New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
4 TIC SINKS MYSTERIOU USL Y.
TWO MEN WENT DOWN WITH HER
AND WERE DROWNED.
xo ,nrorATr EXPLANATION GIVEN OF THE
ACCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED OFF
cOt,RT-sT BROOKLYN


CoURT-sT.. BROOKLYN
Tho II foot sea-going tug Plymouth sank AZ
o'clock yesterday morning, at the enu OF |our'-
et Rrooklyn one Of the loneliest places along the
waterfront. and carried down to death Alfred
Carelson. a fireman. and Michael jacobson
deckhand Both lived in Portland, Me. NO one
save an Italian watchman. Ginci Geramao' sa"
the tug sink and he cannot give any exp'aha
ton OF the accident. When the poat was ra''eu
hv tho Cbanman- Merritt Wrecking Company at
q o'clock last night. 1t was founo 'ha' '"e nun
Was perfectly tight The boat was not dam
aged in any way and four hours at'er"aiu ""'
not taken in drop OF water
This fact makes the AFFAIR most mysterious
ono II was not reported to the police untii
o'clock last night Then Policeman MCGUIRE OF
tho Hamilton ave station, was sent 10 the
scene and took charge OF the property OF the
dead men. The bodies were taken TO Leahy
undertaking establishment, No. Oh Cour'-s''
The poIice teegraphed to Portland last night
70 have the police there hunt up the friehds Oh
the men The bodies will he kept In the UNDER
taking establishment to await some reply from
Portland Jacobson thirty-two years oio
and Carelson was twenty-five years oio' "' i"'
as known neither was married.
= NJ Brown superintendent Of the Liberty
Dredging Company. said that the whole aHa'r
was most inexplicabe to him. on yesterday
morning when he reached the office the e'e-
vator boy told him that some one had Dea'
there to tell him that the Plymouth had suhh'
He Immediately went there. and found hothi"s
above water but about one foot OF the pi'ot-
house and portion OF the stack. The captain
Of the tug Tidmarsh. and the COOK ana the
eng,ncer. all of whom had spent the previous
Mr. Brown got there As Carelson and Jacob
son had been left on the boat. it was almost
certain that they had been drowned. although
/ no one seemed 10 know anything about IT, After
working all day the boat was raised at o'clock
| After the boat was pumped out Captain I'd
! marsh went aboard to investigate. He founc
! carelson living on his face in the cabin. After
a search Of nearly an hour they found jacob
sons body wedged in some OF the gratings OF
tho dreroom How the body got there was a
mystery.
Some one in the crowd last night said that the
only EXPLANATION of the accident he could give
was that the sea cock had been left open. Inc
sailors having been left alone on the BOAT prop
ably had a celebration on Friday nlght' ana III
some way managed to get the sea COCK open
When they saw that the boat was hlling jacob
son probably went below to close the vaiVe
and being unable to do so, fell and was
| drowned The man who gave this expana
| tion said that while all the valves were
found tightly closed when the boat was raiseo
some Of the crow or some OF the sailor 'r'enas
/ NAV have closed the cock after the boat was
raised Mr.. Brown the superintendent e, Wnen
| asked what he thought Of this theory "ou"
| give no opinion. -. .o,.,ro
The Plymouth was in excellent shape. HAVING
heen entirely rebuilt within the last W.
| months She had been in South Biookivh spoo
one month having her engines overnauied. ailo
was about ready to clear for Key west Wher'
the company has some Government work 10 az ue,
tend TO- The machinery in the null or the poa'
vas in first class order when at O'CLOCK sht
tied I'D at the wharf at Court~st Inc Dca
was taken to this out -of-the-way place 10 I tahs
on water She was moorsd to a scoW WnlcN
serves as a wharf. The Waterman or TINS sCoM
Ciromao was the only man who sd" tne poa
sink He says that at about . oc.och ,'
noticed the scow fitting up. He ran over 10 tWn' W
side and saw that the tug was draWlns IN.
scov down Not thinking that there were an!
mon on board he bent all his energies 20 saw
the scow and succeeded in cutting the Hies'
The tug will leave for Key West in DAY o
so as she is uninjured.