange about signals with the Harbour Master. roached the Hattie 2. Zapley about 7 p.m. She was anchored about a mile outside Lismore light near the south side of ctor and in T noticed ers ahead of us when we came down; they were the Brutus, the Ulysses and the Glamis Castle. the Ulysses was laying on our port bow about a imnilo off the Brutus was ahead of us, The Brutus was not half a mile off; she was in the white sector. The Glamis Castle was further to the north. I did not take much notice of the steamers. made the Heron fast on the port quarter of the ship. had four lines; a very big hawser, another and of the same was for n quarter line; we had two parts of a Mantia for a brace line and another good Manila line for a backing line. They were all as good as we usually use for a large ship. I saw to the fastening myself and they wore properly fastened. The tow line and breast line were carried away at the time of the collision by the sudden stopping of the boat. Something must be carried away, the Heron is a heavy boat. When came down the Ewo was anchored at Woosung. 1 told her to come alongside at 9 o'clock. When she crime she lay on the starboard side. She was not fastened there was a little sea on. After I made the Heron fast I waited to seo the marks I was sometimes on'board the tug imes on board the ship. They were getting the hawser ready for the Ewo 1 the chain, L was looking out for the marks with my own glasses, There was a white light at 19 feot; a red light underneath at 19 ft 6 in., a blue light at 20 and another blue light at 19 ft. 6 in, I saw all except the red light. I did not seo it because it looks yellow from a dis tance when under the bright light. I was about three miles from the signal station, Lsaw the white light and both the blue
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