Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-08
ADRIATIC HIT
IN FOG; FREE
Liner Hamilton Struck Pier
in Fog Yesterday.

New York, Jan. S.-Thc White Stai
liner Adriatic, bound for the Nediter.
ranean in the worst fog Of the winter
slid on the muddy bottom of the chan.
mel south Of Governors Island on an
ebbing tide while cropping seward liz
charge of Pilot Edward Brown and
stuck there for several hours. when.
under the impulse of the rising tide
and what help of her engines. she freed
herself and proceeded to sea, the mist
having lifted a bit.
There were other mishaps to naTi
gators playing blind mans buff In the
gloom. The most serious was due to
the effort Of the Old Dominion liner
Hamilton to disturb the granite foun-
dalton of Fort Wadsworth. designed
before the civil war by Robert e. Lee
when he was In the service of Uncle
Sam. The Hamilton, with forty-seven
cabin and eighteen steerage passen-
gers. was bound for Norfolk. She
came back last night with a big hole
in her bow two feet above the water
line, and her passengers were sent
south on another ship today.
The Adriatic sailed from her pier at
moor yesterday. The fog was Of the
variety called by shellbacks pea
soup" and Captain Hayes and his Of
from the bridge. Scundings were TAX
en- as the big ship proceeded cautious
iy down the bay. 1t Is said that the
strong ebb tide set the Adriatic over
to the Brooklyn edge Of the channel.
Pilot Brown and Captain Hayes. after
they found the water shoaling. decid-
ed to drop anchor. Az the skipper
said later in 4 wireless to the lines
ONCE, the anchor didn't take 'Imme-
diate hold" and the ship sid almost
hroadside on the bank Of the channel.
The berth was soft, and NO passengers
knew until some reporters boarded the
liner that she was aground.
Aid Frsm Powerful Tugs.
Captain Whalsn Of the ferryboat
Gowanus. which spent more than an
hour getting from the foot Of Thirty
ninth street, Brooklyn. to Manhattan.
ran across the giant ship in the obscu-
ration and asked her commander II he
wanted any help. He said he did not.
Meanwhile the Office Of the line was
having wireless conversation with Cap
tain Hayes. Although he was certain
that his ship would come of at high
water In the evening, he was not un.
willing to have tugs sent to him to
assist II recess-ry, SO four powerful
Merritt-Chapman boats went down to
him.
Meanwhile the passengers, assured
that he Adriatic surely would foat
easily at high wa,er, enjoyed them
selves just like folks In a fine hotel
ashore. The ship was ablaze with
electric lights. She lay on the chan
mel edge, about half a mile south of
Governors island and less than that
distance from the South Brooklyn
shore.
When the reporters in the tug John
Nichols went down to the Adriatic at
6 O'Clock last night and hailed Captain
Hayes, he was very cheerful and de-
clared that he had worked off the mad
and had anchored just fourteen min
utes before and would proceed so soon
as the air cleared. He was inclined to
make light of his misadventure. he
said he had grounded. II you could
really call 1t that, about 1915, that the
ship was unscathed and everybody
aboard happy. A chilling mist. coming
siantingly out Of the east on a light
breeze. impelled the 400 cabin passen-
gers to stay indoors, and nobody ap-
peared to be interested enough In his
plight to come out on deck and see
the reporters. A passenger who prob
ably wanted to know what the after
noon papers had about the grounding
sent a wireless message asking that a
bundle Of them should be sent to him
on a tug.
Among the Adriatic's voyagers is j.
+. Morgan. 1t was said that he had
been a little doubtful Of the wisdom OF
the ship venturing down the bay in
the thick fog and thas he had remark
&c to ar official of the line that there
might be some danger in It. He smiled
when ne told that it vas an easy trick
for a clever pilot.
Among other passengers DELAYED By
the accident were Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
hn W. Aldrich. the Count and Count
| ess Jean Ia Greze. Miss Christine w
Biddle. and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrenc,
Phtpps, Jr.
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