Evening journal., 1891-08-13
KILLED BY THE CYCLONE
Many People Crushed to Death
by a Barge's Roof.
FOURTEEN Is THE NUMBER DEAD.


The Steamboat Crystal streAua ana the
Barge Republic, Loaded with Exeur-
sionists. sHeet vita Disaster at Cole
Spring Grove. l. i.
HUNTINGTON, l. l., Aag. B.-The em-
ployes OF Theodore Hayser, Brooklyn
dry goods merchant, gave an excursion 70
Warpes' Grove, Cold Spring Harbor,
Wednesday afternoon by the excursion
steamer Crystal Spring and the barge Re
public. The party, which Numbered nearly
900 souls, had very pleasant days enjoy
ment and about 8 o'clock they embarked
on the vessels for the journey home. Just
as they were leaving the dock a violent
cyclone swept over the harbor and struck
the barge. The awning of the upper deck
was wrenched from It's fastenings, lifted
high in the air and fell with terrific
crash and destructive force upon the
crowded deck.
A wild Panic Ensmed.
A scene Of wild confusion and panic
ensued which beggars description. The
screams Of the women and children, OF
which the excursion party was mainly
composed the hoarse shouts of the men
and the groans Of the wounded and diving
could be plainly heard above the rumbling
OF the thunder Inky, black clouds made
IL almost as dark as Night and at every
lightning flash those on board the steamer
saw great mass Of persons struggling 70
extricate themselves from beneath the
wreck and ruin Of the awning. The boats
were hastily tied up to the dock again and
those on the steamer, aided by the villa
gers who had hurried to the scene began
she work Of rescuing those on board the
barge.
Fourteen Dead Bodies.
The debris was soon cleared away and
the bodies of the dead and the injured
were taken from the barge and put on
board the steamer, where the wonnded re-
ceived every attention Fourteen persons
we're found TO have perished by the storm
which had sprung up with such frightful
suddenness, changing a scene of gayety to
one Of lamentation and mourning.
The Rarge Owner Csnsursd.
The coroner Immediately summoned a
jury, and after an examination permitted
the removal Of the bodies. Tue Jury In ia
verdict strongly oensured the owner OF the
excursion barge for carelessness, as the
vessel was found to be as rotten as punk
and totally unseaworthy. The bodies of
the dead were sent to their late homes ia
Brooklyn last night. Among the killed
are the following:
A List OF the Dead.
CsonieN GOetz- tweAty years, daughter of
Joseph aoetz, furniture dealer, Even and
ssaggs streets Brooklyn. z d.
Joseph Hoffman forty years.
,,I,s hstle hAutz- four years Of age, daughter Of
William Kautzy les Graham avenWe Broo9lyn.
ED.
Gertie Landgraf. tweaty-eight years.
MIS- Anton Luberfirck, thirty-two years odd.
l58 Graham avenue
Mrs. Caroline Prinz afty-three years. ga
briggs street, Greenpoint
Pauline Prinz
Lizzie schOenhNt, nine years old, daughter Of
Charles sehoenAut, sl4 briggs street. Greeas
point.
Mrs. Charles Schneider az South Fqftl,
street, Brooklyn, Z. ID.
Millie Schouerher, about four wears Of asye
Robert Schiuter, the pilot Of the barge.
Unknown woman, about twenty years Of age
An unknown man, thirty.
Fifteen or twenty we're injured, some Of
them so badly that they cannot recover
The majority of these were taken to hotel
at the scene Of the disaster. The following
were brought to williamsburg on the
Crystal Stream
Miss F. Isselman of 100 slxillman street; leg
broken.
Miss Rhodus, Of sLaspeth. l. l.; foot fractured.
Taken 70 friends at 30S Lorimer street
Miss Il. Weber, Of Middle Village: right arm
broken and cut head
Adolph Leberfng, 1853 Graham avenue
Caught the Winds Full Force.
Captain Michael Ryan said he saw the
squall coming and made every prepara-
tion possible to secure the safety Of his
passengers. The curtains were dashed
down all around, and the fact is a pocket
was formed Of the canvas, which caught
the full strength OF the wind. II was
some time after the first crash. and while
the work OF rescue was going on, that IL |
was said several people had been swept off /
the barge by the wind or falling timbers.
and were either struggling in the water. |
which was beaten almost to foam by the |
wind, or had been drowned. But no !
bodies were washed ashore, aud although !
boats were put out no one was found /
alive In the water
Scene Of the Horror
The place where the disaster occurred 4
It the head Of Cold Spring harbor. not far
rom Laurelton. II Is a fayorite picnic
ground. The falling Of the deck Of me
barge and the sad results that followed
IRE, it is said, due entirely to the rotten
Of the supports. Many OF the
carried home with them
pieces Of the center posts, which show that
hey were rotten at the core. The barge
tself, It is said, Is unsafe in other particu-
ars.
The News Received in williamsburg.
The news Of the accident reached vii
iamsburg at about 7 p. m. The partici-
'ants in the excursion hailed for the most
'art from that section Of the burg known
s Dutchtown. The residents Of the local
by were panic stricken.
BY $50 o'clock probably a thousand peo-
lie were on the pier at South Fifth street.
he majority Of these were women, and
heir suspense was most pathetic. But
here were plenty Of men, too, who, white
aced and haggard watched the dark river
eyond with straining eyes When the
,rystal Stream was at last sighted several !
Tomen tainted, and the police had all they