The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-25

New York, June 24-The tug James d.
Nichol, with siXty-three excursionists and
crew OF ten or twelve, sank at about
CLOCK this afternoon, three miles off the
highlands.
Fifty-four of those on board have been
accounted for; the rest were probably
drowned.
The tug left Fifth street and East
River at 1880 this morning for the fishing
grounds. She had, it is said, a license
10 carry fifty-three passengers, but sixty
phree tickets were sold. There was a bar
and a lunch counter on board whose at
PENDANTS, with the crew, made the total
number on board seventy-tive The tug
reached the banks on time, but fishing
was poor and the sea too rough for com
Tort, and about noon she started back.
When about three miles east of the
highlands, and about four miles south
OF Scotland light ship, the waves began
70 break heavily over her starboard rail
&c dodge the water and wind the pas
sengers began to run around to the port
slde and to climb on top of the deck
mouse. The boat careened alarmingly to
port and water swept over the rail The
terror-stricken men rushed back 10 star
BOARD, and the tug swung deeply down on
thal side. At the same moment. heavy
o oreakers struck the. boat in quick sue
cession. The captain, William Hyatt
STUCK pluckily to his post end sounded the
whistle III a prolonged scream for help
Eveh as ne did so, the tug filled with the
water that poured into her from both
Sldes, ana sank out of sight IN the water
She went down like a stone carving
many of the passengers with her.
The water choked the cry of the whis-
tie, put not before it had been heard
and needed.
The Clyde steamer Algonquin, a mile
away, heard it, and swung around to go
70 the rescue. The tugs Wallace Is. Flint
X }. Moran and Governor also hurried
toward the spot.
The Algonquin picked up ten men. one
OF whom died a few minutes later The
tugs rescued the others who remained
af1oat. Some few had life belts on. but
most OF them were clinging to bits of
wreckage. A life raft supported a dozen.
more.
Captain S. c. Plat. of the Algonquin,
said that while stiff breeze was blowing
there was no sudden squa1. There was
a big sea on.
The Algonquin brought those she had
picked up to the city. The living dis
persed to their homes and the dead body
which has not been identified, was sent
TO the morgue. All were people bearing
German names.
Some of the tugs. not wishing to come
to the city transferred the men they had
saved to other tugs. The Sayres
brought uu thirty-four survivors and
landed them on the east side. The c. e.
ENarts brought up two bodies and sew
eral survivors. The Governor is SUD-
posed to have landed several in Brooklyn
Altogether, hfty-four out of the seventy
live have been accounted for. Three of
them were dead. The officers of the
Flint have for some unknown reason de-
MED having rescued any of the men or
knowing anything about the matter John
A. Maggie, who was rescued by the AL
gonquln, says he was caught under the
awning of The tug when il sank. He man
aged to crawl out and sieze table which
kept him afioat Finding his chum, Frank
Galser in the water he let him have the
started TO swim. Soon after he was
picked up, but GaiSer has not been seen
since. The Algonquin arrived at her
dock at pier g, foot of Roosevelt street,
about ) o'clock
She had on board nine of the surviv-
ors of the Nichols, and the body of one
of the victims.
Captain Plat of the Algonquin, when
interviewed concerning the accident said:
The tug was about sinking when first
sighted, by the Algonquin. There was a
from the northeast. My attention was
first called to the tug by the blowing
of its whistle. She was then rolling
from side to side and suddenly turned
over and went down almost instantly
The passengers appeared to be democrat
lied and ran about the deck wildly, and
rushed to the other. The tug appeared
top heavy and as though she was over
loaded.
Il ordered a life boat lowered immedi-
Ger Rich to the scene of the disaster, but
before it had arrived the tug had sunk
out Of sight. Officer Rich succeeded in
rescuing nine of the survivors and also
took on board the life boat the body of
a man which he found in a derelct boat
belonging to the tug. The dead man was
all tangled up with fish lines and the
boat was fun of water though right side
up. Soon the tugs Flint, Moran. Cover
nor Sayres and EVartS arrived at the
scene and they also succeeded in picking
up many of the survivors as well as
some of the dead bodies"
The names Of those saved and landed
by the Algonquin are:
Edward Cape, Charles Deuz:nger,
l. Wood, John Maggie, Charles Elber-
hart, jerome Curton and James Gilmore.
few hours after sinking the tug was
pretty well broken up, and the wreckage
began to come ashore. Before dark the
entire beach was strewn with it, Forty
three lunch baskets were washed up. No
bodies have come ashore.