, 1879-06-22

.pgineer, has died. making the eixth victim. he
TT statement in which be 4Vers that ne no
thd Contractor FegIey threei months ago that
: WnAer was unsafe. ~
seventh Derr died this evening. Hefuahas tg<
the engineuon dead. 1t is! stated t}1at Seek
cident is attrfrAs drunk yesterday, aRa tae ae-
low. his letting the wat'Ffnn
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NEW YoRK, June M.-f11LlsiVN M.-f11L ,saohr
hence for Liverpool, to-day fssteamsno s.1,a,o @
man ship Barbarossa, arrived fron1g..-. .e uea .s
10Th lust, and at anchor in the bay. .in" w. has a
While the Italy was backing from the ,.as,. -.
and the steamship Canada, fopd3hdda H. 'Is
collision. The Canada was obliged. tn r...ue ~
her dock. The Italy proceeded Is lsa "n =. ~
reported that the Canada has four feet 81 Us 1.a
In her hold. :: ,ttt IN .e4
The officers Of the Canada state that she ia nd
leaking stroke Jet. The pumps are hard at
work, and the cargo is being discharged rapi1lv
on lighters. There is the best Of authority ,or
the statement, however, that the vessel has over
two feet OF water in her hold, but It has not
reached the cargo, aud the damage is said to be
triftpg. It is said the vessels we're racing. and
that the tug came in the course Of the Italy, to
avoid which she tried to cross the bow Of .the
LaUUud~ LII k41S A4Of Cucut sue cT3SnE1 tntn
the starboard bow OF the Canada, staying in
twelve feet Of 1t above the water-llue, while her
propeller struck the Canada's plates under the
uater-line and broke them badly, causing the
leakage. After clearing the Canada, the It.1v
ran straight into the ship Barbaross2, crushing
IN her side- The damage to the Canada il
thought to be about s., 600, and to the Ita1y
$1,000, and the Barbarossa about $4,000, Itis
thought the Canada will ready to salt bv
Wednesday. She will have to 90 into dry-dock.
One of the officers Of the Canada, in speaking
Of the collision with the italy to-day, said: The
river was full OF craft, and VIC we're running
only about five knots in order to be sure Of bo
collision. The Italy, which left the dock about
ten minutes after We did, overlook us AZ: wo
were steaming between Castle Garden and Bed.
loe's Island. A three-masted large sailing shin
without cargo in her was lying at anchor ahead
OF us, and the Canada was steaming along be-
tween this ship and the Italy, therefore, doubt
less, Sullivan, the pilot in charge OF the Italy,
could not see the sailing ship ahead Of rs. The
boafd side, running at about ten knots,
the sailing vessel 1t was too la,a
to 60 back. and she tried to alter her course to
avoid the ship. Our pilot, Dexter, rang the
bell to stop our engines. The Italy, a. sba
crossed our bow. swung her stern around and
gave us blow like slap in the face. She did
not succeed in avoiding the sailing shin, but
struck her on the port side amidshtps, staylng
her side in badly. The Italy steamed On out to
sea. Her stern rail was swept away, and one Of
her daVits was carried away, and tha. vas all
the damage she sustained. We. cast anchor and
examined the Canada The upper rails on The
starboard bow we're stove in, and one Of thefron
plates uas cracked about two feet below the
water by sliding blow. a few hundred dollars
will repair the damage. The machinery was not
damaged 4 little water came In through tho
cracked plate, but the cargo is not damaged.
At the dock, the bow OF the vessel has been
raised so as to prevent the water from running
in.
The sai-ship Barbarossa+ which was run into
By the Italy, had no cargo aboard. Her Cap
tain, his family, and crew OF twenty men were
aboard at the time of the disaster. Her port
side amidships WIS smashed In. and sha is
badly damaged The crew was not taken OF
until after she WAS beachcd on Bedloe's Island.
No one was hurt in the collision.