New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-29
A MISUNDERSTANDING GALE.
FURIOUS WINDS BLOW OVER THE CITY
AND THE BAY.
THE TUG MARY A. PACKER LOST AND ONE OF
VELOCITY OF THE WIND AT O'CLOCK WAS

March this year seemed yesterday T. be trying TO
refute the old slandet that she came in like lion
and went out like a lamb. for her roarlngS ana
thunderngs on sea and land were TREMENDOUS
When the world woke up the wind was ho"Hng
ont ~ the northwest over the city and over the
bavs Vessels anchored in the Upper Bay were
dragging their anchors and putting tugs We're
trying TO get them in place again. 50 that they
woul1 be our of the channel. or trying TO prevent
them from drifting on lee shore a. SCUM
| Brooklyn or Bay Ridge. one tugboat. trying 10
~ from Jersey CITY To the Staten Island Kills
was swamped and a schooner was driven ashore
at South BROOKLYN one man was drowned lEoih
! the tug but the crew " the schooner got asho'e
| in safety Many vessels dragged their anchors
/ but these are the only two casualties repoTteu'
in the city people did not realize what VIM
! It was The shutters slammed and banged con-
! silerably, and down the hollow 'ah"hS o' '"e
street ,he wind blew hats Off and did other tricks
/ which made people say. IA March wihd' ihdeeu'
| But II WIS more than that. It was the highest
! wind which has blown over this city since io'-'
The wind was blowing at the rate Of thirty-four
! mics an hour at 8 o'clock in the morning ana
bv five minutes before o'clock II had increased
! IA saventv-fve miles an hour. This extreme We
| l,oi,,. only lasted for two minutes. The hgheSt
velocitv which lasted for five minutes. was sixty
! four miles an hour
! THE LOSS or THE TUG PAChEh.
Tn, mos, serious accident caused by the high
wind was tho swampIng Of the tugboat Mary ~
Packer which resulted in the loss II the life Of
n man. The wind was blowing bowling gale
when the Packer left Jersey City. Captain
! Cross who commanded the tug toiu tne i''''"
| ing story If her loss:
| to ' q o'clock
island Ilius to get n tow The river was COM
| ,or,,t,.oi. o,iio, on Ne protected jersey shore
| but the high wind was kicking mp big sea III
| tbo hay When off Liberty Island We discovered
| that tho Packer was making water rapidly. she
! had srrtug n teak ana the seas were breaking
! over us first intended making staten Island
| hu, the water was filing the ergine-rooI' ana
! headed for the Brooklyn shore 50 az 10 nave 'he
| wind and sea with me | ordered James \ei'F
10 clear away the lifcboat 50 as 10 have II r'idV
| for emergency Freed from its lashinGs. think
| II must have been blown from tn" derkhous'
overheard and :hc frs, t ing knew Kelly was
IN tho v,ter swimming for it. The steamboat
! Magenta with passengers from Newark was
! coming NJ the bay. and / blew for ASSISTANCE
md headed for her believing my hrst care
! should he for the lives aboard. dld NOT thIhK
! ,bo t,,t c.,ul1 keep anoat many mi lutes longer
|
and We c'ambored on her deck as W" found an
o,,,r,uni.y for both boats were pitching ana
! rolling terribly | noticed a staten Island podt
! s,., ,a,r tho Ufoboat and then proceed toward
/ s,otop island Then saw Kelly standing in the
! NJ. h.3t The pilot - me Magenta rrIuS'a ID
/ reftlrn saving he had no time. but II" ne" d
/ whist. - call The attention OF a passing lux %
. the mans condition" The abandoned tug III
+ slrA.ng condition dr'fted over toward the BiooK-
ism shore The tug Ida L. Tbp cam" along ana
/ ,ricl t, tow her into Gowanus Two other tugs
arrived ON tho scene and the ferryboat South'l'id
saw. tho man in the nfrboat and the tugs making
/ for him somehow. rs not just clear Just now
from, the reports ~ all the ferryboat ana tnsb'A
r,ptains who told the story" when attention
,,,-e f., H.. paid To- the boat with man IN 1t
blown about by the fierce gale. tn" boit WIS
found overturned and the man was drowned
| t-.t, ,.,. nineteen Years old, unmarried. ana
| Ny.l lu Gau-ryoort-st II" wa u''""'" ~
sigh, - ail
cAPTAIN GULLYS STORY
c,...tn f..o Gull. of the Tho tells the fol-
| loving s'.rs.
.Dr th. way up ~" bay We saw the MafN y
Packer drifting about At the mercy "' ,n' M,i'-
/ SIN. apprared 20 b" deserted NJ consde'nU'[
| risk v, steamed up - tne tug and sent TWO 81
| uut mon aboard Tn men iouni the hr's u''''''
! the Packers boilers burning h"r'el' anu S s
FL a
h.l.,y the mon found two and a half feet "i water
IN The hI.d de ..drd - tow Tn" Tug IN ana lam
salvage. and 'he Tho "a- MAJ" faS,. We ,"' ~,
] steamed toward GoNauus Fats, prop isNS 10
beach th,. tug tnore. After batting against ma"
seas and a gale. tho Ike ~ which n'N'' "a"
hecr. IL, tl,. inner hnrhor. for full! nan an ho"'
. ~. mon on the IA ker signoll"d that shr WIS
/ about - founder / at once went about ana look
/ the men aboard. and then continued ID ." me
| Packer When within about mr. lu" o,,, ., -
nil. N shore ~ point opp"sli" hlr' "''-S'''
h.
IN. Mary l. Packer was 100 feet long. = i"9t
beam ana was bult in 1856. She was worth II y
Tn" schooner Agrirola dragged her anchors
| ami won't ASHORE near Thirty-ifth->t. Hluth
| Hr9oElyn IN the forenoon. Tier crow 's'dP'i III
HINTS that uut N rom the shur" 10 th'r reg u,
Tn Agri,nl, yylll be 1oated again. hut she is
hail. damaged by the pounding ~ the waves:
sac Is owned by Chas" Culber'' % So -
s." j,y long tl. staten Island ferryboa's and
those -, In. south brooklyn lin" had bate of
II to make their trips. At O'Clock IaSt hlSh. me
! wind was blowing forty miles an h"".; "nH , ,ilr
| ,,.,,.', as for a windy day today No sailne
! ,.es',s and only three s'eamers and one salinS
| vessel came into port by SANDY iio,N up -
sunset yesterday. The great Nor, anu" h',' were
| .,i hrov,u Of shor" or Obliged - lay 10
inst The he1vy northwest gale strange 10
! saw the vc'o,ity ~ the VIVA III HanuE iO"N =
| not as groat yesterday as AT IN" weather
h,,,o,,s .yyya ri reaching otiice in this city.
ACCIDENTS To PEDESTRIANS.
Ono - tho worst places in the city yesterday
! u,s Exchlngc Place. between broadway ana
Now-st. where the wind swept down inc niue
| nill with tremendous force. making II extremely
DANGEROUS f.r pedestrians Th''' people Were
Injured there in the course OF the day one
old man was taken If his feet ana landed on MS
rose. which was fractured. Another man was
knocked down and had the back OF his h"2i cuI
cpon. and "A woman fell and received "rii''S ana
cuts on her race. The man whose nose WIS
broken was taken to the Hudson street h'Sp'-
+ tai lie Iivas IN Connecticut r,
Ev0banq. Place always has been notei Tor
/ beinp thn oldest street IN Ncw-fork. II -
narrow. and makes regular runner i"i .m'
/ wind which sweeps down with surh N"ln'lE ,lH.
/ cyrn bnra.s e.und hard work In getting along
/ fbcr. Yesterday crowds gathered n; BROADWAY
- $4,000. ~ N tie fMn. ~ tnnN Car.l