The evening world., 1894-06-19
LOADED LIKE SHEEP.
nymouth Passengers Complain
of Their Treatment.
Transferred, Panic-Stricken, to
Seven Cars at Newport.
AFTER Changing at Providence, 40
Arrive Here This Morning.

Four hundred and seventy passengers
on the Fall River line steamer Ply
mouth, which ran on the rocks of Rose
Island, near Newport, last night. ar
rived Mt the Grand Central Depot at
i0.45 o'clock this morning on special
train over the Shore line.
They were q weary-looking, travel
stained crowd, none of them having been
able TO obtain any rest during the night.
Several were interviewed by an Even
ing World" reporter. and without ex-
ception they were loud in their denuncia-
tion of tho treatment they received at
the hands of the Fall River line officials
and of the Accommodations afforded by
the railroad.
All the passengers were hustled into
q hastily arranged special train Of seven
ears at Newport. and were forced to
change at Providence. where they were
compelled to stay for over an hour
The train, during the first part OF the
tourney, afforded the poorest KIND OF ae-
commodatioBs. The cars were small
and stuffy, the poorest that are run over
the road. The passengers were crowded
into every seat. and many were COM
PEELED. to find places on top of the coal
toxes. and on the arms of the seats.
There was no water at all on the train,
which crept along at almost snairs
pace.
At Providence the passengers were
trs inferred to another train Of ten cars.
These were a.. little larger ana one
The rest of the trip. however. was far
from comfortable, and nearly all the pas,
sengefs, many OF whom were women and
children, were In an exhausted conaitioh
when they arrived here this morning y, ,,o
THE story of the accident as !o.d by the
passengers places the entire blame upon
the officers of the steamer. Inc report
that there was tbs neaSs sDg Who
on deck say that not only were me req
lights at Rose Island plainly seen, pnt .ne
shore at Newport was also Visible si,, Inere sne.
was light mist. but this was easily pehe-
trated by the naked eye..
Capt. Davis Is quoted as saying that
the accident was mainly due 10 tug,
With tow attsSnee aS6e foTsinf Snd In h' swi1sins
around after the tug had passed ne ran ran
ashore. Some Of the passengers VINO
were on deck enjoying the night say;
his way unnecessarily. ,.,.
The stories regarding the condition OF
the Plymouth vary. The officers claim
that the boats Hu a. Is steStiy sSthpea
there ID hole in the boats hull. and
that she was leaking badly when the
/: Is also claimed that the Plymouth
had almost an entire green crew on
board last night, the. regular crew or
ths boat having been transferred 70 Inc
wa.ch has been going through her trials
for the past few days. and will be placed
II commission next week.
The fonowing Is the story aw. o. me ieorHe aSe,,
w. r. Hall and Louis Montl. all Of whom
wee passengers on the Plymouth: We
" = rounding Rose Island preparatory
eRore x SS's were plainly Visible; 4 tug and a
ton were passing. and orders were given
for the Plymouth to run near the shore.
the spindle of Rose Island, and very
close In. All of a sudden the steamer
began to swing around rapidly. Sud
denly there was heavy Jolt and
came to halt. She lurched to- sta =
board slightly. slowly scraped along for
q few feet, and then came to sudden
stop. with her paddle-wheels entirely
Christianity there was a series OF
shrieks, and many Of the women tainted.
The colored walters in the dining.room
aided in Increasing the general pande,
when the boat lurched the womer
again DeKan 10 bCTeHIn. SOOltT Htdus
arrested what nearly resulted in wild
panic pah number o, neoD,s threatened t,
Capt. Davis worked hard, and in {
few moments order was restored. HI
explained that the vessel had run ashore
but tha sa hf5s beat Mas sG na %anser manned
In doing 80 deckhand, who was
green man. was hit in the ribs by haw
ser and had a rib broken and was ais
aThs small boat was sent ashore an
aid asked for. 1t was finally told u
that those who wished to could taxi
the remainder Of the journey on a spe
cIal train that was being made up II
STke officers Of the line were on boar
Of the new steamer Priscilla, ATTENDING
o banquet In honor of her completion
They were soon transferred to our boat
and a hasty consultation held. The
then told us that everybody would hay
that the women and children could re
'The .rfery-boat. Conanicut. a smaI
craft, was finally sent along side of us
ashore was begun. They were crowde
aboard like a lot of sheep
FINALLY, at l.sO o'clock. the trai
started. We, were all packed In lik
4.The cars were small and bad smell
ing and there was no water. The tri
was frightful.
Before we left, the captain sounde
and found that on each side of u
there was twenty-four. feet Of water
The vessel had crossed the rocks an
was firmly held Immediately under he
engines. Her stern was completely ou
of water.
.aThe only blame can be attached to tn
officers OF the boat. They could Sc
plainly. and had no business to run
close to the shore. Many OF the wome
and children remained on board. an
win come on today"
Some of the blades in the port whe
Of the Plymouth have been broken. Sh
trouble before she is pulled on the rocks
PI YMnIlIH STILL ASHORE