New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
CAUSE OF THE P4VoNIA ACCIDENT.
THE CAPTAIN LOST HIS RECKONING IN ZOO
HASTE TO MAKE QUICK PASSAGE.

THE CAPTAIN LOST HIS RECKONING IN ZOO
HASTE TO MAKE QUICK PASSAGE.
BOsrov Oct 80 (Npecan.--The accident to the
Pavonia Friday morning was more serious than wac
supposed in this city last night About a. m. to-day
all of her Storage and intermediate passengers were
transferred The Underwater large tug. while tho
Pavona vas pitching and tossing in the bay about ten
miles from her dock The cabin passengers hai eight
hours before been landed by pilot boat The Pavouia
Law this afternoon in Nantasket Roads OF Ratnsford's
Island her nose nearly buried in the water and he's
stern lifted 30 high that the end OF of the propeller
blades was exposed Four compartment. were iul Of
water. The steamer was slowly sinking New steam
pumps we're taken down by tugs and is thought that
the steamer will be lowed to her dock tomorrow
morning 1t impossible to know the full extent OF
the damage TO the steamers hull, but II L. Supposed
that the bottom is BADLY cracked from the tact thas
four of the alright compartments are filled From the
accounts OF the accident obtained without the aid OF
the officers it appears that tue captain when the vessel
struck in the fog supposed he was near Bass Rock,
whereas he was twenty-five miles away from that
poiut The serious damage to the steamer was nos
discovered until the vessel had worked her way ME
the neighborhood of Boston Light. captain Nalien-
den said to-day 1t was rather nara wofklng up
here from where struck The head was so tir IOWA
that the steamer would not mind her helm. but We
managed TO crawl along slowly. We could have
made GOOD time if the tugs had TO our assistance
but they stayed inside. | thought was making the
Nahant coast and did not realize where Was unu
we sighten the buoy We took our last oosery ationa
on Thursday and then on our course we were
blown oil more than 1 realized. could just barely
make out the shore through the tog and thoughs IL Wa
the North Shore Then when heard the whstlln4
buoy concluded that il was on Hardings ledge. w
were going at slow speed | saw the painted buoy ana
srnaled the engineer TO stop, but we struck at tns
same minute" cs-,,
County tells interesting story OF the accident 10 tn>
Pavonia and the subsequent events: Although the
Pavonia had encountered head WINGS from the tns
.he left Liverpool and heavy seas. Yet she made ro
markably good Roadway ana II seemed TO be under.
stood among the officers ana that she would reacn
Boston In nine days from Liverpool which would DO
the best trio ever at this season OF the year on
Thursday she registered SO miles anu u was Ian an
nonnced that 26O miles would bring hes to Bos
ton Light Captain George made n calculation and
found that at the speed at when the steamer Wa
going Boston Light would be reached al n NJ ON
FRIDAY. On FRIDAY morning al o CLOCK nr oe"14e
vent on deck and Disguised TO ma the fog 80
dense that il almost Impossible TO discern An oo-
ect few feet and the prospect Oh getthg ihtos
Roston early seemed TO have vanished Ihe steamer
however kept on at full speed. an astnongh nisns
reasonably be supposed that she nearing land the
whis.le w not blown from the time she entered the
fo,, nm nil she struck between $50 and a. m. captain
George caught sight Of land aud turned 70 son OK
President Eliot of Harvard College, aud ASKED II 40
rcognzed the shore Mr. Eliot said that IL looked to
him n Ike portion OF Cape Goa and almost immediately
atterward IL was discovered that the steamer was
making straight for land which was only "a few bun
dred feet away At the same moment the boat scraped
over a rock and after pretty lively work the
mart of the officers and the reversing Of the engines
the steamer was saved from grounding and was
backed into deep water uuinjured. Captain GEORGE
supposed that all danger bad passed and the course
would be shaped tor Boston but, much TO his sur
prise when sLe again got under way she maize
for the same shore and this time with serious resaiS
as two compartments were stove H.