New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-14
THE ALVAS CAPTAIN EXPLAINS.
HOW W. X vANDEGBLTrs YACHT RAN DOWN
THE Row-vo At AND DROWNED TWO PERSONS.

HOW ~ X v,yDFHBILT's YACHT Ran DOWN
THE ROW BOAT AND DROWNED TWO PERSONS
Henry Morrison, captain Of ". h vanderbilt
Yacht Alva has sent a report % the supervising III
n.c,or o, steam Vessels concerning the running down
Of IA rowboat In the Hudson River on saturday ihe
report Is datel at Newport, and is as follows
II Is with much regret that have 10 report seri-
ous Incident that occurred In connection WIN tlc
Yacht AIvu yesterday afternoon In the North hi'or
bout q 20 o'clock under the following circumstances
Tide, last quarter ebb aud running about two ana
a half kur, The ANa weighed anchor or ihlrts
sixths " H., ut $50 p m, steamer mp 70 ABOUT
Fify ogbtlst and turned to the southwark WIN hcr
port helm she proceeding down the river a' q
rn,a.rstr speed When again Oh Thirty 'iAh-S
observed that twp lows Occuplld the centre of the
river Westward OF th,m were more lows, TWO OF
three tuglDats and, | think. Two frrybohts bes'ues
several other vessels. between tic central VOWS ana
the New Jersey shore.
TIE river al peuIed 10 b. crowded therefore
elected To pass east of the central lows Del"eeh e
snd the United states steamship Atlanta west Vi une
Inst When within about 400 or 700 wards OF the
Atlanta "A rowboa wa, observed lying with her DOW
,,pt,yr eastward Al Ga. lime / first saw her the
,,ver WAS Not using his oars. The Ava would nave
pn ,,.d about twenty yad, east Of the boat Out LOT
some maccounlble reason the rover TOOK TWO Ut
three strokes with his oars ana then stopped as IL
desiring ii nearer in,IccuOn Of the yacht As dmckiI
n ia. movements OF his oars Wce OOScrNoi' 'HS
whistle wa, blown sharply several times rs warming,
but L, my great surprise, after remaining quiet fOr
perhap, thirty secJuds, and when the shiD WAS not
more than ten lengths from the boat the rover de-
ubcrntcly gave two three stroke, of his oars
ia II odn. with dcbcraton and intent to place her
under the bows vi The Ava 40 keep d. far from
tn. row boat 10 possible, the yacht narrowly escaped
collision with the Atlanta. passing not more than ten
.ot cl,a. II TIE after, stern.
Tho yachts way stopped with a. much dcs patch
a, the caso admitted. \ boat ready for lower
Ing but before the momentum wJs sufficiently checked
to make Il safe 90 place the b,at IN the water. two Or
three rowbSit,. tug and think one Or two Others
were OH the SPOT TO render whatever assistance could
be given.
From the time Of the collision until some Of these
boat, reached the SPIT cOuIl not. tlhk. nave eA
ccedtd than two minntes AID II was out Of the
question for to stop the momentum Of the shin
get boat ~ the water and on the SPOT quickly.
fore proceeded for this place. the pot Ia which We
were bound. ! desIc 10 add That. although am
ignorant of who the rover In the boat was. the I'M
preston conveyed 70 NV mind from Ids action WIS
That he was entirely unfamiliar and unused TO the
mama cement II boats
Surprise has been expressed bv Persons who
The accident NJ The haste shown Oy Captain Nor
rl,pn I'm ,tea1iug away from the place whore the
and wntermen Generally say that many captains and
pilots OF steamboats, and yachts ar" extremely care
les, and reckless n 10 running down mwboats. These
say that II seems range 10 them that the captain
would rescue or hid cucd two persons whom he
had down without concerning himself get
positive sslrancc a. & the rescue. They Insist that
when any vessel run, down Owbo1 the rrspOn, ihility
that does the rinng down. and not 10 people other
vessels that did not run down anybody or anything