New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-12
A RUNAWAY TUG IN THE BAY
FOUR COLLISIONS IN AS MANY MINUTES.
THE CREW JUMPS ovERBoARD-BRoUaHT ABOUT
BYA BOYS AMBITION.

BrA BOYS AMBITION.
There was dangerous runaway in the East
RIVER yesterday afternoon, when tugboat, after
getting the worst Of one collision, steamed about
with nobody aboard until it had knocked against
two sailing vessels and battered in the stern OF
canal boat. The four collisions occurred in
about as many minutes.
1T was about p. m. when the small propeller
FL Mora, Of Jersey City, stopped at the end of the
Wall-st pier and Captain Henry Rex got ashore
lie had to make a call at the agents Office No.
"a Soutlst.. nd be left the boat in Of the
engineer and q young deckhand. Rex had no
more than got out Of sight OF the boat, than the
Young deckhand heard d warning whistle and saw
that the steam lighter G. l. Marshall was heading
toward the pier. 1t was grand opportunity for
the youth ana he made haste to improve it. He
turned the wheel so to head the Ell Mora out
.nto the river and then signalled the engineer to
go ahead. Ills course was directly across the
bows Of the Marshall and in few seconds there
was u collision. The big lighter struck the FL
Mora on the starboard side and stove big hole
in the hull.
AS the smaller boat careened under the
blow, about ton Of water went
into the hold and scared the engineer. AT
the same time the young decllhand jumped aboard
the lighter, where he safe, as that vessel had
not been much hurt by the collision The en-
gineer did not wait to stop the engines of the
FL Mora, but promptly jumped overheard lie
was rescued by men on the Marshall, and while
he was being dragged out of the water the FL
Mora was running away under full steam.
RUNNIEG AWAY UNDER FULL sTEAM.
The course of the runaway boat was half
circle At first she pointed toward Brooklyn, but
swerved to point toward the Battery after
she was half way across the river The captain
of the lighter gave chase and blew his whistle to
| thnpo p tlo nil TO.
peated the warning, and for a few minutes the
footing attracted the attention OF everybody along
the East River.
| After the III Mora had got about so as to point
toward the New York shore again, she ran full
| against the Annie l.. Taylor, an English bark thai
was being towed up the river The collision
line for distance of about five feet As the Iay
lor had been struck n gancing blow he shock
did not impede the progress of the I'll Mora to any
| noticeable extent and the runaway boat was of
| again in twinkling she was then less than q
| hundred yards from Coenties slip and her course
after the collision with the Taylor was directly
toward the cluster OF canal boats that filed the
slip. ., .,o anna, boa. o.,.,,. s.ooa -, .,o
decks and wondered what all the noise was abont,
| not knowing that the tugbOat was steaming with
| out man TO direct her course. At the end Of
the pier south Of the slip lay the barxentinc
| Carrie IIocle at her moOrings. Captain COcOrd
was in the cabin. Suddenly there was crash
and CAPTAIN Colcord ran deck rs the FL Mora
rebounded from the starboard side of his vessel.
| Inc tuRDOdu nhu SIUcK nef nose IIllO lie pldHkS
| Of the big sailer near the stern. and the shock
| had checked the progress Of the runaway for a
second
| AN AsToNIsHFD CANALBOAT CAPTAIN.
| In another second the FL Mora under way
again and going straight for one OF several canal
boats that lay in the slip. The captain Of that
canal-boat was eating his dinner when he saw
the dishes fly off his table. and he was knocked
down by the conclusion. After running into the
stern Of the caral-boat and rebounding from 1t,
| the FL Mora kept humping away at the wreck un-
| til enough water got into her hold TO drown the
fires. The tugboat finally sank a.. the end Of the
battered canal boat. Later the Marshall arrived
and pumped ont the FL Mora. Another tugboat
| then tOwed her to Jersey City.
The damage to the Annie L. Tavlor was about
$4,000. her captain said. He had her towed 70
q Brooklyn dry-dock for renairs. CAPTAIN Col
cord said the damage TO the Carrie Iecl<le proba-
bly, would not be more than 5000. The damage
10 the canal-boat was about 81 900 S. w. Rog
ers,, who has an office at No a. broadway, was
said to be the owner of the FL Mora, which was
damaged about $4,000 during her various col,
| lisons The police did not learn the name OF
her engineer or the young deck hand whose ambl-
ton to steer the boat had caused all the trouble