The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-14
THE EXCURSION DISASTER.
PLENTY OF ROTTEN WOOD FROM
THE WRECKED BOAT


Houses In wiiiiamsburgh-ToP Prosecute
the Owners OF the Barge Older BarGes
I'm the Business-BuryinG tho Dead.
Grape hangs from the doors OF eight houses
in Williamsburgh In consequence OF the terrl-
bic accident to the excursion Of the Theodore
Kayser's Employees Association at Cold
Spring Grove on Wednesday. Four are dead
in one family md three in another. William
Faller himself q cripple. mourns tho death OF
his wife. his eldest daughter and his two baby
children. Tho bodies lie side by side in tho
parlor OF their apartments over Faller's saloon
at n Boerum street. At 1872 Graham avenue
arc the bodies OF Mrs. Caroline Printz and her
| two little nleces
Thirteen are dead and nearly nifty others are
| moro or less seriously injured rs result OF the
| combination OF asummer squall and an un-
seaworthy excursion barge. The dead have
oil been identified. and the wounded are being
cared for at their homes Aaron Hitler. whose
legs were broken ut the snme time that his SIS
ter was killed and who W as left at the hotel at
Cold Snring Grove was brought to Williams
burgh yesterday afternoon and taken to his
homo at lao Boerum street.
| The occasion was the fourth annual excur-
sion OF the association. which has fifteen MEM
! be;s. For two months the members have been
disposing OF tickets to their friends. Nine hum
dred tickets were given out.and 1t is estimated
! that nearly six hundred reople were on board
the Inflated Republic and the steamer Crystal
| Stream. The majority Of the excursionists
| were women and children. The association
halls from that section OF Wiliamsburgh
known rs Dutchtown, and the BROOKLYN
German seldom goes anywhere on pleasure
without his wife and family.
Half q dozen prominent Sixteenth wardsrs
have to-day in their possession portions OF tho
beams and supports Of the hurricane deck OF
the Republic. They are keeping them for ex-
hibltion to the Coroners jury. and after that
for presentation to the Grand Jury Of which
so.nty adviser so n ase
King, County Insurance COMPANY, WHO WAS
The pc post t' tass runs nf up the centre Of the
bang si s read add s .Ss
az out q the az Immense a BEEN n aap SnI.
id i TsS SHsG5s asa ffs sSsid;
Richard Day. Edward shadbct. and Gilbert
They ray the passengers hurried on the barge
and steamer Crys!HSl stream 70 escape n, the
IL from tho doet and two q The
three hawsers by which the barge was moorcd to
5 sudd.ny
SiIpains streak Of ilshtnins: IoilowIInrI ihs
pressure. and then there was q roar and a
TO the men on the shore It looked as II the
whole top Of the barge was being carried away
thS Wind a. g strips OF wreckase were
ghs ba as wd S snS 4
on the pIomenadsideck. crushing the. psssen:
sSsss hsff and
children were seen STRUGGLING in thA Wat0r
shadboIt jumped in rowboat aud pulled e
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hour to extricate tho dead and wounded from
AS far as a committee Of the association Of
make an inyestisatiop. have been able 10 learn.
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Tho beach in the vicinity Of the disaster was
s,rewn With wreckaGs yesterday from the
'I During the DAY the bay around the dock was
dragged with the expectation OF finding bodice
Of persons supposed to have been , Inoske :,
any nero lost, overheard they wore probably
carried away By the tide: .rv-,.
In the morning.
OTHER DARGEs ARE OLDER.
F. 8. Gwyer. general manager OF the Myers
Excursion and Navigation Company. Which
at the company ofiee S7S Vest street. after
be had returned from the scene OF the disaster.
a ME ST'er said that no had been Improperly
DID not sSy that the Republic c was twenty;
have been. We have had it about six years.
TWO years age We 10y oyerhsued Il above tho
may say that they wsro NOT In ndsd 10 sup
polt the decks. They merely ser'eI TO make
OF posts md stanchions for supporting the
deck. besides iron rods next 10 every second
stanchion. Tho middle posts were ten inches
and the starclions on the sides mere five
inches in diameter. The iron rods were three
four MS of m inch thick
plenty OF older ones in the harbor that have
been made over several times. But | think
they hadn't heen our shipwright, Mr.. Worth.
would have discoveredit He had carte blanche
new barge would have Jared Just the same In
such q gale. The way 1t was pinned up against
the wharf. the listing caused By the rush
OF the excursionis,s 10 the land side to avoid
getting wet and tho resisanc Of the curtains a.
something had 10 give way.
When reached the scene found . sign
that had been on the pilot house 500 feet away.
while a big section OF tho deck had been blown
i5j feet. The roof was not simply ripped off
from the stanchlons; II was turned upside