The evening world., 1894-09-07
COLLISIONS
IN THE Foe.
Ferry.Boats Pierpont and
Whitehall Crash Together
at Their Dock,
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC.
Tho Robert Garrett Run Into
by an Unknown
Schooner.
TRAIN WRECK IN NEW JERSEY.
Passenger Cars Smashed, Brake
man Crushed, Freight Cars
Burning.
TRAIN WRECK IN NEW JERSEY.

Two ellis 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 7 o'clock the fog was
thickest, and all ferry lines ran their
boats on "fog time" which means that
thcv averaged from 10 to Is minutes
late on every trip.
About $50 o'clock this morning a
collision occurred between two ferry
boats Of 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 oflcials 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 WIS SO dense that we
could scarcely see a boats length
ahead.
Suddenly we heard the shrek OF
whistle dead ahead, and the next mo-
ment the outlines Of a ferry-boat were
discerned almost upon us. There was
mad rush OF the passengers on our boat
for the stern.
proved to be the Pierpont, could be heard
signalling astern at full speed, but she
was upon us before she could get on
There was a grating. grinding crash ,sl,
as the round bow of the Pierpont struck
our port, bow, and the listing is OF the the
that we would surely go to the bottom,
Women screamed, and a,N white hitee faced
excited men dashed for tBas Il
only necessary to jump the guard chain
aft to land on the slip. In a moment;
however the Pierpont had b @SseS s on
when it was realized that the danger
was past, the passengers BECAME to 9e arn
the extent Of the damage. 1t was Ioun 10
that about two. feet Of the guard rail 81
the Whitehall had been smashed IN 6 ana
fully Ave feet of the deck rail was gone
positively known we proceeded on our
w TSSe 70 whitehall the nall was crowded with pas
sengers, but the Pierpont had only few
The Staten Island ferry-boat Robert
Garrett collided with an unknown
schooner down the bay about O'CLOCK
this morning, and the passengers are
thanking their lucky stars that they
are alive, tor 1t was as narrow an escape
as one would care to u experience h ,es Car.
rett started for St. George. She felt
her way carefully, and the whistle was
sounded at frequent intervals she was
running under reduced speed as an eE-
ira precaution. The fog was SO th hal,
a boats length ahead. Suddenly the
bow of a large schooner doomed up or
the port side, three feet away,
Some of the passengers yelled. and the
wheel was put hard to port, ,o,
crashed into the CARROTS port quarter
The blow was glancing one, and tore
away the stanchion supporting the hur
ricane deck. demolishing part OF tn
guard rail and ripped away the iroi
gates.
Fortunately most of the passenger
were in the cabins. One woman tainted
and the rest screamed, while many o
the men dashed for life-preservers.
A hasty examination showed that TIT
damage was not of a character to en-
danger the boat, and she proceeded oil
her way. The schooner sheared on an
disappeared in the fog. The Carrot
continued her trips during the bus!
pairs.
At Quarantine three transatlantic
Steamships, which had arrived durinl
me night. were waiting for the fog 4
We're the France from London; the Der
muda, from Central American ports
and the Germanic. from Queenstown
ihe latter vessel left Quarantine at sS(