Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-18
begin PROBE OF
FERRY'S CRASH

ferryboat. mostly above the water
| line.
There We're many passengers. both
! mer and women, standing at the bow
! CABIN of the boat, starting a panic
and great scramble among them to
| get away from danger. Many of
/ these rushed through the women's
cabin of the boat, creating a panic
/ among those seated within. Women
screamed and tainted when the col
lision occurred and some of the men
ran about as though they had lost
their heads entirely.
! The crew of the Ithaca by this time
were doing what they could to quell
the panic and disturbance that had
! broken out. When everyone recov-
| cred from the shock and terror they
! fell to and rendered what aid they
/ could to the injured, while the Ithaca
was slowly making her way to the
slip in Hoboken.
In the meantime the Erie ferry
| boats. a number of tugs and num-
Der of other craft passing up and
| down the Hudson were blowing their
whistles furiously and several smaller
boats stood by the Ithaca to take off
| the passengers If the boat was found
| to be taking in water. A quick ex-
| animation of the damage to the
1 IlHdCd SllOWtQ lildI IL WdS
all above the water line and the cap
! tain decided to make the run to Ho-
boken.
Crew Reasures Passengers.
Many of the women passengers and
some of the more timid men were for
getting off the Ithaca Immediately,
| but the crew and others aboard the
| ferryboat assured them there was no
| danger of it sinking, and although
| everyone remained on board the boat
many were extremely nervous while
F, the ithaca was proceeding to Ho-
boken, and there was much relief
among the passengers when she
! finally reached her slip in this city.
In the meantime word had been sent
to the Hobol1en police and there was
q SQUAD of officers at the slip when
the Ithaca locked there, and the am
bulance from st. Mary's Hospital,
with two doctors was waiting at the
| ferryhouse, as were also a number
of physicians who had been sum
moned by the police to take care of
the injured.
The rumor that number of per-
/ sons had been killed on the Ithaca
quickly spread throughout Hoboken
and when the ferry boat locked there
was an excited throng of citizens
! about the gates, clamoring for news
of the dead and injured. There We're
many residents of Hoboken on the
Ithaca and their families and friends
became alarmed when they heard of
the collision and were anxious for
news.
The bodies of the two men were
taken from the Ithaca and turned
over to Morguekeeper Volk and taken
to his establishment. at 633 Washing
ton street, Hoboken. The injured were
taken in charge by the physicians who
! had been called Three of them were
so badly injured that it was thought
best to hurry them off to st. Mary's
Hospital.
The Ithaca was in charge of Cap
tain Alfred Housman. of Brooklyn,
1 He made his report to the ofhcials
&C the LackaWanna Company after
/ the Ithaca had been tied up at
| the repair yards of the company at
| the foot of Fourteenth street, this
city.
! Madison Man Tells of Crash.
! Edward ]. Camausat of Madison,
n. J.. one of the pass myers on the
Ithaca. said he was citing III the
mems cabin in the next seat to ms
friend. Frenz reading the paper. he
said he happened to glance out OF the
| window and as he did so saw Dig
object loom up directly in front OF
him and coming straight for that part
of the boat where he was sitting.
He jumped up and yelled to Frenn
and others about him to look out
and then he hurried to the other end
of the boat.
He said he did not look back to
see If his friend Frenz was follow
ing him, but he had hardly reached
the stern of the Ithaca when the
10 I'll the how nj
the railroad float went through the
side of the Ithaca just as though II
was so much paper and made hole
in the mems cabin which extended
almost to the partition between the
cabin and the driveway.
Camausat said also that when the
float backed away he is almost GER
tain that one of the railroad cars
on il was released and went into the
river. He says the greatest excite
ment prevailed among the men
passengers, who were trying to get
out of the danger zone. but that they
recovered quickly and went to the aid
/ of those who had been injured.
Edward Van Voorhis, of Madison,
n. T., told practically the same story
of the collision as did Camausat.
The seven men who were injured
were sitting with their backs toward
the f1Oat ana they were thrown aDOul
on the floor of the Ithaca's cabin
when the collision occurred, and two
of them were unconscious when
picked up. One was revived by the
physicians at the dock. but the other
was taken to the hospital still I'M
conscious.
Most of those who were injured
say the accident occurred so sudden
ly that they do not really know how
| they managed to escape being killed
Splinters of wood and pieces of glass
struck most of them and hurled them
to the floor. Scores of others close
by were also thrown down, but re-
ceived nothing worse than n severe
shaking up and did not require the
services of a physician.
or the dead men williams was
seventy-seven years old and by pro-
fession a lace manufacturer. He was
n classmate of former President Taft
He leaves q widow and one son. He
was head of the firm of John c.
Roach, 1871 Fulton street, Brooklyn.
Myers was mechanic employed
by an elevator works in New York
He had made his home in Bloomfield
about q year
Smith was a jewelry salesman al
40 Broadway, New York.
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