The sun., 1893-08-12
COLLISIONS IN THE FOG.
MONMOUTH IND WATERBURY, CONE
TOGETHER nv THE NIRROWS.

Something OF n Fright Among the rn-,en-
gers and y Great Spiintering OF Wood
| work - Several Ferryboat. Damaged.
| A dense fog settled over the upper and lowor
bays about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. 1t
was with tho greatest uncertainty that vessels
| kept on their courses. and all were run at half
speed. Whistles were blown incessantly and
| fog horns kept up a monotonous blast, but in
spite OF these precautions there were several
| collisions.
The twin screw steamer Monmouth Of the
Jersey Central Railroad collided with the ex-
| cursion steambo Waterbury in the Narrows
at 9:15 A. NJ. The Monmouth left the High
lands Mt 1925 o'clock for the Rector street
slip She carried about 600 passengers.
When she was about entering the Mar
rows sho encountered tho dense fog
The Monmouth forged ahead at half speed
and q few minutes later the whistles OF a
steamboat that proved to be the Waterbury
on her trip to the Fishing Banks. with about
GOO excursionists aboard. were heard dead
ahead. Tho Monmouth blew in answer. and
as she signalled to pass to starboard her en-
gines were Immediately reversed When she
had about como to standstill the bow OF tho
Waterbury pierced the fog and bore rapidly
down upon the Monmouth. Collision was in
evitable. although the engines OF the Water
bury had also been reversed at full speed.
Then came the crash. the ripping Of timbers,
and tho iingling Of breaking glass.
Aboard the Monmouth tho passengers
seemed on the brink OF panic, and two women
tainted. A Sun reporter was sitting aft on the
second deck and saw the scramble for life pro-
servers. Some persons rushed to tho side.
only to catch faint glimpse Of the Waterbury
as she drifted or When the two vessels met
Charles Bayha of o35 Park avenue. Hoboken;
Gustav r. L. Wittenberg. dentist Of $40
West Forty-third street. and Alfred L. Dwight
man OF 204 Lorimer street. Brooklyn wero
seated in the bow OF the Waterbury. Just as
the vessels touched they jumped upon the
rail and clambered over the side of the Mon
mouth.
The bow of the Waterbury struck the Mon.
mouth forward on the port side, and carried
away seven stanchions and the adjacent joiner
work and slightly damaged the forward bulk
head. Props were Immediately shored up to
the Monmouth backed away to return to her
course. AS she did so she narrowly missed
ten minutes later she turned and heade ed for
this city. On her arrival at O:l5 o'clock oar
penters were put to work to repair her for her
eat at about s $500. -A''''A ''''N'A'0 '"o OAS'
Among her passengers were: .Cushman
Nashville Railroad: School Commissioner Ran
doipha GuEgebnhemer; eb Harsen Rhoades
il. Board imam Washington E. Connor. + d.
Farrell. Joseph J. QrDonohme. nephew Of the
City Cham heriain: Or. Il. ii. GOOdWyllle. Dr.
Kreg. and DR.. John P. Nagle. chief OF the Bu-
reau Of Vital Statistics.
The Waterbury proceeded on her journey.
Her bow had been damaged and several of her
forward awning stanchions and her flagstaff
were carried away. Her deck was started and
her bow joiner work badly splntered. Tho
damage to her is put at about $500.
The ferryboat South Brooklyn. on her way
to the South Ferry slip collided with tho
schooner was at anchor off the foot OF White
hall street Her bowsprit and bow were raked
The side-wheeler Pavonia Of the Pavonia
Ferry Company crashed into the ferryboat
James G. Mccullough Of the same line at 6:32
o'clock. The Mccullough was lying in the slip
at the foot OF Cham bers street. and the Pavona
was attempting to land there She struck the
McCull lough a slanting blow with her star
under the McCullough's guard rail. The light
woodwork OF the Pavonia was torn away. but
the Mccullough was unnjured Joseph G.
Henry OF Hasbrouck Heights. n. j.. a telegraph |
operator. was standing at the bow OF the Pa |
vonia and n piece OF timber struck and broke |
his lower right arm. All the passengers were
badly shaken UP. |
OF Barclay street. tho Hoboken Ferry Com |
pany's boat Orange ran into the Pennsylvania |
boat Princeton at o'clock. Tho Orange was |
heading for her slip when the Princeton |
crossed her bow. The Oranges heavy deck |
timbers were ripped out from amidships to the |
ladies' abin. and part OF her bow was crushed |
Tho ferryboat Passaic crashed head on into |
the Bergen at q o'clock, and demolished some |
OF the latter's rail and woodwork. The Roose- |
welt ferryboat Alaska narrowly escaped ser- |
ously damaging herself in a scraping collision |
with canal boat at $3.50 o'clock.