New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-14
COLLISIONS AT MIDDAY.
THE FERRYBOAT PAssAIC AND A SCHOONER COME
TOGETHER IL THE NORTH RIVER WITHOUT IN


TOGETHER IN THE NORTH RIVER WITHOUT IN
JURY TO EITHER VESSEL.
A report was made at Police Headquarters by an
officer of the Steamboat squad late yesleTI"" NV,
afternoon that a collision had oocnrren, , on
the North River between tho ferry poht
Passac and the schooner Robert Emmett shorty
before p. N. The report started that the schooner
had both her masts broken ana , hsi
starboard side stove in" but tha'
no person had been injured; and that the ferry
boat was unframed 1t learned last even even.
ing that me SaD cols,on ONES statement
indicated r The icrryb9at lefr her dock g. 'Ie
m.. with only fifteen passengers on board, anu
proceeded down the river in order to cross
20 the Erie Docks at Pavonia-ave.., Jersey O! ~
When eff Twentieth-st. the pilot OF lnc
fcryboat sighted the schooner Robert En- En-
met. which was then at FOuIteenthcsti my
schooner was going mp TIE river under I'M sh,,i
with food tide and fair sailing breeze, the VINO
being from the orthwost. If both Vessels
had continued in the same course .,o 1 pat.
were going when they sighted each other. the Ihs1
sale would have passed between the schooner aIu
the New-York shore Captain William WeathrrWnN,
the pilot of the ferryboat, blew several blasts on e
whistle to warn the men on the schooner oil Ms "p
proach, and he kept his course. as he saw slo3p
proceeding from the shore i'll The wake 81 me
schooner in westerly dI fcTIyGoat "ne
about 300 yards apart the sailing vessel chaigeu
her course and ran toward The Now-lork sHoIc
tain Weathcrwax tried to turn ne 1elIyo ,Gd
toward the middle Of the river. He also rave tAc
signal to the engines, Dut III triIc OL thVt
prccautons the two vessels graZcd each
other. The shock scarcely per
ceptble 20 the persons on the fcrryboat ne
projecting deck of the ferryboat however. rubbed
against the buwarks of the schooner. breaking
them in places and cutting away the shrouds on the
port side. The schooner was turned broad
fbc ferry boat had passed tho wind caused It TO
careen over. The mass having lost the support OF
the shrouds snapped under the strain and fell, with
all the sails into the water. lie
schooner rightcd again immediately. CAPTAIN
Weathcrwaz saw that no one on the schooner had
been injured and that the vessel was not mnch dam
aged The fcrryboat accordingly proceeded on her
way.
a ;ugboat put out TO the schooner and towed
il in 10 the foot OF West Twcnty-fourth-st.,
where the sails and broken masts were
stowed on deck. The schooner was then towed
nm thc river !; was said that the Robert Emmett
belonged At Yonkcrs. and that the crew consisted
of n clptain and three sailors The damage sus-
tanned by the schooner was beileyed to be less
than $500 $500.
The Baltimore steamer William Lawrence. while
coming up the bay yesterday, IAN into the lighter
Shamrock and damaged her seriously. The lighter
was prevented from SMILING by her empty OH
tauks which served to buoy Ter M. and she was
lowed To Waahout FOR repairs.
The schooner Theresa Wolf from VIRGINIA WIN
cargo of wood was towcd 10 TINS port Yesterday III
n disabled condition by the steamship Roman. iI"rn
philad.lpEia for Boston. On Wednesday, "h
Great Egg Iiarhor the schooner run INTO on me
stalhaard aide by the Roman. and Cut down 10 the
waters edge The schooner immediately filled WITH
water but the cargo being OF wood she kept ailoat