The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
ONE IS DEAD,
 NINE MISSING Ferry Boat Sinks in New
 York HarbOr. THE DIVERS ARE AT WORK Many of Passengers Dragged
 Out of the Water. Captain Johnson of the sunken Steamer is Arrested-The Mauch Chunk Rammed the Wooden
 side-wheeler Northfield.
THE DIVERS ARE AT WORK

New York. June 15.-The wooden side wheeler, Northfield. of the Staten Island Ferry Company, was rammed last night by the steel hulled propeller Mauch Chunk. used as ferry boat by the Central Railway of New Jersey, and twenty minutes afterward the Northfeld which was crowded with passengers. sank at the outer edge Of the spanish line pier in the East River.
 The Mauch Chunk, which was badly damaged, landed two dozen passengers who were aboard of her. Over hum dred of the passengers of the sunken Northfield were dragged out of the water by people along the shore and the crews of the fleet of river tugs which promptly responded to the ferry boats call for help. A few of the Northfield's passengers were hurt in the accident and the police believe that some lives were lost.
 The divers who went to work on the wreck last night, kept at their task until 6 o'clock this morning with out finding a human body, in the boats cabin. At 9 o'clock they went back to work again. The first under taking of the divers was to make fast lines to pull the wrecked boat around so that she would lie abreast of Pier 10, and they were unable to search the cabins during the night.
 It is not yet known definitely that there was loss of life by the collis- sion The official entry upon the blot ter of the harbor police say that no one was lost. but according to the statements of tug boat captains who surrounded the sinking Northfeld, it Is thought that a number of persons must have perished. Until early this morning there were many inquiries at the old Slip Police stations and the stations of the harbor police for rela- tives and friends who are supposed to have gone on the Northheld, and who had not returned, to their homes at late hour last night.
 Captain Johnson of the Northfeld was arrested a few hours after the collision. but he refused to make any statement about the collision. He was locked up on. a charge of criminal negligence and held without bond. He will be arraigned in Police Court to- day.
 Captain Frank Grifin, of the Maucl Chunk, went to his home in Jersey City last night. No effort was made to ar- rest him as officials of the Jersey Gen. tral Railroad promised that Captain Griffin would be produced in court to- day.
 The majority of the passengers who were rescued were more or less hyster- icaI and theories as to the loss of life were conflicting to a great extent. Many were of the opinion that hun dreds of lives were lost, while others say but a few were drowned. As this dispatch is being sent the divers gre searching all the cabins, the engine ard fire rooms and other compartments of the ferryboat for bodies. 1t Is known that all of the crew got ashore in safety.
 The body of boy about 10 years old was found floating in the East River. The body had been in the wa ter but a short time. The cor Nner'S office attributed 1t to the NOrthfield collision, and the police recorded it as the first known dead.
 Captain Daniel Gully, of the tug boat Mutual. said today that many persons have been drowned. ''I saw the two boats when they crashed" he said, "and am positive that 200 persons were drowned. I saw myself more than LnlTIy Jump ONTI bOoiN no NhS Northfield was drifting from the Bat tery to Pier No. 10-that was on the starboard side, and I cannot tell how many went over from the port side. saw more than fifteen in the water when I ran up to the Northfield and most of them went down. AS the eerryboat officials say there were be- tween 500 and 1000 passengers On that ferryboat, not more than 800 to coo got ashore in safety.
 General Charles G. Bartlett, 65 years of age. of Hart Park, Livingston, Sta ten Island. is reported missing. Gen. eral Bartlett was Librarian of the Criminal Court building and was in tn- firm health. He usually crossed from Manhattan to Staten Island by the 6 o'clock boat.
 Mrs. Bartlett called at the Criminal Court building this morning looking for her husband. She feared he was drowned.
 A report from St. George. Staten Island. says that all of the residents of Staten Island known to nave been on the Northfield have been accounted for except General Bartlett and J. ". Wright of Tompkinsville. MT. Wright was engaged in business in New York, and 1t was his custom to return home avery evening on the 6 o'clock boat. Repeated inquiries were made by members of MT. Wright's family at po- lice headquarters during the night and early today, but no news of him could be obtained.
 Police Inspector Tompkins said many injured persons had been rushed to inc hospital so quickly after the stranding of the ferry boat that the notice did not have a chance to make any systematic list of them. A census of ali patients in hospitals received last night will be taken. and the in- spector said he expected to find some of inc missing in the hospitals. The inspector did not think many were drowned. but he said it 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 an assistant to take charge of the cases against the captains of the North heId and Mauch Chunk. Captain Grif-