New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
CAN'T MOVE OLD DOMINION
STRANDED STEAMER CAME NEAR GOING
ASHORE IN A SUMNER RESI-
DENTS FRONT YARD.

The steamship Old Dominion. of the Joy Line,
which ashore off Rye the Sound in the
dense fog early Saturday morning. is still hard
aground. Four wreckng tugs of the Merritt Chap
man company which tried all day to get the vessel
off were unable bulge her inch. A large part
of the day devoted to taking the cargo. which
consisted of merchandise and the belongings of her
one hundred passengers out of tho holds W tn light
The goods brought this city.
The steamer rests on what is known as Buefsh
Bar. off Pine Island. About twelve years ago the
sidewheeler Capitol City, of the Stoninston Line.
drifted ashore in the fog about the place.
She remained wedscd u few days, and then a
came along and she went to pieces. Her cargo of
cotton spoos and Connecticut tobacco scat
tered about the shore miles. 1t is feared that
the Old Dominion is doomed TO the same fate. She
went the rocks food tide, and when the tide
is low she lies in less than five feet Of
Divers who examined the vessels hull to-day say
that the rocks have cut through the iron sneathing
in several places The divers and patched up
the holes in the hull as eftectually they could.
and tomorrow the wrecking company will bring up
some big pumps and try 10 get the water out of the
hold The water surrounding the vessel is too shall
low pontoons When the effort is again
made drag her off the rocks it is likely that the
big derricks Century and Monarch will be used.
The Old Dominion is of 1,776 tons. and Old
who examined the wreck to-day doubt greatly IL
she be dragged lifted off without rip
ping the bottom of the hull completely open. Cap
tain William Durkee and his crew of forty men are
still aboard They have of the ship going
pieces unless there is high east wind
The wreck visited yesterday by hundreds of
sightseers from this city and Westchester County,
who carried away relics picked UP the beach.
Some Of the visitors in automobiles and yachts.
/ A peculiar circumstance in connection with the
| grounding of the Old Dominion is that she drifted
| ashore o'clock Saturday morning but none
of the residents at Pine Island and Milton Point
! knew of her presence until late in the day. The
fog dense that they could see the vessel
! and her whistng not noticed because the fog
horns had kept up Continual din for the previous
twenty-four hours When the fog lifted and the
| immense sidcwheeer doomed up like a phantom
some of the residents could scarcely believe their
eyes The put the first boatload of passengers
| ashore on the rocky beach, and some the women
got wet After that Arthur Rye. of this city. who
| has summer home at Pine Island, gave them the
of mis- private float and they passed through his
| grounds TO the main highway Rye The
| wrecked vessel lies directly in front of Mr. Ryle's
| house, and cuts off his view OF the Sound Had she
drifted in hundred yards further she would have
stranded in his front yard, which reaches down to
! the beach.
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