New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-03
ACCIDENT on THE SOUND.
STEAMER Rim INTO AND SUNK.
TWO LIVES LOST.
TWO OTHERS MISSING.

Wednesday morning, O'clock for Nev-lisvea.
wss ran into BIZ the propeller Alhaiross. when %
Maiincock Point. and almost instantly sunk. Tho
Champion bad on board about thiry.sye Passengers,
bsiSe crew Of eight or ten men, and Of these thrcs
re-sengers and one fireman missing. and arc sup
posed TO have los, their lives by the accident
Frcm what We can learn from passengers who wers
taken from the sunken steamer, II appears thai the
Champion when gong up saw the light OF an np-
preaching vessel. aud the engineer instantly blew NM
whistle which WAS answered by the M5airors Tho
Champion then made for the rght-Land side OF tho
channel required BY law. while the Alhaio-s, IN
stead of taking the opposite course pot Tor the same
side Of the channel which ssarly brought the two
vessels in contact.
The Albatros. struck the Champion shout ten feet
forward of the wheehouse the lsrhoari side. cut
ting her clean through TO the boilers. The eonc,sssos
caused tire boilers explode with loud report, above
which, aud amid the hissng Of the scaiing steam.
which thus let loose cord be heard the agonr'ns
cries of enc of the dremen cal help. Attempts
w made the ,..'. ne boiling waller
snd hot steam which Were poar,n< upon him, bu, is
was impossible reach him. aud he Is numbered
smong the lost IIa name IL Martin Jackson. single
man. who formerly resided in Mott street, New
York. The passengers mo.ly below in the
cabin, and three gentlemen, two of them from Fair
Haven, whose names are unknown. bu, who are Sad
10 have been ON board. cannot b. found. and are
supposed TO have been drowned. They were
seen ut the boat before she started. she wG
about leaving her dock and il was their intention
TO take passage ON board Of her. II is barely possible
that they did not 20 on the boat ALL although two
three persons positively assert that they them on
board. If SO they Loot, they surely not
among the saved.
A gentleman by the name OF Steele. OF New-iiaveu,
dealer in coffee and spices, IN the cabin Of
tho after il nearly full OF water, and he
has not been seen since. Ii IL established, beyond
doubt that be was unable to eStrieate himself from
tie cabin. and was drowned.
Within twenty minutes after the collision the Cham
pon was entirely under water-her smoke-pipes and =
foot or 20 of her wheehcuses alone remaining in sight
The Albatross immediately took OF the passengers Of
the Champion, and fastened 10 the sunken steamer
and commenced towing her toward the shore. The
steamer Cro,on, Capt. Hoffmyer, on her regular trip
down from Glen Cove. went TO the assistance OF tho
Champion, and aided the Albatross in towing her 10
shallow water She was finally grounded on fresh
Pond Beach, where she now lies.
Owing to the lateness OF the hour at which the
Champion le her dock the passengers generally had
remov ed but portion OF their Clothes and hut few Of
them were asleep. Had this not been the case, moro
lives would certainly have been lost, as there was
barely time between the collision and the sinking Of
the steamer for them 10 reach the deck, and then
some of them waded through the cabin neck deep in
water.
The Croton took all the passengers from the Aba
tross and brough, them this city, landing them ~
the foot Of Oliver street.
Capt Hofimyer OF the Croton and Capt Jones Of tho
Albatross supplied such garments to the sufferers ~
they able to, but their supplies not equal 70
the demand. Mr.. Hendrickson proprietor OF the Glen
Cove Express line also furnished the shiverng
and children with various articles Of clothing, de-
privng hmself of his outer garments to their
comfort As the steamer Croton il preparedo furnish
food for her passengers of the unforunaes had
nothing to eat from the night before they lef New
York till they returned the next day, except some
bread and cheese that obtained for them by DR..
Ilendrckson. This gentleman specially received the
thanks of the lady sufferers to whose comfort he do
voted hmself until they safely cared for in New
York again.
! In addition 10 the passengers on board the Cham
pion she had large amount of freight, including four
horses and eight mules. immediately after the coi-
lison, of thee animals got oose, and rushsd
antcally about the decks getting into the cabin,
where they trsmpled upon and injured slightly Of
tie passengers II is thought by that Mr. Steele
may have been injured by them To prevent bis
reaching the deck. The horses were placed in tbs
neigbborbood of the boilers. and known TO hsve
been scalded, and were probably almost instantly
killed in that
! During tho day yesterday between twenty and
Thirty men at work upon the wreck, securing
such freight possible TO reach at low tide, and
all that would float wa got out and landed on The
| beach. On removing portion Of the deck, It wss
found that one end Of the high enough ous
Of water TO afford air point between the decks
and to this place four of the mue- had crowded. and
thns saved their lives. They soon relieved from
Il err potion and found entirely uninjured. The
steamer Magnolia wss employed yesterday in securing
the wreck and in making arrangements for raising IT.
1t was thought that at low tide this morning they
would be enabled board IT, and ascertain the number
Of bodies toard, and convey them to the shore.
Until the il searched il 10 impossible to say whether %
| no, there more than two
TIE Champion does no. belong to the regular lins Of
New Haven boat but supplying the place Of Tho
steamer Traveller which was bald up account Of
having been run the night previous by schooner.
She should have left here at III O'Clock on Tuesday
night but for some resssn detained until o'clock
"Wednesday morning. The Albatross is freight pro-
peler belonging in Providence and IL said 70 havs
been heas ily loaded. She continued her tn, 10 thiA
city, where -he arrived Yesterday afternoon.
lBy Tsegsphl
NZw-Hiyrs, Wednesday, Nov. ?, l83.
The news Of the collision the Sound this morn
ing between the steamer Champion and the ProSi-
dence propeller, only reached here this evening.
II much sensation. Beside the teaua Of he
fireman. Mr. George Steele tea merchant Of this city.
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