New-York tribune., 1883-03-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ru,pry MEN STRUGGLING IN THE WATER.
~, rps,r sY SCHOONER AND TWO MEN

THIRTY MEN STRUGGLING IN THE WAiLN.
~, ,,ps,r ny SCHOONER AND TWO MEN
nnowxrn-rHE BoATMaM's NARROW ESCAPE.
An accident, which nearly resulted in greaIt ioss
nj life occurred yesterday morning IN 'hS Tha
at the foot Of washingonst sSetS SsiseS Cove about
400 feet wide, which separates the love- Pp;lrosd
the CITY from the property of the Central hao;u ;s
Company The only method OF a;nto bv
the railroad company and managed by Thomas u.
Mills Mi % who. with With the aid Of two ,.t assist It.
ants, .ts ierTles Ges 0S quarter before o'clock
cross saS Warning Mills. who had large yawl,
which he was in the habit of using on accouht OF
the greater traffic at that hour starred Win ABOUT
thirty passengers from the north SIDE oil the Gap
The passengers we're principally workingmen, em-
poyed on the Central Railroad or In the ship yards
and dry-docks IN that vicinity. There were thlee
lighters belonging to the Matthiessen a. Wiechers
Sugar Refining Company lying abreast OF e4Sn
other on the west side OF the noae from bad inst
cleared the lighters. when one OF the PasSSehHs;s MI;
forward shouted, "Here comes a. tugDoat. Mills
seized the guard Of one Of tine the sne
the piot of the tugboat saw the yawl and sheereo
off lust grazing the small boats bow.
schoo that the tug haa n Tow Mss seeing Z
were panic stricken and surged toward the sualI
boats stern, The weight sunk the stetn unueI
water and raised the bow so that when the schoone
struck it, the boat was turned bottom SIDE up anu
the passengers were thrown into the wafer water III q
heap of the greatest excltemeat IoiiowGu be
One or two of the passengers climbed upon 9 tu9
lighters. Others cung to the tS scioOIgr maiortv r
were left Hounderng aoous IN @ tmo w%;StIe
and the employees ON the lighters ana the scho0nser
and tug threw ropes to the men IN the wafer, Mi9
Mlss two assistants went 10 tne Suovn n"s;
lively bow many lives were lost. Dut only Two Hon
are reported missing. One of these is Jonn Man,ou'
of Wayne-s Jersey City. an employe oI 'e o In ~
fral Railroad Company. His brother made Two el.
forts 10 save him. but failed, ana III is t @
the strong current swept MIN unuer @ tno nShhi;o & rs
He was not at work Yesterday and as noone saw nun
after his brothers efforts to save him. te presunp
tiou is that he drowned. Inc other nLSsine
man is Thomas ODonnel who was eupid2SGGU Gved u az
No 100 Essex-st. He has not been seen sIhoo a tno
accident, and is therefore supposed TO oe dToWheu
Several men were injured, out none none b 81 suf
fered from exhaustion were Hueh f,anei,SI ,HSI
of No 115 Brunswick-st.; John Parsley OF no; ~
Grand-st.; Henry Kruger, OF NO. tSo ,oo Wnnf
ton-st., and Thomas McDonOugh of No. l92 mont
gomery-st. Mills. the ferryman had nardU" @
escape from drowning. He was swept oy the cur
rent under the lighters twice. and III waS S oh WIen
great effort that he got out the second time When
he did he was so Exhausted that he was Oniy aoIo
to raise one hand above the water. someoody saw
IL and pulled him ont. He said 10 a TRIBUNE
reporter that he had given himself up for lost lie
attributed the accident TO the lact tnat .Io Iuh
boat failed to give any signal, ana 10 the suIsine
back of the passengers, whch SANK Tue S''in Va
the boat. c, , h
Tie name of the tugboat is H: F. Caswell. and she
is commanded by Ca tain Gilbert heainey; AHe
name of the schooner is A. +. Washburn, and oOth
vessels belong TO the Washbun Towing Company
The tug was towing the schooner IRON Washourn
Brothers brick yard at tue upper end OF the cove
into the river. Captain kearney says that ue was
going AT the usual rate of speed and that tugs are
moi in the habit of nor are they required TO give
signals when going through the cove, lmnledla.eny
after the accident runors were set a1loat tnrousV
the clty that there had been great loss OF me-
These caused great excitement.