The evening world., 1894-06-25
0KNOWN TO I
Be DROWNED.

upon this as capital joke. The Nicol
was constantly getting into the trough;
again, drenching the fishermen and
making them more miserable. .. =,
The tug was off Long Branch AZ i,
o'clock. The wind had freshened to 9
gale Of thirty knots an hour ana the
Nicol was pitching and rolling SO padly
that Manager Kirchner suggested that
II would be prudent to turn into a
II was two hours later when, after
angry words from the thoroughly ex;
asperated manager and frightened
fishermen. Capt Hyatt turned and at,
tempted to go around Sandy Hook into
the Horseshoe.
But the tug seemed to be constantly
In the trough OF the sea, and as she
empty beer kegs, cakes of ice and other
movable things rolled about in general
confusion. according to the accounts OF
the rescued passengers.
swamped md Engulfcd.
tween Scotland Lighship and the High
land Light, about two miles off shore,
when the end came. ,.,,-..
a big. wave washed over her. hood,ng
the engine-room and putting out the fire.
Engineer John Farrell was quick 20
see the danger. He pulled out the
whistle lever full head Just as a second
among the passengers. Some one yelled
that an explosion was imminent, and
seeoHa ssa rssea tse se Neo She
keeled over to port and settled very
Engineer Farrell seemed to be the only
man on board who kept his head. Seiz-
ing an axe he cut the fastenings of the
small boat the life raft and other things
that would float. yelling.
LIVERY man must look out for him
It was not more than a minute be-
fore the shrieking steam whistle. was
stined by the waves, and the Nicol had
sunk on, IF sight in the Seean Hu ,he
attracted the attention of Capt: Platt., Of
the Clyde steamship Algonquin, which
had passed the Nicol a little while pre-
yiously and WAS was hall half I'm a mile ahead on
other Craft to the Rescue.
The tugs 'Wm;;, E. Fletcher, Jas. s. T.
strahahan. Wallace ?. Flint. Governor,
my. and the big railway tug Robert II.
Sayre all out with excursion parties,
turned back to the rescue.
There were eighty or more men des,
sea where the Nicol had gone down.
Several had been carried under. never
to rise again. by the suction when the
The Sayre was first to reach the scene
OF disaster. She was already loaded to
her full capacity, but. Capt. Slattery ana
h: men did woman service, RI ressu,nH nnH
bringing them to the city a.
Capt. Slattery. maintained perfect dis
cipline among his own passengers. them,
snd ssrYes frighsened. There we're about 100 Of
them. Naturally. they all wanted to
rush to- that side OF the sayre from
which they sou'd see ido the Trefked thsf, Pen
two parties, half on either side OF the
snnaii-beamed Sayre. Then he allotted
work to each and thus organized his
Gfe-saying crew, the result of which was
the saving of thirty-fcur drowning men.
First Officer Evans put out from the
Algonauin in Me boat Win a.,c a crew r,nd OF
men, placing them on the algonquin
The tug Sammy rescued six men, In
Guiding Charles Kirchner, the manager
the Fletcher, the Stranahan and the
other rescuing tugs saved several others
from the sea, but six men were dead
when taken from the water . , ana many ny
disaster.
Charles Kirchner says about the dis
:sThe Herring Fishing Club Is com
posed OF seven a men; IN MY Hr9tnefs, ,ine dasi 11ai
Second avenue): Charles Eberhard, OF
First avenue and Eighty-tlr street:
who Is the President; John HOFFMAN, OF
Piening, of First avenue and forty-hrst
street, and Edward Cabe, of ia Eldridge
street.
How Many Were on board?
'-rhis was our tenth annual excursion
70 the Fishing Banks. We sell tickets
TO ali who buy them Mt 81 each. We
started from the pier at East Fifth
street at o'clock. and ! took up sixty
8 North River and took on few others.
I dor't know how many. There was no
breeze then. But when we got outside
It was disagreeable Everybody was
getting seasick.
we were going full head towards
the Horseshoe when we foundered. l
others. We couldn't stay on the other
side because We would get .drenched.
We listed. The boat .righted u little.
Then she went down again. and
never recovered. going clear over.
had reached the high side. l saw that
dived out as far as I could When j
came up the tug was gone.
There Were scores of men In the
eT ina wy al afor4a for Rep me- pSsnI asa nn apd cS
picked up"
Licehheu 10 carry only FOrty-hve
Capt. Hyatt's crew consisted OF En-
Elneer John Farrell, Hoboken: Louis
aochriers. fireman, Rondout. and James
Flemming cook. of this city. The Nico
was licensed to carry forty-hve per-
sons. Accounts differ as to the number
on the excursion from seventy three tC
ninety.
When the Sayre reached the scene the
sea was full of men, clinEing to the
nearest bit OF floating stuft Two mer
tried to noat on small. table 1t wa,
TOO fragile, and after brief struggle on,
OF them released his hold and sank be
meath the waves
A rev were sustained by life preserv
ers. Among these was a white-haireC
OLD man. A rope was thrown to hin
from one OF the rescuing boats ii,
clutched 1t. but his strength gave ou
before he could be hauled on board an,
with despairing look he sank out o
sight.
Others clung TO chairs, bits If timbe
and beer kegs, Whlle there were man,
others who were forced to rely upon rhri
ability to swim to keep adoat. Ther,
were many young boys in the fshln.
party, and they had small show In IN,
struggle for life In which every ma,
had TO look out for himself"
In the struggle TO get into the on,
little lifeboat towed by the Nicol :
dozen men swamped her, 80 that gh,
was sunk in the water l. her edges
lt Drowned in the LiTebont.
Ualtar Runlri1ga alone l..1