New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-06
THROUN ONTO THE ROCKS.
PLIGHT OF THE FERRYBOAT FREEMAN
NEAR RIvERvIEW TERRACE.
EXCITEMENT AMONG PASSENGERS WHOM SHE
WAS CARRYING FROM BLACKwE1Ls ISL
ASD-THE GRAIN ELEVATOR RENO
vATOR RUNS INTO THE ORWELL
HEAVY FOG OVER RIVER
AND HARBOR.

HEAVY FOG OVER RIVER
AND HARBoR.
The impenetrable fog which fell this city
and its surrounding waters yesterday caused
great inconvenience TO ferry and tug boat cap
tains and the indirect cause Of two accidents.
neither Of which was very serious. 1t also Kept
incoming liners. which arrived In the night or
early morning at anchor in the Lower Bay until
It had partly lifted a short time before noon.
The mist thick that even in the streets
OF the city vehicles moved slowly. and bicycsts
in the uptown districts had to keep sharp look
out and moderate their usual zeal TO overtake
everything in sight for there was very little IN
sight.
The most serious accident occurred to the
ferryboat Thomas s. Brennan. OF the Depart
ment Of Charities which is used to convey pris-
oners from the East Twenty-sxth-st. pier to
Blackwell's Island She started from the store
house dock on the island little after noon for
this side with about twenty five persons aboard
Captain Mccarthy sayS that he in his
cabin writing in his log-boof. when he saw
through the window that the Brennan was
drifting He ran TO the pilot-house to see what
was the matter. The pilot, Everett. was at the
wheel but II was then too late to save the boat
from going on the rocks at Riverviow Terrace AZ
East Fifty mint st. as the tide was running
Ike a racehorse The Brennan was thrown upon
them with considerable force. The passengers
most of whom had been visitors to the Island,
were greatly excited The boats guard rail and
rudder smashed. and at a late hour last
night she lay wedged between two OF Inc rocks.
Word teephOned 10 the Charities Depart
ment and the steamer Fidelity sent 10 take the
passengers off the Brennan. II is expected that
the crippled boat can be got of to-day, Whch
she will have to be laid up for repairs. An IN
vestigation Of the accident will he held.
The other mishap occurred at Per IN the
North River in the morning. when the FOG was
thickest At the pier lay the new Glasgow
steamer Orwell. loading with a general cargo
for Shanghai She is a long vessel, and her
stern protruded beyond the end OF the pier. SUD
denly while the crew were getting the cargo on
board, q terrific crash came. The men anG
boxes of merchandise were tumbled about the
deck in confusion. First officer Stewart was
the first man to reach the stern. where the crash
had come and he was only In time to see the
grain elevator Renovation disappearing about
one hundred feet off in the mist. lie heard
voice evidently from the Renovator Deck shout
back: I'VE are not injured"
The RenovatOr had been cropping her way up
stream and losing her bearings, had headed
directly for Pier BEFORE she had warning
her bow struck against the proruding stern or
the Orwell The plates Of the latter boat whore
she was hit were badly bent and the rivets loos-
ened The Renovator backed out and proceeded
her way. 1870.
II was said nv the Weather Bureau last night
that showers were expected to-day. with clear
Ing and cooler weather tonight.