New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
no RILLSBOY
| N FERRY CRASH
Started by Bump,
s,os Over Him, Hurls
Nan Into Water.
I.crv HANDS SAVE
syf FROM DROWNING
-, Aboard Municipal Boat
|. panic as Vessel Bumps
I,to Brooklyn Slip.

~ killed. one man WAS seri-
~ ,.,r,,d, two others slightly hurt
81 VA, panic for q half hour
!, 80 passengers yesterday when
| Z - s..sieipal ferr7bost Nassau of
4 nIry.ninth Street ferry. was
A. the strong west wind and
! =, against the side Of the Brook
:. With such force that the en-
- huge motor truck was set in
/ F.. :. \, killed vas August thinner
!, htteen, Of 566 Fifty-fourth
brooklyn. The injured werei
/ ~, xeGrsth, OF 54s Seventy
= Street, Brooklyn. probably
-. george Summers, 800 Forty
street,, and T. !. Dalton. Of SSs
.;,,h Street, who received LAGER
and eontuS'onS.
= ~ y,nmerman boy, with 8 COM
y III, own age, William Award,
~ ~ V Tjfty.tourth Street, hurried
-, Mace Of employment at l
- "a tsseh Brooklyn in time for
S,sr,h Avenue subway opening
e. With the injured men and
-, q others the boys crowded
.As Guard cAsin and the gates
l 4. S,st "A she neared the Brooklyn
= ssr TIP from whitehall Street.
- s.,t was crowded and carried 8
-, 81 wagons and automobiles.
n. latter, q four-ton auto
Il - he Stevenson Brewing Com
T. Il Manhattan, was in the centre
~, forward part Of the wagon run
4, ri was hsnked on both sides by
III. chauffeur. Michael Kane, was
{,,i,s By the truck, preparing TO
u is engine. Captain Troutman
!, 4, Nassau, as be brought the boat
= ,ss Sip. realized that the strong
/ = .sd tide were driving tie craft
ast a.,
!, sounded his reverse signal to the
s,,t,r, but the boat crashed into the
Z hat form the side of the slip.
ss vas thrown backward, and the
81. o. his truck began TO hum as
J ,nkss slipped and the vehicle
,sn5 forward, dragging with It the
~ tuwn wagons on either side.
IH d the people crowded in front
n-ssd to safety. But Zimmerman
q jGznsd against the post 10 which
J rid chain IS attached, fell and
} var wheels passed over him. Nc
n, agght by the runaway machine,
. "a. piniOned 10 the front Of the
"a Il Il crashed through the gates.
vn, overheard, just as the chauf-
. x laping TO the seat Of the truck,
r-s! down the brakes and reversed
h cEns. The two forward wheels
4 Il over the front Of the boat as the
1 x q The car settled on the deck.
hi, tmong n e passengers followed.
4 lza ,sshed 10 all parts of the boats,
/ X i've doctors who were aboard had
i sg could handle reviving those
Z, hih,ed or became hysterical.
lu,i Seeley and Frank Pagiano,
n.ihts on the pier, who were ready
aGs up the boat, jumped overheard
e EsGrsth. The captain hesitsted
~, the signal 70 20 forward or
p usfse, fearing that the suction
r.. drag the man under the boat.
b Kni-eanseious from his injuries,
Im wspt under the pier. Time and
q the deekhsnds would almost
* hin, only to have him swept
4 III Of reach.
slly, with the aid of several
rtnen from the Fourth Avenue sta
z AsGrath was dragged TO the pier
Z a'lisd 10 the waiting room. The
sEs1 Of the distress whistle Of the
X aused q call for the police re-
rn 70 be sent in TO handle the
~ Tat gathered.
Atsftth, Summers and Dalton were
70 % the Holy Family Hospital.
~ as shock and submersion. the
x<u aid the injury 70 MeGrath's
q v'ald prove fatal. The other
ser being treated, were taken to
,acaanes.
va vas taken 10 the Fourth Ave-
= slaon, and Captain Gillen. after
~, hours talk. released him to ap-
y k.sfs the Coroner.