The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-13
Hudson River Steamboats, Col
Tide in Darkness and Fog.
One Nan 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. 1s.-The night
passenger steamers Adirondack of the
Peoples line OF Albany and Saratoga Of
the Citizens line OF Troy, eollided near
Glasco, II miles north of the CITY at :15
o'cioek this morning. Clarence Sher-
man of Melrose, n. Y. an ofler on the
Saratoga, was killed, and George Hor-
ton, Of New York City, clerk on the
Adirondack is missing
Ihe. collision occurred in a dense fog
which prevented the pilots of either
boat from seeing the other. Both. 1t 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 timbers
An employe named Horton on the
Adirondack is supposed to have been
knocked overheard and drowned
Many passengers on the Saratoga
We're knocked down by the forcs of the
coIlision, but the crews OF both boats
assisted in rescuing them and later they
were transferred to the city of Troy
landed at Tivod and sent to New York
by train.
The passengers on both boats became
E1AAS GAAACheCH anu OlAl5 BX .l14C EOOlDcGE
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 OF
Glasco when an immense fog bank
rolled out of Saugerties creek, obscur-
ing the view of everything on the river
The approaching Adirondack had been
seen but was completely hidden when
the fog bank interviewed between the
two boats. without warning. the
.Adirondack's lights suddenly doomed
up IN the fog and the crash followed.
The state rooms of the port side OF the
Saratoga were crushed IN The boat
swung away Immediately after the col
lfsipn, the Saratoga listed and about a.
dozen occupants of athe state rooms
were thrown into the almost ice cold
waters of the Hudson river
During the confusion following the
accident it 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
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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 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
eral passengers, who had been thrown
f4sv t7,e col1isfo,, tho esaratoevs drift
Captain Wilson. on the. arrival Of the
Adirondack at Albany immediately got
in telephone communication with the
officials Of the line in New York. After
wards he made the following statement:
Il was in my room when the crash
came and I 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 I again
assured the passengers. There were
1, 400 life preservers accessible to those
who wanted them. About $50 passen-
gers were transferred to the tug Ontera,
which offered us assistance. I ordered
a boat lowered and sent some men to
I0ok-fors the three members Of the crew
who were in the wrecked portion of the
boat There is no truth IN the story
that some COlOredf help on the boat tried
to keep the life preservers away from
the passengers. They had been in
frequently how to help the
adjust the preservers in
case of an accident and their efforts
in this direction during the small ex-
element this morning may have been
We were in no danger
at any time. There was no panic and
I never saw passengers behave so we'll
under the circumstances.
Excellent judgment prevailed
We did not go to the aid
Of the Saratoga, because the Saratoga S /
sister boat, the City of Troy. was di-
rectly IN our wake.
Despite the collision and the attend
ant damage, the Adirondack's running
schedule will not be interfered with.
She WIN 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