The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-08
A Propeller, with Thirty Passon>
gers, IcebOund at Night.
HOW THE RESCUE WAS DOME
The Last Plank Between
Death and Life.
4 MOST SENSIBLE NEGRO.


aster on the Hudson River at two O'Clock this
The propellers McManus and Redneld left New
York on Saturday night, the former for C0xsackie
and the latter for Hudson. Both got along very we1
Till after passing RhineDeck, when they ran into
Ice twelve inches thick, and after butting at 1t
several hours retreated to R0nd0ut for safe har-
Dor. This fact was telegraphed to the Redfeld's
owners at Hudson, whose propeller Nuhpa laid
At Hudson dock receiving freight and passengers
for New York. About two hundred people were
on the dock, many OF whom intended to
take passage on the Nuhpa, but who
decided not to when the telegram was received.
At seven p. NJ, however, she had thirty passengers
on board. She crashed through the ice In safety,
and, though going slowly, passed through the OBJ
structions with comparative ease, not having to
stop once till she reached point -
A LITTLE SOUTH OF BARRYTowN
at two O'Clock In the morning. At this hour all the
passengers had retired to rest several of them oc
cupying berths in the cabin below the main deck
and the balance In state rooms which lined the up
per saloon. Suddenly the steamer came to . dead
stop in the center Of huge field Of ice. Backing
out she ran into 1t again, but did not make much
Roadway The next time she went In, the ice broke
away on each shore and the action OF the
tide forced the heavy fields from the west and
from the east against the Nuhpa, holding her AZ
II in wise, and cutting . hole, all Of two fact
square, in her hull just astern Of midships ON the
starboard side. Henry Briggs and George Perry,
pilots; George a. Powers one OF the owners, and
Captain fireman were in the pilot house when the
shock occurred. Captain Powers hurried to the
saloon n deck ssco and running the whole length
rushed from their staterooms bewtldered and
panicstricken and in their nightclothes. Captain
Powers told them all that the boat was sinking,
and hurried them forward where men were en-
gagged In preparing the lifeboats for launching-
Meanwhile Captain Powers smashed In the empty
stateroom doors, and hastily procured all the re-
seized by the passengers: The news Of the sink.
the few passengers in the lower cabin, and they,
too, hurried up stairs and ran forward, nearly ali
house. The boat on the starboard side was hang
ing on the davits and was got ready first. Captain
Powers ordered the men to stand back and let
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN GET IN FIRST.
BY this time the stern OF the steamer was gradu-
ally sinking, and it was feared she might make q
element ensued. one woman threw her arms
around the stewards neck, and plead with him not
S were geod for ali to be The cn
female passengers and three children were placed
In the boat as expeditously as possible, and the
misunderstanding the bow was lowered much
faster than the stern, and suddenly the tackling
water one or two Of the ladies and one child being
hurled into the river. This created wild scene,
and it was feared several would be drowned
Fortunately the boat on the port side had already
been lowered, and into IL jumped two or
three Of the crew. who pulled it to the star
drowning. After superhuman exertion on the
part of the crew the women were rescued. In Q few
moments all had got into the boats except Captain
seeing that his passengers were all safe, he left the
steamer to her fate and also got into boat All
the time the leboats were filed and ready to
move towards shore they were opposite the State
o Ice between them and az the
safety was q serious one. few Of the the more re
ped from the boat on 1t and CROPPED their way
ashore, dragging boat over the ice along with
taking the ladies with them, one Of the men carry
ing long joist. When within about one hundred
feet Of the shore the ice in front OF them suddenly
cracked and moved, leaving chasm ten feet wide
I new danger, and again sie uniorsun Mss
ladies tainted. The man with the joist threw it
across the chasm, and taking the swooning lady LA
reaching the shore in safety The balance 1
and all except one man got across nicely: lie fell
in up to his neck, but got out again all right.
AFTER THE PASSENGERS REACHED SHORE
they walked down the railroad track to McEIroy's
Hotel, Rhineclif. The household was awakened
OF them lost ali their clothing. One man had OF,
nothing but a pair Of stockings and an overcoat,
and one or two ladies had on nothing but their
numbed with the cold. While they were
warming themselves by the stove railroad
could hear cries Of distress coming from the
steamer. A boat was procured and an attempt
made to reach the vessel but without success. The
cries could be distinctly heard by the men In the
small boat and it was finally discovered that they
came from the assistant cOOk-a colored man. He
was asleep below the main deck when the accident
happened and did not turn up when the small
boats left. He was told that they could not reach
him, when he answered. "Al right boss
I "
At daylight the Nuhpa had noated
down the river as far as yanderburg's Bay, nearly
to Rondout, and secured the services OF the pro-
peler McManus and the tugboat Samuel Cornell
sn a c cUok S %ns went d ne re p Tas
Saer was he smoking s pp Ts e Eags ns
bow being entirely out Of water. On her forward
deck three valuable horses were standing in the
Pulver OF Hudson, and were the only live stock on
board. The balance OF the freight consists Of hay
and stray light deck load and 100 barrels q
the furniture and carpets in her saloons
carried away. The McManus and the tueboat
lowed her to the fats, one mile and half south OF
Esopus lighthouse, and beacned her &C point
where 1t is thought the heavy floating ice will not
reach her. The horses were then taken OF, as was
also as much OF the freight as WAS possible, when
the McManus and tug steamed back to Rondout
The Nuhpa has been
ALWAYS AN UNFORTUNATE BOAT.
Her hull or keel was that OF the steamboat Berk-
shire which was burned several years ago between
here and Rhinebeck and many lives were lost; two
years ago the Nuhpa ran ashore In fog and last
year she lost wheel In the l0wersHudson; one OF
her owners stated that she Is now damaged to the
amount OF $4,000 or over, but that the company
can stand 1t; the wrecking steamer, Clara
Of New York, has been sent for and Is expected to
win be bumped out and lowed to the dry dock.
The Nuhpa is nearly three hundred feet in length
and nifty feet In width and carries 500 tons. Her
original cost was $lS0,00O She was considered to
be the largest and fastest propeller on the Hudson
River
About all OF her
PASSENGERS
left for Hudson from Rhinebeck on the halfpas
seven train this morning. and all In rather dapi-
dated condition.; among the female passengers
were Mrs. warden and children, OF Hudson, who
were moving to New York; they had all their
furniture on board family named Mosner was
also on board; . lady named McCase fell In the