New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-04

the scow whom We took down to Forty-eghth-st said
that there were six men on board the tuS'
A. j. Arata agent of; the DOrie Emory, was found
at his home, no. 80 Addms-'t, Hoboken, last even
ing lie had not been apprised OF the accident
when The TRIBUNE reporter called
Have you anv particulars OF the disaster 10 the
tug Dorie Emory 7" asked the reporter.
"What has happened to herr" =,
she exploded tonight i'll East River and all
"OG Loais LOUIS my brother Louis He's
kllledW shrieked woman in another room.
wes brotSg GSq was the Ss% He nshed nto
the other ON with his children to comfort his
wife. who tainted away. On being revived she
alarmed tie nclghbOrs and brought then IN haste
to the door. MIR. Arata ran back and forth IN
despair trying iii vain to console his wife; After
some time had been consumed IN this way, he gave
these particulars about the vessel:
The Doric Emory was buit in 1872 She was OF
no"S t"s Ger M pade last winter from
Neafe Levy shiphudcrs, lor my wife and oto;her-u-
spent - 800 Oh hcrn repairs making her as g0Ql
tue Greenwich Company Of New-York for 5000 The
tGc tied up a, TIC foot OF Fftlst. IioboBen. and I
went down there at $50 tonight to meet
her Hr boiler wa Ho a. old one when purchased the
tug spent $1,000 In Overlaung II ana mace
in nrst-cass order by the boiler maker
Inspector cannot corrective WY IL
on the st of the month Captain Norris displaced Cap
tain sage whose thcu .ht dispense with
II lose the Insurance, II viii leave MS wife. child
ana mother pcnnc-, aud swallow up al my wife had
invested besides !cavi's rs sl,@10 Ia dcnt.
Mrs Catfcragh. the wife of the engineer, was seen
at their homc, No. l03 JcicrsJnsI., llOhoken. She
is pretty voung German woman, with ialr hdIf
and COupleAion She answered tie questions ahou,
her husband with a pltcous quaYerlug voice ana
though the reporter could not give her definite N
formation of his fate, sac OWNED the SITUATION
know it.. said She, with shuder. -" II IS always
the engine Ny hUs and ~ dead" she has one
child An old woman VINO held the lamp during ne
intcrv cw tremu.od 80 tnIt She nearly dropned IT,
Hundreds of houses og tlc cast Slla OF Inc city
were shaken by the explosion. nud consider thIe
damage WAS dome to snN" winch were ne ar tho
river. At distance OF two bioca, from the wafer
between Fl!t yth IaI NNiN-tcconH SIS, the con-
cu-si0n bIOkc larL" r2rco oi gas plank 81 hiri
wood, nearly as large a. "a mans body was hurled
to Avenue and Fi!.y-scy'uth-lt.. passing over
the tons Gi several houses alt landing Dl the pave
neut wlthJat c1u.iGg any damage. Bc.wrcn III v
cIChht and N-.nHth SIS. a steep bank thlIN rect
high, separate, Rlv"rVIew terrace from m water
the houses win en- front suit ~ place. over boih
rows OF houSc, was thrown q shower OF splnirr'd
wuoC bits OF iron. and ptylng stones. window
of the hO"sc5 were broken bY cJncu>'loh' OF u'
fragments tir tug-hoat som" paving stones were
hdrcd % tht loDi o hp"-c IN hN'iVleW IctIi''.
An rod mad" hole "a the house NJ NO. sutton
place and narrowly missed iulurlng az
occupant oi tn" house \ large picc, o. WOO tel
into t4e yard of NJ. If the sam" row. having hr'r
shot over the houses IT, tn" terrace Dpposli" SIT
ton place. az lftl-cigAt h-st.. large pae-S a,N
window was blown bIdl.Y INTO the grocery ~ ~.
BlSC h1h aud smashed oyer counter. Two ldIS'
pane IN q liQUcT-sto:e. two doors below. were
raincn in n similar way. row of unfinished apart
men houses extends frpin the river bank o. The
south side of FIJI y-righth-st. 10 Avenue A. and In
the avenue toward Gitty-srvcnti-,t., for half "a
block. The houses wcr" not Iu condition TO Suii"l
much damage from the explosion bat WindoWo
were broken IN occupied houses IN the avcuu" al
IIfty-srvcIth-St.
II was surprising how little interest was manl-
Tested IN tue cNpl1son If the first alarm had sub
sldcd. Occupant, OF houses in RlVcTvcN terrace
and sutton place went tbO.t patching mp broken
windows ard seemed 10 have only langWd
curiosity regarding the cause of the trouble.
The loss Of life on tlc water, within uesthrow
Of the houses wl5 a matter alb ut winch the IL
mates oi tn houses knew nothing. The general
lack of excitement IN the ucl2hborhOod probably
wa, due 10 the fact that after nghttdll the houses
on shore are cut OIL from Ill co 4Im1uicatiOn with
the river An hpur af or tine explosion occurred
tho police of the lWcutg q glth Precinct IL
noTaut of IT., About : D. IN. some pairoImen OF the
precinct began delibertt" search for Information.
Learning that several men bad beru blown from
the tus-boat they inquired II any portions Of
bodies had fallen within the precinct boundaucs.
Nodamagc was caused on Back wells Island be-
yOud the breaking Of fcw paucs of glass IN tho
windows of the wOrkhpu-e. The INN ties OF the
institutions were considerably AFFIRMED by the
shock, which disturbed all the bindings more OF
less.