New-York tribune., 1881-12-28
RUNNING ON THE ROCKS.
injury TO THE c. II. NoRTHAM.

A NEW HAVEN STEAMER AGROUND "F4 ''
WELLS IsLAND-RKMOvAL OF I e PA aiN' X
AND CAkGo-THE INJURY % The vEssEL
The steamer c. II. Northam OF the old New
uoven Line. ran ON the rocks south Of BlackwcI~
Island YESTERDAY aftern ION in he heavy rs >.t
left Peck Slip at 3 D. III. for New-Hayen, e,e -
WAS due at O'Clock. After leaving her hei she
went up the river at about half her regular speed
The fog was very dense and The pl!ot. Peter "'i''
Qemutn a Dane who has been employer "' "
river for twenty years. could not Sc l'.hi!
ahead of the steamers bow. He hm t.u. tr N
hands in the pilot house to ASSIST hI'n aiii ih.
tam. g. h. Rowns. who has ran nctwe. - N'"-
Haven and New-York Tor iyTty-hye years, wa, a~o
there The steamer greatly mn.rr'd in, % '
course up the river hy the nuluer ~ Jerry h"a'-
by one or two tugs ana lighters winch g'' Ia
way Wucn she reached Forty y-hIt.s-s'. ...
Northam was 800 feel west Of he course. D.
pilot did moi know this as he cou'd ua -'."
shore, but as he intended TO take the chan"
tween BlackwelPs Island and Long island he ga "-.
her course eastward. At Forty AT th-st. ia
suddenly lifted and 100 feet directly III .ron' a'
saw the most southern of the rocks belo" hi.c"
welTs Island He rang the bell 10 back the 'u~'t t'
but moment aiterwa.d the steamer 4 o." Z"
She tau Oh the rocKs some twenty I'VE Iee' VIII !"
All was eAcltein- nj lor a iew moments ON board.
The passengers and crew Iau or COX l' ser "" '
cabin came down with "a crash. Some o. l' i'd>
srngers weIe thrown hOn theli chars /" L.. "
by tnc snOcK and one woman la'h'td me az +I
although the tears Ca.ue 10 ms eyes 1Iom EieI III
a ,,.,,,i winch nt comm lnded >nOuld III ct WIN d
accident Tor the uTst nlr IA his 0crTl'r o 'uTN H''
wears was pc, fecly cUO and he rest red thr i>'I
1,mr OF h,s ciew by a few sharp oIa rs. hc rJ~-
seugers too became quiet wneL Ihry sAw tlA' l." ie
w. no danger An attempt was mauc to back Ia,
steamer oil, Uut she stuck naid ana last
About twenty minutes aiier he aicluehl '"'
S,l,au Stream, Captain William NithelN NaA "a "'
down the river from iia,cm. A II" SGT WIS
th.Own iIOm Ter to he Nurthahi' anu s'' N-'L :
tried TO pun the injured steamer oil TIE i0rN'' o"r
then Iau aiongSde, cutting another nor ,t
Nor hams SUle "a: she 'ild so. she thle" o"' "''
gang planA and took oil the steamers pas-cugc -
VINO had in the meantime filed up TO IN ,u' -
oluce aud received baCh tucl passage money.
They were about fifty in EulhOcr, hiteen 0i "hu "
were wCmrn. The sylvan stream Iahu'u ,l'iH
near Peck Slip little after Ocuck S"hr o. NE "
continued tneiT journey TO NeW-itaEen oh the C"i-
tlneutsl winch started from New York .aSi - gh'
al 10 ~ lii. The company'S agent> Ntre I'nlr ~ "N
informed of the accident, a"d a 'us ana h2"'',
wer. sent to take OIL tine NoTthdnN Cai T",-d""u'
100 tons OF miscellaneous merchaLdise. IL Wa h'l
Injured in the least. This work OI removal Was
Fbe Noltha.n struck the rocks about 100 feet
below Blackwell's Island ana she was Ii. ate /
directly for the smallpox hospital. 1t wds hs' "de
when she grounded and the water recedeu iapi"iS
a lew minutes aiteTward At p. IN. her boN was
high out Of water, and she had listed So badil 70
ward the Long Island shore tha' utr IeiI pil IN
wheel was dry. The bare rocks were visible "'i
round the bow and strong haWStr "as attdci'u
to OF theu to keep the stern from sinking "e""
the waters edge. , - , q,
II ~ moi SHOWN how badly the Northaus huli
was injured. ~ the time she struck thesr wee
about four feet OF water ID ler hold ouI inns Was
ea.ilv kent n check Dy the pumps. he crew.
which with .he walters and cooks nu nbeItd a''h
seventy me n, stayed on board ana spent TIE u'-u'
there Captain Downs, who is a weather zen
little mdu about sixty years oI age, WIS HuP'I"'-
tending the unloading OF the cargo Wheh seen pS a
TRIBUNE rcpOrtr last night lie sald tnat lie ''ldn
think the accident could have uetn aNobtd' ana
that he did not blame the pilot. lie was very hti-
yous and hal his left hand Ia a sling iron an acci-
dent he met with two months ago. The pur'rr also
had his hand in sling having burned 1t IN puIjnS
out tire recently IN his house An euofl WI! O'
made to get the Northam oil today at nigh tIde'
alter she has beeu unloaded.
one uf the pa,sengers who lives In BROOKLYN, SAID
last night that he standing on tie f"r" Aiu ace
with two ladies' aS tine steamboat neAred hltcN
wells Island. The fog very 1ensc; Just an "a 1
the two chlmneys Of steamer were utoc'i' l.
She seemed e. be making so as to mug tie sh"rr.
The captain of the NurtHam, evidently leelng more
confidence apuarently concluded to take hs
chances between the rocks. but was deceVeu Oy tne
fog. iBE IMBUNEs informant 9ot aoWh s.nt ~, nie ,
pTseryers. and one man demonstrated That IL w"ulu
ir,chten the passengers, but WAS answered that u
seemed better to have them ready anG not uNr
them. than To neeG hem and not nave thtln' i'e
placed those i'll his charge III sale places. anu anu
thought 10 was fully twenty minutes "ileu me
Sylvan Stream came alongside, and ihen 81" stoNe
"a hole in the side OF the NoIthan, IA Ihlus lha'
could not well be avoided. Captain Bo"hs CON
ducted every hing cOOliy and there was no panic.
Captain Richard Peck general superintendent oi
ths line last night attempted To reach the Il amer
on a tug but did not succeed IN Jung h"al'
A ing left PieI No 2s, East River, about OciocN,
with a diver and some officers of the company. bul
was compelled TO put back on account Ol tlt loR III
half au hour. when about opposite the Williams
burg terry. 80,
The C. II. Northan was built in S72 and co
about SiOO.OOO On the night of November -
lS71 she was burned TO the waters edge and three
of the crew were smUthercd. The io,s was
8 80 BOO ins, red for Sl15,OOO She Was ID u
rebnilt and fitted up in a han lsone mauuer. size
is $40 feet long with breadth O'cr all Ol - it"i,
and depth IN the hold OF IA feet. She dra"r
about feet OF water when loaded, and her ireight
capacity is 1000 tons Her boiler and engines
were pnt in by the QuiI tard Iron Wol -. ot iil
city. Her engines are 80 luch cyEu"Gi', -""V
wheels are 36 inches diameter. leI 40" IL
plated with heavy boiler iron. She has 40 stal"
rooms ber main cabin being two stories IN heI2hi
The staIrways and ratings are OF soNl mahogany
inlaid with ebony The NOTtham was not ihNuicd
against marine disasters, 80 that the loss VIII l
entirely upon The owners.