The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
LOSS OF THE STEAMER GARRY
OWEN.
he CoIlides with the Tug Boat Protector
and Sinks Alongside the Wharf at
the Head Of GirOd Street.
Two Lives Supposed to be Lost.

Friday morning about quarter past 3
O'Clock, as the regular weekly Bayou Des
Glaizes packet Garry Owen, was making her
landing at the head OF Canal street, she driited
unto the steamer Mary Boil, breaking her
wheel and completely disabling her.
The heavy wind from the north that pre-
vailed at the time, drove her out into the
river, and caused her to drift against the
United States monitor CanonicuS, starting
her adrift from her moorings. The Canoni-
Gus drifted down the river, and brought up
abreast the Picayune Tier, without damage to
the tier or the monitor. Th1 Garry Oven
got into the eddy and was driven back to the
wharf, head of Girod street.
The bells were lung aud the whistle blown
for assistance, aud by the time she got to tie
wharf the Canal street ferry tug Little Jerry
came to her assistance, but Was obliged to let
her go when The wind struck her again The
fire. insurance boat Protector then came to her
assistance with the tug Tyler. The Protector
in steamipg up to the ili-iated Garry Owen
colIided with her, striking her in the bow and
damaging her to such an extent that she sunk
alongside the wharf, between Julia and Girod
streets.
The steamer was laden with cotton, cotton
seed and sugar, and had just arrived from
Camden.
1t is supposed that two passengers are lost,
one an old man about seventy years of age,
and the other young man about twenty
years of age. The names Of the parties could
not be ascertained.
The following particulars of the disaster
were obtained from the captain OF the tug
boat Tyler:
Between the hours of and 4 o'clock FRI
day morning, we were landing at the foot of
ITALIA street, when we heard the Garry
Owen whistle for assistance; we immediately
steamed down the river and found her leau-
ing on one side Of the United States Monitor
Canonicus, and sinking fast.
We took all the passengers on board and
landed them on shore at the head of Common
street, and returned to the Garry Owen,
which had by this time drifted to this side of
the river, and towed her to the wharf between
Girod aud Julig streets, where she sunk.
The carpenter of the steamer Garry Owen
states that between the hours OF 3 and 4
o'clock this morning it was blowing almost
. hurricane, when we tried to make d landing
and were driven unto the steamer Mary Bell,
disabling our wheel; we we're then driven out
into the stream and struck the monitor
CanOnicus.
The boat began TO sink and we whistled for
assistance, and the tug boat Little Jerry re-
spolded and came to our assistance, but she
WAS too small to take US in tow. We dritted
toward the left bank and were met by the
Tyler, who ran into us, and Cur boat after
drifting to the wharf sunk.
All OF the passengers on the Garry Owen, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, were
saved. The steamer was laden down 10 her
guards with cotton, cotton seed and sugar.
The Garry Owen is only partly covered by
an insurance in the Hiberna and Sun Mutual
Insurance Companies for $4,000, one-half in
each Company.