New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20

two Of her Wheel the Law spec Zee vessels making
andg the gh Of way over W e not dohgso weenI
had bovn twiep the only aternai i've left blow
again and Keep my coursef u hf laid still 10 would have
sank there, DID eyeIytnn' that laid my posero
and he did nothing with the wh ole river at his commando
have evidence that ths Sthe, ha6s9ay refuses
ny bell 10 stop when thstthe collision was ineyitse;
rang ben % en- sss whn hess PEGS o. the sthss
nv boat at the tine Aes TIE first whistle the law voald
have oeasared Aia not answering tse Whistle scd me
my jsdeaeRt ws eesss dsregarted By the ets pilot
be cosd bsFecrOssed bow II had stopped st my first
Michael Sherman caRct and seorp-Reside IN Green
GCsDy an sA and S o. S s i.Ss4ss @
BsrcaJst jas aher 1eaving Chrisopher-st We saw he
Sbot 80 ysds cfhes blew tvo wkises tor her to 90 TO
the ict un$er sts and got no answer ron her. We
stopped swed and went back not EnOwiug what she meant
be kept cheering devn the river heading for his sip
rang the bells 20 slow stop and 60 GsS, nCai
81 asc in csion were going back
M boat had headwi he bod stopped BIS eo longer pei 70
il was going ahead Onr beat Ply the other asd
ground the peoleup wire; should not have sreok
with bis Keeping % his sssssay we only struck TIE
bows have bcea pilot t~rnty odd years had about o
Sst was his as be vas below hisp and would
Nicholas Pertain called and Reside at No S, Re
thsne ST. wes passenger the washngtoni boSness
is when the two steamers were 500 Tard
down the stream II sbe kept her original she
would ny opinion have gone under the stern OF me WASH
ngon but the Gregory continued 10 head down below he
sin with e evident intention Of running across the bows OF
the Washington, heard the four bell srnek by the pilot Of
Washington slow, stop and back but heard DO whistle
| perhaps because was s.j when saw the pilot OF
the Gregory continued to heave her helm to port turning her
head SON Inward knew there would be collisions the bells
were rang on Washington when about go TO 900 feet from
the ferry heard the whistle OF the ferrJboat very amt
tbe ferry boat had stopped aeh sney mI on nave
the engines Gregory not stopped at all and there
appeared be effort on her part to AVOID me collision II
she had kept her direct course she would have gone gh o
her slip under the Washngon stern have followed the seas
| for twenty years. have been pilot three years
Geo. r. Phibrook called aud sworn-Reslde at No. 5ls
Thirdst; was passenger the Washngon was standing
near the the Washington and head the bells
struck TO slow to stop and back heard what thought
was the whistle Of the Washington long betore the engine
made three four turns back before she struck the
George sherman called and sworn-Resde at Port Mon
mouth N j.; Chief Engineer on the Washngton heard
whistle blown twice DISTINCTLY J9st ser leaving Jn no
Jersey shores while looking at her. she changed her course
and beaded Tor across our 1ow about minute a~au tne
bets struck and our engine was retere1 ~ nag he W
make three revolutions before the collisions the whistle
Washington peculiar Oeng guh and coarse thihk
! il could be heard rs well more shrlll whistle -
Jacob Sherman called and swornWas on boardthe Wash
ngton and being right under the whistle heard distinctly
Mr. George Haushe called and svora- Reside in Jersey
City; passenger with my wife and two children IN the
D. Gregory; into the forward ladies' cabin ana
took seats; reading and looking suddenly saw tAe
Washington close al hand We stood up tearing the coo
and the neIt knew the Of the Washington forced
through the side OF the cabiD and standing amid the
wreck VI cabin great danger OF falling into The Wser
and my wife lying among the broken mbers CRYING Inat
her legs we're broken child suffered several bad eonu
sions the other unnjured NV vile was brought 10
Hospital where she underwent ampuIauon and died
| yesterday morning at O'Clock
! THE vEgDICT.
The Jury were eloseed for nearly two hours and then
returned the verdict that Phupns Hansbe came 10 Ler
by Of collision between The ~ gregory
jersey City Ferry and the steamer washington when
and we find the pilot Of the D. S Gregory John SMACK to
| blame for the casualty"