The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-13
Hudson River Steamboats, Col
Tide in Darkness and Fog.
One Man Is Killed and Another
Probably Drowned.
MANY KNOCKED DOWN.
Passengers on Both Vessels Be-
came Panic Stricken.
Boiler of One Boat Slid Out
Through a Hole.

Kingston. N. Y. Oct. 18.IThe night
passenger steamers Adirondack of the
Peoples line of Albany and Saratoga of
the Citizens line OF Troy, scollided near
GIaseo. 70 miles north Of the city at 1:I5
o'clock this morning. Clarence Sher-
man Of Melrose, N. Y, an oiler on the
Saratoga, was killed, and George Hor-
ton, of New York City clerk on the
Adirondack is missing.
The collision occurred in q dense fog
which prevented the pilots Of either
boat. from seeing the other. Beth, it is
thought. missed their bearings.
The Saratoga sustained the greater
damage. The Adirondack was on her
way to Albany and the Saratoga was
en- route to New York. The Adirondack
tore off the portside of the Saratoga,
which listed to port and her boiler went
overheard and sank. Sherman an oiler.
was lied instantly by flying ttmbers.
An employe named Horton on the
Adirondack is supposed to have been
knocked overheard and drowned.
Many passengers on the Saratoga
were knocked down by the forcs of the
collision. but the crews Of both boats
assisted in rescuing them and later they
were transferred to the city of Troy,
landed at Tivoli and sent to New York
by train
The passengers on both boats became
panic stricken and only by the GOODNESS
of the Officers and crews OF both boats
was heavy loss Of life prevented The
Adirondack, after the fog had cleared,
was able to proceed to Albany.
The Saratoga listed to port and was
hauled to Glasco dock, where she Is
anchored. Captain Brown of the Sara
toga at once came to Kingston and ar
ranged for wreckers to raise her sunken
boiler.
The officers of the Saratoga say. the
collision was unavoidable. Their boat
had just passed an island south or
7 Glasco when an immense fog bank
rolled out of Saugerties creek. obscur-
4 ing the view of everything on the river
4 The approaching Adirondack had been
Eseeu but was completely hidden when
I the fog bank interviewed between the
+ two boats. Without warning. the
i Adirondack's lights suddenly doomed
UP in the fog and the crash followed.
i The state rooms of she pers side of the
Saratoga were crushed in The boat
swung away Immediately after the col
Iision the Saratoga listed and about q
/ dozen occupants of the state rooms
were thrown into the almost ice cold
waters of the Hudson. river.
During the confusion following the
! accident 1t was impossible to keep track
/ of the accident or what followed.
Second Pilot Ludwig of the Saratoga
was steering his vessel captain
Brown had been in charge but left the
pilot house to go below soon after
passing Kingston. The Saratoga has
been towed to the east shore of the
Hudson opposite Glasco-
Captain Brown is extremely nervous
and can not give a connected account
of the accident or what follwoed.
The steamer Onteora of the Catskill
( Night line came along soon after the
/ accident and assisted In rescuing sew
4 eraI. passengers, who had been thrown
/ into the river.
After the collision the Saratoga drift
ed to shore.
! Adirondack at Albany, Immediately got
! in telephone communication with the
/ officials of the line in New York After
wards he made the following statement:
4 Il was In my room when the crash
tcame and l hurried to the pilot house
/ after ordering the crew to stand by and
/ man the boats Finding everything all
right at the Wheelhouse went among
/ the passengers and told them to remain
/ calm as there was no immediate dan
ger. I ascertained that while the boat
was badly smashed on the port side,
she had not taken water and again
I assured the passengers. There were
1 400 life preservers accessible to those
! who wanted them. About 100 passen-
gers were transferred to the tug On1era,
which offered US assistance. ordered
a boat lowered and sent some men to
! look. 70. the three members of the crew
who were in the wrecked portion of the
boat. There is no truth in the story
/ that some colOred help on the boat tried
ITO keep the life preserVers away from
the passengers. They had been in
structed frequently how to help the
/ passengers adjust the preservers in
case of an accident and their efforts
in this direction during the small ex-
citement this morning may have been
misunderstood. we were in no danger
at any time There was no panic and
I never saw passengers behave so well
under the circumstances.
Excellent judgment prevailed
throughout We did not go to the aid
of the Saratoga, because the Saratoga s
sister boat, the City of Troy. was di-
rectIy in our wake.
Despite the collision and the attend
ant damage, the Adirondack's running
| schedule will not be interfered with.
/ She VIII leave for New York tonight. .
At the offices of the Citizens line IN
Troy It was said that the City of Troy
with passengers of the Saratoga would
arrive at 1 o'clock