The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-09
Loss Of Life on the Hudson.

Last week the steamer Sunny side WAS
eat through by ice Oh the Hudson river
and sunk, after being run ashore. Eleven
persons are known to have been lost
The captain makes the following state
mcnt-
81 ordered all the passengers on The
forward promenade deck, and one Of lie
liremcn helped them up. Next passed
three women into the lite-boat, when
quite q number Of men jumped into the
boat also. | tried to keep them back
but thcy Were panlc-strlcken. | then
yelled to the mate to shove the boat to
the shore. Ar this time the steamer was
settling fast, and the water came up to
the pilot house.
The mate had not got over 20 feet from
the steamer with the lie-boat full OF peo-
pie, before it capsized A terrible scene
ensucd There must have been Is per
SONS in the boat. The mate swan ashore
and the others that We're saved swan
back to the steamer. Probably all that
were lost were drowned from the capsiz-
inc OF the litc-boat Their shouts and
cries tor help must have been heard Il
long distance
As quickly as possible | tool, Il boat
from the starboard side and tried to get
around to the people in the water, but
the heavy ice prevented. The cries for
help continued about ten minutes. and
then all was still
We finally launched the big boat from
the upper deck which was even with the
water, and reached the capsizcd boat
She was bottom up, and man lay on the
bottom with his feet in the water, and
nearly dead We took him on board the
steamer and covered him with blankets in
the pilots room.
Then heard noise on the outside OF
our port wheel-house, which was only two
feet ont of water We worked the boat
to the spot and found an elderly lady
grooming. She was lying on the ice five
feet from the Whcel-house, her body part
~ in the water 1t was with the greatest
difficulty we got her into the boat, took
her to the steamer, put her in the wheel
mans room and covered her with blank
cts. She died about two hours after.
We then constructed a rope ferry from
the steamer to the shore, about POO feet
distant AT this time sixty persons were
crowded l0Sclnef on lnc hurricane deck
ait, the wind blowing, and the air bitter
cold
We succeeded in getting all off in safe
ty, by placing them in the large boat and
pulling it along by the rope ferry to the
shore.
On reaching the shore, they clambered
up the rocks and made their way to the
larm-houses in the vicinity, where every
attention was given them.
BY this time | was nearly exhausted
and was attacked with cramps and had to
be assisted to house near by. From the
time | was first called till the steamer
sank, fifteen minutes time was not con-
| sumcd.
We saw Il tow-boat going down on the
east shore, and tried to make them hear
Our bell kept tolling and our whistle kept
blowing. till the water quenched the fire,
and GO persons were shouting, but no at
tention was paid to us
Then we sighted the steamer Walter
Brett, coming north on the east shore.
She landed at Hyde Park dock and again
we signalled in every way for aid, but af-
ter lying at the dock 10 or Is minutes, she
passed on without noticing us, although
| she must have heard us,