New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

.I~o, ,,os felony he would be compelled 10
hold the prisoner under bail The coroner nAeu
The hail at $4,000 which was furnsheu pS
Peter Edward lie Fevre. superintendent OF lne
Savannah Line
Tho renorts Of Captain Durham and captain
nagrett were flied in the office OF the boc"'
roard ~ steamship Inspectors yesterday al'e'
MON Captain Petrle Of the Board reluseu
% make the reports public yesterday.
Young man called at the New-York SIDE ol
A., sar-,. shortly before 10 o'clock last night an
,aro~ted that Alexander Wier, OF NO IT. i'"-
eon-ave Brooklyn. was missing ana 'hdl J.. vas
known that he had been aboard the
'r,l. sho ,,ont down. John Cohen friend OF
the same address. was with Wier Wheh ,He IN
oa'co ,,as struck. He last saw Wier on the deck
The collision was the principal topic OF discus
s,or along the river front yesterday, ana the
general opinion Of pilots and steamboatmeh was
that the accident was the result Of inexcusaole
oT,,ao+ -, The mart OF some one. When they
1rere asked TO be more definite they said II was
700 soon to point out the man, but some added
that one Of the pilots Ought to have looked Out
more"
PEOPLE who were on the ferryboat and others
who saw the collision were not so conservative
in their statements. They said that such col
1ision. taking place on a clear night, between
brightly lighted ferryboat and regular liner,
presumably provided with all necessary ilum-
nation was inexcusable and outrageous.
The ferryboat lies about seventy-fve yards
off the Cortlandt-st. slip, IN 80 feet Of water.
There is big hole in the starboard side, where
The prov OF the steamship cut through.
CITY OF AUGUSTA SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
The City OF Augusta was not badly damaged.
There are two holes, each about foot square,
in her bow at the waterline After getting her
passengers ashore she went to Twelfth-st. Ho-
boken. 10 discharge her cargo Captain Henry
Daggett when asked about The collision replied
that he could say little until he had made
his full report to the officers Of the line. What
he did say was this: "As soon as the collision
occurred I gave orders to First officer w. w
Tardella 10 lower q lifeboat from the starboard
side. This he did quickly. and the boat was
manned IN a very short time. We had twenty
two passengers on board and there panic
among them They were nearly all asleep at the
time and some OF them did not know that any
accident occurred until It was all over do no
know how badly the steamship was damaged
Captain Carroll. superintendent Of ferries fo
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. said yes
terday that IN his opinion the captain Of th'
City OF Augusta had miscalculated his speed.
highly commended by every acquainted
with the facts.
Divers began work on the wreck yesterda.
morning, and one Of the results Of their efforts
was tho recovery OF the mail wagon. with IT
contents intact. from the sunken boat. Thu
mail. in badly soaked condition. reached tn
General Postonice last evening and Mr. Tiede
man assistant superintendent Of mails, said tina
81 vyouid all be dried and delivered BY thi
morning.
Dligent search for bodies was begun yester
day, but II IS not believed that there are any e
be found. except possibly that Of Vroom. a.
far as can be learned all others on both boats
have been accounted for.
THE PROVISIONS FOR RESCUE
People who were on one or the other Of IN.
boats say that provision for their safety anc
rescue IN case Of accident was ample They alsC
gave high praise TO the tugs and other craft tina,
came TO their rescue.
Edmond A Vroom. the missing fireman Of tn,
ferryboat IL hfty-four years old and lives a.
No. 81 Communpaw-ave Jersey City. II,
has a wife and three children. lie has been II
the service OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for twenty-three years His wife is III
invalid, and the shock caused by her husband
absence is a serious one. VroOm is prominen
in ST. Johns Post. a Protestant Episcopal mis-
sion in Pacifc-ave., Jersey City.
Mrs. Mary Weir. Of No. 442 Hudson ave
Brooklyn. called at Police Headquarters yester
day and said that her husband Alexande
he was the ferry lie went she saiC
20 Jersey City yesterday TO attend hotel open
ing, and had 5000 with him. She thinks tina
he about returning home when the ferry
boat left Jersey City.
Word was received at Police Headquarter
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