The Chaotic Collision of the City of Chester (1888)

In a somewhat fiery interview with the chief officer of the Oceanic to a reporter from the Daily Alta on the 23rd of August, 1888 he issued the following statement to the press: “The men of the Chester,” he said, “say they lowered our boats. Do you think it at all likely that a true sailorman will leave his own vessel, clamber up into a strange ship, and proceed to lower her boats? The men who say they did that also claim it was fully twenty-five minutes before the Chester sunk. If that was so why did they not stay on their own vessel and lower their own boats?” Ship Name: City of Chester  Year Built: 1875 Tonnage: 1106 tons  Nationality: United States of America  Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamship  Year Wrecked: 1888 Location Wrecked: Near Fort Point San Francisco  Reason for Wreck: Collision with the Oceanic  Lives Lost: 16 Sources:  https://books.google.com/books?id=WDIwghu6e4MC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+chester+shipwreck+1888&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18880823.2.2.9&e=-------en--20-DAC-21-byDA-txt-txIN-City+of+Chester+sunk------- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18880824.2.2&srpos=1&e=-------en--20-DAC-1-byDA-txt-txIN-The+Bay+Tragedy%2C+Officers+of+the+Oceanic+praise+their+Chinese+sailors------- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18880824.2.2.1&srpos=34&e=-------en--20-DAC-21-byDA-txt-txIN-City+of+Chester+sunk------- https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/archive/shipwrecks/city-of-chester/city_of_chester_fact_sheet.pdf https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJH18880822.2.13&srpos=4&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/apr14/city-of-chester.html https://books.google.com/books?id=0JoKAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=oceanic+collision+city+of+chester&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MP18880823.2.2&srpos=13&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VFPW18880824.2.12&srpos=17&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18880830.2.3&srpos=37&e=-------en--20-DAC-21-byDA-txt-txIN-City+of+Chester+sunk------- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18880825.2.2&srpos=19&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDDU18880823.2.2&srpos=6&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18880828.2.31&srpos=25&e=------188-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HTS18880824.2.13&srpos=14&e=------188-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18880829.2.3&srpos=26&e=------188-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18880830.2.28&srpos=30&e=------188-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HTS18880828.2.19&srpos=23&e=------188-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18880827.2.9&e=------188-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18880824.2.37&srpos=27&e=-------en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-City+of+Chester%2C+Oceanic%2C+cheese------- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18881003.2.19&srpos=43&e=------188-en--20--41-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888--- https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18881010.2.21&srpos=45&e=------188-en--20--41-byDA-txt-txIN-Chester%2C+Oceanic-ARTICLE-1001--1888---