The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-05
SINKING OF THE SHIP MARGARET EVANS.


Whe II struck fn tho Fog by Steamer
Damage About Twenty-Five Tho"ss"o
Qel|ers-Psrtly Insured tn This oasS-
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About Two o'clock yesterday morning, during the
prevalence of hsvy fog, as the ship Mareare. evans
was lying at the pier rSt Of corleArs street. hass RIVER
she was into BY large steiner suppose. 10 inc
Bridgeport which struck her with .renehuoua iorce'
the steamer being under great bead On s'0a" - 'ns
time lust absft the port chains, knocking MSe hole
In the Margaret Evans and cutting her to tue waters
edge She began Ill rapidly, but owing to the united
dexterous exertons Of her captain, Trefy. and thu
watohman and Of the ship, they succeeded In haul
ang her around to tho upper part of the DOCK Of the
deep water into the shallow, at which place she soon
settled down In the mud, where she now lies. On
mooring her II was found that she was also badly
injured ON the side next TO the DOCK also fast
nllng there One of tho largest piles broken In
twain in places below the stringpisce of the dock
about two feet apart which will show the great Of
the shock sustained by the Margaret Evans Her decks
arc warped in several places, so heavy was the blow
struck
The Margaret Evans is thousand tons burden and
was formerly most popular London and New York
packet ship but is engaged as freight ship; she
has but recently arrived from Leghorn her cargo con-
OF srSss ~ p s han
already boon discharged the balance Of which will oil DO
saved Sho y now in an easy condition and being
dry dock and thoroughly repaired which viii cost about
twenty thousand dollars at the lowest estimate She
IS British ship, and owned in Montreal, Canada She
Is partly insured the Atlantic and other marine In
surancc companies In this city. The insurance agents
have visited the wreck and the Bridgeport Company,
tho captain States have intimated their willingness to
pay the expenses incurred in repairing the damage sus
taned II after further inspection they become satisfied
that 1t thor steamer that did the mischief.
just the steamer struck the ship the Waterman who
was on deck at the time recovering from the shock IN an
instant, hailed tho supposed steamer Bridgeport ana
asked for her name but his query elected reply that
vessel moving rapidly away Shortly after daybreak the
captain and the Waterman of the Margaret Evans, sus
pectng strongly that the above named vessel that
struck them repaired the dock OF the Bridgeport Com
pany at Peck slip they say they found that YES
sci lying and scrutinzng her bow found the cutwater
much damaged and pieces Of timber which the captain
thought lie recognized belonging to his vessel sticking
In the Bridgeport. On asking the officers Of that vessel II
they had not into ship in the morning they at first
denied any knowledge of the affair." but finally admitted
that they had come in collision with vessel during
the fog Of the morning
Capt Trefry Of the Margaret Evans thinks that 1t
most provdcntia that vessel at the docks at the
time of the collision, at the rate the steamer
going had there boon nothing between the pier and
her bow at the time, she would have certainly struck the
solid dock with such force carry away her bow
and possibly explode her boilors which would have af
forcd still another chapter in the terrible record Of
steamboat disasters.