The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-29
SAVED FROM HUDSON ICE PACK
EIGHT WEN AND TWO GIRLS
Reset ED Ar TtRRlTOU
Life Lines Shot Out 10 the Imprisoned
FerrybOst ROckIand-DOat Almost
arushrd-Anna !iunsrnmc,rr Tells
About Their lle rsisiips amt pertls

TARRYTowS. Dec. 2s-The ten PERSONS
on the rickety old sidewheel ferryboat
Rockland. which ran into an ice Hoe in the
Hudson between Tarrytown and Nyack
ut noon on Saturday, were rescued at S
O'Clock this morning
The ferryboat is still fast in the ice &,
despite the Efforts of a tug that came up
from New York and which almost became
wedged in the ice itself II was decided
TO leave the Rockland in charge of the
crew. and another effort will I've made to
release her on Monday morning
In order to reach the imprisoned pas
sengers the rescuer- shot life lines from
the Tarrytown ferry wharf to the boat
A number OF the lines missed the mar
hut after half an hours hard work a sailor
managed TO catch one Of them and made
1t fast to a capstan.
Then shout OF joy went up from the
passengers. There were eight men on
board. and they slid down ladders 10 the
rough ice close by the port side and catch
ing hold OF the life line, walked along the
ice toward the Tarrytown shore.
1t was trip that required stout heart.
because frequent air holes and broken
ice were encountered. BY jumping from
cake to cake and skipping open spaces
the men managed to reach Tarrytown in
safety.
The crew OF the ferryboat dug away the
ice with axes and picks 30 that a dingy
could be lowered and 10 this the two omen
passengers were landed after much ger.
siasion. An open course was cut for some
distance until a firm track of ice was found
and then the women walked to the ferry
pier.
They are Miss Anna Bunsen meyer, the
eighteen year-old daughter OF William
Bunsenmeyer of Elmsford. and Miss Ellen
White, II years old, Of South Nyack. Dur.
ing all the excitement. even when the boat
seemed about to sink they were very coo!
and offered to aid the crew in any way
they could.
Capt. Lyons turned over the pilot house
to them for sleeping apartment. but about
midnight they suffered 80 from the cold
that they could not sleep.
Miss Bunsenmeyer, In describing the
experience of being fast in an ice Zoe In
the middle Of a river. said:
Il don't want to 60 through another
night like that The wind howled arounc
tho boat. while cakes Of Ice kept smashing
against the paddlewheel boxes.
AT the time when the R0ckland ran
into the ice We were going very fast Sud
denly felt q great shock, followed by the
crushing Of Ice. Then the machinery
stopped suddenly and heard a man say.
We are fast knew Ithsn somsthins wa.
wrong. but I thought We would get 4
Nyack all right.
Finally. after the crew had worked at
the machinery and cut away some OF the
Ice. they found that they couldn't bulge
the paddiswheels. A big cake Of ice had
wedged in one Of them and thrown tho ma.
chinery on a dead oentre. as the engineer
said.
Capt, Lyons was very kind to us. He tolc
us to occupy the pilot house. which wal
warmer than the cabin, and tho men wen
down in the engine room. As it was too cold
TO stay on the deck. As darkness settled
upon US grew rather nervous.
Capt. Lyons went TO Tarryt0wn and pur.
chased milk. sandwiches. bologna and cake
which we ate for supper. We didn't have
anything for breakfast. and ! was very
hungry when | reached home.
While we were trying to reach shore
thought every moment that the ice woulc
crush our little boat. When we got on Arm
ice was very happy and ran toward shore
When the Rockland first ran into the ics
every one on board thought she was going
to sink, as she keeed way over and KEEP
In that position, one of the wheels being
high out OF the water"
On Saturday evening the crew and pas.
sengers tried to get the machinery In proper
position. and the two girls aided the men in
many ways They held axes and crow.
bars for them and did other useful things
but it was found to he a hopeless task.
Supt. William Mcconnell Of the NORTH
River Steamboat Company which own.
the Rockland, said tonight that big tus
would he sent to Tarrytown in the mornin,
and every effort would bs made to rescue
the ferryboat. 1t is feared that the ice
which is closing in tight around her. will