New-York tribune., 1880-06-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE WRECKED ADELAIDE.

optpr,SG WITH THE TIDE-CROWDs OF PEoIL1 oN
r.y rrrps-A TALK WITH CAPTAIN FISHER
The wrecked steamer Adelaide lay IN the river ad a,
The foot of West Tenthst. YESTERDAY enc m nad ~
drfted with the tide from lank-st a nistance ,a Ua
1nnr blocks and was then tied by stout ropes 10 ie
pier of tho portU Tobs Sco exended rom the
ssunkcn vessel to the pier of the Anchor Line; A.
thoupb firncly secured. tho steamer was ucl,,S i
bodlv damaged by the waite Washing over net
Sot Floating on the water parts of the cabins
The onord rails were all r:oken. The Oow wlS SUD
merrcd and nothing could be seen OF thai part VI
hat cxccrt nol, ION OF the pilot house. lie name
1'%dcloide was in large gold letters on the side OF
,be nllOt-honse Her smU kc-stack wa partly , ~
and only small part OF the paddieDoX oo raised
above the tide and each side VISA in;an ile-noa,
Spread between the tim6ers was large Ainei''""
nay not crowd gathered on the adjacent piers 10
.;nrs the wreck All the bukhcads Tor tour or llV9
blocks on each side of the Steamer am WSo Wany
,went IN the wreck in row-b0atS anu plckcu up
rieces of the floating timber The decErnas Wiz ,e
ON hoard and busted themselves IN Keep'nH t!ie
Iroton norts of the boat together. IT was saui tl'
the steamer was in charge OF an agent lIou' 'no il"
suraee men F,sher. Of tine Adelaide, remained Sc
cInGed Yesterday, preferrng not TO make any s!a.e
ment in regard to the accident until nc nau e'N ia
his Official report to the steamboat 'nSpectUa' nd
was found by TRIBUNE reporter, however, "lu tnl
sod that he Thought he would make his report To-
Sav .sWhen l left the Adelaide last night. ne
Continued, 81 put the lady passenger III q carriage
h tnok her TO nv house. She a stranger to
me hut had stayed on the boat through mlstaKc:
Nearly every night we have passengers ID t,g SANE
s;tnotion and we have to take them over 10 jersey
Citv This woman was put i'll a small boat, out one
Of The men in jumping into the boat upset IT, anu
she was thrown i'll the water enc WAS qI'GGhT Gnnt
taken ont but of course was soaking Wet. kept
her at nv house all night. where she chaIeeu nc1
garments | also took the men to my mousse anu
gave them n change of clothing
So Gan Won not II, few words tell me how the ac'
q" nrefer not % do so just at present You might
II. 10. fhaf
s1gnoi 7 saw the Grand Republic when she was
half mile lway and | supposed that she wanted
make sg sn1 g6nkne 81 kTTo{s9 ha we t% wanted mt
90 70 the right blew whistle. There was no re-
spouse to that signal at all. then blew another
Whistle and then the Grand Republic answered WIN
t,vo The boats were close together, but kept on
INV course thinking that could clear Ter bow be-
fore she reached u.s. Ihe p9t ol .e an tre1 70
hack water, but then it was too late"
"Do you think careessness was lhdulgeu III pe-
cause tie boats were emptyT go, ,
No: the same thing would have happened If both
boats had been crowded. We exercise inst as much
care when the boats are empty as when they are
What is going to be done about the boatT
81 don't know yet. When l reached home last
night teleeraphed to one OF the ghe'p@iI nc @ S ers
to-day. / do not know what arrangements VIII ne W
made. Perhaps a new steamer VIII be chartered 10
Have Won any way Of estimating the damage "
"No. The boat is under the water, ana IT. Is I'M
possible to tell how much she ls injured. mere
one thing which appeared IN the papers which
wish YOU would correct 1t was stated that the boy
George was missing. have seen everybody that
was on the boat, and all hands have been saved: :,
Did you see any lights on the Grand RepnDl,c T.
"No. she had none up. lspoke to one OF my men
about il, and when lie jumped oil board the Grand
Republic he asked the officers where their lights
were They replied that they lad not yet put them
up" ,,,, .o;
of different boats for many years but lie had never
met with an accident before. WneD the accident 0c.
cnrreI to the Adelaide about year ago lie was not
on board lie also stated that he did not know who
the real owners of the Adelaide were. Martin ~ Co.
were the agents only.