The sun., 1903-07-13
YACHT RUNS INTO RERRYBOAT
SIGHTSEEING SCHOOLTEACBERS
GET A LITTLE EXTRA NEW YORK.
Two or the Steam Yacht Clift0n's Hands
Run AIT and Jump Overheard In a
Panic and. One Is Dr0wned-NObOdy
Hurt Who Ablded by the ships.


The yacht Clifton, carrying sightseeing
excursion OF LIS delegates to the Boston
educational convention and others around
the New York waterfront, ran into the ferry
boat New York just outside the Fulton
Ferry slip yesterday afternoon. None Of
the excursionists was hurt, nor was any
Of the passengers Of the ferryboat any
the worse for the collision. But two deck
hands of the Clifton jumped overheard,
and one OF them was drowned.
The Clifton was going up the river at
fairly good speed, when Capt. Mann, in her
pilot house, saw the New York coming out
Of the slip. right in front of him. Capt
Mann says he had heard no warning whistle
from the ferryboat. Capt. Benjamin OF
the New York says that he gave the usual
long blast as he got under way; all the
watchmen and deckhands on the near
by piers and steamboats, say they heard
the ferryboat whistle.
At any rate, the ferryboat was more than
half out OF the slip before Capt. Boardman
saw the Clifton headed for his side. He
reversed his paddles and tried to get back
into the slip. Somebody on the Clifton.
apparently the mate, shouted:
10 aneaQl 10 aneau!
The Clifton had reversed her engines and
was travelling under her momentum. The
New York was practically stationary. The
Clifton continued to 60 forward, and ground
, into the side Of the ferryboat, just aft of
the padd)ebox. One Of the ferryboat's q
windows was knocked in and small hole
was made in her side. The bow OF the
Clifton was pretty well crushed, as far as
the false work was concerned, and the upper
deck was Dartly carried away
The school teachers kept o silence that
was simply marvellous to the onlookers
on shore, who had expected to hear screams
and howls and to see all sorts Of demonstra-
tions Of panic among the passengers. They
| edged away without Undue haste from the
smashed part of the upper deck. but never
| a shout was heard on shore.
The panic was altogether confined to
| the men Of the Clifton's crew who had been
| below decks when the boats struck. John
| O'Brien and Dennis Carey heard the iangle
of the signal bells, felt the shock, heard
the crash OF breaking glass and stanchionss
and ran up the stern companionway and
| leaped overheard without looking TO see
| what the trouble was.
The tide carried them down in the direc-
tion Of Governors Island. Everybody
on the Clifton was busy forward, trying TO
see how much the boat was injured, and
nobody noticed the two men overheard.
" bTlen tTleQ TO tuNn over dilIi rWiu OIi
his back as Carey was doing, and sank at
| once. His body was not recovered.
John Dooley and Edward Mulvey Of the
steamboat Meta, which was tied up at the
pier below the ferry slip, got out line and
tried to reach Carey with it. They were
aided by John O'Hara of the lighter Old
Glory, at the same pier, and after a while
got line within his reach and pulled him
in He was very nearly dead from ex-
| haustion. He said he didn't know why
he had Jumped overheard except that he
was scared out Of his wits. O'Brien. Carey
said, lived in Red Hook.
The Clifton went on with her excursion
around the waterfront inasmuch as her
| injuries were nowhere near her waterline
| When she returned to her pier at the foot
| of West Twenty-second street a large dele
| cation of the passengers insisted on goin 9
with Capt. Mann TO the Offices Of the ex-
cursion operating company In tho Flatiron
Building and assuring E. X. Sanbon, the
manager, that Capt. Mann was not at fault
Capt Mann said that he had tried 20 get
his boat under control and had stopped her
but that the swirl of the tide along the ends
| of the piers was so stiff he could not
make her respond to her helm and engines
| quickly enough.