The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-17
THREE LIVES MAY BE LOST.
NO TRACE FOUND OF THE clTsKIJL'S
MISSING PASSENGERS.

who Disappenrea AFTER the Conisiop-p1en
Accused or ovvardice-Reperts Made by
the Captains OF the TIVE steamboats.
Three lives may have been lost in tho collision
between the steamers Catskill and st. Johns on
Wednesday night. Nothing had been heard
up to last night Of the six-year.old boy Bertio
Zimmerman, reported missing Immediately af.
ter the collision. The purser Of the Catskill, o.
J. Greene, said yesterday that no was positive
the boy had been rescued by q deckhand OF the
Catskill named Hallcnbeck. Hallenbeck was
In Catskill all day yesterday and left there last
night on the steamer Walter Brott, which will
arrive at tho foot of Christopher street this
morning. According to Greene. the boy fell
overheard after the collision and was rescued
by Hallenbeck. No word was received in this
city from Hallenbcck yesterday. and the boys
relatives, who live at ASH Union street, Brook
Ign, aftersinquiring ins person and by telephone
and telegraph, could not learn that the boy is
alive.
Tho other passengers stu missing arc Mrs.
Maria, Mcdonald, 75 years old. Of Gutenberg,
n. j., and her daughter. Mrs. Susan Morris, 40
years old, OF tho same place. Mrs. Mcdonald
and three Of her daughters were passengers on
the Catskill. Her son. Henry Mcdonald. re-
ported at Police Headquarters Yesterday that
nothing had been heard from his mother and
sister, and he feared they had been drowned.
A general alarm was sent out.
The other two daughters with Mrs. Nc
Donald are Mrs. Kleino and Mrs. Prosser. All
four were going for a two weeks outing among
the Catskills. The women were sitting on the
saloon deck when the accident occurred.
when l saw a collision was inevitable"
said Mrs. Kleine last night, ~ ran for the sa-
loon. My sister. Mrs. Prosser, followed. and I
supposed my mother and other sister were right
behind. Almost as soon as l entered the
saloon i was struck by something and
rendered unconscious. When l regained my
senses 1t was dark on the steamer. and only
Mrs. Prosser was near me. Somebody said TO
run for the lifeboats. Mrs. Prosscr and /, after
looking for my mother and Mrs. Morris, tried
to get into one OF the boats. 1t was impossi-
BILE for us 20 do 80. on account Of the actions of
the men. j never saw such actions in my life.
Women were knocked down and pushed aside
by men, who, getting a clear passage, jumped
into the boats. Some OF the men jumped from
the uppermost deck. Had It not been for the
prompt, assistance OF the tugs, many would
surely have been drowned"
Mrs. Mcdonald lived with her son Henry in
Franklin avenue, near the Bulls Ferry road.
children on the Hudson Boulevard. Mr.. Nc
Donald and Mr.. Morris searched all yester-
day in the hospitals, at the police stations, and
women. but they learned nothing. Mrs. kleine
says she was on the tug with the deckhand
anu "a LhhhbN Aheh "oo NV
Capt. Jacob L. Braisted of the St. Johns and
Capt; Joel A.. Cooper OF the Catskill. as well as
ports to the Chief Of the Steamboat Inspectors.
port po4s ca rs.ef Br al eS' Of ihss s St. JOHNS says np ms Fo-
When abreast OF Ffftv.eighth street, in about
Baast { Blew ! @ ons wS e sss light sfsh.i Hn my yha port
would go TO the right, or TO the port side OF the
vessel showing the light; ported my wheel.
opposite whistles, showing that the vessel
l then saw that a collision would be unavoid-
With wheel hard aport. When we came to,
Catskill. about ten feet back Of her stern. on
the starboard side. She sank In a very few
minutes. l lay alongside OF he until she sank.
lowered my liteboats, and rendered every as.
sistance possible"
Capt. Cooper OF the Catskin and his pilot,
Capt. Turner, made a joint report as follows:
When of Fifticth street we saw a steamer
coming down to the eastward OF the Catskill.
We blew two whistles and they answered by
ansxer rhe By t t%o Whistles i,ssTss an sh' they s0 answered
And blew three whistles. She hit us on our star
from our stern. The catskill died with water
had his leg broken. No lives were lost"
Sept. u. President g. NJ. snyder OF the
Catskill.. Hudson. and Coxsackte line said yes
terday that Capt. Cooper was no, in the pilot
not necessary for him to be there, as Pilot
Turner was at tn" wheel. Mr.. SNYDER said
that Capt. Cooper was not in the dining room
The Catskill was lying last night. stern up
stream. at a point in the river between Fifty
west Of midstrcam; The Merritt.ChAPman
Wrecking Company began the work Of raising
the steamer yesterday afternoon. She rests
on an even keel. and 1t is expected that she will
he hOated TODAY.