The evening world. Newspaper, February 19, 1903, Page 3

FER SH «CASTAWAY INTHEBNY ‘The Pherae ro from Hamil- } ton Avenue, Is Blown ‘ on Rocks at Governor's) Island, and Soldiers Res- a cue Passengers. A MOMENT OF WILD TERROR. it Was a Real Shipwreck, with tt Howling Gale and Lee Shore, % Drifting Ice and Disabled / Craft, but All Walked Ashore. The Union Company's ferry-boat Pierrepont, plying between the ae | and Hamilton avenue Brooklyn, was| Blown out of Buttermilk Channel onto the rocks off the eastern shore of Gov- ernor's Island to-day and landed high and dry. There were sixty-six passengers on wildest excitement prevailed until Capt Muppe succeeded in assuring them that there was no immediate danger. All hands suffered severely from the cold in the long wait before rescuing parties @rrived. At the time of the wreck the temperature registered close to zero. Although tho okief sufferers in the Wreck were two horses, which were compelied to remain on board until the boat was floated at high tide, there! were plenty of thrills in the experience for the three-score passengers, Tae howling gale, the grinding ice, the! erunching of the hull on the rocks and the Impenetrable darkness combined co make a touch of horror that was not altogether unwarranted. It was the first trip of the day from the Brooklyn side for the Pierrepont, Butiermilk Channel was full of tee and @ gale out of the west whistled through the cordage of the ships tied up at the Brooklyn piers. The early morging p2s- wengers huddieg in the cold cabtas, stamping their fcet in an effort to keep “their blood in ulation. When ‘epont ted up last might the rudders were covered with fee, and there was ice in the paddle boxes. During the hours she was In her @Up the ice increased in thickness and the boat was practically unmanageable when she put into the stream. Melpless in the Gale, The tide was running out, and even without the wind the navigation of But- termilic Channel would have been ex- tremely difficult. As it was, the Pierre- pont drifting helpless with the gale defore she had got a boat's length from the end of the slip. Capt, Muppe and his assistant in the pilot house had all they could do to budge the wheel, because the ler chains were frozen, To add to the aiMoulty, the ice in the paddle boxes re- tarded the movement of the big paddies. The passengers, in ignorance of the true condition of affairs, remained in the cabins listening to the smash of ice @gainst the hull and wishing for @ quick } trip to the Battery Up in the pilot house Capt. Muppe realized that nothing f fut sheer luck would enable him to get @shore at the usual landing place. ; When he found that he could make mo headway against the tide and that the wind was setling the boat out Into he tried into the marking the regular course, to turn around and put bi Brooklyn s!ip. ‘The boat refused to obey} the rudder. ‘Then he tried to back up to the Brooklyn side, but the ice in the paddle boxes blocked the paddies and brought the machinery to a standstill. ‘Whe first intimation the passengers had ef the accident was when they heard the grinding of the bottom of the hull on the sharp rocks comprising the shoal off Governor's Island. Before a realization of the situation reached them there was a crash that threw the two horses out In the gang- way off their feet and banged the heads of those sitting on the inner line of seats dm the women’s cabin against the wall, A Wild Stampede. As the ferry-boat struck she heeled ever. Some one shouted that there had been a collision. To the mind of every person on board there flashed a memory of the Staten Island ferry disaster off the Battery, end then came & wild rush for the dors of the cabins. The more excitable rushed to the sile of the boat nearest shore and clambered up on the rail, The deck hands, know- ing that the boat had gone aground and that she was in shoal ‘vater cried out the facte and deterred several from Jeaping into the toy current At last } one venturesome person, peering over sandy beach and leapod tor janding on the ley at Band inat’ skirts the Governor’ wal] at low tde, Uncle Sam to the Rese: ‘The officer in command at wed out the reserve guard with plank. id ladders. Hirst the six women p were taken over the si then the men were allowed to land. ‘I! feamster remained on board with his horse an hour after the boat atruuk be je Md all the passen, ere In the meantime moat of ( ad ‘suite od extremely in the icy Hien fer they wot ashore the soldiers rushed ihe post headquarters, where served Atwood made an effort randed boat off . of the tug, Maus tiemp! A Atul nile Stores about 545 eelook, this morning, and, wien 1 he hove of Governors MEY dtoticed the siranded ferry:boat. ra b E could and threw a e 0 4 oe twenty, minutes Be at ‘ but couldn't bus ol ote ty cotte ‘Th board, elsht of them women, and the) the channel and away from the buoys | THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12S nC 190... THE FERRY-BOAT PIERREPONT AS SHE LAY ON THE ROCKS OFF GOVERNOR’ S ISLAND.) 10 DEAD: 4 DYING IN TROLLEY TRAGEDY (Continued from Se ond Page.) tion of circumstances Krowing out of the barbarous custom of having trolley {cars cross railroad tracks at grade. “T have seen some terrible sights in my life, but never have I wit- \nessed anything that tore my heart as this. ‘The car had been struck to- ward the rear end. Our locomotive had ripped the roof off, but the trucks had simply been slid to one side, The children were picked up and ground !to pleces under the ponderous wheels, “Scattered along the track were portions of little human bodies, here land there a battered child was lying, moaning in agony. Mixed with the ‘fragments of children’s frames were packages of school books, dainty lunch baskets, little hats and caps and tippets, Those of the children who had not been seriously injured were in spasms of terror along the side of \ the track.” RAILROAD OFFICIALS BLAME TROLLEY PEOPLE. | | Supt. C. H. Ketcham, of the Morris and Essex Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, gave the following statement of the results of his investigation of the wreck to an Ev. ning World reporter: “We have long feared an accident at this crossing, though the railroad company has done everything in its power to prevent it. Chris Condon, the flagman at the Clifton avenue crossing, is an old end tried employee | with a record of fifteen years’ faithful service. 1, 0... Burelift, the engineer, land Theodore Cordes, the conductor of the train, are also old employees! with splendid records. They both live in Gladstone, which is at the ex- treme end of the Passaic and Delaware Division. The train, which was. composed of four coaches, including smoker, left Gladstone at 7.10 o'clock this morning and was due to arrive in Hoboken at 9.01. The train is No. 308, “All trains move slowly at this crossing because of the improvements ered fully three minutes before the engine reached the crossing. Two |mounted policemen of New happened to be at the crossing at the time of the accident and verify the statements made by the members of the train crew. “The cause of the accident was alone due to the inability of the motor- | man to effectually brake the trolley car. It appears that the car slid along the slippery track, breaking through the gate and getting directly {n the path of the engine of the Gladstone express just as she reached that point. “There is one thing that I wish to mention particularly in connection with this accident. That 1s an agreement that the trolley company has with this company to have D rails at all crossings where there is danger of accident. A D rail is a contrivance that throws a trolley car off the track in case of emergency. The trolley company has failed to live up to that agreement and did not place any D rail at the Clifton avenue crossing, ++ \MAYOR HAD PREDICTED TRAGEDY WOULD OCCUR. Mayor Henry M. Doremus, when seen by an Evening World reporter, called attention to the fact that when he was recently sworn into office he brought the attention of the Common Council to the condition of the \grade crossing in Clifton avenue. He said that he stated at that time ‘that the crossing threatened some day to be the cause of a very serious laccident to the children on thelr way to or from the High School, The ex- istence of the Morris Canal, which was practically a useless stream, run- ning through the city, the Mayor asserted, had prevented the elevation of the railroad tracks, which long ago should have been placed overhead, He declared there should be no reat for the railroad officials and others concerned in the matter until the danger to the children was re- mover lle Peter Brady) the midtorman of the trolley oar, is confined! to the City Hospital, suffering from what may prove fatal injuries, George M, 8. Gould, of No. 108 Bloomfield avenue, the conductor, is held in the office of Chief of Police Hopper. He was arrested by Detective-Sergeant Murphy. It is contended that jt was the duty of Conductor Gould to alight from the car a short distance from the railroad tracks to find if a train was approach- {ing and that he did not do this. Conductor Gould has made a statement that he was about to alight from the car when the gates were nearly reached and it was too late. CROSSING THE SCENE OF REPEATED ACCIDENTS, me +: i This crossing has been knows for years as a danger spot, and on it |many accidents have happened. At the same time yesterday, and by the game train aud engineer a milk wagon driven by John Kline, was struck, the horse killed and the wagon demolished, Kline jumped and saved his life, The wreckage of the trolley car to-day was mingled with that of the milk wagon, and the body of the dead horse of yesterday. Hardly a week has passed in the last two years when there has not been some kind of an accident at that crossing, The tracks run along in a hollow. The trolley cars approach it from the top of an incline and many times the cars, in either direction, have become uncontrollable and haye siid across the tracks. Residents in the neighborhood have suggested to the company the : advisability of providing some kind of a safety device which would pre- vent the trolley cars from entering upon the tracks of the railroad com- pany when the gates were down, But it is said that the company has paid je aitention to these suggestions. While hundreds of people were gathered about the scene of the collision to-day 9 milk wagon drawn by two borses came dashing through Clinton avenue from Orange, There was no driver in the wagon, The horses had i been frightened and were running away. A train was approaching. The crowd scattered right and left to make way a the maddened horses, which dashed down and across the track ‘The train did not miss the wagon by more than a few feet. rire wr that are being made on the road and the gates at the crossing were low- | Mc'Tague, of Newark, ‘The borses "a [FATHER WATCHED | TRAGEDY FEARING CHILD'S DEATH +e Harrowing Experience of Mounted Policeman Stucky at the Scene of the Accident—He Knew His Daughter Was in Wrecked Car. The most important witnesses to the trolley accident by which ten lives were lost in Newark to-day were probably Mounted Policemen Stucky and Wolf, of the Fourth Precinct, who were right at the railroad gates when the collision happened. The sight was a thrilling one, especially for Stucky, who had a daugh- ter on the car and who saw the frantic efforts of the motorman to stop. The car slid down the hill according to the two policemen, and although he had ground hard on the brakes the wheels carried the vehicle with its passengers to the railroad tracks after smashing the gates into splinters, Stucky and Wolf, who were on their horses, were nearly caught under some of the wreckage. The former officer was appalled with the thought | that perhaps one of the freezing and bleeding hands that protruded from the debris was that of his daughter Edna. As soon as he sent in the call for ambulances Stucky hunted among the victims strewn along the track for some trace of his daughter. Trembling with fear he came upon the body of a young woman whose clothing exactly resembled that of his daughter. ‘he face had been frightfully torn and he was mourning his child as dead when the father of the girl whose body he | had claimed identified it beyond any question as that of his own daughter. | Later Stucky's child was found unconscious, but uninjured. GREAT SUBWAYS LODGER HAS GONE FOR FAST SIDE, WITHOUT CLOTHES, Chief Engineer Parsons Sub- mits Plans for Extending the Rapid Transit System from | Manhattan Through the Bronx Night. (Special to The Evening World.) RAHW. the ho sirect, disappeared very mysteriously on ‘Tuesday night, and circumstances point to a tragedy of some kind. RUN UNDER GRAND CENTRAL, The man, who Was a stranger to Mr. Chief Engineer William Rarciay Par-| Whelan, called at the latter's saloon on |sons this afternoon submi to the! Monday night about 9 o'clock and asked | Rapid ‘Transit Commissioners his plans! to remain ove! night. He paid hla bill In advance and retired, > on the following morning, ay Uon of the room was made ar found unoccupied All the man's outer el in the room, to; he had no ot that he mus: ouly his un: {for new subways for the great east side !and the Bronx, In a later report he will {discuss plans for the extension of the [rapid transit system tn Brooklyn and Richmond Borough. ‘This 1s what Mr. Parsons proposes in his pian for Manhattan and the Bronx: ppearing estiga- it was hing was found ther with one shoe, As r baggage it is known ve left the house with relothing t Ne) y from Forty-second »\ on left a enth, and the South J very good overcoat and a thook University place, Wooster and Church | containing nearly $2 Among his effects | streets from Linden to Rah- Connect this ne with the Pennsyl- wouncing a meeting | vanla tunnel by a subway under Thirt . &, Church at Varry- | second street from Broadway to Sey- ht that the stranger might have wandered off in {in the. storm, on the hway has} sear) T sand are en his sleep and The W. ver enth avenue Convection with the Bronx, hel New three-track line from Fortiet)} nave the man's ore street and Park avenue beneath the [ing to solve the oR factory. They are as pure as any and blue ribbon, pound size, 29 Grand. Central Station to tart that are made in private home half-pound, 19¢.; quarter-pound, 12c. Svenup. and wader Hat sharuanters to SALVADOR’ 'S NEW | PRESIDENT. |kitchens, | a Set White Paper Boxes, decorated with ARES net lag and ribbon, pound size, 19c,; half York Central and New Haven roads at} pegro Jo | Freshest ingredients, highest ski i i Seana ; Bagne dose aenton Bas erate Ser’ every ounce tine and wholesome, pound, 15¢,; quarter-pound, 10c. eranor jen, h Connect the Lexington avenue Ine Gf Gam: Aaguiads Our low prices accord with the gen- White Paper Boxes, decorated with Lenox avenue line by a tunnel] PANAMA, Colombla, Feb. 1%,—Pedro licy of the Macy store ‘ rape ea Under One Hundred and Tenth atrect, |Ja# Eacalon. hus been declared electea| eral policy of the Macy store, with Washington's picture and Extend the Bronx line from West} hresitent of Saly eeding Gen Dealers haye become millionaires hatchets, 6c, and 8c. f Regulalo, and Calixto Velad ¥3 Farms along*the east aide or throu | Aadared Vics lst i ‘lady has been selling Candy alone. And why not ? peat, fet ae the Par .kto Wakefleld and Mount It’s a money-making business. We American Flag Boxes, S¢., 7¢-, 9¢, Vernon. Run a branch line along tae Southern Boulevard and then in a westerly direc- Drunkenness junsold balances preparatory to receiving and displaying the jhandicap Spring business just as stumps in furrows would Mysterious Disappearance from a Rahway Hotel During the Y, N. J., Feb. 19.—A lodger at | of Michael Whelan, on Main | | The: R. | mye pe RO, Macy & Co's Attractions Are That Law PRA Macy & Co.’s Broadway Advertised. Why? Order Customers Would Be Disappointed, as ors to the Store Know the Character of ° The Furniture Sale-« =». 'When this sale began we had a big record to beat. It has} been beaten. We applied more capital, greater zeal and longer time to the work than ever before. And we had the experience of our last success to help us. Knotty problems simplified then, gave us a broader reach and surer grasp this year. The volume of business is going far beyond any former sale for a like period. It's normal, logical, reasonable. The Furniture and the Prices could mean no different result. Clothing Reduced......... February is the month of all months for forehanded men. It is the harvest time for the frugal. Our plans for Spring, formed weeks ago, are now beginning |to mature. Just as the farmer clears his land of stubble before planting |the seed for a new crop, so we clear our stock of the season’s light-weight goods that you'll soon be wanting and wearing. Winter Suits and Overcoats are our stubble. If left, they'll handicap the ploughman’s chances of rich reward for his work. Hence it pays you to garner these marvels of values for now and a winter ahead. Men's Suits, four button sack styles, made of black and blue worsted serge, medium and wide wale effects, sold by others at $12.50; oe 6 our price... 53 Mer’s Trousers, made of absolutely Pure worsteds, neat, genteel pat- terns and colorings, some cut very full at thighs, others more $3 99 conservative, sold by others at $6.00; our price le Young Men’s Suits, three and four button single-breasted ee styles, sizes 14 to 20 years, made of all-wool cheviots and c: meres, sold by others at $10.00; our price. Bovs’ Norfolk and Double-breasted Two-piece Suits, sizes 6 6 16 years, fancy cheviots and cassimeres, new designs, sold by $2 94 othess at $4.50; our price. ° Fine qualities at prices correspondingly low, Dress Goods Remnants. Black and Colored.“"" Attractions Are Their Low oe atys: | wa- Our Most Extr Most Extraordinary Values Are Frequently the Ones Not Because if We Did Advertise Them Mail Are Just Quantities Enough to Last One Day. Te The Famous Painting 34th to 35th St. Usually There Daily Visit- These Offerings. RaQha “A Russian Wedding, Feast,” by Konstantin Makoffsky, ¥ Is Being Exhibited in} Our Art Gallery, on the Third Floor. Housefurnishings. i Well built. That describes the char’ acter of our Housefurnishing Goods business—and all other interes of the Macy store, as well. The success of certain linesof kitchen utensils gives strong impetus to a flood of unworthy imitations, We sell none but the good, honest, re- liable qualities—and our prices for them are frequently less than others - charge for the inferior kind, No seconds are ever admitted here: They'd contaminate the stock and are dangerous to health, i ee i Basement. Retinned Dish Pans, 14 quart size, 21¢ Retinned Saucepans, No. 3,-9c. Agate Nickel Steel Tea Kettles, Mox_ 7, 69c. Agate Nickel Steel Lipped Saucepans, No. 3, 24c. ately pce Steel Berlin Saucepans, 0. Toilet See thousand sheet rofls, 3@, a 1ese Fern Balls, sold elsewhere at our price, 19¢. Musical Instruments, Musical Instruments may be found on the fifth floor. The assortment is very practical—very large. It fs worth the while of amateurs and — professionals to know our prices be- fore buying such things. Informing yourself in that respect gives greater — pewen to ae music money. Don't choose carelessly—corfipare qualities —we urge that method. Were Re to be exact in stating how © much le s we ask than special specialty and other de> irtment stores it A Dress Goods business like this creates remnants rapidl But for these semi-monthly clearing-out sales they would congest the department uncomfortably. This offering in cludes 14% to 10 yard lengths of Fleece-lined Silk Souffle Cloakings, Chinchilla Cloakings—Ox- ford Cloths, Eolians, Voiles, Etamines, Armures, Serges, Home- spuns, Henriettas, C: ashmeres, Albatross, Tweeds, Cloths, Vene- tians, Plaid and Checked Suitings. Regular Prices | Remnant Prices 39c. to $2.98 | 19c, to 59c. First Floor, 35th St. 12%c. Printed Batistes at 7c,-» Twenty-two thousand yards of the best Printed Batiste that you ever saw at 12'4c.—polka dots, stripes, rose buds, Dres- den, Jardiniere and Sevres designs on light and dark grounds —also border effects. Dainty colorings that will not fade, choice at 7c. Ca ndy Basnmenh Have you ever made Candy at home ?’ The excitement may be de- lightiul, but the product is rarely satisfactory. However, there's con- scious pleasure in eating the sweet- meats of your own labor—even_ if they are below the artistic and sciéntific standard in form and flavor. You know they are pure. We have the same knowledge con- cerning the Candies from our own For Washington's Birthday. The legend of the cherry-tree e sode supplies the motif for half a score of pretty conceits designed for favors and decorations, The stock is also enriched with many other historical, national and martial emblems, Large Hatchets, two styles, for holding candy, 6c, White Embossed Paper Boxes, orna- mented with cherries and red, white sell the same quality at an average of half what they charge—and still realize our legitimate protit. » are now being made for Fri- day and Saturday ; American Drum Boxes, 10¢,,19¢s 28c., 37e, There’s Good S Yon on One Hundred and Elghtleth street IS A DISEASE! More Tracks for (L,'! “Will. Power” Will Not Cure It, Mr. Parsons saya Mr Belmon * “ aan willing ta extend the Manhattan "L, connect them with the sub em so that both may be op ated as a unit with through trains at a wingle fare. He suggests these al terations to the Manhattan structure and Method of operations Becond Avenue Division--Add two tracks from the Harlem River to Chat ham square, carrying the " lin two Go to the Harness Department, needed for sleighing. Large assortment of Bells, Chimes, Pl “land Foot Warmers, Cream Dates, pound boxes, 9e. Plain Vanilla Fudge, pound, 140, Walnut Vanilla Fudge, pound, 19¢ Vanilla Butterscotch Wafers,pot Vanilla Pecan Kisses, pound, Vanilla Perle Almonds, pound, Vanilla Walnut Bon Bons, pound, Vanilla French Nougat. pound, 3 306 always. tracks over the Chatham aquare jun tion and over the Park Row line to City Hall Thirt Avenue Division—Extend ¢ Uhind track from Pifty-ninth # Ninth street, ake it canth = om the Hariem River to tn Jacter point Suburban Divislon=Add a thind trie from mouth ef the Harlem River aaaeien avenue. A foi Aub a 1, 434 Ding ‘0e,, Biblia} tiersew’s, deren on fifth floor, for everything that’s We have a complete Harness Department—everything for the driver! a rider, horse and stable—and our prices are always less than others a credulity to believe without a per- sonal inspection on your part. Come, Mandolins, $1.34,$4.27,$5.34 and $7.96 Violins, $2.21, $3.21, $3.99, $6.38 and $10.34, Guitars, $2.99, $5.98, $8.99 Violas, $8.99, $19.98. Cellos, $13.24. $21.66. eh Accordions,$1.76,$2.24,$3.67 an@$4@o Zithers, $1.64, $1.83, $2.24, $4. Autoharps, $1.99, $2.99 and $5.67. Violin Bows, 79c., $1.19, $1.89. Violin Stands, 44c,, 84c., $1.47. \ Columbia Disk Graphophones #1088 a Metronomes, $1.98. : Cigars.» ». Lord Cooper Reina Victories; 4 Havana wrapper, fine long fil- ler, made to sell at $75.00 a thousand; our price for box of one hundred, $4.99. F. Garcia & Bros.’ “Havana Smokers,” made in T: sold by others at $2.40 for box of 50; OUF pricesese-+-+.... GLO Little Havana Perfectos, Havana. wrapper and clear Havana filler, box of 50, $1.39; box ‘of Robert Burns, box of 50, sold elsewhere at $3.50; our vey Flor de Isna Key West-- Clear Havana:— Petit Puritanos, box ora Perfectos, box of 25 El Coto—Bouquet—and Royal Lights—Regalia Especial, box be 50, others charge $1.25 to $4.50; OUF PriCe,. .0sseeecedelen Gen. Jackson Perfectos, Sumatra wrapper and finest combination filler, box Of 50+++0++-- $1.38 leighing Now, Rothschilds, box of 50.. $3.99 $2.49 umes, Robes, Fur Caps, Fur Gloves Sy Standard American ;