New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-25
nprA1Ls OF THE ACCIDENT.

some of the witnesses tes'i"'"
in the pier were rotten.
,prArrs OF THE ACCIDENT.
ryv CROWDS on THE PIER-BkhAnNu
me wu.Rr-EFroRTs OF REscUERs.
I'll, oA-A terrible calamity oc-
.urred at North Point, Tivoh' an eAo ohort 10
curleu st.asoo ten miles from this city, ABOUT io
On las, night. by which many lives were ioSs,
..hor be,ng estimated between si1tV ahu
'no The accident was occasioned oy the CIV
a.r.v NJ the outer portion OF pier on "n'on
me s-., b,pared persons were congregateo' a"a'
- ths boat 10 return to this city. Inc iocan| -
-, small bay, distant about two miles ironi 49,
po,nt Iichthouse 1t was formerly known as iionI
n,ove and was the first regular excurs'on P'"0
e.,.a nm near the city, about fifteen years ago. Az"
90 most popular resort at that time an" i'i Do
eral years afterward. u.u xostsr
An excursion was given 10 tiVon
sov under the management
Mount Royal Beneficial Society OF sne S..
lie Church of Corpus Christi, OF whicn @'n0. IT,
Is pastor, at Mount Royal-ave. and Mosne'c~ C.odo
a.surs;on nartv went down on the barge Cockar0
g.. Inch was towed by the tug Amanda Poweh,
h ha,ce was formerly an old canal boat wnicn hau
80. s,ted nm with several decks for excursion pui-
80. .na nsed az such for several years festeroay
she made three trips the last being mace iron 'ns
e;tv between 6 and o'clock last evenins' sNu
reached Tiyoli before 10 O'Clock. during 'no u"s
she had taken down about 500 persons ana Oh noi
1.st trim about 100 A large number OF those wno
went down during the day had remained, intending
to return on the last trip.
THE CROWD THROWN INTO THE WATER
When the barge approached, all thosS Oh
abore made o rush for the eno oi 'Ho
,rhorf which is several hundred fee'
.1,
.,ats ahout TWENTY-FIVE feet from the end impa-
t;eutiv awaiting admittance through the gate. AS
.h haroe came alon gside and struck the wharf the
lotter Suddenly. and without warning, gave way
and large part of the crowd was precpitated in'o
the wafer. which is about ten feet deep Many were
ahe To save themselves by fleeing toward the snoIe
as the outer end of the pier crumbled ana ieii.
The darkness added to the confusion ana terror auo
rtts coud he done at once to rescue the drowning.
most of whom were women and children
HOW THE CRUSH FIRST STARTED.
The Sun in an extra issued after 1 o'clock says
The boat had made three tripsto Tivoli. Inc morn
ing boat took down 100, the 2 o'clock boat i'%oo
and tho 9 o'clock beat 70. fhis latter
boat reached the pier at $40 and prepared 10 take
all hands back to the city at once, as requested oy
Father Starr. The people. knowing that th's was
the only boat dashed along the pier until they were
vonths tried to climb over the gate and man and
:. how seated themselves a rail with their legs
hanging too sudden movement caused the raii
TO break and the two were thrown into the wafer.
commotion followed this result but before IL had
even taken shape to save them. there was sudden
crash and a shrek. Splinrers flew in every direc-
tion and about 200 people were struggling among
the broken timbers in eight feet OF water. The
noise and the cries were so loud that watermen
heard them two miles away. Those who witnessed
the scene state that it was sckenng.
REsCUERs AT WORK IN THE DARK
The moon had gone down and the only light was
that shed by two feeble coal-ol lamps. Some OF
the rescuers took the barge lanterns and set them
on the wharf. Two of them exploded and added
fresh terror to the scene Those the decks of the
barge threw fe-preservers stools and benches into
the water These struck great many on the head
and knocked them inseDslble. Others let down
planks and ropes Shrieks, curses. groans cries OF
"God save u.s." and heart-rending prayers for help
were beard. The darkness impeded the help rem
dered by those who jumped into the water.
Those whose swimming powers were the
means of saving the hives of others
were as follows, together with the
number of persons each saved: Charles NJ Connor
saved SIX 4. A. Fitzpatrick four, Patrick Battey
six, John Conall four, Jacob Barnet ten, James
Captain Roberts, of the tug Amanda Powell. Some
women were pulled up on the wharf and some were
dragged into shallow water.
The movements OF the barge caused a wash that
carried those who were battling with the water
under the wharf and among the piles. The men were
mostly able to struggle out. Those men who were
drowned were trying to help women and children
After the confusion was over huge FIRE was built
on shore for those who had been saved, and their
clothes were soon drying. Dredging for the bodies
was then begun. rwenty-eight had been fodnd D
to 10 o'clock. when Father Starr took upon himself
the responsibility of ordering the boat up to Balt-
more. The frst news of the disaster reached this
city little after o'clock this morning when the
barge landed at henderson's wharf, bringing "a
number of the bodies of the drowned.
THE NEWS RECEIVED IN BALTIMORE
As soou as the bodies had beeu deposited on the
wharf the barge went back to TIvol and before 7
o'clock this morning had returned to Henderson's
wharf with her second load of dead numbering
over thirty. BY this time the news Of the awfu
calamity had spread throughout the city and thou
sands had gathered at the wharf aud in the vicinity
Throughout the night many persons. fathers
brothers and friends connected with the pleasure
seekers, had gathered at Light Street wharf, wher
the barge usually lands anxiously awaiting he
arrival, and apprehending disaster when the boa
nd not come at her usual time.
As the hours wore on past midnight and there
were yet no tdings of the,r friends tneir fears were
increased almost 10 a conviction that some dreadful
accident had befalleu the party. At q later houl
ineir ieap were realized when the facts became
Known As tasi the bodies sdentiiied by
relatives and friends they were taken TO their re-
s'ec1iye nonss The unidentified bodies were car
feu 10 the Eastern PoIice Station, TO remain until
necsozeo or otherwise disposed Of
c'assments 10 regard to the immediate cause Cf
hs @ sccdsnt are conflicting Ii is said by some that
ns NV o&gs was already alongside the wharf aud the
49, Ssp'Ahh being run out when the wharf gave
., sn1 lnat lt felL from the shear NelQht OF The