New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-16
TWO SLIGHT ACCIDENTS
One Torpedo Boat Rammed by
Lighter, Another Hit by
Tug-Weather Condi-
tons Ideal for the
Review.

but the racket was tame loI SV'" " '''
Inidable spectacle.
Although IL O'Clock was the hour set
for the flagship to start on her way South
some delay in getting the guests out to
the reviewing craft caused the Connect
cut TO hold back for almost an hour.
The Mayfiower, with President Tatt'
went down to her anchorage and there
awaited the arrival of the floating war
riors. The Dolphin bearing Secretary
Never. steamed down slowly behind her.
followed by the gunboat Nashville, whose
decks swarmed with newspaper men, pho-
tographers and moving picture men,
Lighter Hits Torpedo Boat.
The entire programme of the day was
carried out to the letter without mishap'
except for a dented port bow which oetelI
the torpedo boat Craven when she came
IN contact with the steam lighter Pioneer
cropping for an anchorage off Ellis Islahu'
The collision occurred during the pas
sage Of the fleet while the torpedo BOAT
I'm command Of Ensign +. G. Dibrell was
acting as a patrol The crash came
short distance south of the MayhoWer
and northeast OF FSlllS lSiaHN' ''N''
Pioneer, a lighter of the Wright " Cooo
Ilghterage Company, commanded by
Gustav Lam, struck the Craven at right
angles on the port side, about six feet
from the bow. Although the impact daih-
aged the interior Of the Craven ano
caused a slight leak, she was able AFTER
the review to proceed TO the, Brooklyn
navy yard under her own power
The accident was due, according TO
Ensign Dibrell, to failure OF the Pioneer
pilot to keep within the limits OF the
course prescribed by the naval committee
officials. She had passed beyond the
lines according TO the commander, ana
when warned to keep back failed to re
spond quickly enough to prevent the
crash.
Captain Lam. Of the Pioneer, ascrioed
the accident to the slowness OF response
Of the heavier boat ana the fact that the
Craven darted across the Pioneers bow
10 warn eff another tug, said to have
been a Standard Oil vessel, which was
also encroaching on the course.
4 slight accident 10 the torpedo boat
Tingey was also reported when the craft
commanded by Ensign Jerry Brooks was
struck BY a small tug on its way back
into the bay after the passage before the
Nayaower The damage was limited TO
a crushed bow
Great Throngs Line Shores.
Long before the appointed hour Of the
fleets departure thousands Of persons
had taken up all available space on piers
and sheds and on halted ferryboats on
both sides Of the river to get look at
123 war vessels. representing displace-
ment of 7204S6 tons, the greatest as
semblage of fighting steel that had ever
modified in an American port.
Everywhere hags hoated. Even IN the
windows OF tall buildings remote from
,he scene. where only the binoculars could
discern them, men and women waved
farewell TO the feet.
II had been announced that ferry and
other traffic would have TO cease al III
a. m, and, taking advantage OF this In
formation. the detained ferryboats In All
slips on both sides Of the river were
packed TO capacity with spectators. While
these sishtseers were not treated 10 the
view afforded by the excursion boats that
charged 80 cents admission, the view was
the best obtainable anywhere Tor the
small sum of three cents.
AS the gunboats Dolphin and Nashville
steamed south behind the Mayfiower there
was an abundance Of comment among
those on board on the splendid fashloh
with which some Of the foreign steam
sbIn lines had dressed their ships. The
holland America liner Rotterdam, that
came in on Monday with more American
passengers than Dutch, showed her ap-
ureciation for enterprise by putting on
profusion Of bunting.
r,,,srv steamship the North German
LLOYD and Hamburg-American lines had
I'm port put on their best raiment as 'he
sornbre feet went out, as did the lone
Wilson freighter Idaho. The latter now
ever. went one better than the Germans
nv dipping her flag rs her namesake IN
the American navy went by
EIoboken and her ships were well rep
resented in the way Of decoration. on
the west side of the river, where the
british boats lay at their piers there
was an abundance Of sightseers' out
scarcity of bunting. The French liners
Ia Provence and Chicago. dressed from
etam IN stern. stood out in great con
tr,st with the Cunarder Caronia on the
smith side and the White Star liner Adrl-
attic on the north, neither Of which was
dressed for the occasion. The Red star
liner Finland had a bright Belgian nag
living from her stern. but according to
ore Of the reviewers on the Nashville
"tbere was nothing special in that TOT
II is usually there
The last time a battleship fleet assem-
HE'D here il went out to the Hook IN
dirty weather Whitecaps were on the
water and a stiff gale from the northwest
made the sea as grim as the terrestrial
terrors she was floating
Leavetaking a Quiet One.
with the departure yesterday the
weather was reversed A bright and hot
october sun shone upon smooth sea
and the leavetaking, forgetting the mild
saluting was conspicuously quiet. The
first boom Of cannon to break the still
ness OF the day came from the guns oil
Governors Island. just back OF Castle
N IIIiam. as the anchor chain of the May
aower ratified out TO the anchorage
GROUND near Bellows Island.
There came no response from the May
flower II was hers 10 receive honors yes
terday. not to give. While Mr.. TAFT no
doubt would have been glad to return
the honors. shot for shot, he could hardy
have done so and preserved the peace
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