New-York tribune., 1880-06-30

VIC gTEsA ID Il Is Is
TIE LONG BRANoHe BROKEN IN.


4 Z AnasoW EsoAPE or A BRooaEYN sunipA y-sf,Yzoo,.
AouhsEcF--rHE pxkAsURE sEmErRs SAFELY
~ sLAAnED AND GO 10 aoCxAwAy. ~ =
=, A1ooas thousand members a. ere Ffar.nr pgaaa
$3.50 UhEoch and Eunday-school % BrooIivY
,,s.sv escaped terrible disaster venkar;Iay
sts,,..aa Aney had embarked csl board oq thn
Piar n..as.,g Drancn, at the Eaet River Bridge
about o'clock, TO 20 on an cxanr
s,on 20 oscawana IsIan6 on the Hudeo Isiyrr ,,,
Soae nao cast on from the pier and was mn
s.1ssm M when the tug Twiiighs vtth tba bar, rs.,,
y. sns standard Oil companEsf in +ow, ,uren sa,s8
70 CROSS tne steamers bows. CMntlonnrv sic.
@ts were blown and answered by both vessels. ana
: pan Brooks had signalled for the engine OF the
IonR Branch to be reversed. The tus croaaas ths
Dows of the steamer aafsly. huN tba 49,. -, u
ehe END OF q long tow-ine, did not chance
,to coarse, and crashed into the bows Of the Long
oEaucn' tearing them away for about fifteen seet
and below the water-line
large volume OF water rushed through, the omen
ing thns made, aud considerable excitement FOL
io"eo among the people on board. The oxcitepent
Wouio RaVe Deon more intense mad NOT the aAten
ton of the passengers been partinllv divarted hr
the band. All Of the people were driven AWAY from
Sne pows ana the steamer was headed for the Cath-
arine Ferry slip, on the New-YOrk side The ferry
boat Peconic went alongside CT the disabled vessel
and took most Of the passengers off, Most of then,
were afterward transferred to the Grand Republic.
which r. Cornell White offered to them free of
charge, and they spent the day IN an excursion to
R0eka way.
temporary bullsbead was built near the dam.
aged bows of the Long Branch. and the vessel was
prevented from sinking, che pumps being kept at
work in the meantime. In the afternoon she
steamed up the North River to be repaired. The ex
tent OF the damage was estimated at $1,000. The
OIL barge was badly damaged on her side being cut
nearly to the waters edge.
The Long Branch, originally the Sleepy Hollow.
was inspected on June by Assistant Inspectors
Andrew Craft and William Craig, of the New.York
inspector rhce. The certificate then granted sets
forth tn. che Long Branch is owned bv Jacob
Meyers and commanded by Captain i. A. Brooks
The vessel was built at Brooklyn in 1865 Her hull
Is OF wood, and she Is of 745 tons measurement,
Her certificate allows her to carry 297 passen
She has on board all She lfe-savng appliances and
ire apparatus required by law. She is provided
with one steam cOndensinR engine and two return
tubular boilers, each twelve feet in length and ten
feet in diameter. She is allowed a steam pressure
OF forty pounds. She has six hfe-hoats, two of
metal and four OF wO0k She had 1904 life pre-
servers and 36l floats. Her boilers were built in
!, Dr. Frederick NJ. Fuller. Of Franklin-ave..
the following ACCOUNT Of the afasffss ffs
into something and we ran into a scow, as there
was nothing else to run into, unless
we tried the East River Bridge which we were lust
opposite, Our bow cramDled, rolled up, it was 60
rotten"
:" Did it cause any excitement on board p was
asked.
" Yes little. The women and children began to
cry after the danger was all over and safely
tied 60 the DOCK ~
% Hope you d didn't iBiurs Che scow ~
" Well. yes we hurt her some--aS much as We
oould nnder the circumstances. was on board
a. the invitatton Of some friends; I don's know
whore we we're going Ibeieve the excursion is
discontinued for the present. heard the boat sunk
soon afteF got Oif1 NN"'" """A