The evening world., 1894-09-05
A CRASH IN The FOG.
Millionaire Flagler's Big Steam
Yacht Badly Smashed.
She Ran Into the Railroad Trans
port Float Express.
Both Vessels We're Trying to Dodge
Ferry-Boats.

The big white steam yacht Alicia,
owned by IL. NJ. F1agler. the million
alre Standard Oil magnate, was In col
lision at go Usfs. -morninG with. ~ e
New York. New Haven and Hartford
transfer boat Express. In the East Rlv-
or. or Eighth street.
The yachts bow was badly wrecked,
the bowsprit and figurehead being car
ried away. and the forward guard OF the
Express was splintered.
Two Of the Alicia's crew were thrown
overheard by the shock. but were res
cueu.
A dense mist overhung the river at the
time. The Express was going up and the
steam yacht was coming down the river,
the freighter having big load Of cars. Z
the freighter having a big load OF cars.
Two ferry boats, one bound for Twenty
third street slip and the other the War
rem. OF the Grand street line, were cross
ing the river. and the homecoming ves-
sells tried to veer out OF their courses to
avoid going In collision with them.
The ferry-boat Idaho was also crossing
the river, and hid the Express from view
Of the Alicia's steersman until too late
to avoid collision.
from the deck OF the Warren. says:
Both vessels were running very
rapidly and and. In apparently parallel
IDENTIFY san the ferry boats and tried to
evade them. The yacht endeavored to
cross the Warren's bow. and In doing so
steered closer to the Express.
This brought both boats together be-
fore Roadway could be checked, and the
yacht crashed into the Express with full
force. She struck forward of the shel:
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drove into the heavy timbers OF the
port guard like a ram.
M Her sharp prov cut into the guards
the deck and rails. In the impac 4 two
Of the yachts crew. who were standing
forward. were thrown into the river.
Life buoys were thrown to them and
When the vessels backed away from
each other, II could be seen that the
yacht had stove In her bow above the
spirit was snapped of clean as a whistle,
overheard.
1.-THE yacht anchored near the spot
where the collision occurred.
The Express had thirty feet of her
port guards torn of in the collision
and put back TO the slip at One Hun
She carried on her deck eighteen loaded
freight cars.
Fortunately for both vessels. the
blow was a glancing one. Had the yacht
struck head on against the Express at
a right angle. her speed would have
and would probably have sunk both.
Had the blow been given by the Ex-
press, with her heavy load and the
force Of the tide, the yacht would have
been stove literally to pieces"
II. NJ. Flagler came down from his
country seat at Mamaroneck on the
Alicia this morning. as usual. He
landed at the New York Yacht Club pier.
friend, shortly after o'clock.
Mr. Flagler, when an Evening World
reporter called at his office In the Stand
ard Oil Building. 26 Broadway. shortly
after noon to-day, could not be seen
personally: Through his secretary he
made the following statement:
my yacht, Alicia, was In collision with
River. The captain OF the Alicia has
just been up here and reported the ac-
cident. II Is SO trihing. though, that
IT Is really not worth the trouble or
and publishing.
1.-THE Alicia was not sunk, no one was
drowned or injured. and the damage is
very little. The Alicia has been taken
When the Alicia was tied up at Tebo's
at the foot OF Twenty-thiTd street.
South Brooklyn, II was ascertained thai
she had sustained the following injuries:
Her bowsprit and forestays had been
carried away. several plates In her bow
were badly dented, and her fgurehead
had been wrenched on.
take a week to repair Alicia. He was
unable TO estimate the exact amount
OF the damage she had sustained. nor