The evening world., 1894-06-25

we usted. The boat rishted little
but not TO an even keel.
Then she went down again, and
never recovered, going clear over.
had reached the high side. 1 saw that
she was going to sink. / can swim, SO
1 dved out as far as could. When ]
came up the tug was gone.
" There were. scores of men In the
water al around me. smuggling and call
Ing. wildly for help. i iioated until / was
picked up"
Capt. Hyatt's crew consisted of En-
Hochr'ers. fireman., Rondout. and James
F'lemming, cook, of this city. The Nicul
was licensed TO carry s"venty-ive per-
on the excursion from seventy-three to
ninety.
When the ,sayre reached the scene the
sea was fuli of men. ciinging to th"
nearest bit OF floating stun. Two men
tried TO float on a small table. 1t was
too fragile. ana after "A brief struggle one
of them released his hold anl sank be.
meath the waves.
a few were sustained by life preserv-
ers. Among these was "A white-haircd
old man. a rope was thrown to him
from ono of the rescung boats, He
clutchod II, but his strength gave out
before he could be hauled ON board and
with dcspairing look he sank out OF
sight.
Others ciung to chairs, bits OF timber
others who were forced TO rely upon their
ability TO swim to keep aioat There
were many young boys in the fishing
struggle for life In which every man
had 10 look out for himself"
In the struggle to get into the one
dozen men swamped her. SO that she
was sunk In the water to her edges
Drowned in the Lifebont.
Walter Buckridge alone had managed
TO board her. The others chung to the
sides and were rescued. Buckridgc.
exhausted by his efforts TO Chamber into
the boat, :c!! face downward in the
fellow was taken off by the Algonquin
he was dead.
George Graham. of 175 East Fourth
street, real estate dealer and his
each others arms. Charles was sick and
weak. George tried 10 keep him afloat.
Suddenly he realized that the awning
rope had caught him aroud the neck
He let, go his hold on Charles for an in
stna, but when he had freed himself
Charles had sunk out OF sight.
one man maintained his mental euui-
librium 80 completely through this ex-
citing experience that he noticed that
porpoises were playing all about the
struggling men.
1t was fortunate that the sinking of
the Nicoll occurred at "A time when
50 much help was so near nt hand. Bnt
even with fleet of n dozen tugs. smacks
and steamers. big and little, at hand,
there was an appalling loss OF life.
The bodies of six men were taken
from the water, and many men still un-
accounted for are probably entangled in
the machinery of the sunkcn tug.
Anxious friends OF those who left home
so joyously yesterday morning TO attend
the Herring Clubs excursion, are max
ing inquiries for the still absent ones
to-day at the police stations.
Thomas Maurer, twcnty-siX years old.
of 402 East Eighth street. was one OF
party of twelve young men from the
east side who were aboard the Inflated
Nicoll. Eight of them are accounted for
to-day. Maurer believes the other four
were drowned. The names Of his miss
ing companions are James Hayes, ia
Eldridge street. Fred Cnderheit. Eighth
street near First avenue: Albert fabst,
Sixth street near Avenue B, and William
schultz. Forsyth street near Rivtngton.
Maurer said to an Evening World"
I'VE were about Off Seabrlght when
1t began to blow up strongly and the
boat was making in for the Horseshoe
"A heavy sea was rolling and tho tug
rocked and strained badly. l had been
fishing but had an attack of selaickncs1
and was lying down back Of the pilot
house. Finally p Tremendous roller came
one side that slipped OF the upper
deck into the water.
Twenty-Five Grabbed the Lifcbont.
There were twenty-five or thirty
others right around me, and one OF the
tugs crew cut AWAY rowbOat ana let
| II fall into the water. Those who were
| In the water near me made plunge 10
| grab hold OF the rowhont, and about
| twenty five secured grip. The rollers
kept II turning the boat over and over
and we all had II very hard time keeping
| hold.
We must have been in the water n half
hour when the tug Sayre steamed up
| to us and hauled us out. | don't think
| any of us could have clung on to the
| 1t said the captain was In the wheel
| house reading u paper when the acct
| dent occurred. and that II boy was
| handling the wheel"
His Only Child Missing.
Adam Pahst. 1cweilcr. of 81 Sixth
street called at Police Headquarters a
8 O'Clock this morning to learn whether
or not anything had been heard of hi!
son Albert. twenty-one years old. Th.
father wept bitterly when told that II,
news had been received OF his boy. Al
bert was an, only child. He wmi EN-
ploycd by Hirsch & CO.. fancy howe
dealers. at broadway and Bleecke
street.
Headduarters ana stated he had no doub
his father had been drowned. He left
description by which the body might b
! identified when found. Giriesman wa
forty years old, and was employed b,
Julius Stein Il CO.. 5l5 and SIT broadway
as boss button hole maker
Christian Xahn. another missing ner
. son. was also employed by Stein Co
and was an intimate friend of Griesmar
He was n boss prcsser and lived a
$40 East Thirty-ninth street, while Cries
man lived at l2ST First avenue. Zah
: leaves IA widow and large family OF chill
$ dren.
! Capt. SInttery's Good Work.
, To the prompness and intelligence c
Capt. Joe Slattery, of the tug Robert !
Sayre, Is due credit for splendid wor
in rescuing the unfortunate people I
the NiCol
/. capt. Slattery maintained perfect dls
1 cipline among his own passengers, then
{ selves lishermon-eXcurs!5 excite
I them. Naturally. they all wanted
r rush to that side of the Sayre frul
I which they could see the wrecked pc,
Q pie. Capt. Salattory divided them int
two parties, half on either side OF II
small beamed Sayre. Then he allotto
work to each and thus organized h
n crew and passengers into an efeCtiN
: lfe-saving crew, the result of which w
e the saving of thirty-four drowning me,
r CAPT. HYATT'S STORY.
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