New-York tribune., 1881-08-30

have staterooms Immediately The City of Hart
lord was behind time N eomng up the riyer anu our
rooms were given TO thone from the stranded boat.
Ne did not charge anything for Ohe passage To New,
York, but took anybody wha came. The state OF
New York lies at very steep angle with hen DOW
out ef the water aad her stern entirely submerged:
talked with great many passengers ana none OF
them had any complaint to make to the conduct OF
the officers. VI the boat could have drIffed lteel
teet farther on it would have had mueh better
place to &C ashore but .the rudder was OF no use
after the water in the side of the vessel ne
State OF New-York was valued at Szoo,ouv. IL Is
too early to estimate the loss oi the vessel before
= the damage has been ascertained. The loss on
freight would easily be covered by 800 and no
Oscar Swarz, of Astoria. L. l., waiter. was in
the forward cabin when he heard a. Kissing below.
81 ran and told the engineer" he said and he
stopped the boat and he captain the vessel
ashore. When went juso the cabin for my lug
gage had to wade in the water up to my knees.
found several passengers asleep In the sfaterooms
with the water around them, anu awole them. One
man wonldnt notice me when told him to get UP,
so shouted in his that the boat was sinking.
then pulled him ont of bed. Then be ran as if he
was shot. The passengers were greatly frightened,
after rushing up stairs
TALKS WITH SOME OF THE PASSENGERS.
Ex-SheriH Seymour of Hartford who was on
board the vessel when she struck. said that there
was very little fright manifested by the passengers
Some women screamed. and good many of the pas
scngers rushed for the lifepreservers but the mo-
mentary panic was alayed The shock was
slight and it was thought that no damage of any
consequences had been suffered by the boat The
passengers dd not seem TO be That the vessel
was filling until she near the shore that no
danger apprehended.
James Sillim m of Wikesbarre, Penn. said there
were about 200 passengers on board, large proper
tlon beng women and children, We had reached
Goodspeeds Landing, about fifteen miles south of
Mlddietown, when the accident occurred. The boa {
was at once headed for the shore and by that time
the stern OF the vessel had in water thirty feet
The furnaces fires at once went ont; also the lights
on board, as the lighting apparatus was disabled
As the night was dark and there was a fog the
fears OF the passengers greatly increased for
we thought every moment the boat was going to
the bottom OF the river. Everybody hurried to the
tried to calm the fears of the passengers"
James Kennedy, one of the passengers,
noon He said VI 4 was sitting on the forward deck deck
when the steamboat struck. / had with me my
nen tSa wn npa ZONE % 70 SheR ha IN
to the staterooms aud awoke the passengers and got
them out A man in one staterooIn fast asleep.
i awoke him. but had not time dress, and lost
most of his clothing. There was great alarm when
The steamboat struck, and much shouting and
women. i was only short time after the
boat struck when she ashore. II the steamboat
had not been beached soon many lives would have
been lost. There appeared to be plenty OF fe-pre-
servers on board and they were of access. The
When we got on shore however, MIR. Goodsueed the
president of the company, who lives where the
boat Went ashore, did not take much pains 10 care
Tor the passengers. Some OF the passengers
tred To get accommodations at his house, but he
said ie did not keep lodging-house.' and refused
TO let them sleep there. There not sufficient
accommodations at the hotel for all the passengers
Some of the women had to sleep the floor in
the baT-roomD
The State of New-York, commanded nv CAPTAIN
D1bbie has a tonnage of about 800 and carries on
an average 400 passengers. Her limit is 900 pas
sengers. She was launched July 16 1866 and
was built in Greenpont. Ihe vessel cost $3.50 GOO
aud the estimated loss rs between $4,000 aud
$4,000 which is covered by marine insurance.
Nearly all the baggage and freight has been saved
Ihe steamer, according to schedule time, reaches
n - n IN rfDH HnR
York at a. n. the following day.
Wmle the steamer Granite State at her pier
last night. Joseph Stevenson of No. 291 Seventh-st
came on board anxousiS inqurng after his son
Louis, age twelve Mr. Stevenson said that his son
had been put on the State of New-YOrk at darfo ord
aud was alone. He was To meet his mt the pier
the ARRIVAL of the steamer. Mr.. S evenson made
many inquiries while THE TRIBUNE reporter was on
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