The New York herald., 1878-09-29
Cornell White Steamboat Company, that &c ntleman
pu1ished card In the south Norwalk Seatiaei, early
In july IN which he said

o.. On the aGerpoon OF the 81 Of July the xaeipSi
Consisting s Horses load OF % s and
pn, the boat down in he water further than usual and
more than sue otherwise would water came in
since then toe space has ses sse@ ap au so lar
sI possible 3 As e the ,b mater OF the boa, being
think tho reports 70 the contrary have been gotten
ssms uator.unats smploSs discharged d'' oaiesf.
oos ans % .e Aaopn w tSon s@ on dry Sses at Red
stern snd pronounced nll right We consider the dephi
Long Island Sound than ever she owing to oeur
The route sewers. thous"Sd dollars Oa M
expended IN putting hsr in shape for the rSute
to our nr@s.9ds 70 pf,rsns am rsspsetai. .,
Ins had the enect to quiet pubhc apprehension,
but to make ms position stronger the
loving 10 be printed IN the Norwalk Garefte:--
OFFICE JoHS EsGIIs a Sos. GRgxxroISr l.. l.
o. the ..eamoo.s Adslphi N Nav June 1915 That
ber to tssteu which used LOO pounds iron bolts
& dsys WORK done The material, used the best
ne W9sS was uone IA tn9roa D. workman like manner
july ~. 1878. JOHN ENGLIs 4 son.
OFFICE OF DIVINE ryn:.J BgsT1s ~ & nan,Sn EAlLwAr
CoNovHR STREET. sourH BgooKLYS july "a, 1878.
a1' Jss E
hull NE SsRd' S"is' s !" rss
yss sGnd, n ana believe her e be @na s"d
In addition 10 the asove it may De stated thai on the
steamboat nspe: Thoroughly
,nr n "II them e 1"' n ns, 9s enSnss ana
the government Office Washington certifying that the
spect IN conor@y the laws o. the unitsa States and
bears the seal Of the nation EfipSs,qy
From these statements II would appear that the
paDy mas endsavored TO render The safe ana
that The acc dent today, by which eight persons lost
their lives and nearly three lines we're
injured was rot by any means have been expected.
tending the fortunate par Is called for by pub
lie. All sorts OF rumors arc anoat cause OF
the accident. Uut until they arc iuly investigated
the public should not pronounce too hasty condemua
tion.
NEWS IN THE CITY
When the accident became known in this city
number OF persons VINO expected trends by the boat
or who had iren1s or relatives the vessel. called
a, Mr Cornell wnne's Office at NJ lI6 south street
to mako inquiries. Beyond tho fact that no boat
wouid be iu until tom a meagre list OF the
killed and wouuded In Tor could DO obtained
Captain George HoIton OF the Adephi, was expected
10 arrive IN the city In time to take out the Amercus
which replaces her. but he did not arrive, aud the
boat sailed with another captain Most OF the passcn
gers arrived by the five minutes past twelve Z. NJ.
train at tho Forty second Street Depot; bnt few OF
them had any satisfactory Information 10 communi-
cate They were torty-eght ia number, many OF
them beng country people
Mr.. G. F. Falrchild Of Norfolk who was on board
the Adelph at the time Of The accident, that the
scene winch followed the explosion was one of inde-
scrbabe confusion. Women ana children screamed
ana miny Of the passengers jumped overheard In
who jumped into The water ana he remarked "rne
spnters were flying every direction, as ono OF
the m struck me, injurng me slightly, I thought II
best to get out OF the way Of tue otners.'
The news OF tho disaster reached Mr.. Whites Office
In a despatch from Mr. f. Perkins, Mr. Whites agent
ut Norwaik, and was as foilows:-
sourn NoRwALK Conn
TO r. CORNELL WHITE l I6 south street: ~
Very serious accident occurred to Adeph now living
near Grepory's Pont Mhat soc the boer
amboat dock. badly burned picked of
particulars oynndoy Going down TO her Immediately.
r. FEKKiNs. Agent
About two hours later Mr.. White received the iol.
lowing
sourn NoRwAIX Conn.
Accident very bad Several dead some scald.d Come
up you can "a III. Asnans to them wen a. we can Boat
r. PERKINS. Agent.
In obedienco to this summons Mr. White at oDce
started for Norwalk taking the noon train to
gae the extent Of the disaster and give his personal
attention TO he care OF the wounded. Before leaving
his onico Dir. White said ihat he had been In the
steamboat business for thirty years and this Is
the nrst serious acc,aent that over happened
OF his boats. Besides the Auelph and the Amsrcus
he Is tho owner OF the Rockaway excursion boats
Columbia aud Grand Republic
The Adelphi was purchased by Mr. White last May
from the Receiver oil the New York aud Nor,h River
Steam boat Company, OF Nyack. Prior to Mf. Whites
| purchase she was used 10 trips up the Huuson 10
| Peexskil and during the summer she ran to Rock
| away on Sundays as a pleasure boat, not being re-
CURED on the Norwalk line that day. Her regular
Start u time from Norwaik was ten minutes before
eight A. NJ and her return she left this city ut
three I. N. rho Adolphi was SAID 10 DO worth
$50, 600 -
PASSENGERS EXPERIENCES.
Among the passengers were Richard Wilson and
home from the air at RdgeviIic. Both Mr. ana Mrs.
Wilson were found bv Tho HERALD reporter at their
residence, and irc IN thom he obtained very full
count oi the disaster AS was seen oy the passen-
gers. ~ was on the deck" Mr. Wilson said, ''aud
injured That escaped death Is almost
miracle. Fortunately ior there a par
u,lon between where was standing ana the place
over tho boiler Ny wife att at tho umo
and went TO go TO her because thing In
fusion. but found could not go account OF
hole which had been blown IN the deck. 1 then
climb bed up TO through the cabiu but when opened
the door iouna conla not 20 that way either the
forward cabin was iuii oi steam. Sucb sight as
then saw shall never forget Nen and women aud
satches and umbrellas every direction,
SON of he aud women dead and Others badly
wounded. Ore man ard his wic, were, /
think, scveniy-hve years old, were soIbadly scaded
that the lcs hung GOWN ana each ono was trying 10
comfort tho other, though II rs nard 10 tell which
needed assistance most There and
eros for help IRON tho wounded anu nobody 10 nelp
anybody. 1t Jist seemed as n everybody trying
oniy 10 nep himself and didn't know how NoDody
knew whether the danger was over not, and there
was rush Tor the ltic preservers, which nobody
knew now 10 put on"
Here Mrs. wso" intcrposed saying, ~ got one
myself and put II ON The wrong way ana gong
Jump overheard to save myself. wouldn't DO nero
now ~ coorcd man had not told me had on
wrong ana would suroy be drowned If Jumped over.
board"
800 great praise cannot be given TO the mate" !"
Mr. Wilson said. ''iie STOOD py the rail and kept Tho
people back by telling them the danger over. |
looked up and saw him. and Just then there rush
be ow toward me when would have swept me oil
hadn't taken up the mates words ana ered too, Tho
dagger Is over "A friend OF mine from BrsokIyn
was taking to me jost before the accident and when
IL was over iound him near tho bar, very badly
wounded lie asked me Tor "a nix, and went to tho
bar to get u, but the back Of the blown
4 iound a bottle OF wbiSkey ana gave him some. 1
would like to know what became OF the barkecpor.n ~
''l saw such nicc chIld on the boat" said Mrs.
Wilson, anu was wishing 1t was mine, IL was 80
pretty aud nicely dressed and few minutes after.
ward saw man carry II IA his arms with The brain
ooziDg out OF its poor lils head. IL not dead
yet, bat u could not i've
''wero there many New York people on tho boat %
the reporter asked.
II knew ten at least, but don't know thclr names;
| don't even know the name OF tho man 10 wuom
gave the drink, although nave met IN m very often
aud he had told me just before tho accident that he
knew place where could do business next
week.
chow did you get hometn
ave came by thc railroad, aud us a wonder too
for there were ave IN our party and had only sj
among us The railroad people gave all Iass Tor
that
Mr. BOGARr's EscApE.
Mr.. George Bogari OF Somervlllc, ". j., states