Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-31
WENT TO BOTTOM
OF THE RIVER
Feryboat Chicago Run Down by
the Steamship Augusta.
PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS,
Los. OF Lie unknown-riost OF the
Passengers saved steamship
Gave No Assistance.

New York. Oct. si.-Ttc pcnnryi.
vanilla Railway company forfy boat Chl-
cnro, plying between Cortland street.
this city. ana the Pennsylvania depot
in Jersey city. was cut down by the
Savannah line aieamfhip Cly OF Au-
gusta this morning about uue o'clock
ua the ferry boat was utosauE 10 tho
east side Of tho North rlyor. within a
few minutes the Chicago sank in 20
feet Of water. n Il not definitely known
now many paaacnEcr were 0n board
the Chicago, but the number % various.
W estimated at from NIFTY Co. one hun.
drcu, John nryaon u known Go have
drowned Ills body was recovered.
FREEMAN Ntoom. Of the Chicago. 10
missing and r. thought 10 have been
Il b. not Improbable that other lives
were lost
When the Chicago LEFT Jersey city at
l4ft h. m. captain William Durham
was lu The forward pilot house. direct
inE the boat personally. aud one 0f 'his
acckhnnda was nt the wheel. The night
was perfectly clear, Tho tide was ohh-
los fast AMI Captain Durham was on
thla account Obliged 20 Keen hIH uttlp
NttHgl headed W stream. a. Dee usarcd
the New York shore be pat bio helm
Oyer 20 head "a the Hlin and ua the
'hicaro swung around. The Uapiuln
caught ulEht % the Clty uf AuFuHta
bearing down un him. She was coming
~ stream and very close. captain
Durham gave two blasts of hlr whistle
20 Signify Ills intention 90 pass to atnr-
board ana pulling hia helm a.port. he
speed The city of Augusta. Captain
Durham says. ala not rrply 10 ths
signal but kept rirht in her course.
a moment later the city OF Augusta
tammcd tho Chicago Just ubhu her
pNsdlc wheel on the Htafboard side
lowed
The passengers. most of whom had
risen 20 Eu 10 the forward pnd OF Inc
t'ffy boat % De- prepared 10 leave na
soon nH she reached her slip. made "a
via scramble Tor ne prcacryerA For.
tunutoly there were fsw Women ai,oerl
not more than i've or nix. Al nrat
lhcy were showed tu the rear georne
hiumenbcrE and George Ray. truokmcn.
VINO were coming 10 the ely With their
lgals OF milk, Jumped mo the middle
% the gtrugHlluH nuraatId yrliodt
women" '''N
A score Of men took ~ the shout and
~ irico the women were fitted with
We prcncrvcra. The small number OF
passengers ala not exhaust the supply
ui llie pivserverl, but many In their cx-
slteucnt dld not stop 60 put them on
but lcaped overheard unprovlded. II
n feared that u1me such persons must
have gone down In the chilly waters be.
fore help came.
The deck hands displayed commenda.
pc courage. Capt Durham aud chief
Engineer Pcnnpld aet thom splendid OK.
tmpltHY capt. Durham was the last
man 90 leave hla boat lie kept up "A
constant call Tor help with hlH whistle.
ana when be- finally left be- tlel thr
whistle To- keep up the sound and whom
the Chicago hnally went down she dld
u WIN hef whistle blowing. Engineer
! fcnncld kept his hand un the throttle
until the water put out his nrcs ana h.
hnd scarce tiiuv TO run on deck and
jump overheard when the boat went
| down.
Don't get excited. She won't sink. %
| the deck hands cried a. they ran among
/ The passenger.
Plenty of tIme." they managed 10
] rcnaaurc the majority Of the passengers.
! capt Durham saw the Chicago was
! doomed ana Dc gave the command for
] nll hands To- so up on the upper deck.
/ IlilH created now panic. and men and
| women hy the dozen loapcd overheard
nnd rlrngiod 90 $50 away from the vor-
tex when II came.
The City or AuguFta found herself un.
/ able fur a few moments to got out uf
the hole she made, Her anchor chains
were untnnglcd IN the spllntcrs. aud de.
| spite her reversed engines she was un.
able az iifht 20 DO more than pull the
Chicago down stream with her The
| city ~ Augustus nose was clear into
the Chlouruf hull. She finally man
nEcd to get clear and backed away No
cffort was made by her crew 60 lower
boats 20 help the passengers OF the Chi
| cago, who were then No the water hy the
score. their cries being plainly audible
| ON shore.
The tug boat Chaunocy NJ. Dopew
reached tibet scene before the Chicago
sank. and took 30 persons from the
4 fcrfybont and out OF the water. The
iirc boat. the police boat puryut and
| several launches were called 10 the
scene. and dld valuable work IN rescu.
ing people. Several small boats were
sent cut from tho ncighhnrlnH piers
| and In ones. twos ana throrH. the
| drcnchcd. chilled and sometimes uu,
| conscious passengers were brought into
the piers. where they received needed
| attention.
John Bryson. who was drowned. was
the driver OF % United States mail van
going 90 tho New York poatoflce.
| Besides the vehicle IN brysou's charrt
thcre wcrr on the chicago "a truck br'
longing 60 the Adams Express COM
puny containing 5000 In silver bars
two produce trucks, twu milk trucks
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