The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-27
4 SOLID" GRANITE PIER MASHED.

The Steamship City OF Limerick Collides
with Our New Model Dock and
Crushes It BadIy-Escapc OF the Steam
ship from All Damage-Eaow the Acct.
dent Occurred and What tho Result
May BE.
AS the Inman steamship City Of Limerick, Cap
tain William JAMESON was coming up the North
River yesterday forenoon, on her way to her dock
at pier 49, she c0llided with the new bulkhead now
in progress Of construction at pier No. doing con-
siderable damage to the dock, but scarcely any to
herself.
The City Of Limerick took on board on Mon.
day morning, at twenty-five minutes past seven
O'Clock, the pilot David A. Thomas, Of No. 4
boat, and the vessel was in the harbor, or Gov
ernor;s island, at about haf.past ten <. n yester
day. When the vessel was about half
way across the stream she was unnecessarily de.
tanned by the pilot, who persisted in waiting half
an hour to allow sloop to pass by. Previous to
this, when heading OF Governors Island, the pilot
seemed as II ne were going direct for the East
River but on being demonstrated with he still per-
sisted in his Alter the sloop had passed he
still headed the vessel for the Staten Island
ferry slip, then gradually passing the Battery line
and during this time the Captain, in presence Of
the Chief OHicer, william Eynon, and the Third
Omcer, Tarleton Baresthy, and J. G. Smith, Chief
Boarding Oflicer Of the Commissioners of Emf.
grafton, angrily tried to persuade him to
again and again that the pilot could not bring
the vessel up II he continued on his present
na the blot the Boat Closing the
When Immediately nearing the new buikhead,
Captain Jameson, seeing the danger ahead or
cast at about one hundred feet from the new bulk
head She had been sailing at about three knots
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sence Of any injury to the City Of Limerick. The
fact Is that not passenger on board felt the
slightest effect from the shock and the vessel sus-
tanned merely q very slight dinge In the bow, In.
suf1cient to rub or the color with which that part
of the vessel is painted, whereas the damage done
value OF about $4,000. The dock seems, 50 far as
constructed, to be Of the very strongest proper.
TONS and yet by this collision seyentyfye feet Of
the curve to the west side, have been so badly
crushed, broken or displaced as to make it neces-
Where the stem of the vessel struck against the
dock the block Of coping was pierced some six feet
and displaced TO its entire extent. Not only was
every block Of the coping either displaced or
cracked, but even the several courses underneath
the Jennings were all severed.
After the accident Mr.. Murphy at once notified
the Commissioners OF Docks OF the occurrence, and
the Chief ncineer was speedily on the pier, CIV
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OF Limerick, after some parleying with tugboat,
had her bow turned up the stream and then, on
her own account, steamed up to her pier, where
she lay all day yesterday, the recipient OF many
visitors who had heard OF the accident Captain
Jameson at once notified the Inman Company OF
what had occurred.
This accident presents serious question to the
Department OF Docks In connection with the con-
structon OF Pier No. /, and all the other new piers
contemplated along the rivers. 1t seems almost
incredible that the City OF Limerick, by her COLL
sion with stone pier, should have done 80 much
damage and have sustained none at all herself IL
might reasonably be expected that her stem would
have been torn to fritters after doing such terrible
execution against stone WALL the coping OF which
was composed OF stones OF thirteen tons weight
apiece, or rather, as in this particular ipr
stance, moving, as she was, only -
and half an hour, that sucn .aos
wall could be damaged OF - "a stone
interesting fact In this COZ an IL Is .n an
lided with the .stss Two steamers have col D,
the time ~ .serpo0l docks, one OF the vessels OF
Miis~ collision going at the rate OF about nine
an hour and the other at her ordinary ul
speed. The former had her bow twisted around
one side OF her, while the stone dock showed no
more eject than slight roughness. In the second
case alluded to the vessel was almost ruined, be.
ing good for scarcely any thing aiterward; but
the stone dock merely showed the loss OF o Few
.. An Investigation was ofnciaIly made yesterday,
but Il is probable that In q day or two the Pilot
Commissioners, the Dock Department and the In
man Steamship Company Will have explanations.