The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-26
FORTY-FIYE MISSING.
Too Much Beer on the New
York Fishing Excursion.
THE STORY OF THE CAPTAIN


NEW York, June 25.-Forty-hve persons
tonight remained unaccounted for among
the excursionists on the tug Nichoil, which
sank yesterday of the Jersey coast
NEW YoRK. June 25-The disaster
caused by the capsiElng of the sug James
d. Nicholi of Sandy Hook yesterday IS
rendered more narrowing by the fact that
most of the men leave large families 1t
is thought that not less than thirty-three
persons persisted. So far. however, onFf
seven bodies have been recovered Tnoss
identified are: Frank Dunn, Herman
Evard. Keyser, Thomas Massett, Waiter
Buekridge. The two last named lived in
Brooklyn. The Others in New YORK.
Among the missing are the following:
Frank MeAler, William Moore. Albert
p. Abst, Frederick Vohling. solomon
Grisman, Christian Seahn. Charles burs-
hart. Henry Bishop Fred Fay, Edward
Fay, John Fisher, Samuel Guttner. ].
Haggins, James Hayes. Jacob Hebrauck,
Joseph Hebrauck. Dell Koran, Louis
Hochrin. Albert Hammond, Joseph and
William kirschner, William Langdon.
Henry Miller. Hugh Mulholland, Henry
Peining. John Qninn. William Schultz,
Thomas Schiessinger, William Trnesde'l,
Fred Underheit. Roby W. Eisser, Charles
Wettlng and Emil Wolf.
Among the wreckags washed ashore are
two kegs of beer. Capt. John Hyde, the
commander of the Inflated tug. is % years
old. 81 could count but fifty nine passen-
gers on the tug when she left the second
stopping place, pier 3, East river" said
Hyde today, land there were five men in
the crew. making sixty-three all told. We
were lying off Seabright at anchor, when
the wind began 10 fresheD up. We raised
anchor. intending to leave. We were
about three-quarters of an hour from
shore. The passengers, thinking they
might get wet, all crowded to the port
side. | asked them ID divide and part take
the starboard SIDE but no heed was paid
TO me. The sea was somewhat
choppy, but not what could be called
heavy. thought if we ran out some dis
lance it would make better weather. We
were in no apparent danger. except for the
people crowaing 70 the port side. sud-
denly saw heavy swell bearing down on
US, closely followed by q second. l called
again to the people 10 take the starboard
side, but il was not done. When the first
wave hit US cried, For Gods sake get
over TO the other side pulled the whis-
tie rope then and signaled distress, then.
seeing the great danger. tied il down. 1t
kept blowing until the Nicholl went down.
After the boat had careened under the
second swell A. Hammond. deckhand,
and myself climbed through the starboard
windows of the piiothouse and went over
board. The liferaft was near the spot
where the tug sank and I made for it.
There were some passengers hanging to
it and their struggles capszed it When
arose to the surface l managed to grasp
it again. The crew of the boat we're all
picked up by the tug Sayre. l am not a
drinking man and had touched no liquor
whatever. Had the passengers acted as 1
told them to We would have come through
all right"
The infant that was the only survivor of
party of six in the boat which capsized
Yesterday has been identified as child of
Charles Nelson. of Brooklyn. tits thought
that those drowned we're the child's par
ents and its little brother, Kate Higgins. a
servant. aud man who lived with tina
Nelson's.