| − | afterwards Capt. Insley came in. He looked round and we then both went down to the freight deck. I then saw Capt. Rudlin coming on board in a small boat and heard him sing out "On the Rithet, lower the boats." I then heard the conversation between Insley and Rudlin mentioned by Insley. I then went to help to lower the boats. I took a waiter in a boat and went to pick up passengers. The Rithet never touched the Enterprise pilot house. The mate of the Enterprise was outside the pilot house just before the collision. I saw him run for the paddlebox on the port side. If he had remained in the pilot house he would not have been hurt. Our jib stay ran under their boiler deck, lifting it and the mate was hurt by the splinters. The Enterprise mast fell overboard as we backed away from her and not before. The quartermaster is the man who steers the boat, keeps the pilot house clean to. I have been a seaman all my life. I do not hold any certificate. I have acted as mate of a steamer on the other side. When the mate was sick I took his place.
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