The New York herald., 1877-12-18
COLLISION ON THE EAST RIVER.

A SCHOONER RUNS INTO WILLIAMSBURG
FERRYBoAr-NoBoDY HURT.
A collision between one OF the Williamsburg fcrry.
boats the Nevada and two-mastsd schooner, the D.
Currie which occurred yesterday At ha-past twelve,
In the East River. created quite ripple OF exclte-
msnt along the river side. Fortunately the acci-
dent turned out to be comparatively harmless nobody
having been hurt and even the damage sustained by
the boats being slight And Jet the collision was
quite interesting from the peculiar way In which 1t
occurred. It appears that the Nevada was on her
way to Roosevelt street, going down stream, when
the schooner already referred 70 came along up
stream laden with coal. Though proceeding In oppo-
stc directions the ferryboat and The schooner were
separated by only short distance, and about usvis,
when heavy canal barge, drawn BY the tugboat
Fitch struck the Currie and drove her right against
the Nevada The schooner crashed against tho
lades' cabin with great ioroe, ana there
was . terrible shrek coming from hundred
,hroa.s flor thero we're quite number Of ladies' on
board the Nevads) AZ the schooner's 6ows0rit tore
or about fifteen feet, and making the spnters fly in
all directions II was miracle that several ladies
who were seated a. the very point where me schooner
wholly escaped injury; as II was the passen.
gers board the Nevada experienced thorough
scare Many thought they were about TO sink TO the
bottom Of the river, aud great was thor joy when
they iound that the boat able TO proceed on her
way TO Roosevelt street and 70 land them all safely
schooners bowsprt had crashed into the ladies' cabin
that broke OF and fell upon the boat wnere u re-
schooner
the boat and had TO be towed 70 its dock
The captain OF the tug Fitch. when had been the
cause OF al the trouble-at least according TO tho
Of the superintendent OF the Williamsburg
Ferry Company and the crew OF the scnooner-pro-
ceeded iesnrely his way with the canal boat he had
In tow. Tee explanation he gave was that he was
forced out oil his course by another boat coming
directly In his way threatening the canal barge
with collision. The superintendent Of the Williams.
burg Ferry Company stated that had the canal barge
not struck tho schooner the Nevada would have
passed the D. Curre distance OF not less than
hundred aud nifty feet He sald The COM
pany contemplated making thorough invssti-
CATION or tho facts oil the accident, and II
II was really caused through the culpabity OF
the captain OF the tug Fitch TO hold MN TO legal
accountability. He estimated the damage TO the
terryb0at ut only $780, while that to the schooner s
considerably larger The Nevada, alter landing her
At Roosevelt street, returned 10 her slip at
WILLIAMSBURG wnere she laid up Tor repairs,
other boat being ready to take her place
Another disturbance In the East River was caused
yesterday by the appearance Of what some eye Wit
nesscs described mirage. During the early morn-
fog 0verhung the river. and It was narrated that
when Of the Roosevelt street boats had reached
mds,ream an indistinct object which closely rcsem-
bed another forryboat appeared 10 be bearing down
upon It. An alarm signal was gwen and the boat
brought to standstIll when, all OF sudden the fog
lifted and no trace III Ihe supposed ferryboat was
visible Whether this story OF . mirage rested on any
more substantial basis than the exciJabe IMAGINATION
OF some GunsuTs could bc ascertained.