The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
GUT IN TWO.
Struck by City Of Augusta
in New York HarbOr.
SANK IN EIGHT MINUTES.

loss of Life Not Yet Known-one
Body Found and Search Being
ty or More Passengers on the
Chicago, But Most of Them Were
saved-Time Was Too short to
lower Boats.
New York, oct. S1.-The Pennsylvania
ferry Loaf Chicago, plying between Jer-
sey Cry and New York, was cut In two
tv The City Of Augusta of the Savannah
Hae at l2:35 o'clock this tTuesday) morn
lrg on the New York side of North river.
She went down in seven or eight min
ut5s
There were between thirty and forty
people aboard, four being women.
il is supposed that several persons were
crowned, though there is no positive proof
Of his
In spite of the severity of the accident,
there was no panic. Most of the people
wore on the upper deck and only half a
dozen persons were on the lower deck
Mos Of the passengers managed TO OBJ
tain life preservers. Some others, who
could not obtain them, about half a dozen
in number, swan ashore.
The five or six persons, who started from
the lower deck, assisted each other in get
ting ashore. There was considerable
shouung Tor help. the people on the boat
calling for small boats 10 come to their
asssf ance No small boats were launch
Cd, however, probably owing 40 the brief
period Of time which elapsed between the
cutting in two and the sinking
The City of Augusta was evidently COM
Ing UP the river at the time of the acci-
dent, While the Chicago was headed
straight across from the Jersey shore for
The New York slip
The City Of Augusta stopped after the
accident, but apparently no boats were
lowered and in the brief space of time
which elapsed, nothing was done to assist
the persons in the water.
Loss of Life Not Known.
Estimates Of loss of life made by the
persons VINO succeeded in escaping, vary
widely some thinking it possible that no
loss of life occurred, while others believe
mat at least score of people were drawn
INTO the vortex where the ferry boat sunk.
August Windeborn OF Jersey Ciiy was
one OF those in the mems cabin. lie had
st time to catch up a life preserver and
.s-I,,. ..,s-11
der He said that men and women and
some children We're in the water all about
him. He succeeded in making his way to
u Liberty street dock
The steamboat squad, few minutes be-
fore ? o clock found a body, which, it is
supposed, is that of one of the passengers
on The ferryboat, drowned as the result of
the collision.
Ar' a. W. Bible of this city jumped
overheard with a life preserver. He saw
Iolr women struggling n the water near
'n' but was unable to hep them. He
was picked up by life boat and taken
ashore
aearchiIshs are being used in the work
." tes2ue. A number of tugs and some
"ats have been secured. Everything is
"'s done possible under the circum-
S-H'e~ 70 pick 10 persons from the wa
v' One boa brought in six men, two
women and child.
W8tsOn's Account of II.
Oscar Watson of The Associated Press.
WAC was unatle TO secure a life preserver
1"N "ao swan ashore. was one of the few
Fuss rs rs able to give coherent account
~ ,he aee.d-ut lie said:
we Wee just about to enter the sTp
s.'" we were run down. There were about
people on the ferry boat bes.de the
saw four women and one Utue
I1e la. er was with his father. who
."ei 10 be an Italian. / should think
o'- suck within seven minutes. | d'd
se' life pr, server, hut when I saw
soing down I plunged overheard
s"'la ~ the STORE Five men swan
W., -'e Of me. rhefe was a strong ebb
+'e Wafer was very cold. The cur
~. was 80 st:oug that t almost carried
Us down stelm.p
OH -'tAam commanded the ferry boat
s' Ele succeeded IN making his es-
oa ID" says that he has accounted for
r,. "'m3ers of his crew, EXCEPT Fire
v .'mine. He thinks that Fromme
b .h'r drowned or crushed to death
"e @I2le hole.