The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-10
STEAMERS SIDE CUT OPEN.
THE STATE OF NEBRLSKA DIS.
ABBED M A OoAL BARGE.

Part or the Liners Live FreiEht swept late
the waters OF the Lower nay By the
stout Bowsprit or tho G. c. Chapman
Coliision Occurred Just Inside sandy Heck.
Tho Allan.Stato line steamship State Of Ne
braska, which sailed from her pier at tho foot
of West Twenty.lrst street at noon yesterday
for Glasgow returned last evening with q great
rent in her port side, forward, made by the bow
spirit Of the stout old oaken Yankee clipper @. c.
Chapman, now in the prosaic business OF carry
ing coal. The collision occurred at 2:le In the
afternoon, Just this aide of the Hook, in the
neighborhood of tho Southwest Spit. The
steamship carried ten cabin passenger, and lao
pteers In pens on the forward deck in charge Of
cattlemen. The ocean towboat Triton. towing
the Chapman and the Enos Soule. also q retired
clipper. was coming in from Norfolk. bound for
Hoboken. The barges were full OF coal.
A mist had succeeded the fog Of the morning.
but objects were readily discerniblo half q mile
away. The course of the Triton, with her tan
dem tow, would have sent her into the steam
ship II she had kept on. The state of Nebraska
blew one whistle. indicating that she would go
to starboard. The liner was in charge Of Pilot
Frank ". Van Pelt of Boat No. 4. The Triton
did not respond to the whistle. and Pilot Van
Pelt repeated the signal twice. The Triton an
bWeTcu, anu, although u Wh Wlthih u bhip .
length Of the State Of Nebraska. she cleared
easily. But the Chapman was sluggish. Capt.
Park Of tho Nebraska thought that tho Chap.
mans pilot had not understood the signal and
was holding to his course.
The liner put her helm hard over to get out Of
the way Of the impending bow Of the barge.
She also reversed her engines at full speed. But
she was still under way when the Chapman, un.
der the momentum she had acquired at the end
Of q long hnwser from the Triton, smashed into
rssmnmed the liner just abHftp the port lighthouse.
or. as the purser of the steamship said, tho
lamp room" The spar tore along tho bulwarks
on the port side and knocking several steers
into tho sea. The beasts set up q bellowing that
shock Of collision. which was not severe. few
steers that wore not hurt jumped through tho
opening made BY the ripping bowsprit into the
The purser's room and the bakers shop. be.
tween the main and the upper decks. almost op.
ships plates along the lower edge Of the rent
were cracked: Tho Chapman left about ave
Of the purser's room. The steamship was only
slightly damaged below the level Of her main
forestays were carried away. She was not hurt
below the water line. She came to anchor Just
The agent Of the Allan-state line, Austin
Baldwin, expects to complete repairs to the Ne,
braeka in q few days. Her passengers will
board ashore at the expense Of the line. unless
they want to stay on the ship.
In the fog in the morning tho Pennsylvania
ferryboat Cincinnati. while cropping for her slip
ter ship. the New jersey. in another slip. The
Cincinnati's guard rail on the port side was
broken. Tho Lone Star line steamship Miami
and the ferryboat Flushing bumped in the gloom
of Thirty-fourth street. Neither vessel wal
damaged. Before daylight. down the bay. .
stoneladen scow ran into the British bark
Evesham Abbey. anchored Off Staten Island
ready to sail for Bombay. smashing her bow
above the water line.