The Portland daily press., 1899-10-31
FERRY BOAT RUN DOWN.
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30 and 40 persons aboard, four being
women. There were dozen horses ON
beard. IL is supposed that several per-
sons were drowned. though there IL no
positive proof OF this assertion.
In spite OF the seriousness OF the acci-
dent, there was no panic Most Of the
persons went out on the upper deck and
only half dozen person were on the
wer deck Most of the ret sons man.
aged TO obtain LIE pr servers. Some
others who could not obtain them, about
If dcz In number, swan ashore.
The y per sons started from the lower deck
and Assistsl each Other In getting ashore
One or two wers without life prsssrvsrs
aut thee all aided each ether and succeed
cd in sstting to the pier In safety. there
sss considerable shouting for help, the
ueot le on the boat ealing for small boats
=. oons to their assistance. No small
a, were launched, however, probably
owing to the brief period of time which
slaps,d between the cutting Ia two and
the shaking.
h, steamship was evidently coming
an the river at the Il ne Of tins accident
snils the ferry boat Chicago was headed
& aiebt across rom the New Jersey shore
or the New York slip.
Ihe steamship st pped after the acoi-
emit but apparently no boats were
,,unched ard In the brief spacs of time
VII oh elapsed nothing was done to as
S Il the persons in the water.
49, ~. xuh annreQd-
in escaping vary widely. Some think
it tcssitle that no loss OF life resulted,
VII lie o 'hei believe that at least n SCORE
OF persons we're drawn into the whiriine
sorIex us the ferry boat sank.
August Mindeberg OF Jersey City, was
ole Of those In the men IS cabin. He
j. d JUS time 10 catch up life preserver
I'D leap over board before tie boat wen
nder. lie said th-t men and women
ana some children were in the water ail
out him de succeeded in making the
uest of his way to the Liberty street dock
The steam boat squad, n few minutes
before o clock found O BODY which 1t Is
suppe SD Is that of one of the passengers
IN the ferry boat.
Mr. Ii. w. Bible, who has an ofiice At
js2 Broad way, jumped over board with n
life preserver. he saw four women stru0-
Cling in the water near him, but he
vas unable to help them. lie WIS picked
up by n iifsboat and taken ashore.
Starohlights are icing used In the work
Of rescue. A number OF tugs and some
boats have been secured.
Everythinp Is being done that is poss l.
ole. under the circumstances to pick up
persons out of the water. One boat
rought In six men, two women and a
lid.
DIR. Oscar Watson, of the Associated
Press, who was unatle to sec.rs life
preservsr, and who SWAN ashore. was
ono of the few passengers able TO glvs a
coherent account of the accident He
said;
1--WE were just about to enter the slil
when we wers run down. There were
ABOUT 40 persons on the ferry boat be-
sides the crew. saw four women and
one little boy. The latter WAS wish his
father, who appeared TO be an Italian.
81 should think the boat rank within
seven minutes. l did not get life pre-
server, but when l saw she was going
iown plunged over board and swan for
tae shore Five men swan alongside
II me. Thsrs was a strong ebb tide.
he water was very cold. The current
was SO strong that 1t almost carried us
down stream.
Capt. Durham conn n led the ferry
boat Chicago He succeed I'd In maxim
his escape. He says that ne has account
ed for all the mem oers Of his Grew ex-
cept Fireman Fromrie. he thinks that
Fromme was either drowned or crushed
to death in a stoke hols.