Collision of Northfield and Mauch Chunk Sparks Panic on East River
The Northfield and Mauch Chunk collision tore the forward deck and railing, causing passengers to panic as tugs rushed to the scene. Lizzie Ivers died of injuries, with others injured or missing. divers searched the wreck at daybreak and police reported several missing.
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Mauch Chunk
Central Railroad
Northfield
Staten Island
East River
Hewett
Unit
Mutual
Passengers recount ferry collision on Northfield and Mauch Chunk
A Northfield passenger describes the 6 o’clock crash with the Mauch Chunk off Whitehall street. The collision forced a crowded deck scramble with many passengers rescued by tugs and ferries and reports of drownings and injuries across Staten Island and Lower Manhattan.
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Northfield
Whitehall St
Staten Island
Mauch Chunk
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Jersey
Jersey Shore
East River
A Child's Cry and a Mother's Hope for Healing Eyes
A mother recalls her child nearly blinded by scrofula and describes using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to restore sight without surgery. The testimonial credits the medicine with purifying blood and curing the disease, noting the physician's guidance and a subsequent praise for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative for children.
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Agnes L. Duncan
Mansfield
Sebastian Co. Ark
Amy
Four Women Drown As Northfield Sinks At Pier Ten
Witness Ralph R Wallace a clerk aboard Waterst coffee export house ship Northfield reports four women leaped into the water and vanished as tugs neared. Deck hand Max Sullivan confirms possible drownings while Captain Louis Suffer and son recount a drowning near Pier No 10 and rescue of five women and two men. An elderly man is said to have drowned after Mauch Chunk struck the ferryboat.
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Ralph R. Wallace
Northfield
Max Sullivan
Pier No. 10
Louis Suffer
Port Huron
Livingston
Natuna
Pier No. 9
Louis
Suffer
Louis Crumb
G. K. Kinsey
Sailor’s Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Broome St
Stokehole
John F. Keating
Unity
Tribune
Slater
Brooklyn
Manuel Fernandez
Sullivan Sr
Spanish Line
Pier 10
John N. Robins
Rescue at the Northfield Sinking Aboard Multiple Vessels
Unity chief engineer John F Keating recounts aiding the Northfield as it sank near Pier 10. Deckhands and tugs including the Catasauqua Hewett and Present ferried 25 women and over a hundred passengers to safety while shelling out efforts to rescue frightened crowds and two panicky men. Police and tug crews saved several more, with hospital and home destinations noted.
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Northfield
Unity
President
Juliet
Pier No. 10
Pier 11
Boston Dry Dock
Ingalls
Pier 10
Michael Walsh
Richard Keely
Anna Shannon
Careyave
Brooklyn
Hans Kutcher
Anchor Park
Shannon
Gouverneur Hospital
Kutcher
John M. Waters
Jack Hewett
Peter Peterson
Hewett
Charles E. Miller
Williams St
Tribune
Randall
Pier 17
Erie
Rescue on the Unity boat during a sinking incident
Fernandez aided two women and a child to board the Unity as the sinking Northfield pulled men aboard. A nearby man broke Fernandez's finger with a rail shove while others saved the women and Fernandez. John Conlin claims he pulled two drowning women to safety. The ad urges readers to see the Sunday Tribune for coverage.
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Unity
Fernandez
Northfield
John Conlin
No. 192
Lands St
Staten Island ferry boats shelved by Albany action
Albany June 14 Special Assemblyman Van Name of Richmond proposes modern ferryboats to replace the aging Staten Island fleet the Northfield Westfield and Middletown. Hearings were held but bills failed in committee and no change occurred as residents press for faster more capable vessels and increased night service. The Northfield incident prompted renewed calls for action by Staten Island residents.
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Albany
van Name
Richmond County
Staten Island
New York
Northfield
Assembly Committee On Commerce and Navigation
Manhattan
Westfield
Middletown
Diver Enters Wreck After Northfield Sinking
Immense crowd gathered at Old Slip within minutes of the Northfield sinking as ambulances clattered to Pier 10. Divers and wrecking crews worked through the night to assess damage and recover any passengers, with reports noting wreckage, submerged decks, and frightened horses aboard.
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Old Slip
Northfield
Pier No. 10
Financial District
Northfeld
Inspector Thompson
Captain Chapman
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Hustler
A. Blomberg
Morse
Bob Ammon's Rescue Amid Northfield Collision
Lawyer Robert A. Ammon aided several passengers after the Northfield collision with the Mauch Chunk near Governor's Island. He saved Miss Mary Wickert by tossing a rope and guiding her to safety aboard the tug Catasauqua. Ammon described the captain's calm leadership and the rapid abandonment of the sinking vessel as water flooded the hull. He listed forty-six men and sixteen women rescued by the Catasauqua and named numerous survivors by name. He noted no drownings and observed open skylights revealing no floating bodies.
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Erie Company
Staten Island
New York
Catasauqua
Robert A. Ammon
Northfield
Mary Wickert
S. Eckstein
Miss Wickert
Ammon
Mauch Chunk
New-York
Lehich Valley Railroad
George J. Greenfield
de Jonge
Turner's Express Company
Mr. Ammon
Collision at Pier A Splits Two Ferry Captains Blames
Captain Abraham Johnson of the Northfield is jailed at Forty-second Precinct after his wrecked boat collision with the Mauch Chunk. Captain Griffin of the Mauch Chunk is sought. both blame each other for the crash. Warnings and miscommunications cited as cause. Johnson, 41, from New Brighton Staten Island, faces negligence charge.
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Abraham Johnson
Northfield
John E. Durkey
Monttgomery Ave
New Brighton
Staten Island
Om Pier A
Griffin
Mauch Chunk
New Jersey
Johnson
Northfeld
Henry Caddimore
Sam Coler
Caddimore
Dock Disaster Kills Worker as Ship Sinks at Yard
At the Ingalls yard a dock collapse killed a worker and injured many others. Ambulances rushed the injured to hospitals while officials refused press access and urged secrecy. Detained crew and families gathered as the scene stayed closed and the vessel was towed for investigation.
Fire in third story building owned by American Express Company
Last night a fire damaged the third story of the American Express Company building. Cohn Brothers in the same section were at work when they saw the blaze at the Lispenard Street end and could not account for the fire. Estimated loss is about $1,000, insured.
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American Express Company
Cohn Brothers
Lispenard St
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