New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-14
FATAL STEAMBOAT COLLISION.


FOUR MEN DROWNED IN HELL GATE.
During the heavy rain-stOrm of yesterday
afternoon the propeller Hope. employed by the Depart
ment of Charities and Correction transporting dead
bodies Harris Island for nterment in Potters Field
was sunk in Hell Cato through collision with the steam
boat Americas. which plies between New-York and
Greenwich, Conn.,. daily. Capt. Uriah Maroney, who
had charge of the Hope, and James Flynn,
a prisoner from Blackwels Island who detailed as
one OF the crew. were rescued by Tyler Gibson and
Cornelius Finch boatmen. VINO the accident from
distance and rowed quickly the assistance Of the en-
dangered men. William AlbertsOn, the engineer a
brotherinaw OF the captain, was drowned with three
unknown prisoners who constituted the remainder OF
the crew Their bodies hRyo not been recovered, ana
thew arc supposed become entancicd with the
working gear and to have been drawn down with the
boat.
Information Of the disaster was telegraphod TO Police
Headduarters late the afternoon, by Capt Cherry OF
the Twenty third Precinct bat definite details could not
then be obtained Particulars we're furnished however
in the evening by Warden Brennan OF Bellevue Hos
pita who had forwarded several bodies by the boat
from the Morguo. 1t appears from the state
ment of the two rescued men that the
Home which may DO cassed large steam
launch waslreturnng from Harris Island and, about
D. H., was into by tho Amercus, bound Tor Green
wich In seeking avoid the larger steamer the Hope
was crowded upon MIL Rock, of Bellows Point, ana
contact with tho Anericus, the Hope struck upon
the rock. and sank instantly. Tho Captain
and crow OF the Americas mado every possi-
be effort to save the OF tho Hope,
but without avail. The prisoner, Flynn, whose ankle
was sprained severely taken IN charge by the po-
leo and sent back to Blackwelis Island A collin
Wards Island Hospital which the Hope was conveying
New York was subsequently found n1atmg IN tg 9
river near He'll Gate aud given INTO hc custony OF
Warden Brennan. Efforts arc making 70 revoN , 'ne
bodies Oh Lne ST S ng .Iv WIS nninred but the ex
OF The damage sustained by the Aopo LIS uhhho"n'
FALL OF AN OVERLOADED STABLE.
THREE MEN KIlLED-NARRow ESCAPE OF MANY
MORENO RECORD AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDINGS.
The floor of the loft of the old dilapidated
rooden stable Nos A and 46 Hubertst, West-st,
fall with sudden crash about 1910 IN. yesterday,
burying three men and two horses beneath mass Oh
broken tmbers and several tons OF oats and hay Win
which the msy structure had been overloaded scores
of aborers who had Just ceased work. ut the neghDOr
| ing wharves and elsewhere in tho vicinity,
| TO partake OF their MONDAY meal. fastened
| 10 the scene Of the disaster, and began
to remove the rubbish with great energy. They were
aided effectively in their work by Police Captain Petty
| and squad OF officers from the Fifth Precinct who
having heard Of the casualty arrived few moments
| later Meanwhile, the excitement OF large crowd
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rumor happily untrue, that more than three persons
had been crushed by the ruins. BY vigorous effort the
notice ard aborers succeeded in removing the rubbish
in less than 30 minutes during which the spectators
continued in state OF anxious suspense The hIeiess
remains OF three all that could be FOUND anu
these presented horrible appearance not to be easily
efaced from the memories Of those who from mere Idle
| curiosity official obligation, Nle"eu Ine mu'A''u
| corpses. The victims were:
| James Nelson Manning age SO, a truckman ana nay
broker, the lessee OF the stable mo was OoII W
| he leaves a wife and two children. 80. .
John Kilmer age Al VINO HSd 9harge OF me tee
Hubert and Beach-sts where he leaves VIE anu SIX
Tant Jacob Baurhyte age 50. agent for the Cask
line of Darges and the steamer New Champioh Nho re-
| sided in Catskil where he leaves we anu l"o
| children.
Inon the recovery OF the bodies they placed upon
a truck and having been covered with BLANKETS were
conveyed 20 the Leonardst staton-house oy order OF
! Denntv Coroner Leo who had been summoned. The
faces of Manning and Capt Baurhyte were blackened
and swollen terribly and examination OF their bodies
showed that death had resulted from suocaton though
hob had been crushed and mutilated by the mass OF
| rubbish which had fallen upon them Sew
| eral Of the ribs OF Capt. Baurhyte had been
fractured and the hands OF both men
had been bruised and cut severely. Kmers neck was
found 10 have been broken in two places by floor beam
which was found lying across It, while his face head'
and hands had been shockngly mangled by the broken
tubers Coroner Kessler visited the ruins during the
afternoon and impaneed jury OF eight business men
nv whom the bodies were viewed at the Leonardsi STA
tion-house where inquest Will DO held al Il a. III Oh
Monday .,
From statement made by a nephew OF Manning IL
annears that the building leased by his uncle from
! a Mr. spodord whom the informant believed to De Paui
e,oford of the firm OF epoford Brothers OF Broadway
About one year ago. he said, the roof OF the DuiHng
WAS raised several feet with the permission OF the Dc
nartmeut OF Buildings in order to give the loft ca
pacity suc for the storing OF an ample quantity VI
oas and hay for the consumption OF the six OF eigh'
horses kept by his uncle during the Winter months
About six months ago the floor had been strengthened
bv additional beams and the structure was considered
safe by its occupant and his employees. ON Mohn1J
afternoon quantity OF oats, In bags VarionsB 90
tmated az from to 800 bushels had been storeu III
the loft with is bales OF hay all Of which hAd Oeen
purchased for food for the horses.
When the structure FELL the three men who were Aeu
were standing In the middle Of the MOOR OF tne S'D
which extends onynbout 30 feet from the street. OaPt
Baurhyte had lust called business, and others h"e
been passing in and at frequent intervals mat
who had been at In the stable all day boasts oil M
escape through for glass Of liquor, IN quest
which he had lust gone adjacent DarrOom Parlei
Burns aged 90 a deformed dwarf. who gains lveii
hood by hlacking boots, standing IN the doorway
the stable when the floor fell. One Of his handH wa
caasht by the timbers and crushed badly he was eA
treated by the spectators and taken 20 his home III
adjoining tenement hOu-@. The two horses were eAt
/ cated IRON the rulnA uIaEn1ed tAe hoof oe"A7 u ~