New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-14
POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
EMPIRE STATE TO BE REPAIRED.

Gle ACC DENT TO THE EMPIRE STATE.
Tho EmIi,e Stste lay off the pier at ;he loot Oh
sxsoty 5rst street until noon, on Tuesday, ~neA
= 70; no steam and proceeded TO the Dry DOCK al 'ne
ss AZ PIKE street 1he injuries she has sustained a'o
n near 80 serious o. first apPrehended- -Four no"'
1 "a. texekiIe The 7,ew-York side the waef was oil
.ruped Qua andy leaks far stopped ths'the aon'
Z, az cos hsrtt .cldAr from gaining WAFER ai'nousu
l 49,, os.r moderate speed The hnDefs are
| .h, conclusion on the larboard oige, aod
Soor plsbks are started. The tmoers
-, "a .alntered up good deal where she felt the
-, al the how. The reason why the injury was net
- e.,.t :. :. was because the engines hsd been
so.,ea On sceoubt of the fog and the Roadway of the
s.snsx ~.terialy lessened. Almost the only mo
usssun. possessed when she struck the sunken
"a vas hat acquired by the drifting OF the tide.
ne srss5er Of passengers was about one hundred
- sfg. come twenty or thirty Of whom renamed 90
\ e beat eli night. Captain Brsyton said that tne
eess;on was very great at the moment out wnen tne
bot sad reached the New-York side IL hao osen
n.r,v alsved and the landing Of the passengers was
aoosonlished very quietly. There was then far more
exStsmeot on the dock thar on the boat.
st.am.tue was sent for before her removal to the
D-v Dock. which took of the baggage and landed it
!, The CempsDy's pier.
n viii probably take week or ten days 10 complete
u, ,eoessary repairs. Her statboard ride is ewnat
damaged, a Consequence Of having run foul of
schsossr as che was trying TO make the land. The
damage o. THE quarter of the boat is however, CON-
pustiveiy trffipg.
THE FREIGHT OF THE EMPIRE STATE.
tbs freight cent to Boston by Kinsey d. Co.'s Elk.
S,. nj. MA
sarued perfectly safe and dry and was sent on fues
dsy night by the steamer Metropolis 1t may relieve the
minds Of Interested parties TO know that all moneys
Which had been intrussed to Messrs Kinsey & Co. for
t,srsmissof, and which arrived in the city 10 good
ssssop were sent usual by the land route 1t is
customary ct times, when amounts Of money or other
,uaI but valuable packages arrive too late for the
ld route for the Company TO take advantage OF the
next ea.lies; Conference.-The steamboats,. Amounts
rtder the latter head, however, we're very small on
Monday light, and are now very safe.
The whole freight Oh board ON Monday hight did not
exceed Tee per cent of that generally transmitted in
times when business il good.
UIasr ordinary circumstances, II 10 usual for the
Sound steamers to carry large qualities OF leather,
s,.. On b. our merchants in the swamp; but Mon
ssy right there was such freight
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The following Is an &C ,ouut of the accident of the
Empire State, received from the agent OF the Fall
River line If steamers:
"NEw-YoRK, Oct. 10, 1857.
"The Empire State left for Eal River at her usual
hour lat evening The fog which prevailed at the
tine, shortly after shut down thick. While Cropping
slopg-intendpg to cone-to in place Of safety (her
engine at the time shut off to give them out lit
tie more than steersge-way)-it became necessary to
pgdseay shear, TO avoid lighter which they made
dad ahead Before recovering her course she struck
ssck being at the time of tue lower end OF Black
Wells ialand. FINDING that she mad received Sucn
damage as 20 cause her to leak bad her course Was
once changed, and the Wy felt through tue fog
back to she city, where he passengers were ali
kndsd in safety, with her engla working as slowly
Nvss necessary 10 the fog aud freqaen!ly stopping.
The ester gained upon her 80 tnat AT one tins 1t
W. sbov. the cabin floor, bat the leak was at no
tina beyond control. was evinced by the fact tht
By eleven o'clock last night she had been entirely
feed Of water without other aid tnsh her own Jumps
% now lays at the foot Of Twenty-frs, street, East
RIVER snG at noon to-day will be put upon the
Basace Dock, and thoroughly repaired, andpat in as
osrDlfte order as before.