The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-07
LAST EDITION.
COLLISIONS
'' IN THE Foe.
Ferry.Boats Pierpont and
Whitehall Crash Together
at Their Dock.
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC.
The Robert Garrett Ran Into
an Unknown Schooner
at Anchor.
TRAIN WRECK IN NEW JERSEY.
Passenger Cars Smashed, a Brake.
man Crushed, Freight Cars
Burning.
TRAIN WRECK IN NEW JERSEY.

Two Ills ons were caused by the dense
fog that lay over the rivers and bay this
morning. The heavy mist crept in be-
fore daylight and river pilots say they
have seen nothing equal to it this Sum-
mer.
From daylight to 7 o'clock the fog was
thickest. and all ferry lines ran their
boats on fog time" which means that
thew averaged from 10 to Is minutes
late On every trip.
About $50 o'clock this morning a
collision occurred between two ferry
boats vf the Hamilton avenue ferry at
the slip in Brooklyn. which caused con-
siderable OF a panic. but fortunate
did not result In any serious amount of
damage. The collision was caused by
the Pierpont running into the Whitehall,
OF the same line
The officials of the Company, as usual,
were very reticent about the affair.
but from a passenger on board the
Wnitehall the following account Of the
collision was obtained:
1.-The Whitehall was in her slip on
the Brooklyn side. just about to start
for New York. Nearly all the passen-
gers had crowded forward on the main
deck. The fog VS. so dense that we
could scarcely see a boats length
ahead.
Suddenly we heard the shrek of a
whistle dead ahead. and the next mo-
ment the outlines Of a ferry-boat were
discerned almost upon us. There was a
mad rush or the passengers on our boat
Tor the stern.
The bells on the other boat. which
proved to be the Pierpont. could be heard
signalling 'astern at full speed but she
was upon us before she could get on
sttrnway.
There was a grating. grinding crash
as the round bow Of the Plerpont struck
our port bow, and the listing Of the
that we would surely go to the bottom.
Women screamed. and white-faced
excited men dashed for life-preservers,
only necessary to jump the guard chain
aft to land on the slip. In moment;
however, the Pierpont had backed of
and headed into her own slip, which she
when II was realized that the danger
was past. the passengers became quiet,
and an examination was made to learn
the extent Of the damage. 1t was found
that about two feet of the guard rail- OF
the Whitehall had been smashed In and
fully five feet Of the deck rail was gone;
es Sens . sove hen his a ee
way to the city"
The whitehall was crowded with pas
sengers, but the Pierpont had only few
on board.
The Staten Island ferry-boat Robert
Garrett was in collision with an unknown
schooner midway between the Battery
and Governors Island. shortly after q
O'clock this morning. The Garrett left
st. George at $50 O'clock, and came UP
with the schooner near Governor 5
Island. She started on her return TRIP
at clock, and when half way to Gov
ernoTS Island, in the middle OF the chan
ne, her pilot heard a horn very c.ose by
The fog was very thick and the boat
was going under reduced speed. The
sounding OF the horn indicated that the
schooner was under way and the Gar.
retts pilot acted accordingly. Instead
OF this the schooner was anchored.
The Garrett struck her CHANGING
blow: The stanchions supporting the
hurricane deck of the Garrett on the
! quarter were torn away and part OF
the guard rail was demolished
There were but few passengers or
board For few moments the excite
woman tainted. while men jumped fo
the life-preservers. The crew quieteC
them with assurances that there was NJ
! trip,
,,Supt Cannon said to an Evening
World reporter that the fault reste,
ntrely with the schooner. She SHOULD
MOI nave sounded horn while at anchor
2nt should have rung her bell. In ad
Ction to this, she had no right to ancho
~ the middle Of the channel. He sal
mat the damage to the Garrett was com
parlt'vely small and would probably no
hecessitate her laying of for repairs.