New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
Bowsprit of Vanadis Cuts
Side of Boston Bound
Craft, with $50 Aboard.
FOUR INJURED,
ONE MAN MISSING
,.,, Push TO Aid of Disabled
ug,ker Hill and Prevent
Panic Among Passengers.

,e6 hy the lacht NAHaule' ""''NN
rV C. Billings, of the entrance
p Washington Bay, Long Island.
=. dead are: George Il. kendrick'
,,v1k Street. Boston, president Of
" y..,s,buse,ts Packing and Betting
t-..,y and John Brown, a salesman
Slater & Co.. Of boston'
ell overheard wher the vessel was
- and died aboard the Nanadis. A
who leaped into the water at the
t-,d the collision has not been heard
!.tn. M .Li-
a, yssrs old. Of the Hotel Belmont
~, ,aeera,ions about the head;
~, Nav Wichtman. Of 81 Chancery
-, London. Of the Hotel Belmont
r~,ss8 right foot; Mrs. Martha
v,Bsb. ,hir,y-n.ne, Of 1923 Arch
Greet. Philadelphia, fractured leg and
", Elizabeth Walsh, Of &c Garden
Street Brighton, Boston, severe
bruises
Bovsprit Like Lance.
While cropping her way through the
,.,v sog which lay over the Sound
"a. Bunker Hill was rammed in the
an side BY the Vanadis. No one saw
=, Yacht until she struck There was
mighty crash and the long bowsprit
,,,i. smaller vessel pierced the Bun
t.,ggrs side Ike O lance and tore its
v7 through the ceiling Of the dining
saloon. shearing through the woodwork
infringing down a shower Of plaster.
As the Vauadis hit her the liner
iss5 over and the yachts bowsprit
tn torn of and lett in the Bunker
Els side.
Victim Of Bowsprit.
" Kendrick was in his ststeroom,
directly above the dining saloon. The
tovsprit plolghei through the floor Of
BIS chamber, striking him and mang-
Ing him horribly
There was little panic aboard the
steamer Her passengers crowded at
elcs 70 her deck. and then stood in or
tsrly fashion in the drizzle while life
belts re adjusted and the boats
Tgng out
What signs Of excitement there were
we're shown by the negro walters and
stewards and members Of the crew.
!tsss, the passengers say, rushed 70
ee deck vhen the Nanadis struck the
rtsnsr and crowded into the life
ts.s, showing aside women and men
.aeir desire 20 escape. Criticism
vas also directed by passengers
iDlsi the manner IN which the life
ils we've handled. None Of the
'.v, they say. seemed in any way ia
hAu with the method Of lowering
t' boats, and they believe that If the
'a's had gone down many lives
''.d have been lost through the lack
G. discipline.
a c. Langm1cr. Of 400 Argyle Road,
il,tgsh. who was ir the dining room
'h bis wife and children when the
ois occurred, said:
All Of the walters ran like sheep.
fa' q case OF every one for him
A ". Crowley, who says he was
sNonpanied by q friend who will in
..''e hls statement. asserted that the
E7etea.
t,ey brushed the passengers aside "
Ao Ar Crowley. "swore and ran for
t ME preservors and the lifeboats.
ses not until they had been told by
,-.an HOLMES there was no danger
pa: hey subsidcl.'
ife crab occurred at about &
-y.k Both vessels were badly dam
SO IHe Bunker Helps siren bel
90 out through the drizzle and her
..ysss snapped the call for help to
@ohg Island and Connecticut shores.
"1't lew minutes after the acci-
80 ~. 3sli a dozen tugs were racing
''1 The crippled vessels.
Liner Crawls Back.
ne port side Of the vessel was q
- o. tangled beams and splintered
4A.ng For a hundred feet along
r "qe the woodwork mad been torn
'hfeds. Practically every cabin
,oN was broken and some Of the
~. were so completely demolished
lne mattresses were torn.
~ Time 10 was nOJ known whether
- vessel would keep afoat. Pas
..N on the Bunker Hill swarmed
,..-s Geck and sigh of relief went up
-. oe lights Of the first tug were
r,s prctlng through the fog. Exam
t9a OF both ships showed there was
er. MEDIATE danger. The Bunker Hill
"a, Wondering slowly back 10 New
a, escorted by tugs and followed by
v.a. M II o'clock the damaged steamer
h1Ftt cautiously into the pier which
sr D1S ieit six hours before for Bos-
rIa. rum Avenue buses and auto
E,,-. had been chartered by the
s,,ss." steamship Company, and those
h, t,,Dsefs who were determined 10
d san 10 get 20 Boston were rushed
nas't Grand Central Station, where
" ,tsy ,ty Ieseryatlons had been obtained
iii, IN n. Many were so shaken by
49, experience that they returned
hs,,,. 10 their homes. Ambu-
i,is,s i,is,s Walsh were waiting hurried the
w 70 The hospitals.
Says Yacht Struck Twice.
ss,s smg those on the Bunker Hill
s,r,s., nay a. y. Guttman, Of 9i9 Tiffany
Prs.,ss.Ii The Bronx; F. L. Menge. Of 472
c a.. flaee, Brooklyn, and Charles
v S5 S5'sn, si, a certified public accountant,
y state Street.
vs., those in the dining room
psk., lhs collision came was Bennett
sss former Assemblyman from Es-
N'Un'y' and representing "The
Sas'nase On page II. column T.