Show The Cause of the Disaster NEW YORK March 19 Win H BoomkaniD once a sailor before the mast and therefore entitled to speak has made a statement in regard to the accident to the steamer Oregon on which he was a passenger The points ie make in brief are these The ho e made it1 the vessel which was upon the port side was caused by a force from without because it waked him and he noticed that the vessel was failing to tUestarboard Had i been the result of an explosion from within the vessel would have leaned to the portside port-side from the weight ot the rushing waters Furthermore when an attempt at-tempt to stop the hole was being made he leaned far out o > rer the vessels bide ana saw ttiut the iron plates were bent inwards showing that the force camt from without As to the night Le says it was parfecty clear and that any vessel lar e or small with or without lights jould have been seen four miles away BOSTON March 19It is fearcd here That the schooner which was sunk in the collision with the steamer Orrgon was the Hudijn from Philadelphia for this port with coal which is now three days overdue |