New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-18
Crowded Boat Rammed by
Float in Crossing
Hudson River.
PANIC AS BIG CRAFT
GETS 15-FOOT RENT
Passengers Carried Safely to Ho-
bOken-Women Among
Those in Peril.

Two men were killed instantly, an
other died later from injuries received.
and four were hurt late yesterday af-
ternoon. when the ferry boat Ithaca, OF
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad, falling under the stern of the
Erie boat Goshen, was rammed amid d.
ships BY a float towed by the tug Ro-
selle, Of the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey. which was Fastening down the
Hudson River on the ebb tide.
Instantly on board the Ithaca all was
confusion, but as the tug backed the
float out Of a jagged fifteen-foot hole
in the ferryboat's side, the latter pro-
ceeded slowly to the slip in Hoboken
and discharged passengers.
There the bodies Of the dead men were
taken to the morgue. three of the in
jured were rushed TO st. Mary's Hos
pital, and the others were treated by
surgeons.
The DEAD.
MEYERS. Henry j.. th!rty-e eight years old, Of
Watsessing avenue Montclair. y. J.; skull
fractured.
SMITH George s. dfty years old. Of No. 1873
Hillside avenue, Glen Ridge, y. j.; skull
fractured
WILLIAMS. r.. seventy-two years old. of No.
- Hillside avenue. Orange internal injuries,
thigh fractured compound fracture Of the
THE INJURED.
BARR. Robert, no. 70 Berkeley avenue.
Orange. scalD wound, treated In HobOken
ferry house
FRENzE. Edward No. 15l Garfield avenue.
Madison. n. j.. scalp torn and contusions
OF the leg: in ST. Marys Hospital. Hoboken.
MULROONEY. William j.. No. u5 Broadway.
New York; arm and hand bruised; treated
in ferry house.
ZIMMER. John. No y North street Jersey
City Heights. y. j.. scalp wound. thigh and
arm laceratec, In -. Mary's Hospital
Hoboken
The Ithaca in charge of Captain Al
fred II. Hausman. twenty-eight years
in the ferry service, eighteen Of them
as a pilot, left the Barclay street slip
at = o'clock in the afternoon for what
was to he the first accident of his river
record. The boat was crowded with
early homegoing commuters, and be-
cause Of the balmy afternoon as many
as could find room at either bow or
stern were lined up there. In addi-
ton to these. both cabins were COM
fortably filled.
Also at > o'clock the Goshen cast off
at Chambers street and turned into the
river ahead of the Ithaca. a strong
ebb tide was running as the Lacka-
wanna boat took the wake of the Erie
craft Both boats are fast. and as the
Goshen turned off to cross to Jersey
City the Ithaca poked her bow from
under her stern to make the run up
river to Hoboken. There was quick
attempt on the part of Captain Haus-
man TO clear the tug and float that he
then saw for the first time bearing
down upon him.
Panic Aboard Ferryboat.
Realizing that he must fail, he
changed the signal to reverse the en-
zines. At the same time he bow pas
sengers. shrieking with terror, fed
away from approaching danger into the
women ) CdDlIlt tduSiHS u pun
the passengers there.
Then came the crash. a corner or
the float ploughed its way into the
mems cabin, making an opening from
twelve to fifteen feet wide.
Edward Van Voorhees, and EDWARD
J. Canusat, OF Madison, y. j., friends
of Frenze, saw what was coming ana
shouted to him and the others 10 FOL
low and fled toward the stern. F'renze
hesitated and was caught when the
corner Of the float tore through the
cabin. Smith and Meyers, the dead
men. were carried down under the
debris after being struck blows that
must have killed them instantly.
As the Roselle backed away from
the havoc it had created it was seen
that the hole made was above the
waterline. William Ryan and william
Peterson, deckhands, ran among the
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