The New York herald., 1878-02-24
was slightly wounded by splintsrs which struck him
in the head,
COLLISION IN THE BAY.

H. CAREY DIES.
The heavy fog which the evening of Friday TALL
upon tho waters surrounding Manhattan Island clung
tenaeously throughout yesterday and last night.
Tho opportunity thus Afforded accidents to ship
ping not neglected. and several OF a serious
turc took place The nrst and most i'm porant OF tho
list occurred TO the steamer Caseton Of ths North
Shore Island line Captain Isaac Bunn which loft
New Brighton al ten minutes past nine O'Clock
In tho morning. and into. about half
way between Robbins Reef and Governors IslaLd,
by tho steamer Spain, Of the National line bound for
Europe There were 800 passengers board the ferry
boat, and the panic occasoned among them by tho
collision was terrible The CastIeton struck AFT
the wheel the port side, breaking In two the
binding OF tho wheel, carrying away the planking
that covered IT, together with the whole side OF
ladies' cabin with The guards and stanchions leaving
the upper portion OF Inc vessel total wreck. Mr.
George h. Carey, lawyer, Of the Arm Of Carey Foe.
ter OF No. 10 Wall street. was struck by the falling
umbers and thrown into tho water, whore he re.
manned tor some minutes before being rescued Other
passengers were slightly injured. MIR. Carey aud
three OF the severely hurt, with few friends
were tnken back TO Staten Island. The other
passengers Of the Caslietoa were taken or BY the
terryboar Northaed and brought TO New York. The
Spain cast anchor and lowered boats but finding she
could give NO assistance she proceeded on her
and thence taken TO Commun,paw, where she vac
laid up Mr.. Carey died his home In West Brighton
at hslt.past two O'Clock.
DETAILS OF DISASTER.
The steamer Spain. Captain Graco, left her dock
promptly at ninc O'Clock and proceeded down the bay
in spite OF tho heavy fog Although some OF the pas
tho Castleton asserted that the time of
the accident she of her course there Is doubt
but that she was ably manned Her pilot, familiarly
known as "Admirai" Murphy. is one Of the Oldest
pilots in this port. Up 10 q late hoar last
night he had not returned from SANDY Hook,
that his version OF tho affair could not
be learned. The Casoton lett her pier at New
Brighton at ten minutes past nine o'clock. Owing TO
the dense fog she obliged proceed very slowly
As usual In case Of fog, alter passing tho buoy of
Robbins Reel she steered direct Tor Governors
Island, being guided In her by the bell which
Is rung the border OF the fort. When about half
way between tho Reef and the Island the collision
occurred. Tie Spaiu largest OF tho National ne was
moving very slowly, but her immense burden of 900
tons gave tremendous impetus 10 the shock. Before
tho Cas.leton came In sight she blew two whistles.
Captain Bum saw that collision inevitable and
instead Of backing stopping he had the presence
OF mind to 60 ahead, tho Same time
putting his helm TO starboard swing the boat
round and receive the blow at angle instead d.
rectly In front. Had he done otherwise the Spain
would have struck forward Of tho Castet0n's wheel
and would certainly have cut the latter two As It
was, tho wheel struck the middle and from
there the iron point Of the Spain driven like
chisel right along the side Of The boat, cutting on
large portion OF her guards and upper works
ON BOARD TIM cAsrLEroN.
Some of the passs ngers aliege Spain at the
time out OF her course with her bow pointed to-
ward Red Hook instead Of toward she Narrows
The side OF the ladies' cabin was In, all the
windows broken and every passenger thrown upon
N mail Same
rushed 10 the racks whore Tho life preservers were
kept and threw them ou. in pile upon the floor. The
greater number rushed to the door the cabin and
among these was Captain John ". Barnes 0i staten
Island, who fell down and was trampled on BY tho
was sitting In seat nsxt 70 the wheel box behind .
beam called ''hog rail-" which supported the roof
a moment before 1t touched the Castston
ana started to oavs hts seat. but he had TO run
from bis perous position. The two vessels coj,ued.
The simbers and .n0orsng were torn from undcr him
and be Was thrown into the water There he remained
for several minutes before he drawn board the
Castleton tie had received severe blow the head,
besides several internal and being delicate
constitution, was thoroughly exhausted by his long stay
tho water. In ncopscious condition he was
moved 10 his home IN West Brighton, where no died
soon after his arrival Mr.. Henry p. Dclaneld, Of
Station Island thrown very forcibly TO the floor
ing OF tho steam boat and hts considerably In.
jured' Latham Z. Alexander, the weli known banker
OF wall street. WAS also BADLY br used Tne other
passengers sustained little juries. The Castle
ton mmsdiatsy after the accident used her steam
tugb0as aud lighter wcro on tho spot promptly Tho
gentlemen whose namos have already been given,
together with Dir. w. K. Soutter and some other
friends, were taken board the tugboat Edna King
and reurncd to staten Island The iorryb boat North
trip New York stopped and took on all the pas
sengers OF the Castleton, landing them safely at
Mn.ena street. As soon as possible the Spain was
lowered two boats but finding that assistance was not
necessary oonnu.d on her 9awsrd SS ware. voyage Tho
she landed her freight, after which she ordered to
starins' docks at commuulpaw for repa'rA
APPEARANCE OF THE WRECK.
After crossing the Liberty street terry and pass ng
a dreary plain ot mud covered with railroad
tracks, HERALD reporter found the boat CASTLE
ton moored at her new pcr. There were quite a
number OF persons gazing ut the wreck, and around
her bows several small boats were circulating nIied
With river gsmins, whose chief occupation seemed
to be the collection OF kindng wood. Jump
Ing on board the disabled steamer the re.
The floor was ssrewn with broken glass
and splinters OF timber. The upper deck looked as
ing match factory. Tho small tho starboard
side had been partially lowered IRON her davits, az
The Boa. was careensd over toward The pcp x,h nnr
portfolios under water, and evidently leaking II IL
probable that hsr ribs were strained by The orce of
the blow, even the seats in the cabin had beon
started from their places and The backs Of some Of
UxcoxxUMcArivE OFFICERS.
Tho captain Was not on board but tho mate-a
Mr.. Clark-was industriousy picking up Tho d6Dris
convers about the disaster. and referred Inc 70.
porter 70 the agents OF the vessel. Tho engineer
Luxe Tallmann-was but slightly more comipupica-
two. When asked II he would ialk no said,
orusquelys No" Ida huy noics Of tnis acct
Dsore the vessel struck y" the reporter
To this tho answer was given t0at he got bell to
20 ahead fast Previous to this he had been
standing still Tor some reason or another, ho could
not tell what He 0rst got a bell 10 20 ahead, then
two 'jingIe bells" to 90 faster. short time after
that the crash The shock very heavy but
VIC could not tell whether tho machinery was IN
jurcd. A. the office OF the National line, No. 90
Broadway, the reporter rewarded with the intor-
nation that nobody there knew anything about tho
accident The pilot OF the Spain would leave tho
sci at Sandy Hook and return TO the CITY, Captain
Grace would probably send report ny him.
WHAT rnE AGEyrs or THE srARiS LINE SAY.
MI Jonn H. Starin, owner OF the wrecked vessel,
was absent from the city. but his agent Captain
Hooker, found at t1e ONCE No 1876 Broad stree.
To him Captain Bum nad port, the details OF 1t o
disaster as already gwen. he sad that he heard
signals just Dof0re tho SPAN hove in sight. but
they we're not log signas and the cpMin
could not tell whence they came. Tho
roguar alarm in such cases two whihiles