New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-24

ebb tide In the North River makes quick and &C.
curate work necessary in the pilot-housc Just
as he was ready to shoot into the slip tugooat
got in the way and the pilot was obliged TO slow
down. The tug passed and the ferryooat tired
for the slip again. The boat would have made II
all right except for the tide. she was oeioW "A.re
she would have been he'd the tug KEEP oui OF the
WAY and as she sho; for the slip the strong eDD
swung her stern around and her side ciashf1
into the heavy piling which forms the shp a mas
been said The accident was 50 entirely uheN-
pected that for time there was much c,nus-ph
on board The boat struck JUS forward - ine
double stairway leading 10 the upper dec.
wild rush was made u g"t 10 The DINER slde 81
the boat but the falling tmbers pinloned some ol
the people sitting on the seats along the sln" ana
held them fast. The boat stuck against the pics
unable 10 move. The panic among the passengers
soon over and the injured were CARED rom
the mems cabin to the women's cabin on the
other side Of the boa. One or TWO OF the pdss"h-
gers climbed upon the p!ling ana goi ashoie 'hat
way Ambulances We're summoned. for no one
knew at first how many people mad Deeh ihJuieu
or /. some had not been killed After twenty
minutes The Netherlands with the assistance OF
tug, 60, into her pier and the unin1ured pdsseh-
gers rushed ashore while the ambulance sur
geons went to the imp-ovised hospital IN the
wonen's cabin 10 attend 10 the "ouiueu'
THOSE BADLY HURT.
-Four Of the passengers were so badly injured
that they were taken to the hospital. They were;
AlTHAUs Franz twe1iyegh; ef yeh sanG pei cut
RAUBOID Frederick, hfiy-two years o.d' no. I"o
Park-ave HobOken: knee sprained. , -
R0BEI.OT l.. A., h;ty-three years o;I' iHdnaSci
Equitable Life Assurance Society, west HoDo-
ken artery cut in the head g., -. .,
SAXTON j. c. broker hfty years oi1, 40 D.
Broadway; right hand cut and back injured.
These people after having their wounds dressed
at the Hudson street Hospital went 70 theiE
homes. 4 dozen other people were cut by broken
glass and flying spnters a. II. Pifofd' a" as
sistant boiler Inspector, who was on the Doa, dt
the time Of the accident. gave the following ac-
count OF his experience. lie said;
was in the boiler-room at the time the Meth
erands struck the pier. The shock was urilcn-
dous ana The boat kceled over frishtiuhy. Wv , mn
reached the cabin | saw great hoie ai'', ,hlyo
on the starboard side, and the cabin "ha' ule, -,
was left OF IT, was Uttered with lum Der. 80
oioodstains a every step The place was "'e'''
with hats, umbrellas and hand-3atcneIs -, .o.
seeing pile Of broken WOODWORK AT w W. "a IN
cage OF the cabin. toward the stern ny ~ ~
some timbers and found man underneath. Ia IA
was bleeding from bad wound In ms io'e"e"N'
OYER the left eye. .ho
pulled him out and put him on a seat on n,e
svther side of the cabin and hunted TOT Hoie i'
NO others lifted out IN similar manner 100, . .
Inc passengers who were not huft, as sooi, IN
uanger over, began to crowd mo the 80,
again TO get pieces OF wood as souvenirs ii''S
even hindered the work OF the rescuers . oa
30 FAR as could discover the hull OF the poat W.