New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
o1RGE MEN TURN UP ALIVE.
oay THREE LIVES LOST OFF HAvER-
STRAW.
~r or PERIL TO sixty MEN-FATAL COL
LESION OF A SCHOONER WITH ONE
OF THE BRICK BARGES.

LESION OF A SCHOONER WITH ONE
OF THE BRICK BARGEs.
.s.r.w n. Y, Dec. 5-The quiet village Of
-.s,rsv had not yet recovered nom the excite
nav ,s,s by the explosion at the Clinton dynamite
no' On Wednesday evening last when the IN
a,s.nts were again shocked by new calamity'
- .. first seemed to be much moro serious than
W rsaIly the case. This second affair was the
'',s.nt 10 a number of barges during the severe
- ,as. night by which several lives were lost The
- norts Of the disaster stated that at least thirty
DIS is' had been drowned, but fortunately only two
- are now missing all the others having turned up
alive. ..,.,o., ,or,ns.rs Canta,r
. -, warner belonging to the Cornell Towing COM
- started from Grassy Point with tow OF ten
- harses. two stone scows and two canal boats.
W.. hr,cs bsrges were the Irene. Captain James Ken
n Dolson, Captain Patrick Cahll; Lizzie and
ss~,ss CAPTAIN Michael Lowrey; Henry Christie,
Os,s,n w. Foley James Brennan, Captain J. Free
VI. Ellen c. Mcclure, Captain G.. Larkin; Mary j.
90 Captain Dewitt; James G. Scott, Captain j. S.
g. Paw Captain A. Bradbury, and Louise Captain
!, pradbury The stone scows were Blackstone and
y.,lowstone. belonging TO the Tompkins Cove Stone
Company.
.hsr venturesome on the part Of Captain Warner to
,art ont last evening, as the sky threatening
.Orm When the tow left Grassy Point moderate
s,u,heast Wind blowing but when the boat turned
7.jhow Point at p m, there was sudden gust from
a.. northwest which grew into gale.
IN. wind blew strong that the captain Of the
,s WAS obliged to round ito and try and bring the
ho.ts about so TO face the gale. While doing so,
sov,yer. the hawser snapped, and only the Dolson
.rs irene remained fast to the tug. All the other
,s,s Of the tow cast adrift and became unman-
.-e.nle The James G. Scott, tho third boat in the
Ioog line crashed into the Henry Christie, tearing off
~, STERN For half an hour the widest excitement
,r.vs,hd The frightened crews jumped out from
n. cabins where they had been engaged in playing
cards or spinning yarns by the dim light OF the
s,,srns with which the little were furnished.
The startled persons on the various boats rushed
,hou, wildly In their efforts to escape from seeming
s.sth and Jumped from boat 10 the other. The
IRON. poson Christie Ray, Scott and Mcguire dumped
tAs,r cargoes and filed with water, but did not sink.
rh., were all less damaged, while the Louise,
nr,unan Lizzie and Louise, and Burns escaped with
hut nt,le injury.
N. Townsend remained about the scene OF the
slsartsr and took of thirty from the wrecked
Mai, The small tugs William Coleman. Captain
susle and sheffield, Captain Wyant, went out to
N. assistance OF the disabled tow, and during the
Mint and early this morning all the ten brick barges
were picked up and lowed to docks. The dam
.sss boats which were in danger OF sinking were
ubs,ouently beached The four unnjured barges were
uv,d No New-York this afternoon. The two canal
t.s drfted over 10 the west shore, but brought
aver 10 the Haverstraw docks this morning. They
ar. not damaged One of the stone
covered The other is missing. but it Is not thought
eas she sank She probably dumped her cargo and
drifting in the river
After tho accident Captain John Bradbury, Charles
Williams Clarence Hopper and Peter Scegrif Jumped
INTO kdf and rowed 10 Croton Landing, where they
took Central train for New York, returning to Haver
straw this morning. There are two men missing
Richard Maggie aged twenty eight, single of the Henry
Christie and Frank Murray, twenty years old, single
10Th O, Iiaverstraw. The hope. however, that they
mar hsve saved themselves and will turn up later all
tsAt has not vet been abandoned. The total number
o. the crews Of the whole tow about sixty, and
sssmiracle that many Of them did not perish in the
Disaster All of the men displayed considerable
courage IN the face of their great danger. They did
MOI Ice their presence of mind and worked hard dump
10, he loads Of their boats. About 100000 bricks
rsr. thrown into the river. JOIN RUSSELL aged SIX
en on the James G.. Scott, remarkably cool
during te worst moments Of the danger. He was
rece1ly trying TO borrow some tobacco from his com
sdes and when a negro belonging TO the crew. did
ra cone 10 the pumps quickly enough he threatened
10 het him.
f1er tho boats were OF Haverstraw Village. at Z
D. H.. the schooner SDedeker Captain Albertson, ran
sul Of the tow. She struck one OF tae barges ana
hc shock loCsened one of the heavy blocks aoft on
De schooner ard II fell and crushed the life out OF
Captain Albertson. The schooner IS only slightly
and Is lying Of the T b sS o tns a1sxs
The schooner bound north. The captain was
married and his body has been taken TO his home
OF Jones Point. ,,.
The men saved from last nights disaster are bolster,
ousy celebrating their narrow escape In the dnerent
saloons Of the village.