The evening world., 1894-09-07
Tho Robert Garrett Ran Into
an Unknown Schooner
at Anchor.
TRAIN WRECK IN NEW JERSEY.
Passenger Cars Smashed, a Brake
man Crushed, Freight Cars
Burning.

Two G 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 1t this Sum-
mer.
From daylight to o. clock the fog was
thickest. and all ferry lines ran their
boats on fog time" which means that
thew averaged from 10 to 10 minutes
late on every trip.
About $50 o'clock this morning
collision occurred between two ferry
boats Ut the Hamilton avenue ferry at
the slip In Brooklyn, which caused con-
siderable OF a panic. but fortunately
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
Whitehall the following account OF the
collision was obtained:
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 wrs so dense that we
could scarcely see 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 OF the passengers on our boat
The bells on the other boat. which
proved to be the Pierpont. could be heard
"A sDeei.'
was upon us before she could get on
sternway.
There was grating srinding s erSss
our port bow, and the listing Of the
Whitehall made US think for a moment
that we would surely go to the bottom ned
not realizing in their fright that 1t WAS was
only necessary to Jump the guard chair
however. the Pierpont had BACKED on
and headed into her own slip. which she
had missed in the fog.
was past, the passengers became quiet
and an examination was made to learI
the extent Of the damage. 1t was founc
that about two feet Of the guard rail o.
the Whitehall had been smashed in anc
fully five feet of the deck rail was gone
The guard rail had prevented the nui
n0 om being s60ye wh proceeded on oal
The Whitehall was crowded with pas
sengers. but the Pierpont had only rev
on board.
The Staten Island ferry-boat Rober
Garrett was in collision with an unknown
schooner midway between the Batter!
O'clock this morning. The Garrett LEI
st. George at $50 o'clock, and came "
With the, schooner near Governor or
al o'clock, and when half way, to GOV
ernlrs Island, In the middle of the chan
ne, her pilot heard horn very close by
The fog was very thick and the boa
was going under reduced speed. IN
sounding of the horn indicated that IN
schooner was under way, and the Gal
retts pilot acted accordingly. lnstea
OF this the schooner was anchored
The Garrett struck her a glancin
hurricane deck of the Garrett on tn
quarter were torn away and part
the guard rail was demolished.
There were but few passengers Q
hoard For few moments the exclt
ment among them was intense. or
woman tainted. while men jumped 4
me life.preservers. The crew quiett
mem with assurances that there was ]
sanger, and the boat proceeded on N
usupt: Cannon said to an "Evenir
World" reporter that the fault restt
.htrely with the schooner. She shou
MOI have sounded horn while at ancho
M should have rung her bell IN a
uitlon to this sne had no right TO anch
~ the middle of the channel. He sa
mat the damage to the Garrett was cor
pardt.vely small and would probably n
hecessitate her laying off for repairs