Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
FERRY BOAT SUNK
Mortified Goes Down With Decks
Crowded With Passengers.
DISASTER At STATEN ISLAND slip
The Divers So Far Fail to Find
Any Bodies.
ONE FLOATER PICKED UP

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NEW YORK, June 15.-Divers are at
work today on the wreck of the Staten Is
land ferry boat Mortified, which was sunk
yesterday by the Jersey Central boat
Mauch Chunk. but up to 1 o'clock nc hu-
man body had been found there. Although
more than 600 lives were endangered, the
fatalities appear to have been remarkably
few. owing to the fact that the Mortified
was able to get so close to an East river
pier before sinking. Several persons are re-
ported missing. but it is not known posi-
lively that they are drowned. The only
body found up to the present was that Of a
ten-year-oid boy; it was found floating
close to the Rivington street pier in the
East river. The coroner's office ascribed
this finding to the Mortified wreck. and
put it down as the first death reported. 1t
was believed to be the body of John Ander-
son. who, with his mother, was reported
missing.
The captains of the two boats were ar
raigned In police court, charged with GRIM
fnal negligence, and were held in 81, 500 bail
Tor further examination.
Divers Found No Bodies.
Two of the divers came up after an hour
and halfs work and reported that they
had found no bodies.
Magistrate Crane. before whom Captain
Abrahamson of the Mortified was arraisn-
ed. ordered a policeman to make an afida-
Wit charging Abrahamson with criminal
negligence.
During the forenoon Capt Griffin Of the
Mauch Chunk came over from his home in
New Jersey and gave himself up to the
police.
Gen. Charles g. Bartlett, sfxty-f,ve wears
Of age. of Hart Park. Livingston. Staten
Island, Is reported missing. Gen. Bartlett
was librarian Of the criminal court build
Ing. He was In infirm health and usually
crossed from Manhattan to Staten Island
by the o'clock boat.
Mrs. Bartlett called at the criminal court
building this morning looking for her hus-
band. She feared he was drowned.
A report from st. George, s. l., says that
all OF the residents OF Staten Island known
to have been on the Mortified have been
accounted for except Gen. Bartlett and j.
v Wright Of Tompkinsville. Mr.. Wright
was engaged in business in New York, and
1t was his custom to return home every
evening on the o'clock boat. Repeated
INQUIRIES were made by members of
Wright's family at police headquarters dur
ing the night and early today, but no news
Of him could be obtained.
Injured Rushed to Hospital.
Police Inspector Thompson said many in
Jured persons had been rushed to the hos
pital so quickly after the stranding of the
ferry boat that the police did not have
chance to make a systematized list Of them.
census Of all patients IN hospitals re-
ceived last night will be taken, and the
inspector said he expected to find some OF
the missing in the hospitals. The inspector
did not think many were dead. but he said
1t was possible that some bodies would be
found among the wagons and horses on the
main deck Of the ferry boat.
The district attorney has assigned as
sistant to take charge of the cases against
ha nrth fold nd fha
Mauch Chunk.
At II a. the list of missing was as fol-
lows:
Gen. Charles G. Bartlett of Staten Island.
j. V. Wright. note teHer. Oriental Bank
of New York, resident of Staten Island.
- lmhof. commissary sergeant, U. S.
A., of Governors Island.
David Van Name, Staten Island.
r. G. Golfer, western purchasing agent
American Insurance Company, Newark,
N. J.
F. J. Bennett, nineteen years old, Of
Tompkinsville.
Mrs. Vida Anderson Of Port Richmond
John Anderson, eight years old, son of
Mrs. Anderson.
George H. Coopers. Newdorp, s. l.
Rescued Passengers HystericaI.
The majority of the passengers who were
rescued We're more or less hysterical, and
their stories to the loss of life were con-
fiicting to great extent Many were Of
the opinion that hundreds OF lives were
lost. while others thought that but few
were drowned. 1t is known that all of
the crew got ashore in safety.
Capt Daniel Gully of the tugboat Mutual
said today that many persons must have
been drowned
Il saw the two boats when they crashed"
he said, land / positive that 200 per-
sons were drowned. l saw myself more
than thirty jump overheard as the North
field was drifting from the Battery to
pier 1O-that was on the starboard side.
and I cannot tell how many went over
teen in the water when I ran UP to the
Mortified. and many of them went down.
II as the ferry officials say there were be-
tween 800 and 1000 passengers on that
ferry boat, not more than 500 to COO got
ashore in safety
How the Disaster Occurred.
The wooden side-wheeler Mortified, which
has been in the service of the Staten Is
land Ferry Company for the past thirty
eight years, was rammed last night by the
steel-hulled propeller Mauch Chunk, used
as a ferry boat by the Central railroad Of
New Jersey.
The collision occurred Just of the Staten
Island ferry slip. at the foot Of Whitehall
street. and in less than ten minutes after
ward the Mortified. which was crowded
with probably 600 or 800 passengers, sank
at the outer end of the Spanish line pier
in the East river. The Mauch Chunk
dozen passengers who were aboard of her.
Over hundred Of the passengers of the
sunken Mortified were dragged out Of the
water by people along shore and the crews
responded to the ferry boats call for help.
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PRESSING NEED.