New-York tribune., 1901-06-15

made for the upper deck As reached the top
Of the stairs l saw heavy set man trying 10
tear life preserver away from woman.
Knocked the villain down, and he ran out on
deck I helped the woman out on deck, and we
stayed there until the tug came.
We were taken off by an Erie company tug
the name L don't remember. The captain SAID,
Take up a collection and I'll run down 10
Staten Island with you" / passed the hat, got
thinking II over decided il would be better to
come back to New-York. so he landed us near
the Battery.
THREW CHILD TO REsCUERS.
Mrs c. NJ. Wood. with her daughter. Mrs
DeIbert Price, of Pleasant Plains. Staten Island
were rescued by the tug Catasauqua, which
landed sixty-one passengers from the North
field at ST George. Mrs. Wood says that she
and her daughter were the last ones to be taken
flom the upper deck of the ferryboat. With
the m was William Price. the young son of Mrs.
Price. Mrs Wood says that the water had
reached the upper deck before the three
able to reach the rail where passengers were
being taken off by a tug The child was thrown
to persons the tug. but before they could
climb upon the rail that end of the ferryboat
went under. and they with others were forced
TO the other end.
There another tug was rescuing people and
they were saved. but just how she cannot tell
She said that she was pinned down by beam
which fell across the shoulders of both herself
and her daughter. and the water had risen to
their necks before they We're hauled aboard the
CataSauqua. As soon as they were landed Mrs
Price returned to New-York. without changing
her wet clothing to look for her child whom she
found late at night.
The colored stewardess. who seen at ST.
George but who declined to give her name
said that she in the upper cabin when the
collision occurred She completely around
the cabin. calling upon the people to sit still, un
til she came back. and then up to the hurri-
cane deck to obtain permission from Captain
Johnson to allow the people TO come up there.
This required hardly a minute. hut when she
returned the people were crOwding down the
stairs to the lower deck. She turned the tide
/ nF rfc1sn hyarr f1nP and
then descended TO the lower deck and continued
TO the people to go to the upper decks. until
forced herself to retreat by the rapidly rising
water She expressed confidence that no one
was in the upper cabin when she left it, The
stewardess said that the scene on the boat was
one Of the widest excitement. and many OF the
people would pay heed to the warnings to
leave the lower decks. and in many instances
she caught hold of them and pushed them up
the stairs.
LEGS CRUSHED BETWEEN BOATS.
John Pfuhler plumber. of Castleton Corners.
Staten Island, returning from New-York to
the island with load of materials With his
brother Henry Pfuhler. he was sitting on his
wagon when the collision occurred. They
climbed aboard Of tug from the lower dock
when the water up 10 their waists They
were at the stern of the tug when they
Archibald r. Pittinos Of Manor Road. West
Brighton in the water between the tug and the
ferrybOat. Mr.. Pittinos is a good swimmer, and
was attempting get out from between the
boats. when Mr.. Pfuhler threw the end of
One Of Mr. Pittinos's legs had been severely
crushed between the boats. They were landed
in New-York and Mr.. Pfuhler secured a coach
and sent the injured man TO his home. His
horse and wagon were lost.
Mrs. Ivan Van Albert wife OF a Sandy Hook
pilot, living in Beach-st.. Stapleton. had a
row escape from being drowned. She is a large.
ffeshy woman. and when the collision occurred
was standing the upper deck. She remained
I'm that position until the water above her
head and then she hOated off. Her screams at
tracted the attention Of two men in a rOwboat
and she taken into the boat just as she
was going down for the third time She was
removed TO her home in coach and Is suffering
greatly from nervous shock.
Arnold r. Wedemeyer. a young lawyer OF
Richmond Road. Stapleton, the lower
deck. and in attempting to board the Catasau-
qua caught between the two boats and his
left foot was badly crushed and he was bruised
about the hody
Brewster Boyd, of the firm OF Flint Fabyan
& Co, No. III Duane-st, who escaped from the
Mortified To the railroad tugboat and was
landed at st. George, Staten Island. said that
several men jumped into the bay soon after the
collision. but he believed that they were picked
up by tugs. He said that the stampede due
from excitement was increased by the narrow
ness Of the cabins.
DRESS CORRECTLY.
is ft true that men follow the fashions
closeIy as the women: Read the answer in
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