Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-14
GREAT DISASTERS N
new YORK WATERS


rible losses, that are given as follows
by New York exchange:
Among the memorable steamboat
disasters old New Workers recall viz.
idly the explosion on the Staten Island
ferryboat Westfield at the Battery on
Sunday. July 30, 1871. Fifty person.
were killed and hundreds injured. The
steamer was crowded with people on
excursions, and without warning the
boiler exploded.
The Atlantic, OF the White Star line,
struck on the Meagher Rocks, near
Halifax. on April 1. 1873, and $50 PEG.
pie were lost. Many persisted from
cold and exposure IN the rigging. The
Vile de Havre. a French mail steam.
er, sailing from New York to Hayre,
was run into on November %, 1873, by
the Lochearn and sank In IL minutes,
226 out OF 3l3 passengers on board
being lost.
The excursion steamer Princess Al
ice, returning from Gravesend to Lon.
don on September 3. 1878. with 500
passengers. was run down of Barking
by the Bywell Castle and about 600
persons. mostly women and children
| were lost.
The steamship Champion. sailing
from this city for Charleston, S. c.,
was sunk on November Z, 1879. by a
collision with the bark Lady Octavia
about 30 miles off Cape Henlopen, and
32 out Of 81 persons were lost.
While the Pommerania, of the Ham.
burg line. was on her voyage from
this city in November, 1878, she was
run down, and sunk by the Mol Ell.
ian, a sailing vessel, near Dover. Eng.
land. Thirty.scyen persons were lost.
The steamer Narragansett. running
from New York to Stonington. Conn.
in heavy fog at midnight, on June
II, 1880. was run into by the Stoning.
/ ton. and % of her passengers were
lost
The steamboat Seawanhaka, on
June 28. 1850. bound for Glen Cove and
other places along the Sound, was
burned to the waters edge opposite
Wards Island. Thirty.two persons
/, were drowned. and many were miss.
ing. The $50 passengers on board
were startled by an explosion in the
engine room that shook the entire
steamer Mt p. m. This was followed
by a cry OF fire. and within ten min.
utes flames were rapidly spreading
from the bow aft, causing a terrible
scene Of confusion and panic. Captain
Charles =. Smith Immediately headed
his steamer for shore. She struck a
bank on the south side Of a stream OF
water flowing from Wards island.This
attempt to beach the steamer failed
and she slid back into deep water. The
passengers on the front end OF the
steamer began to Jump into the water
and make for shore. This was thciI
mistake. and cost many persons theiI
Hives. As the steamer began TO move
sgain and make for the north side OF
this stream Of water, passengers who
had jumped into the water were
struck down and killed by the side
wheels OF the steamer. The steamer
proceeded until she reached the Sunk
en- Meadows. little north OF Wards
island iust opposlte the creek wber,
the captaip failed nj frat 10 beach her
Cant. smith who was acting pilot. re
NAMED nj his wheel until the skin was
burned from his hands. He anall,
iumped overheard and was rescued
land taken 10 the hospItal. where he
died.
Among those who Witnessed IN,
tragic death of the Rev. DIR. Jacob w
Diller rector emeritus of ST. Lakes
Eniscopal Church Brooklyn. III,
scene will never be forgotten II,
stood ON the MINER deck rrasping 3
stay. His daughter struggled 10 looser
his hands that she might push hin
overheard. where he would have beer
picled nm An the water He was how
ever paraIyzed with fright She ba,
TO leave him there 10 burn in the sigh,
of many who could render no assist
ance. The daughter. whose clothe,
Ind caught fire. iumped overheard an,
died later from the terrible burns sh,