Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-30
Rush for Life Preservers.

Scenes of the widest confusion en-
sued. Shouts of Our boat is sink
ing!" Get the life preserversl" went
up from the Majestic passengers, and
there was a pellmell rush for the pre-
servers and toward the gangway.
The Majestic was but a few yards
from shore, so close, in fact, that it
was not necessary to think of life
boats.
On the barge a heroic effort to save
herself was made by the captains
wife, who had emerged from the
cabin, Immediately after the crash,
of the boat and the deck, and man
who had ben on the deck of the
barge.
The latter began to careen and
! sink, and as the stone cargo, On
| which both were climbing, began TO
! slide, the woman slipped overheard
with the stone and disappeared from
view
The man chung to the top of the
disabled boat until it suddenly lurch-
ed downward, throwing him on
his stomach in the water, and forcing
him beneath the IS as it found
cred.
Paul Schorr, brother-in -law of
City Treasurer Elmer H. Day, was
in the prov of the Majestic. 1t
seemed to be the impression of other
passengers near this point that It
was the Majestic and not the Cats
eye was going down. Schorr jumped
from the Majestic to the barge, but
no sooner struck this than the barge
was making its final plunge down
ward. Schorr again jumped, this
time into the river, when he was
,s.tra I'D b. 1a1 a
from the shore to the rescue in
rowboat John ]. Mclaughlin. an
electrician, OF 542 East Seventy ninth
street, New York, rescued Schorr
Scenes on the Majestic.
Efforts to make other rescues
JAILED The barge, with its heavy
I load of stone: turned turtle and was
soon carried. bottom upward down
stream by the strong tide.
Meanwhile. the scenes on the Ma
jestic were of the widest description.
Men dashed frantically here and
there, crashing into each other like
persons in a frenzy OF fear. with the
! shore but a few feet away. They
were positively frenzied and neither
command, argument or pleading could
calm them.
| The Majestic backed up to the dock
and made fast, but eEen with the
big steamer in this comparatively
safe position, the panic and confu-
| sion were not allayed The impress
! sion that the boat was going down
/ appeared to have gained a firm hold
! on nearly all, and the cooler heads
among the excursionists might just
| as well have ceased trying to quiet
the feeling of terror
/ Men tore life preservers from their
/ fastenings, strapped them about their
necks or bodies and rushed to the
rail, some bedecked in two life pre-
! servers and carrying extra ones,
either jumped or clanbered to the
| dock. They would not listen to warn
| ings not to jump, it being plainly IN
! necessary to Dc So the only possible
result being probable bodily injury.
| Camp stools were tossed about and
! almost everything that was not fast
ened was dislodged.
Crowds of New Workers hurried to
the dock and assisted those who were
| fighting to reach land.
Adolph Diener, of 40 Ferry street,
and James McCaulley of 1913 Jeffer-
son street. were injured in jumping
from the Majestic to the pier. They
were taken to the Reception Hospital
at the foot OF SEVENTEEN street for
treatment. Both were painfully hurt
about the legs.
Mayor and Sheriff Cool.
Mayor Haussling, who was on the
lower deck when the accident oc-
CURED. asked what it was all about
He was told that the Majestic was
doomed and he was advised to get
to land. The Mayor replied that he
failed to see any danger of the boat
sinking when it was so securely fas,-
ened to the dock. He chen advised
the excursionists to take things easy,
as all danger. if there had been any
danger to the Majestic at all. rad
certainly passed.
The reassuring words of the Mayor
fell on deaf ears, as did also the APP
peals of Sheriff Monaban to the eX-
cursionists to remain cool and see for
themselves that there was no further
cause for alarm. The mayor declined
to go ashore. and remained on the
Majestic until it reached Twenty
third street. where he and several
others. including New York friends
had previously arranged to disem-
bark.
OF the band of music but one re.
manned on the Majestic to return tc
Newark, the others coming home by
rail or tube The lone player, MOI