New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-21
AN OCTOBER STORM.
A sMAsH-UP ON THE HUDSON.

A SMASH-UP ON THE HUDSON.
SIX CANAI~BoATs wRECKED-Nor MORE THAN ONE
OR TWO LIVES LosT-NARRow ESCAPES.
lBr TELEGRAPH To THE TRBUNE.l
PouGnKEEPsIE, Oct. 2O.-The widest reports
hsvo prevailed all day about disaster at verplancks
Point 10 canal boats Tho facts are simply follows
Asa IN, the wind blowing heavily southeast, the
steamers Aida, Syracuse. and Niagara, bound sou'h
with heavy tows. rounded Stony Point. hoa'y
sea wss rolling and tho canalboat GlauiSA
Oakley Of Central Square broke her fas t.ss
from thu Aida and smashed into the lake poS'
Hare. also in tow of the Aida. The ater mao "'o
sons ON board including one woman ana SUM S."ioS
immedately throwing all five into the river MOI y"
the Oakley and the canalboat Greenwood Threw tuo
horso-biidge overheard This the Hares crow, VIZ" W.,
woman seized and were saved ana theh an ,'s+
the damaged boats through the storm VII uay"s"',
Vhon fbev were rescued and put aSnOio NJ
Verpianck's Point. Capt Aonzo Flemlng Vi '"o "ato
- he ,,o,, lost InOOO feet OF lumber oyerboard lie
thinks thai four boats OF the Adas tow were lost
hand ON the steamboat Syracuse says four mon were o
"a thar tow but reports do not confirm TINS state
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Tho stearnboat Niagara did not lose any boats. Inc
canAboat Wills Of Liverpool, n Y, one OF the Aidas
tow wss sunk and drifed, waterogged, into Tompkns
Coye She had five persons board and two horses
The horses drowned but the persons were saved
aud old man and Peter Turo found oinGng TO the
boat At daylight, and were rescued in an exhausted
condition by L. II. Blakeiey Of Vcrpancks Another
boat called the Warrior, In tow OF. the Syra-
cuss, was SINK, and ono Of her Grew was
swimming in the river hour She, too. had hVe
on board. all OF whom saved The canal-Doat Col
W. H. Price, Capt. Moore, was badly damaged ana
partially sunk A young girl who was on one OF the
hoats and who is al hotel at VerplancRs Point
thinks a great many drowned, but she must be
mistaken a. all the wrecked men now at the Point
In tho opinion that everybody was saved AT the
most there arc not more than one or two drowned.
Tho greatest indignation IS expressed by the Doatmen
a. tho conduct OF tho captain and pilot Of the steamboat
Aida They that when the steamer and her TOW
entered Hayerstraw Bay the wind was blowing gale
aud Notwithstanding one or two Of the boats broke IRON
their fasteniugs attention paid 10 them, but IN
stead somo one on board tho Aida cut the main hawser
which kept them altogether. and set them adrft. The
Greatest panic ensued all the boats ana the
scroanis aud shrieks OF women and children could be
heard above the roaring of the storm The disengaged
boats. all heavily laden were driven by the wind ana
tilo up tho riyer and striking the steam
boat SYRACUSE forced that vessel, with her tow
against Che pier at Verplancks Point tearing
away ell the piles and crushing in the sides and bows OF
many vessels. All the woman and children who we're
In the tow huddled together ono boat aud were
With greet difficulty got on shore, where they were
KINDLY cared for by the villagers The Aida passed on
down the river Tho Syracuse was of stony Point at
~. trying 10 get all her boats together. Fun
information shows but six boats lost, all laden
with apples lumber. marble, lime. and grain. The
shores near stony Point strewn with lumber, and
thousands Of apples floating in the river
Tho schooner China sunk last night near Grassy
Point The water in the Hudson tonight is extraorii-
Dary hugh. All the piers submerged and the storm
CONTINUES. In many places the water is the rail
rosI track. but damage on land IA yet reported.
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCH.l
The disaster of Stony Point caused by the heavy
WIND breaking the tOws OF tho steamboats, Aida and
Syracuse. The canabOats SUNK tho Chester Hare
Dlkotah c. Oakley, II. Casey. j. Willis and one other
uamo unknown. The Chester Hlro carried down 10000
FEET Of lumber: the j. Willis a deck load Of apples and
hold null OF grain. The action Of the pilot and captain
OF the Aida denounced for leaving the oanalboas at
che mercy OF the storm. Scenes of escapes
mentioned but there are authentic reports OF loss of
hls.
ARRIVAL OF SOME OF THE BOATS.
The steamer Aida arrived at New-YOrk at
oc0Ok yesterday afternoon, having In tow four OF the
fya canaboats which had formed the first tier in the
tow ana four barges The canalboats the Robert
Burnard the Wm Parks the II. c. Tracey ana the Celia
The bargos were the Moses ii. Grnneu, the John W.
Wilson, the Alfred Cook, and the o. jr The
canal boat j. johnson, which had been the middle boat
Of the first tier, with cargo of barley, was
seen 60 20 down, but all on board had
saved themselves by stepping on board the
b,rsea. The boats which reached the city were not
sefiousg damaged though the cargOes were in some
caaea injured. The barge Moses ". Grnnen had sus-
tanned damage TO tho extent Of q 900; the others were
only slightly injured. The Aida returned to the scene
OF the ds3stor Some dissatisfaction was expressed at
tbe conduit : the captain the Aida but nearly all
ayreed an declaring that under the circumstances he
could not reasonably have acted ], any other way.
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