The evening world., 1909-02-24
BIG PANIC ON
AN ELLIS ISLAND
FERRYB3AT
200 Passengers, Mostly lmmi-
grants, in Peril and Vessel
Loses Propeller,
LINER GOES AGROUND.
Fog Also Causes Collision of
Trains on Brooklyn
81" Road.
LINER GOES AGROUND.

fees. announcing her plight and asking
| for tugs to help get her out OF the mud
at high tide, 1890 o'clock this morning
Tugs went out to her aid. but the fog
was so thick that they blundered arounc
for long time without finding the
liner.
AT noon Capt. Kupfers, OF the Kaiser
Wilhelm H.. sent message TO the
North German Lloyd office. saying that
his ship was ahoat and that he had
backed of the shoal and would remain
at the mouth OF the Gedney Channel
until the weather cleared.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II. has $50 first
cabin passengers. 200 second cabin pas
sengers and six hundred in the steer
age. Among the cabin passengers are
Mrs. Henry W. Taft. sister-in-law OF
the Presldent-elect, Lawrence Irving,
the actor and son OF Sir Henry Irving.
and Horace G.. Knowles, American
Minister to Roumania. Capt Kupfers
reported that he was in no danger,
merely embarrassed.
Many Ships Held on Hook.
Other ships which anchored off Sandy
Hook to walt for clearer going were the
Vaderland, OF the Red Star line, from
Antwerp. with about 400 passengers;
the Oscar H.. OF the Scandinavian line,
from Christina. with 400; the Phoenlcla.
OF the Anchor line, from Glasgow, with
400. There were other steamships.
tramps and coastwise vessels and many
sailing craft to keep them company,
All OF them kept up terrific clatter to
warn later comers from humping into
them.
The revenue cutter Hudson was or
dered out by Boarding Officer Steinert
at her usual hour, though nautical men
were pretty sure she would get any
where but to Quarantine. Capt. James
Bradley managed to head her into Quar-
antine at last, but she covered most OF
the upper bay first. Twice she touched
bottom, but backed off before any harm
was done to her hull. on the cutter In
the pilot house were Henry W. TAFT
and his son, who only learned after they
came aboard that :he Kaiser Wilhelm
H.. with Mrs. Taft aboard, was stuck in
the Gedney,
The cutter had on board besides the
customs officer all OF the immigration
inspectors, because the captain OF the
good ship Immigrant thought It was
good day TO let some other ship go out.
The Hudson picked the freighter Pow
haitian, OF London. out OF the fog and
gave her permission to come in The
Powhattan's skipper said, Thank you"
and stayed right where he was.
Revenue Cutter Bundered About
Then the Hudson went out to look
for some one OF the resi- OF the fleet
that was making the morn sonorously
mournfu!. She steamed and backed
and turned, and after half an hour
brought up alongside the old Powhat-
tan again.
Good morning again" said the cap.
tain OF the Powhattan 10 Capt. Brad
ley. "and We're you still saying | could
go up to the city when ! pleased, sirg'
Then he told Capt, Bradley the bear
ngs and the Hudson dscreetIy went
back 10 Quarantine pier and tied up
there.
The ferry lines all abandoned their
schedules. The last to shut of service
was the Thirty-nlnth stree; line, which
gave up at $40 o'clock and left a four
block line OF trucks and sad horses and
cursins drivers !Ined up at the gates.
The municipal Staten Island ferry-
boat Bronx scared the Barge Office peo-
pie to death by laundering into its side
windows, and then backed of. and was
last heard from assaulting the shores Of
Governor Island
Passengers on another Staten Island
ferryboat We're frightened by finding the
big White Star liner Teutonlc. outward
bound, towering over them somewhere
In the neighborhood OF the Liberty
statue. The ferryboat backed off and
the liner shifted her course a little The
two boats were within a few feet OF
each other as they passed