Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
SHIPS ACCIDENT
sTEArER NEW YORK WAS IN A
FIERCE GALE.
BROKE A PROPELLER SHAFT
Ammonia Tank Burst, Smothering
Several Fersons-Story of
Passengers.
York, March 1S.-PaSse,

OK, March lS.-faSScNSSrS OH
4me. lean line steamer New York
wo have landed here. continue to dis
GUS tie unique accident at sea by
which two p rsons are said to have per-
t.ined severe injuril 5.
Lazard Kahn of Hamilton, Ohio, i'll an
interview said:
In uhe saloon we heard nothing of the
explosion and did not kxDw that any
one had been killed or injured until tine
next day. When the tail shaft broke
on Friday. we felt a shal p jerk, but did
not know that anything serious had
happened until We saw a boat lowered
for ehe purpose of securing the propeller
which was left dang ing loose after the
breaking of the shaft.
Thomas Moran an attaChe of the
American exhibits at the Paris EXPOSE
ton, who was passenger. gives the
following account of the accident:
The New York. left Southampton on
March 8. Foo: the first three days out the
ship experienced rough weather. On
Thurs lay the storm was so great as to
make necessary the combining Of the
Storage passengers below decks. At $50
the after part of the vessel burst, fill
ing the ship with choking fumes. Men.
women and children rushed to the port
holes, to the gangways anywhere to get
brea ,ih of fresh air. The fumes over
came many. Among them were Carr
Engquist and his three children and
steerags seward Kent, who was in what
is known as the glory ho e.. Several of
the petty officers after wetting towels in
salt water, rushed into the steerage and
rescued the women and children. bring
ing them to the afterleck. Eng lui t and
his children We're brought on deck. but
Engquist was beyond hope He died al
most Immediately after being brought
up. Early on Saturday morning John
Kent enc of the stewards who had been
affected by the fumes died and was bur-
led the same evening"
Il was a second cabin passenger" said
w. A. Allen, of Prescott Arizona land
a number of us. men and women. were
gathered on the deck singing a Saliva
ton Army song. When the Roll is Called
up Yonder.' at the time of the explosion.
we We're having so good time ana MAX
lnng such a moi We did not hear the
explosion. The first I knew Of it was
when the smell was waited toward US.
uilSn StdTleu toward the lauder leaNNs
into the storage. AS I did so l saw
man come up the Storage, assisted by
the first officer He was coughing violent
lently. Another man in coming up the
hatchway fell on his face and would no
Goubt have been badly injured had not
a passenger. Mr.. Maurey. gone
to lis aid. When l reached the storage
enclosure l caught the full effect of the
ammonia and had to beat a hasty retreat
escorting some women to place of safe
ty. There was without doubt a panic
among the steerage passengers and a
large number We're injured, fully thirty
should say. Several of these were ser
iously hurt. l did not learn their names.
All who were injured received the best
Of care. The discipline aboard was ex-
Cellent.'
Corporal John Trustum Of the British
army, passenger on the New York who
was decorated by the British govern
ment for bravery in fighting the Boefs
said:
AT $50 Thursday night an explosion
was heard in the engine room The
shock was felt throughout the ship. 1t
nearly threw us off our feet. At first
it was believed that thirty persons had
been killed. l shall not easily forget the
scene after the explosion. There was a
regular panic on board All the crew
We're mustered on deck and ordered to
bring out the injured. 1t was a long time
before quiet was restored. When things
Quoted down the passengers got togeth-
.er ana raised a subscription for the or
phan children of Engquist"