New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-20
hoard. Pilot Schanck made the following state
ment IN q TRIBIyNE repOrteT:

right on and struck on our bows, just forward of
her wheels. She didn't answer when we blew Two @
whistles for her to 60 to the port S sac beeG ths
to stop, and two. to go back. +,d Then riofs as
engineer jingle bell to do all he could, which wa was
answered The other boat never slowed or stopped
The only time saw her stop was wnem we bere Tere
would have been no collision. 4, After .dmg sne
backed out the Hot6SId FSH'e lowered BOAT boat
which took about three minutes. and rowed
off TO the Adelaide to if he could save any IVES
lie found none in danger The Adelaide a,dC sIK f
to the bottom at once, but was towed TO s9ope ny
| tugs He remained near the place about fifteen OF
| twenty minutes after the collision"
"When. did you give your hist signal TO the
"When she was about quarter of mile OIL j. ! ne
second signal we gave when she about half that
hundred yards off There were in the wheHlhGnse nUrr
the w1seman and GsS George Rc6uoS C. SShaTGSd Ead
slow down. We struck her twenty-five or thirty Lty
feet forward of her wheeI-hCpse-a where H her
boiler IS. 1 Judge. She really ran into us. sue
circled round our bows with sweep, and ran on 10
us. have been pilot on the Grand Republic ever
Samuel c. Wise, chief engineer Of the Grand
Republic, added to the pilots statement the 1ol-
0%pS did all could-answcred the bells as the pilot
called them. We had landed Mr.. BeecheTs party
at JEWELS Dock, BROOKLYN, at z o'clock
for the night. We heard the .sun-dOwn gun
as we went round the Battery and three minutes
after that the collision took place. The Grand ne
take only four, hours to replace. after
it is made. She Will run to-morr9W. Wc
were in mid-stream. The Adelaide was on our
starboard side. She stl1lck with force enough to
sink her, and she did sink in about five minutes
No IN except
man. who was hurt by the flying of the wheel.
Decker the wheelman sad that ne % dlanI nr 'aho axe
disabled, probably by blows from the spoKes OIL tile
CAPTAIN FISHER TO SPEAK TO-DAY.
CAPTAIN Fisher of the Adelaide, was at his house.
No. Renwck-st., last evening but refused to see
anyone. E. j. Campbell, the general manager of
the boat, said that the captain would prepare his
statement for the Inspector of Steamboats, and that
If vonld be given out to-day. Three things" he
said. "are in favor of the Adeaide-the right OF
way lights and wills les. The only thing care to
her lights ont until 9:15-twenty-fve minutes after
we left our wharf,"
ESCAPES FROM THE ADELAIDE.
The BARTENDER on the Adelaide said to a TRIBUNE
| reporter that he was below when the crash came.
He had to leap a rod five feet high, he SAID, in
order to get out of the Thence he escaped to
| the Grand Republic.
One of the decklanQ6 OF Lne Auelaiue, WHOSE
was said TO be Cammel. said " 1 was forward
| when we were struck by the Grand Republic. The
steam immediately began to escape. and ii
| burst out so iiercely that another OF the
| deck hands was thrown into the
| water by the force. He pitched down in under the
wheel, but was rescued. saw that the Grand re-
public had no lights out although il was after sun
from fro the e. Adelaide, and found that they
| didn't know how to lower their boats
hoiv
| another deck-hand of the Adelaide and came to
the assistance of the mate Of the Grand Repnbllc
the deck-hand lost all their clothes except those
J they had on.
| STORY OF A DIsINTEREsTED sPECTATOR-oS SHORE
F.. G. Bates, young man who saw the collision
| from pier near by SAID that the Grand Republic
| did not back water before the two steamers
| struck. They remained together for a mn'
ute or moro before they parted. The es
| through it could be the excited men on board
| the two steamers. Two men could be seen on tho
hurricane deck of the last and at one time seemed
as though the tugs would not get their lines on tue
| Adelaide before she sunk out of sight.
| oNE MAN SEVERELY INJURED.
| James f. Roe, the second engineer of the
| Adelaide was in the engne-room when the
| accident occurred. lie had had no warning
of the disaster, 80 when the crash came
| he was knocked off lis feet anC
| thrown against q u0Or, which was Iabtehcu. llIi
weight burst this open. and he fell among somC
goods stored in room opposite IIo was badly
| injured about the hips He managed t.
| reach the upper decks ia time to save
| himself, but not before the water poured into the
| engIne-room, He and the bartender were the ONLY
persons who were below decks at the time OF The
The only life lost was that of dog called Moody
sankey. HS So' These two creatures had had beer @
paymates for some tme nos sUo came ne TO- an end
| He was shot. He had bitten boy and was thu
| punished. Moody was then sent to Buffalo
on canal boat. but in shor
time he returned by another canai boat
then put on board of the Adelaide, and his master
| last night was lamentlng his loss.
THE sUNKEN STEAMER.
The Adelaide was a saloon steamer with three
decks, licensed to carry 1000 passengers. She n
23O feet long. 81 feet wide, and IL feet dcep
| She was 1000 tons burden, and val
ued at $4,000. The Adelaide was bull
abont twenty five years ago to rTin TO California
| then bought by the International Steamship Com
| pany to run between Boston and st. johns
n. b. After that she was bought 9y
Baltimore cO%Gany to %out run between Swo Sa San1
ago the boat was purchased by lOca
| company to run excursion steamer
| The damage done to her hull and machinery cannot
probably be repaired for less than S2OO 900. 1t wa
| Butler. John Butler, Of tho owners, wal
| said to be a delegate to the Cincinnati COnven
ton She made daily trips to the Iron Pier at Lon
| Branch, and was considered seaworthy boat. lie
captain, Benjamin D. Fisher, ls old III the service
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