The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-06
MISTOOK The PIERS
BUFFALO WOMAN GOING TO SIS
TIERS FUNERAL IN BOSTON
WAS BROUGHT TO SAVANNAH.
THROUGH HACKMAN's BLUNDER IL
NEW YORK.

The Woman Russian and Had
Ticket by JOY Line Steamer From
New York TO Boston, Sailing From
Pier 50 East River-Was Taken to
Pier 80 North River and Boarded
the City of Memphis-NOt Dis
covered Until the Ship Was mt Sea.
Had No Money and Passengers
sent Her hack TO New York With
Full Purse.
On her way from Buffalo TO Boston, to
attend the funeral of her sister. an I'M
known Russian woman boarded the
steamship City of Memphis in New
York last Tuesday and was brought to
Savannah.
The woman had neither baggage
nor money. She was ticketed from
New York to Boston by the Joy Steam
ship Line, and by the mistake of
haekman was taken to pier S5. North
River-the New York pier of the Ocean
Steamship Company instead of IS East
river, the Joy Line pier.
Supposed She Was Boston Bound.
The woman supposed she was bound
for Boston until the Memphis was
well out of New York harbor. and the
steward in collecting the passage tick
cts told her she was bound for Savan-
nah.
AS soon as the Memphis reached her
dock, and even before her docking had
been completed the woman was trans
ferred to the Nacoochee. and in less
than half an hour she was en- route to
New York again, and that considerably
richer than when she left there. for
the passengers made a collection for
her and raised a purse of s23.70.
Capt. Savage of the Memphis said
he had never had a similar experience.
nor has he ever heard of just such an
other occurrence. The woman was not
a stowaway, had no object in making
such a trip. and yet was without bag
gage. not even a change of clothing.
and had no money, nothing except her
ticket from New York TO Boston by the
Joy Steamship Line.
Discovered by the steward.
It is usual to collect the tickets of
passengers on the Ocean Steamship
places al table for the first meal served
after getting under way. This. in the
case OF the Memphis. was supper, Tues
day night. After the other passengers
had gone to the table the woman was
discovered on the after deck. Inquiry
as to why she did not go to the table
ELECTED the fact that she didn't expect
10 take any meals on the ship. Such
"a determination on the part of a per-
son due TO spend two days and a night
at sea naturally led TO a further inves-
tigation. when the womans story was
learned.
Going to Her sisters Funeral.
Though her knowledge of English is
limi' ed, she managed TO explain that
she thought she was bound for Boston,
that she was going to attend the fun
eral of her sister. When her predica-
ment was explained she was deeply
distressed; she had no money. and was
totally a loss to know what to do,
So acute was her distress. in fact.
that she spent the most of 1e follow
ing two days in crying, declined TO
eat at all, and from the
distress and abstinence managed to
make herself so sick that a physician
who Was a passenger on the ship was
called. Night before last her Dredica-
nlent 50 appealed to the sympathy of
the passengers that they took up the
collection sor her This seemed to al
leviate her distress for if she couldn't
speak English she could count money
and when she discovered the size of
the sum that had come into her pos
session she frightened up at once End
managed TO eat the first square meal
of the trip.
Pretty Much a Stranger.
The woman said she had a husband
in Buffalo. but her knowledge If that
city and of Boston where she sun
posed she was going seemed to be very
limited. This she explained. by saying
that in the latter city she mad ex-
pccted to be met by friends. She didn't
even know the address of the dead sig
ter. Her story showed that the mis-
take in taking the wrong steamer hal
been through a hackman, who mad
been engaged to take the woman to
Pier 80, East River. from which the
Joy Line steamers sail. but who in
stead had taken her to Pier 35, North
River.
The story seemed plausible enough,
coupled with the actions of the woman
during the trip, and though some OF
the passengers were inclined at first
TO think her a stowaway. they accept
ed the story at its face value and
Clipped in literally when the subscrip-
ton list was passed. To this list, which
was prepared and circulated by Mr. j
". Stay of Montgomery, Capt Savage
was one of the most liberal contribu.
tors
Among the last queries that the wo.
man made was when would she gel
home. Il don't know that you'll ever
get there" replied Capt. Savage. "un.
less you show more ability to take care
of yourself than you've shown thi.
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