New-York tribune., 1894-06-25
DEATH CAME ON THE WIND.
THIRTEEN MEN DROWNED.
THE TUG JAMES y. NICOL SANK OFF
THE HIGHLANDS

THE TUG JAMES D NICOL SANK OFF
THE HIGHLANDS.
she WAS HEAVILY OVERLOADED AND WHEN
THE SUDDEN AND sHORT-LvED STORM
CAME Up SHE BEGAN TO LURCH AND
ROLL AND THEN PLUNGED To THE
BoTToM-A STORY OF GAL
LIANT REsCUEs.
The sudden squan which, about o'clock yes
.erday afternoon, sprang up from the southeast,
-aised in a few minutes such a SEA II imperil
the fleet Of tugboats which with fishing par
lies on board off the Highlands and caused
the laundering OF the tug James ID. NicOl, and
the loss Of at least thirteen lives The Nicol, ike
many other tugs had gone down to the Fishing
Banks with party on board larger than she
should have carried. She had on board near
as can be estimated. eighty people including the
crew. although she was licensed to carry only
six,y-hve. The people on board were men who
are busily employed during the week and who
were taking their sunday outing. Had it not
been for the large fleet Of tugs which was near
the Nco when she foundered the loss Of life
would have been much greater. AS II was. as
soon as the NicOl went down every vessel near
her made at full speed for the place where she
had disappeared ana all the afternoon tugs were
coming up to the city bringing rescued people
belonging to the party on board the Nicoi As
far as could be ascerianed last night, the list Of
the dead is follows:
DEAD
EvERARDT. IL. eleven years Old Eshty-fourth-
ST and Flrst-ave.
BUCKRIDGE. Waiter. No $50 Ha.sey-st.. Brooklyn.
DUNN. John. No. s74 Eighth-ave
KA1e:'R. Frank No. lCS Stanton-st.
NAC@ALEY. John. No. l5S Stanton-st.
MILHOLLAND. Hugh. ooatman. South AMI Moore
sts. leaves wife and two children.
MACALEER. Frank No. q Bridse-st.
UNKNOWN MAN. brought up by the tug Algon-
SCHULTZ Frank. Eleventh-st. and First-ave.
KIRSCHNEH August. No. li94 second-ave.
KIRSCHNER. William. No l.i94 Second-ave.
WELLlNG. Charles No. - Chrystie-st.
GRAHAM. Charles. No. 175 East Fourth-st.
MISSING
wanke. No i72 Eldridee-st; Christian Brechl.
No. S03 Fifth-st.; Charles Graham, No. l75
st.: Richard Howes No. 3: Rivlng5on-st.;
Theodore schlessinsST Mott ana % Bee ef'Er TiI
ST: Albert Pabst Sixth-st. and Avenue A: Emil
yS No -sI ss WoT RoTry I J9sgRh R 9ary %S4 ba@T @
Wolf. No. &5'a Bowcry. Louis Herman address IN
john Hoffman, Eight{fourthst. near Fir5i,aye; i-.
address no, known Brooklyn
PARTIAL LIST OF THE SAVED.
Among those who known 10 have been
saved are the following Edward Cape, Charles
Benzinger Charles Glockner George +. Pleet. +.
y Wood. John Magele. Charles Eberhard. Jerome
Curtin James Gilmore George Grebe. Henry and
John Kessler. Patrick Howes. Oscar Piennig.
Frederick and Charles Kirschner (manager Of
the excursion), Danny" Williams. James
Brady Edward Fay. Tom" Maurer. Ernest
Wolff Charles Weshing. Thomas Seitz.
John Hyce. captain, Of tug j. ID. Nichos).
John Farrell engineer; Louis Hochrem. fire
man; James Fleming. cook. and two deckhands.
names unknown: John Quinn. John McKenna,
John Keller. John Nelrank. Henry a. Stratten
and Joseph Farrell.
The party on board the Nicol consisted Of the
members of the Herring Fishing Club and their
friends The members Of the club were Charles
Everardt Charles William and Augustus Kirsh-
ner. Of No. 1892 Seccnd-ave.: John Hoffman. Of
No 345 East Seventy-eighth-st.; oscar Biering.
OF Fourth-st. and First-ave.. and Edward Cabr,
Of No ia Eldridge-st. William and Augustus
Kirshner the former twenty-five years old. tn"
latter twenty-four years old, were reported as
missing but 1t was thought last night they had
probably been picked up by some passing tug.
FAIR START IN PLEASANT WEATHER
The wind was light and the smooth
when early in the morning. the Nicol. with her
party OF peasure-seekers on board went down
the Narrows and out beyond Sandy Hook TO the
fishing grounds. The morning was intensely
hot but about / O'Clock in the afternoon the
wind suddenly sprang up from the southeast IN
creasing rapidly In force and creating a heavy
sea People on other boats the Nicol roll
from side 10 side and then saw her roll over ana
disappear beneath the waters. leaving a strug-
CLING Of people fighting for their lives IN
the angry waves Whether the bunker plates OF
the tug were off and the water pouring into he'
hold caused her to sink or whether it was the
large number of people she had on board rush
Ing from side 10 side, she rolled in the
trough Of the sea, which caused the disaster
cannot as vet be definitely settled. The tug was
going ahead at the time, and the waves oroKe
over her deck as she plunged into the The
rescued passengers were unable last night 10 tell
exactly how It all happened They knew that
the tug was rolling heavily, and that when she
rolled to one side they had rushed 10 the other
to balance her She made particularly heavy
urch when one sea struck her and before she
could recover herself another struck her. |
threw her over on her beam ends. she plunged !
down to the bottom, and her passengers were
left struggling in the water. 1t was ,he most |
distressing accident and to-daySs report may !
swell the list Of the dead, though IT is not proba-
bic that many more people than those men
toned were lost
OTHER VESSELS IN DANGER
The tug was about three miles off Seabright !
a. the time Of the disaster. just outside OF her
were the tugs Commander and Sammy. "heh
the squall struck the Commander Captain DaNo
Henderson dropped his anchor. but 50 fierce vas
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