The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-05
TWENTY PROBABLY LOST.

TWENTY PROBABLY LOST.
TWELVE CANAL BOATS SINK nv HAI.
ERsrRAw BAY IN THE STORM
rpere Were SIXTY Men On Beard the Tew
and Only Thirty RsseheA ehers Up "a
M,dn,ght-Tns Tss CsapensA % Pat
Asous a.A The Beats PlisA Up. .. Each
Other saa Went Down.
HIvxnsTlAw. Dec. k-Twslvs barees loaded
With brick including the Ircne Capt james
Kennedy; Dolson. Pat Cahtll: Louise. Capt.
A. Bradbury: Lizzie. J. Bradbury: Lizzie
and Louise. Christie Ray: Brennan. James q.
seott. and Ellen q MCGUIRE were being towed
BY tho Cornell Towing Company's steamboat
Townsend down the Hudson tonight. When
opposite Croton Point they were upset By q
tornado.
The time was O'Clock. and about twenty
persons arc thought to be drowned. Il IL
thought that those boats were in the feet:
Ellen C. Mcclure. Capt q. Larkin: Mary
q. Burns. Capt VIII Dewitt: Blackstone.
and Yellowstone from Tomkins Cove.
The twenty who are supposed TO be
lost we're on the barHes Irene. Dcdson.
Louise, Lizzie and Louise They include
Cspts. Kennedy. Cehill.. Bradbury. Foley,
Brennan. ]. Freeman. James G. SCOTT, and
Joseph Fox.
When of Croton Point the swash Of the
river was so great the tug was compelled to
come about This compelled the barges to
bunt each other. and they upset.
Twelve boats went down. There were Ave
men to each boat, and only thirty men have
reached shore.
The cause Of the accident is attributed to the
carelessnoss Of the pilot Of the tug. W. Cur
ran. boat hand on the Louise. who has just
arrived dripping wet from his swim ashore.
says:
"wo we're playing the concertina in the cabin
at the time the accident occurred. I ran on
deck only to see one scow. run on top Of the
other.
The boats did not sink. but toppled over.
Upon each barge were five men making sixty
in oil and Of these only thirty men have come
ashore
Tugs are now searching the river in the
hope Of saving any who may have chung to the
bottom OF the capsized boats. Little hope Is
entertained as to the safety of the remainder,
Oft crews.
ALBANY. Dec. 4.-The> storm played havoc
with the telegraph lines centring here. and
also came near causing an accident on the
Hudson River Railroad near Garrison's. where
the express leaving New York at $50 o'clock
ran into a broken telegraph pole leaning over
the track Tho train was running fifty miles
an hour. Tho cab Of the locomotive was
Knocked or and all the ventilaters were
stripped from the coaches
No one was injured. Among. the passengers
was the wife Of ex-Gov. Cornell The engineer
and fireman stuck to their post and came to
Albany with nothing to protect them from the
thgy made up purse for them.
xpd and rain experienced in the Cum bsriand
Valley for several eyears swept through It this
81 a. a4 ssst S the the
were fooded Roofs wers blown nom scores sol q
saa ssssrsl eS %
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hSsss w psst,sy
Sss end snS ns EARNS ana sna
crops were destroyed. No lives are yet report
Wild storm swsrt toy OYER the %yomns s' V. icy
to-day. doing great damage in outlying dist
inr and from tint time until s O'clock Ia Tie
evening the rain caGe down IN sheets The
ne a KSes be- sa4ss sn s three H aRS
west side towns will be. cut of. Many streets
IN WilEesbarre have been under, water the
S TnSHie DAY; Telephone and telegraph wires are
WHITE HAVEN. Pa. Dec. AT Stony Creek
Ct IssS yses seh trains
ran into one Of the slides and the engine was
thrown down n thirty:foOt .embankment All
me tralnmen Jumped In time to save their
ROANOKE. Va. Dec. A heavy wind and
bpdnr ss sy h for 1ofy
formerly q Mount Airy, n G.. was killed is.
The rainfall was unusually heavy; and the
streets and many cellars were Hooded.
aSss his sts
Is impeded. Northern Pacfic and Great North:
srn trains arc stuck In snow drifts west and
MINNEAPOLIS Dec. 4.-Reports received here
s shoW snow win, in every town and hamlet. Al
at rs sae IN and SIX
SaJ Rsst ana S'ess
Hsnathpgton 1t has been raining continually for
, EG5sst iISsr; n p. reports blizzard At
,yIa ,i The same sort OF reports come from
bus 'nllen all night with heavy wind. Much
LOAF Is expressed among stockmen that 1t will
prone disastrous to herds on tho plains. In
~ q the burlington. both In that State and
undated yigor tonight The only train |
leaving Winnipeg. to-day was the Northern |
~ ancilc express for st Paul All trains |
M North and Great Northwestern are abandoned.
iL nnee streets nre almost impassable. Serious
+ .h, Cropping At Deloraine Mrs.