New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
STEAMER KkICKEReoCKEg SEACCEI
SAFETY OF THE PASSENGERS.

4 seriou, sccidei, happer.d to the s.esmbor
K1,c, e.bocker yes erjsy morning, While on her q
f,D Altsny with pss'sngeEs to this clty. Abou, ?
o.,ck, ss she was pessi'g Corner Hook, son six G
:, rtn mes above Pttksk'I, she struck with gsee
fosrs against sloops mast under water, and scon be
ean 70 fill. The pilot, in orde~ to save the 'yes Q
the passsbeers headed her AZ once for Mortgome!
Creek. and rop her aground On the mud AS soon a
possible. The ramps were kept sraag TO keep The
Waltr from gaining co much headway, aud sgtals o
distress made 10 obtain assistance AT the same
tine the foui boats belonging 70 the 'namer were
launched and es ready for ,sse. At th.- nnure the
soep Aechanic, Capt Coe csne a'ongsoc and took OF
nos OF the Passengers together with Their luggage.
ihe steamboat Nagaie which came along a. this
tiIre, asc promised 70 cone to her assistance but
instead o. doing co. kept o. her way. All Of the
passerger, numbering about 80 persons, were safely
landed et feeL'Sill, and came 10 the city in the
noInns tram. We are informed that the passengers
L-i. ssted remarkable eooness throughout the hole
OH trying cIounstsnces in which they were plece1
enabling capt Nelson to carry out every measure
4,'s'iabe 70. ,heir security.
Z ne hhlekeroooker, in addition 20 her passengers
lad en- board % horses, large number of sheen ard
general freight OF butter sppes, cheese and ether
goods. In was impossible 20 save the horses ~ he
tore the passengers could BE- got OF the after ne, NJ
the boat became nearly submerged, aad theyy re
drowned. large number of the sheep swan ash =
About 5O'clock a. m, the boat having got agro
only some 60 feet forward, and the after part fl
with water, she slid of and dyifted down beloy C.,
wells Larding. Every etfort was made to get her
the fats and hold her there with cables and anchor
but with the food tide she d,ifted back to Fort M
gomery Creek, and about 10 O'Clock cspsized. ,sl
urned keel up spirg out her freight, and it is fe
her boilers also.
II was then discovered that she had struck upou he
mast Of q sunken .loop, the mast rakrg toward er
and bulgDg large plank on the larboard bigc, just
abaft the heel then gancing off and striking again on
the side, just abaft the mdshps where t entered
Il hull in two pieces and passed through the main deck
Tito the ladies saloon. Neither Of the holes was
large enough TO admit mans foot. The owner Of the
surken sloop came on board and said that his
vessel was sunk On Thursday last in a squa Her
mast was then sticking out ofthe water and he placed
lantern upon il; but Friday night schooner
foul Of It and broke it off below the water. lie said
that lie then placed some buoys over the spot TO
steamers of the danger, but some one had removed
them on Sunday night; and as the pilot Of the Knck
eibocker knew nothing Of the sunken sloop, which
Lev right in the track Of The steamers the occurrence
was, SO far as he was concerned, wholly unavoidable
List evening Captain Nelson with the steamboat
America towed the capsized steamer out of the chan
nd down rear Peekskill, where efforts will soon be
made to right her, by the aid of the floating derrick.
The Knio kerbocker one Of the largest and fast
est boats on the river. She was built about twelve
years ago, when she commenced running night
boat between New.Yo,k and Albany and so continued
up 10 the time of this accident. She WAS finely fitted
up for the comfort and convenience of her passenger
Lsst Spring she thoroughly overhauled, refitted
and repainted. At this time new boilers costing over
:l2 600 were put in. She is owned by Mr.. Justus f.
Earle and others, and valued at 500 600. Mr. IL had
her fully insured in the Fire Insurance Companies of
this city end else where but had effected no marine
insurance upon her. 1t ia impossblet to form any es
mate a. present Of the loss Her boilers will probably
be found and recovered. There were twentyone
horses belonging to different parties tied at the bow of
he boat, all of which, excepting one were drowned.
These onmals were most OF them very choice and
valuable The loss on the horses will amount to over
- 900.
There were upward oftwo hundred sheep on board
but being confined in an open pen they leaped over
board and many Of them swan ashore, where they
werc stcured. Some few, however, were lost. Some
of them were pickedup by aborers employed about
he country and taken away. No estimate as to the
loss of The sheep can therefore be made
All Of the fruit and a4keiDg to The value of 5000
or $500 was lost.
Amopg the flepht was one hundred barrels of
strong beer from a distillery at Albany, bound for
Tie Now York market Nearly every barrel iloa.ed
overheard, end picked up and secured by boat
men Of the neghborhood Somc few were stolen
We heaid of ore rnrn who had eight barrels, which
he sad l.. was going to take to his hOase for home
resumption"
Some two OF three of the laborers employed on the
railroad secured 'eg Of the sheep as they came
ashore and appcaied highly gratied with the prizes
One Of the tiagmep above Peekskll caught two, ard
tieirg their feet together, put them away in his little
house ongside OF the road until he was ready to 80
home i'll the evening. Apparently as happy as
lord he iien took tho sheep and carefully placing
them in the bottom Of bis ski started for hls home
Another rnan who Lad been seen to catch sheep On
its coming out Of the water, was asked on his way
home at the close Of the day. whct he had done with
biz sheep. Pointing TO bag at h feet he remarked:
"IIe's there sure, and I've got ths skin of him.
Some Of the workmen on the railroad were Observed
by their supernter dents to leeEs their worz oSca-
sionally ard walk OF short distance from tho road
Upon an investigation he found that they hch pes
rel Of beer hid amspg the bushes. The mystery vas
Of course explained 1t is almost needless % fehHA
that the Superintendent soon put an END 70 t' uA'
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