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shore. She had about fifteen passengers. oil
soaked The other boats came IN later with
other passengers. Among the passengers was
Mrs. sheadim OF 104 Fifty Nth street. Brook
Ign. She was in Mysteries; she thought that
her husband was drowned. lie turned up all
right. however. on another boat.
The police launches were around tho wreck
almost as soon as were the tug boats; ono OF
these launches picked up the body OF n man
about 40 years Of age; he was dressed like
truckman. There were seven big double
trucks on the Chicago when she started from
Jersey City: they went down. horses and oil.
with the boat. One OF these trucks was an
Adams Express Company rig and in the OK
press matter that it carried was safe con-
tanning $4,000 in silver; the agent did not
know to whom it was consigned.
j. 5. Lewis. the engineer OF the Chicago. was
one OF the men who was picked up by u tug
boat and brought ashore lie said that a mo-
ment before the crash came the bell In his
engine room jingled for extra speed and he
and the assistant engineer and ilremen jumped
to their engines and did everything that
they could. Then the smash came They felt
the boat settling and they could be OF no use
where they were. and so rushed out on deck;
he went up to the hurricane deck and took
with him two women who had been provided
with life preservcrs. also man with little
boy. They were all rescued.
John S. Cohen OF the District Attorneys
office in Brooklyn. who lives at 400 Hudson
avenue. Brooklyn. was one Of the passengers
on the Chicago lie had been spending the
evening in Jersey City. He was returning to
New York with Alexander Wier. "a coal dealer.
friend OF his They were in the mems
cabin having their shoes shined When the
crash came they both jumped out on deck. and
then a "a m nj hal loop ad
into the river. Cohen was picked up by a tug
boat after he had been In the water about ten
| minutes he saw nothing Of his friend Wier
after their leap into tho river.
Joseph Wegier, who is mployed at the Wash
ington Hotel in Jersey City. was on the upper
deck Of the Chicago and saw the steamer com
ing up the river: he says there were six
or seven women on the deck with him.
When tho steamer smashed into the
Chicago the women were all pan stricken and
ran around screaming. He and some OF the
other men helped them to get life preservers
| and then he jumped overheard and swan in to
Cortlandt street. lie does not know what
became Of the women.
George Ray OF Newark was one OF the New
ark truckmen who aided in getting the women
supplied with life preservers He was driving
| wagon belonging to L. Worth Il Co. Of New
ark. He says that the boat began to settle the
moment the crash came and he and the other
men who had charge of trucks ran to the
upper deck where the most excitement was
| and where there was a struggle for life pre-
servers
The passengers realized a few moments after
| the collision that there was no chance for the
Chicago to reach the shore, and every
body who could get hold OF life pre-
server jumped lie saw one man on the upper
deck who had a little boy In his arms !;
there were no life preservers in sight and this
man was crying out for one pltfully; Ray had
no life pressrver himself when he jump
| Ray said that after he got in the water there
were struggling. screaming people all around
| him. and there were many he knew who could
not SWIM
| He got ont Of the struggling mob as best a s
he could and struck out for the New York
| shore He WAS good swimmer. but it took
all his strength to reach there. friend OF
his Monte Coogan. commission merchant Of
Newark was with him on the ferry boat and
ran with him to the upper deck. There he
lost Coogan. and when the reporter saw him
he said Coogan was missing.
| Nearly all Of the people who were saved by
the tugs or who managed to get ashore in
small boats or by swimming. were taken in
charge by railroad officials and taken across
West street to the Glen Island Hotel. Among
them was MIR, and Mrs EDWARD schneider OF
l4Y Fifty-nfth street, Brooklyn; DR.. Oscar
Waters Of lOl West Ninety-second street I;
| Charles Blumsnstock of 40 Commerce street.
Newark Daniel W. Whalen of 800 Third street,
Jersey CITY. and Joseph Siler OF 6G Mulberry
street. Newark.
There was also a Pole named Dziedowski, 25
| years old OF White Plains. He had his four
| year-old boy with him and was evidently the
| man told about by Truckman Ray. He bo-
came panicstricken on the boat. could find no
! life preservsrs, and was running hithsr and
| thither when the engineer got hold OF him and
| ran him up on tho top of the pilothouse with
| the child Tho pilothouse was not covered
with water after tho boat sunk. and the two
were rescued without being wet
A. G. Wall and his wife Of 1Ol West Ninety
| sixth street were two others OF the rescued
| people who got to the hotel. Wall was able to
get only one life preserver and this ho put on
himself. Then taking his wife on his back no
leaped overheard and they kept afloat all rig hit
| until they were picked up
Capt. Carroll. superintendent OF the ferry.