The sun., 1891-06-16
CUT IN TWO BY A TUGBOAT.
THE PLEASURE YACHT AMELIA SUNK
IN THE NORTH RIVER

Two OF Her Owners Guests Drowned In
tho Csbin-The Yachts Captain Asserts
that tho Piiot OF tho Tug Was Drunk.
Tho sloop yacht Amelia was run into and
sunk In the North River OF 10th street ut
o'clock yesterday morning by the tugbont +.
W. Devoe. Two OF q party OF pleasure seekers,
guests OF the owner OF the yacht, went down
with her and Dr. William Balm. another OF
tho excursionists. was seriously injured.
Tho Amelia is q centre-hoard pleasure sloop
forty-six feet over all. She was handsomely
flushed and furnished. and was valued at
$500. She was owned by John L. Eccles a
shipping agent. who lives at 20 vsndam street.
She left her anchorage opposite Fourteenth
etreot, Hoboken. at about II 80 o'clock on Sun
day morning In charge OF Capt. Van Wart Mr..
Ecces had invited a small company to Join
him on trip to Nyack.
Among the guests wero DR.. Thomas Balm
and his sons Chester II. and William II. Balm.
Frank jenkins. Michael T. Sharkey OF A.
Macdougal street. David ]. Cushion OF 322. West
Forty-second street. William A. Con-
don OF les Tenth avenue Henry Camp
bell Of l1S John street. Brooklyn. and
Mam lam q S1sSt sSnd' Ss
handsome craft was In the hands Of a skiliul
captain OF long experience. and fair breeze
The pleasure seekers took dinner at Nyack.
stroled about the town. and boarded the
was made with light and more or less unfavor-
able winds and 1t was nearly A. NJ. when the
found on sbs ca
The. Amelia swung on the .starboard tack.
ming almost parallel with the course Of the
yacht Bcsidss. It is the business ot the pilots
Shsh craft s sss sas H
Capt, Van Wart hnd no thought OF danger.
suddenly the tug was seen to alter M her
Cabt Van wnrt shouted to the pilot Of the, ,uI.
but big warning was too late even had 1t been
The bow OF the tug struck the Amelia amid
her tws she a.
sa GsDt Van @ W"rt from his position at tho side
and nick up the passengers of tho Amelia.
Then MI Il was was "H reme@bered t that % Frank Jen.
npgs and William Balm. Jr.. had gone, into
ns s.s9 t hsH g f sssD aS S'ns
The crash Of the collson had swung tho
struck DIR, Balm in the chest inluring him
ssSe5e The GaFsy were landed at the oG1 Of
M; Jenkins. who Is one Of the victims Of the
was an a.
Young Balm, who was also drowned, was Is
The tug which caused the disaster is owned
by Robert Rogers Of 20 South street Kennel
charge Of the wheel; CSTPt, Van Tsrt u1;
he was drunk. and that he managed
the tug before the collision in a way to carry
out the impression OF drunkenness. On land
lug Mt 13oth street Walsh was handed over 10
Policeman Coady and was locked up In tho
West 125th street station.
Hall an hour after his arrest Police Surgeon
Ward examined him and decided that he had
keen drinking. but would not declare him 70
charge Of the Cantain.. Walsh was taken TO
the Harlem Court and from there was taken
to the Coroner's office.
TO Coroner schulize Walsh denied that he
was drunk. but admitted that he had been
drinking He said the yacht showed both
green and red lights when he first saw her. but
He turned IN obedience to the silent order
and tho collision followed. He stopped tho
engine. but IT was too late to stop the motion
OF the tug His boat was going about IL miles
an hour.
Walsh was sent back to Harlem. as 1t will be
necessary to recover the bodies Of the missing
men before the Coroner acts.