New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-12

oyy LIVES LOST At DARTMOUTH, y. 5.
u,.xnrrDs OF PERSONS Thrown NTo TIL
,,.rtc ny THE COLLAPSE OF FERRY
LANDING. G.sTAGE-REcovEHING
THE BODIES.

u.litax .Iuly IA terrible disaster harpene"
- n,r,oonth tonight The ferry landrg-st'fc'
coll, p,cd and prccpitatcd a bic crowd INTO TIE
water. causing an immense loss OF lie rive
bodies. those Of a woman named SILVER ana "'I
.rla q woman named Synott, and two soldiers
have already been taken out.
The exact number OF the victims VIII not "e
known I'LL tomorrow. The disaster happe"'" 'N
the chain attached to ferry float slipping o"'
of place allowing the front oil 'ie ~
10 sink and pIecipitatc crowd oil '"o o' '''
mon women and children into the "'''''
The pcoplc were crowded there waiting 10. ID"
new ferry steamer Annex, just arrived lI''n N'",
york 10 reach tine dock. When the steamer Io'
within two feet Of the landing number "l per
sons iumped ON board. and at that moment ."e
accident occurred The outer end of TIE hriH-e
went down suddenly. and the horror-stHcNe"
crowd slipped of into the harbor as Though tie|
were descending a slide, plling ON tcp oi e''"
other shiickins for help and scramh!ing for means
OF safety.
For some minutes there was confused crowd
of men and women and children struggling III
the water but the accident had hardly happeH'"
before dozen brave youths and men lcapcd L"
clothes. The drowning people were rapidly passed
mn 20 the men standing above on the wharveS ana
,Le rapidity with which the rescucrS performed
their work resulted in great majority OF those
who fell in being saved from death. There were
MANY able swimmers in the party and these worked
till exhausted helping the people TO land uh'll
,bere were 10 more in sight on
lie surface, and those who could not
he saved had sunk out ol SlSh''
When the crowd slipped OIL the landlne-s'ase
tho pcoplc around numbering some hundreds
croyded 10 the sides Of the wharf and tAre"
sticks and boards 10 the struggling mass III 'He
o,er while n number of hfc-pTescryecS were
thrown 10 them from the steamer. Many people
were struck and injured by flying boards ana al
the bodies recovered bear cuts and bruises H'"N-
ments of spectators show that most OF those "ho
fell in were women and children, and the scenes
Immediately following the disaster were lil-huUl'
Several men and their wives We're thrown H.
end the former struggled herolcalH to save 'h'I
loycd ones succeeding in every instance as far as
known man named Brodie saw his wife s'rus-
Cling in the dock. and. lcaping in, succeeded IN
saving her life \ woman named Logan was thrown
into the water with young child III her arms aud
her efforts to preserve the life of the infant were
beart-rcuding Both were finally brought ashore
alive An elderly man. named Edward roster,
and his daughter fell in together, and the
former was saved just IN the nick Of time
hut was so frantic over the loss of his daughter
that he could hardly be dragged ashore
He was persuaded that his daughter was s-fe
but the poor girl WIS "a corpse Whch tdhcI VuI'
When ali those in sight had been brought 10 land
tie work of graphing for the drowned ones was
bc-un Within two hours four bodies had been
recovered. but up 10 midnight no other Victims
had been found. II is believed that at least three
or four others were lost, but the exact number
cannot be told AT present ,
Intense excitement prevailed in Dartmouth an1
Halifax when the news of the disaster spread
and thousands hockcd 10 the scene. where they re-
rnaincd until a late hour watching those working
ON the water. Owing 10 the confusion IL Is I'M
possible to tell who are missing, but
the number cannot be large. Divers are no"
searchino under the water for further victims.
The names of those whose bodies have been re-
covered are Miss BESSIE Foster, daughter OF "a
ward Foster: Peter Boyle Crlncan veteran
Miss Alice Svnott. daughter Of Michael SynoJ' -
John Bundv a colored boy.