The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 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 Were Trying to Dodge
Ferry. Boats.

The big white steam yacht Alicia,
owned by H. NJ. Flagler. the million
aire Standard Oil magnate, was in col
lision at $40 this morning with the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
transfer boat Express. in the East Riv-
er, off 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. T
the freighter having 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 Alicla's steersman until too late
to avoid collision.
An eyewitness, who saw the crash
from the deck Of the Warren, says:
courses. The men steering them evil
IDENTIFY saw the ferry-boats and tried to
evade them. The yacht endeavored to
steered closer to the Express.
This brought both boats together be-
fore headway. could be checked, and the
yacht crashed into the Express with full
force. She struck forward of the shell
tered portion of the transfer boat and
drove into the heavy timbers of the
port guard like ram.
Her sharp Prov cut into the guards
like a knife, shattering and tearing up
the deck and rails. In the impact, two
OF the yachts crew, who were standing
forward, were thrown into the river
Life buoys, were thrown to them and
they were hauled aboard.
When the vessels backed away from
each other, 1t could be seen that the
water-line. clear to the deck. Her bow
spirit was snapped off clean as a whistle,
carrying all her headstays and gear
."The' yacht anchored near the spot
where the collision occurred.
The Express had thirty feet Of her
port guards torn Off IN the collision
bred and Thirtieth street for repairs.
She carried on her deck eighteen loaded
freight cars.
blow was a giancing one. Had the yacht
struck head on against the Express at
a right angle, her speed would have
carried her far. into the transfer,boat
Had the blow been given by the Elk
press. with her heavy load and the
force of the tide. the yacht would have
been stove literally to pieces"
country seat at Mamaroneck on the
Alicia this morning, as usual. He
landed at the New York Yacht Club pier,
fpHt Of s East
Mr. Flagler, when an Evening World y
reporter called at his office In the Stand
ard OIL Building. 26 Broadway, shortly
personally Through his secretary he
made the following statement:
MY yacht, Alicia, was IN collision with
a steamboat this morning in the East
just been up here and reported the &C
cdent 1t Is so trifiing, though, that
II is really not worth the trouble Of
printing and publishing.
THE Alicie was not sunk, no one was
drowned or injured, and the damage Is
very little The Alicia has been taken
to Tebo Wharf, Brooklyn"
Basin, at the foot of Twenty-third street,
South Brooklyn. 1t was ascertained that
she had sustained the following injuries:
Her bowsprit and forestays mad been
were badly denied and her tigurehead
had been wrenched off.
Mr.. Tebo said that 1t would probably
take a week to repair Alicia. He was
unable to estimate the exact amount
of the damage she had sustained, nor
what the expense Of repairing her would
be.
The Alicia is a steel, schooner-rigged
steiner of the most modern type. She
is 1870 feet long over Ill, 100 feet on the
water line, "a feet beam and feet 8
inches draught. She is fitted with triple
expansion engines. capable of high speed.
She was built to Mr.. Flagler's order
in 1890 by Harlan & Hollingsworth, or
Wilmington, Del.
Her constructors had carte blanche in
fitting up the yachts saloon and living
quarters, and she Is perhaps the hand
soonest and most costly vessel of her
size among the many luxurious pleasure
craft of to-day.