New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-29
STEAMSHIP RAMS PIER.
One Killed, -Four Hurt in Latter's
ColIdpse-Gremada Not Injured.

nh, -+oay,sbin Grenada, of the Trinidad
c.uar,sbin Comnany. was forced by a strong
tide bead-on into Pier 81, at sedgwick-st.
Rrools1vr at 7 O'Clock yesterday morning be-
oauea of the failure of the electric signal sys-
fem in a crisis Five men standing near the
end of the pier to assist in the landing were
injured when the pier shed, olo feet long,
went down from end to the other like s.
house of cards. one of these John Halligan,
a 'longshoreman, Of No. l92 Butler-sI' Brook
lvn died in the Io,g Island College Hospital
later His left arm and left leg were tract
ured and his head injured. -Four others escaped
injury ty jumping overheard. Two were shot
ont of the end Of the pier by the air pressure
when the shed fell The vessel itself was not
injured. and the only damage to the foundation
and flooring of the pier consists Of a jagged V
shaped pole, about FIVE feet deep. where the
nrow of the boat forced its way in. some thirty
feet from the end of the pier
The injured. all of whom were taken to the
Long Island College Hospital, are:
cHRIsTY. Andrew. seaman. S. OF No. IS Congressst.
Brooklyn: Commissions of the body
GAY 1af oentsions fracture Of the right eg
a dislocaton of the right shoulder. and lacera-
ArMAHoN James. laborer. So Of No. 213 Conover-st
Brookyn fracture Of the left ankle and Commissions
RosENwALp John, carpenter aa of No, 5o8 Clinton
st, Brooklyn; Commissions of the back ana LAGER
atom of the arm
The pier is owned by the New-York Dock
Company, the officers Of which estimate the
damage at $4,000. The shed was entirely Of
wood, and was old. There was no freight in it.
The Grenada which is a steel vessel Of 14O0
tons, was bound in from the West Indies with
asphalt, cocoa and spices, in charge Of Captain
Hutchinson, and brought in twelve passengers
James Mccarthy, a Sandy Hook pilot had been
navigating the boat, and the tug f. B. Dalzeu
was assisting in getting her to the pier. 1t was
intended to bring her around and back her
alongside the pier. Her prov was headed di-
rectly for the side Of the pier, when the pilot
signalIed for the engines to be reversed lie got
no response, and signalled again and again. TO
no purpose. Meanwhile the tuSboat was making
a tremendous effort to keep the steamship from
crashing into the pier, but the tide was against
her.
vessel was not under control it was too late to
escape. Four jumped overheard The five who
were injured started to run I'D the pier, but
were overtaken by the Colapsfng shed. Cap
tain Kelly of the Daizell steamed up and
fastened two heavy hawsers to the part Of the
wrecked shed under which the injured men lay ti
Then he steamed out in the Slip, carrying the
Wreckage with him and releasing most OF the
Patro1nan Gill. of the Amity-st police sta
ton thought that terrible catastrophe had oc-
CURED. On his call ambulances from the Seney,
Long Island College and Cumberland-st. hos
pitfalls were sent to the scene The nrepoaC
Hewitt was also sent.
The Grenada backed out Of the hole in the
nier and SIS soon as it was seen that she had
suffered no injury she was taken to Pier u.
Billy QuigIey, the Battery boatman, who
happened 70 be rowing near the pier, assisted
in rescuing those who had jumped and been
thrown into the water. He said the sight Of
two men coming out the door at the end of the
nfer as IF they had been hurled from a pneu-
matte gun was one of the most peculiar he
ever SAW.
Late in the Afternoon worknen engaged near
the spot where the boat struck the pier saw
cat moving around in the wreckage and mewing
piteously. She was uninjured, but it was sur
missed she was looking for her kittens