Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-02
THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD SOLD
SHINING OF THE SUSNYsIDE
4 Terrible scene NJ the Cassisiug OF
the Ilfc.hnaf

the Itfe-bOst.
NEw YORK, Dec. The parser OF the
steamer Sunnyside, sunk by ice ia the II 4
son river says he had a complete list OF the
passengers In his room. but it was lost. The
captain says Re remained on watcl until
the Sunnyside go, down TO BaTrytOwn, when
believing they were through the heaviest
part of the ice, he went 10 oed. This must
have been about l. o'clock. At . in the mora
ing he was called up by orders from the Gu
ginoer, who said
lie dressed himself and went down 10 the
forward cabin, and through into the forwari
OF the bulkhead, where he fO1nd the mate,
who had torn the Joiner work away 10 nnt
the leak. The water was then Running rapid
~ across the forward cabin door, and there
was about two feet OF water on the starboard
Bulge in the forward cabin. He went down
TO the engine ana looked in between the KEEL
son, and found that the water was nearly up
10 the top OF the engine kelSon. lie made up
his mind then that lac couldn't save her; thai
she would sink. He sent one o. the walters
TO wake up the women in the ladies saloon,
and then To come up ia the slaterO0m hall
forward. The steamer was then pat ashore
IL was then about ESQ a. IN. then ordered
the mate 10 lower away tine lite-DoatS. Also
told him TO run hawser ashore. The mate
lowered the boat and rowei IL ashore.
THE ICE WAS STRONG AND THICK
all around rs. Then we lay head On the hatS
and oGr engine was still working. Before he
could row the boat up the beach the steamer
filled with water ana Slid of the Oats along
side the channel bank. Then he pulled the
boat up 10 the vessel and ordered all the
passengers forward TO the promenade deck.
myself and one of the firemel helping them
up. Next raSsed three women INTO the life
boat, when quite number OF men jumped
ihtO the boat also. / tried TO keep a. many
back as could, but they were
PANIC STkICREN.
yelled TO the mates 'Shove the boats OF To
The shore" All this time the steamer was
settling fast and water came up into the
pilot house. Ishouled to everybody 10 go aft
on the hurricane deck. as the vessel was
going down head first. All the crew assisted
me in getting people ait. Tue mate had not
got over fifteen or twenty feet from the
steamer with his lie boat full OF people be
fore IL capsiZed.
A TERRIBLE SCENE
ensued. There must have been eighteen
persons in the boat. The mate swan ashore
but the others that were saved swan back
| TO the steamer. In all probability all that
were lost were drowned from the capsizing
of the life boat. Their shouts and cries foi
| aid must have been heard for long dis
lance. As quickly as possible 1 took the
| boat from the starboard side and with oul
| head waiter and deck boy tried 10 get around
to the people IN the water, but heavy Ice
prevented.
THE CRIES FOE HELP
| continued about ten minutes and then all
was still. We launched the big BOAT from
| the upper deck. which was even with the
water, the vessel al that time being POO feet
| from shore took the boat with the second
engineer and finally reached the capSized
boat. She was bottom upward, and one man
LAY on ne( dis Oack Wild MS leSb IN the
water and ice, nearly dead. We took him
on board the steamer, put him in the pilot s
room and covered him with blankets. Taen
heard noise on the outside OF our port
wheel house, which was only two feet out of
water. We worked the boat through the
| ice TO the spot where the cries came from and
found an elderly lady groaning,
about five feet from the wheelhouse. Her
| body was partly in the water, her arms bo'
ing her up. She was stili alive W. go,
a II, ft.a bFN
the steamer, put her a." al, LOB meI =
died ou two her Sou Ma at sank wee tS Ss
-. 70 work TO construct a rope ferry from
I the steamer TO the shore. At this time Al
least sixty persons were crowded together OF
the hurricane deck aft. The wind was blow
| AIR WAS BITTER COLD.
We got the line ashore, and succeeded II
getting all off in safety, after they had beer
| on the deck for two hours. To do so w
| placed them in the boat, and pulled the boa
along by the rope. On reaching the SHORE
| they clambered up the rocks, and made theil
way TO the farm houses in the vicinity, wher'
| every attention was given them. From the
time was first called till the steamer sum-
fifteen minutes hardly elapsed. The people
were on the upper deck clingins 10 rods and
| masts before they were taken of. We saw
a tow going down ON the east shore, and
tried 70 make them hear us, but failed. 90, GU
pei was Kept Vvi,Idg a,,. on,
| shut on the steam, and sixty persons were
shouting as loud as they could, but no atten
ton was paid TO US. Then we sighted ths
| steamer Walter Brett coming north on cas-
| shore. She landed at Hyde Park dock, AM
again we signalled loudly in every way To-
| Aid, but after lying at the dock for ten o.
ing us. They must have heard us, dom
| think over eleven persons were drowned
The Sunnyside lies in forty feet of water, anC
is broken in two forward. Walter Damont,
al,nd viii -, .,nn
boat, and took OF twelve persons. He wa,
the only person who succeeded In reaching