The sun., 1896-03-01

Went West Bank ut High Tide-Passen.
gers Brought Up to tho City.

Went on West Bank ut High Tide-Passen-
gers Brought Up to tho City.
Tho American line steamship New York,
Capt. O. II. Grant, ran aground at o'clock yes
terday morning on the West Bank about a mile
south OF Swinburne Island and four miles this
side Of Sandy Hook. She was coming up tho
main ship channel. and was between three and
four hundred yards of her course. A half hour
before sticking fast she touched the mud flats
about mile south of where she finally stuck.
Her screws were reversed and she slid safely off
again the first time. Then she went ahead
slowly.
she WAS in charge Of Pilot Richard Bagley.
who was taken on late on Friday night When
she struck tho second time. tho signal to re-
verso was given Immediately from the bridge.
and the huge propelers churned away in tho
effort to free her. 1t was useless, however.
This time she was hard and fast. and tho Cap
tain ordered the engines stopped and went
down into his cabin to walt for daylight and
help. The boat had gone on at high tide.
Not passenger know anything about the &C.
cident until awakened at o'clock by tho frst
call for breakfast. The passengers had expected
TO find themselves at the dock or at Quarantine.
and they came on deck and found themselves
standing stock STILL surrounded by fog. The
officers told them that they would soon be free
and able TO resume the trip to the city.
The. Now York lay with her bow pointing
north. northwest and about an eighth of .
mile south southeast Of Quickstep buoy. she
was In four fathoms Of water. and on her four
tsen-foot mark at the bow. One blade from each
propeller projected about three feet above the
water.
Tho first news that tho New York was
aground came from Sandy Hook. where Capt.
Sullivan Of the Goyernment boat Ordnance re-
ported it. Early in the day it had been known
that some big steamer was on the West Bank,
but in the fog her identity could not be dis
covered.
When Capt. Sullivans report was wired to
this city the Merritt Wrecking Company's tugs
d. S. Arnott and J. s. Jones were despatched to
tho steamers assistance Later tho steamer
Merritt went down. too. and hawsers were
thrown from the New Work to all of the Tugs
1t was decided to wait until high tide. at 8
O'Clock in the evening. to haul on her.
When the United Press tug got alongside the
New York the officers wouldn't say any thing.
but thei passengers crowded TO the rail and
joked with the reporters. One man threw down
to the tug this note:
I'VE went on tho bank about A. NJ. after
being in trouble once before little earlier.
looked at and pulled by rope over the side. as
you see. We have been in the fog all the time
was wind
blowing, accompanied by a heavy downpour of
@ Si Ss
which were sweeping over the waters.
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position safe enough. but he could not say when
she would be got OF. An effort will be made In
this direction at every high tide until the ship
Her position. he thought. was not as bad as
that Of the st. Paul when she grounded off Long
sandy bed, Wills the Sow York Is On on soft.
Vice President James A. Wright Of the COM
Rany chartered art To the % tugs J. d. Barrett. John H.
sndsnt NJ Wright was shnnt on board the
tns Icy ana had
Mr.. Wright said that In his talk with Capt
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Tho John E. Moore got to the pier at $3.50
fast more than three minutes when the Starr
turned into the dock and made fast near the
sepgers were crowded sd. on board Of her H. William
eighty-fve saloon passengers and 1913 from the
second cabin.
talk and for he most part took The delay W good: d.
naturedly. All agreed on the mai points OF
the hs s senss %h
log. The ship proceeded slowly ON her way up,
the pilot using the utmost caution In sending
her ahead. None OF the passengers was sure OF
the time of the accident, but most of them
thought that 1t happened some time near Az
o'clock. First they said there was slight In
crease In the speed of the ship This WAS kept
up for two OF three minutes. and then
there was a rubbing sound as though
her keel had slid over mud bank.
Then the speed was slackened. In another min:
ute or so II was increased. The ship forged
ahead, the passengers bAy for moment, and