New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-29


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CUTTING A VESSEL IN TWO AT SEA.
THE ANCHoRIA RUNS DOWN AN UNKNOWN
SCHOONER IN THE DARK.
The Anchoria, one of the largest OF the Anchor
lire of steamers, arrived at this port yesterday
afternoon from Glasgow, after very turbulent pas
ocean which seriously threatened the safety of the
passengers 1t happened on Tuesday night, Septem-
her 70 about 10 %6 and sTTn was rsn
the northwest and the vessel was rolling and pitch
ing 1t was very dark. The rest of the story, as
at his his home last evening, is as follows:
~ was abed, and holding on to keep from falling
there was dull thud, but did not notice anything
till suddenly the engines stopped. Then l. heard
cry Of alarm and rose and went on dSck ain in
two women tainted and there was some excitement.
The facts, presently announced. were that we had
run over schooner or bark and sank her with all
on board. went back and dressed, then returned
to the deck and walked forward Some of
The men were working fast to lower boat
not swinging from the davits and Others
were dlsentangling pieces of wreck from our PROV.
also rope ladder and the top of strange mast,
broken short off lay on the deck. About six feet of
eeng broken short off as if they were ppe-stems
AStern lights were burning the sea, the five light
bloys that our officers had Immediately
hour or 50 the boat retained through the terrible
storm, the men saying that they could find nothing
but some planks atloat The steamer went back TO
the spot and coasted round till morning, trying in
VAN to find some token of the schooner. On In
quiring of the OH the lookout. he said he
no liz ht till the schooner was about to strike
t6S o5 ard tdat we struck her between
ha oaed o on cut each E side of tW or ana
There were cries from the water of Help! Quick
We are sinkingn IT is the opinion of the passen-
gers that the collision the fault of the schooner
which shifted her course directly towards the
steamer. and that Captain edderwicl and his first
officer who was on the bridge at the time, were IN
no way to blame"
.;a Another PASSENGER said; 81 was sit
dec thinking hS Of fdFS Srnnf H. t When h fa
kind OF shock, not much different from that felt
every minute or two, when sea throws the screw
and then back on her other side There a shout
OF Man overheard! aud the engine stopped. l
rushed forward and saw shadowy bulk in the
dark OFT the larboard side, and heard men cry for
help l ran astern but the steamer swept by
them, and l heard their cries growing fainter
till in two minutes, or perhaps less
they ceased altogether. Passengers rushed out. A
woman tainted on the stairs and man in the smok-
ing room. The officers were cool aud there was no
panic In fact half of the passengers kept in their
staterooms all night and knew nothing of it till
and asked what was up, and the Purser told him we
h hS stopped to take in coal and he crept back to
which came at us head on under full sail
and had sunk her. Our boats could find nothing of
her crew. and none of them reached cur light bqoys
and Ite-pIeservers that were flung out A hole
some three feet square knocked through our
IRON PROV into the anchor room. aud that compart-
ment, some ten feet square, filled with water, and
remained full till We got here"
PLANS FOR IMPROVING THE RIVER FRONT.
Commissioner Laimbeer presided at the meeting
of the Dock Commissioners yesterday the new Com
mission" r. j. K. Vo rhees being present communi-
cation from Con roller Campbell called attention to
complaints made by mechanics and laborers that
there was delay in making out pay-rolls aud in OBJ
tanning their money nearly every payday, and
guessing that payrOlls be transmitted to the Finance
department In the shortest time possible after the
time 81 payment becomes due. in order that the
workmen may be paid with the utmost promptitude
1t was directed that reply he sent that there had
been no delay in transmitting the pay-rolls and
that they would be forwarded as heretofore.
Plans for pier shed for the Arrow Line OF steam
ships at Twenty-sixth-st, North River were sub
mItted by the agents. 1t was resolved that many
OF the pier sheds are disgrace to the city. tn.
chief engineer Of the department be directed to pre-
pare plans upon which all sheds shall be constructed
III the future so as TO insure more Symmetry along
the water front.
Generals G. A. Gilmore and John Newton United
had been appointed members of "A board OF consult
ing engineers for the purpose of considering several
points IN rca ion to the exterior wall in course of
construction the North River water front said
that, as the appointment might be con-
strued as accepting a civil office, they sug-
gested that the Commissioners simply Teouest
them to cooperate with ". +. Northern and other
engineers and give their professional opinion in
relation to bullxbead wall construction
REPRESENTATIVES of the New York Lake Erie and
Western Railroad presented n petition signed bv
dry-goods merchants, cartmen and others request
ing the Dock Commissioners TO grant tie company
permission TO provide sneitonng building for
goods, over the slip and outside OF the bull head
wall, between Reade and Duanc-sts North River
The chief engineer will prepare plans III a modi-
fled FORM