New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28

Her passengers were then promenadng about
the deck and all was apparently happy apoaru'
About a half hour later however in the channei'
the liner suddenly struck an obstructioh' heSi-
tated. and then plunged forward causing con-
sternation among officers and passengers Inc
Umbria had run across the submerged wreck ol
the coal barge Andrew Jackson. which was sunk
in the channel on May ~
Josiah Johnson was the pilot In charge ana
when the first shudder ran through the Cunarder
he started back in astonishment He kne" that
he had thirty-fve feet of water under him, and
believed everything dangerous was char'eo' Out
there the pilot mistaken.
NOTICE OF THE OBSTRUCTION.
Tho following notice anent the obstruction was
pubshed in The Tribune on June 20:
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Nau-york lime 22-The following notice 10 mari
rers has lust been issued by the Engineer once
United States Army:
Mariners are hereby notified that operations for for
the Of he wreGS on ehe NeWYork Habor
will begin Mondsy, June 22 1856 .,, .rs
Are pam sbere during favorable weather until
the wreck is removed IT VIII DC pr9Pefly ngnove a.
night Vessels aid steamers IN passing arc leHueS'
ed to give 1t a wide oerth'
The Andrew Jackson came UP last month In
tow of the tugboat Morse and when nearly
abreast of the Hook she was run into by the
steamship Veda and sunk. The jackson was
heavily laden with coal. and made a dangerous
obstruction TO navigation.
Fortunately. the boat not moving at full
sneed when she steamed against the barge, and
suffered no damage.
II was 1918 a. m when the accident occurred,
lust shortly after high tide. and 1t was ieareu
that the boat was in bad way. Gloomy prog
nosticators said that the Umbra would be badly
damaged when loy tide came. But their prophe-
clos were unfulflled They have good seamen
aboard the Cunardens, and they also nave large
measure of what is known as "Cunaro iu'K'
reasons which account in part for the old ilnes
popularity.
SIGNAL. FROM THE CAPTAIN.
Shortly after II a. m. Captain Dutton signaiied
that he was aground, and asked tnat "oiu 'c
sent to his agents. The first news OF the lhshap
to the Cunarder came by telegraph ana 'hen
the officers of the tug Edwin Hawley, which had
passed her. gave details Of her trouble. "nen
the Umbria left her pier she was drawing
twenty-six feet of water, and when the Ha"ie!
people saw her she was seven feet more out Oh
the water and listing eomewhat to starooard.
STRANGE LUCK OF DECKHAND
An incident which may be related here Is told
by those aboard the tug. AS the Hawiey ore"
av,av from the grounded liner handsome
woman ran to the rail. and swinging her pocket
book high in the air hailed those aboard the
tug. She gesticulated wildly, and then hnaiiy
threw the purse toward the tug and II was
caught bv one Of the deckhands. In the purse
which was of snake skin, there was teh-uoii"i
bill one-dollar bill, Mexican doiiar d s'ed"
srin ticket tn LIVERPOOL and the addresses OF
h1 q
tho tug swore the reporter to secrecy before
showing him the names Of the woman ana her
friends Why the purse was thrown to the tug
t,.o. mon Is still q mystery The purse was car
ried back to the Umbria by Vernon II. Brown
h want ont TO the grounded vessel on the tug
Evarts.
in,ong the tugs that steamed out TO the dlsa-
h,ed steamer were the Evarts. the Pulver, the
Cha,man tugs, the w. +. Chapman, the Hghter
Stranahan and the Merritt tugs
The news of the Umbrias trouble reached the
citv soon after the accident, and the frien1s OF
Messengers began calling up the Cunard Line OIL
eoe hv telephone ard they kept the wires busy
untu late at night when the office was ciosea'
There was no danger at any time out the coh
many had boats ready to take off the passengers
and mails If necessary.
At 10 D. m the big liner got OUT OF her u''coi
Portable position and proceeded TO sea az IoJo,
The men on the tugs which came In last n'gh' g,l
renorted that the passengers were not AT an % uis
turbed by the mishap, they were cohideh' ne ne
the Cunard people would look after ooth 'neir
safety and comfort
AN INVESTIGATION PROBABLE
An investigation ae to the cause OF Inc co'iis'o"
will probably be made at once. Ihe chahhei o"'
10 sea is a crooked one at best. ana mas o''e"
been the subject Of discussion among shpPhs
men. who would like to see straight chahhe'
made.
The point where the Cunarder struck the pa'se
is about two miles north northeast OF oahuy
Hook Point. Yesterday morning was the UNI
set for blowing up the wrecked coal palbe' anu
all preparations to that end had been maze
According TO the pilots in port the jackson Is
in about the middle OF Gedney Channel al lts
entrance near the inside bank. The plot6 say
that there must have been AT least thrty-ilFe
feet of water under the Umbria when she struck
The place where the Jackson lee Is known az the
Black Hole. . - ann
About q o'clock last evening when II was sup,
posed that the Umbra might be detained All
night there was large crowd at the Cuhard
nier where II was thought, the departing pas
seneers might be returned; but the people re-