New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
AERIrAL or rHE cITY or RIcHuoND.
TowED TO HER PIER ny EIGHT TUGs-A TALK WITH
TIE CAITAIN.

| TOwED TO HER PIER ny EIGHT TUGs-A TALK VIII
TIE CAITAIN.
The City Of Richmond, the lnmau steamer which
ran aground in a log on Friday norm e near sand,
HOOK, at stormy passage, ln who her engine,
were disabled, was tOTrd up the bay last l-ht by
eight tugs reaching her pier 81 nr foot of Leroy So
about O'Clock. she had left Quarantine thrc,
hours befor', her ire, beng banked here HOrkmcn
beng engaged on the broken eccentric. when had
caused a decay Of about forty hours m mId-occan.
IN" large steamer "A, pulled along very slowly,
much 10 the ANNOYANCE OF the little knot of persons
VINO had "a, hefcd on the pier, either Ia
meet friends or to clam their baggage
which had been lett the vessel when
the cabin-pas9engers. some OF the stecragc
passengers ana the mails were transferred To the
Virginia seymour ana Black"Ird on Friday. NJ.
Brewster, superintendent o. the pier, and fnrrcr
Bridge, OF the Cuy of RchI Ond, refused 10
allow any one %, board the IMP after she
was fastened To the pier even the passenger, who
had been taken of the day prryIous. The captain
Henry Condron. in conyers ,ton with q r.por or
gave an account OF the grounding OF the siip and
also Of he passage, which. he said. had been un-
usually severe.
We had ben boarded by the pilot he said
land were coming III early on FRIDAY NOR 10
ing, feeling our way. he pilot was IN his own
waicre, and 80 felt hat he was competent 10 take
care OF fhc ship. Alle passing lire - an4 We 100
-Oundlng. The truth - the log was v-ry
dense, but the steamer was three days overdue and
the pa OF was anxious 10 get nor n soon ~ n.
could. 30 instead Of rem naming az afth pr uuttl
until we head tne SANDY Hook to norm aud louud
that We were too near shore. At once th. engine,
=
ing the vessel around she ran on tnc sand bar 70
sIIV NV V;ry sDW V w Ytrs gong il IL
only necessary 10 state that che gIOurdug was al
most impcrcrpuOe. there was no cxcItrmrut
among the passcnR ~, many of whom
knew nothing about the uishAJ T,rrc
was n slight trembling bur noihiug
more sent 1telcgram To the ollicr of the company
ana the STEAMBOATS, came iOr our mails and cabin
passengers. Inc tuss. iOur at one tIne did no,
move he vessel ana ~ dId not float at biph II -
but was lacked Oh 10y our engines. Regarding tlc
blame, there Is no doubt where it Ge-ts Pllotg. r.,
compulsory here, ana when a piOt n ON his own
wafer ne ought 10 KNOW what he Is dong
As | nave sad, the voyage Ma rough
but he ship behaved spicndIdly, and his suffered
no damage from running aground. There was n
delay caused, about nyc days out Uy the strlD of
the eccentric giving way. Tnat was repaired, wnlle
the snip hove 10 under canvas; on the second day
the repairs wcrs competed, and we proccr..ed on
our coarse again only To be met by eye one which
maze very ayy Sea, when washed over ne snip
running one Oh the tOats ] he spray irOZe on The
deck making II very 10y tucrc. When the weather
moderated there was no further delay uutll last
lhulhuaS, Wen the repairs 10 the eccentric seemed
lhb'ilnclcnl III ana nor break second time but IN
OIder 10 aVOld any accldrnt we lay 10 again for
about I'VE h9drs Tho next thing was the or uud-
ing OF the ship early the next morning, about which
have told you