New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-16
4 RACE IN 4 BURNING TUG
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF THE REIN
pEER's CREW.
CAPTAIN powNER HERo1cALLY STUCK TO HIS
POST TO THE LAST MINUTE THE
c-HARRED HULK NOW LIES on THE

JERSEY Mud FLATS.
-.cs against time and possible death by fire or
water was the thrilling experience Of the captain
a,s creu of the burning tugboat Reindeer yester-
dsv morning in the North River Inc scene
held awed watchers on the New-Jersey shore ana
On the New-York side in the neighoorhood Oh Ohe-
bunaradth-st Seldom do New-forkers Witness
brayer act OF heroism than was tAat VI Nap'ali
rouner skipper OF the Reindeer. who stood
- So, rnsal while flames apped the wood
,ork y, the piot-house and steered his doomed
vessel FOR Jersey mud fats in devoted enaeaNoF 70
save the lives OF his men. His bravery was re-
uarded with success, the only mshap u any %
Nc c-eu belng a ducking the engineer got oy idA-
ing overheard Now the hulk OF the helhoee' lies
,r,hsdded In the mud OF Edgewater
80 o'clock yesterday morning the Reindeer
= coo, coming down stream with an UNUSUAL
amount Of smoke rolling up from her' On oo'iu
go cantain Amer Bonner, the engineer FIREMAN
co-oa Deckhand Buckley and the COOK. Oap.a'''
~ ms AT the wheel when the engineer rushsd
. the plot- house with the cry that the engine o
Gas ON fire The grizzled captain nurrleu 80"
- took for himself and knowing thdt uIiie''
- hoo.bad the boat inside Of twenty minutes uea.'
IT, hv are or drowning awaited NM a" ~
a, he seized the wheel again 'n'e" " -,
,arhoord and swished the Reindeer me- -.
1o~ tho Jersey shore where the ohly s"'''9 rts,,.
~ 49,, raohborhood lay. He yanked 'ne
xxflp
shrieked forth cal ior
Ia hack from the Palisades 49,. ...,. and
"''N =, era brigade was formed ny rhe o'e"' .1
,,ar bucket OF river water was s'o'P -
20, .,,,rad into the engine-rooth' hu, q" -
anu Po. ea,,es spread and gathered i'ree' 'o'H
-, CANA creeping up on dech auu - IT.,
80, ,or the men TO continue men 49, -, r.,
NOT io' ' I'm 70 await developments. hoping mat
s a1ne.sI would reach them before they hSd 10
lump 10 the riNer' - r..,. sh,~a the hrick-
n soho,ner sarah Anne Carpenter When her
"an,aln saw the smoke reak INTO slsh' 0" u'e Hs''
80 he ordered his yaWl lowered ana Il was pA1eu
aw,v for the tug by TWO stout men. INey isA'e'
" az, N anproach the jug, thinking thar her poers
might expl9ae ana caea % convHeed the men
~ Inc yawl mat they could pun up under me Jug
stern without danger The YAM pes c@ud i1mp mo
Z, Xii aid SO but Captain Downer and he engineer.
The former stood al his post, kespns ne lug Tr
aas moving slowly straight FOR the jersey sno,s
Until the rising flames began TO tickle the woo1HolA
about him Being unable y get out o. me Whe.s,
house door which opened forward into the lace OF
trinped and fell but did not hurt himself enough 20
prevent MS camoerns INTO the ya% W. rascung
mlscaculated and gone overooard re was $50 81,
picked up In the hurry OF escape me Tea an ss
I To-. shore whence they went 20 their homes.
rhe naming Reindeer meanwhile kept on her course
narstructure was destroyed. Captain Love, OF me
tug Guiding S;ar, went aiohsSue o' "e' anu "'0'''
c,ntain powner reached the offices OF The Viefow
Towing Company. pier ~. North RIVER TO wnich
line the Reindeer belonged IN me aerhoon anu ,oS
and his hand trembled al the recital OF his mario"
escape. IN, - ,uA.r,S,, ., r,huaasl-
mia IN ls1s and was rebuilt, by the starn Company
In 1902 she was "a feet long 1874 fee. beam and
feet deep. She was Insured for H.ooo.