The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27
THE LOST 'sUGBOAT.
Not Less Than Thirty-six Persons
Perished.

Perished.
NEW YORK, June 25.-Forty-five per-
sons tonight remained unaccounted for
from among the eXcursionists on the tug
Nichols, which sank yesterday off the
Jersey coast. The World. after careful in
quiry, places the number OF drowned at
forty-two.
The highest estimates in last nights
dispatches We're probably within the
mark. for today 1t is thought that not
less than thirty-slx perished. So far how
ever. only seven bodies have been recov-
cred.
Those Unidentified are: Frank Daniel.
Hermann Everhart, -- Keyser. Thomas
Massen. Walter Buckridge. The two last
named lived in Brooklyn. the others in
New York.
Among the missing are the following,
all Of New York: Frank McAleer. Will
lam Moore. Albert Pabst, Frederick
Vohllng. Solomon Griesman, Christian
Sahn, Charles Burkhart. Henry Bishop,
Frederick Fay, Edward Fay, John
Fisher. Samuel Gautner. J. Higgins,
James Hayes, Jacob Hbrauck, Joseph
Hebrauck. Dell Horan. Louis Hochrin.
Albert Hammond John Horney, August,
John and William Kirschner, William
Langdon. Henry Miller. Hugh Milholand.
Henry Peining, John Quinn, William
Schutze. Thomas Schlesinger, William
Truesdel. Frederick Underheit. Andrew
Wessler, Charles Wettling and Emil
Wolf.
The pilothouse Of the tug was washed
ashore at Highland Beach, as so was
portion of the life raft. Among the wreck
age washed ashore at Parkerstown are
two kegs Of beer.
Capt. John Hyde, commander Of the i'll
fated tug, was seen today at the Office
OF the owner Of the tug. He is a young
man, twenty-five years Of age. and says
that he has had a masters license for
the past four years. For the first time
Capt. Hyde told the story Of the disas-
ter: Il could count but fifty-eight pas
sengers on the tug when she left the
second stopping place at pier 3, East
river. There were five men in the crew,
making sixty-three all told. We had
been lying off Seabright at anchor when
the wind began to freshen. We soon
raised anchor intending to leave. We
were about three-quarters of a mile from
the shore, and the sea when we started
was lloA WY INaf anu A4ttAAAg cry
spray came on board The passengers,
thinking that they might get wet all
crowded to the port side asked them
to divide up. and part take the star
board side, but no attention was paid TO
my request The sea was somewhat
choppy, but not what would be called
heavy. Outside some distance from
shore ii appeared much calmer than in
3
distance we would make better weather.
We were in no apparent danger except
for the people crowding to the port side
Of the boat. l suddenly saw a heavy
swell bearing down on us. closely follow
ed by a second one I called again to
the passengers TO take the starboard
side of the boat; II was not done. The
first sea boarded us clean over the bow
and rushed aft. The second followed
closely. also boarding US over the bow
and washed down the port side. This was
caused by the heavy list on the boat.
when the first wave hit us l cried:
For Gods sake get her over to the
other side I pulled the whistle rope
then as a signal of distress, and seeing
the great danger tied it down. 1t kept
blowing until the boat went down. After
the boat had careened under the second
swell A. Hammond, a deck hand, and
myself climbed through the starboard
windows of the pilot house and went
overheard. There We're a number Of peo-
pie struggling in the water all around.
The life-raft was near the spot where
the tug sank and 1 made for it, There
were a number of passengers on it and
hanging to it; they struggled and cap
sized IL. When l went over l was struck
by it. and when L rose to the surface
managed to grasp 1t again. The men,
| bers of the crew of the boat. Pilot Ray
mond Kelly, Engineer John Farrell, Fire
men Hockim and Al Hammond, and
Steward James Fling were all picked up
by the tug Sayre.
''I was at the wheel from the time we
left the dock until the accident occurred,
| except a short time while at anchor
when I went below for dinner. 1t has
been stated that I was intoxicated. I
am not a drinking man, and had touched
no LIQUOR whatever. L do not think the
| boat was overcrowded. and had the pas
sengers acted as 1 told them we would
have come through all right"