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BARGES WRECKED IN THE ARTHUR KILLS.

A serious accident, which, however was not attended with loss of life, occurred at 3 a. m. yesterday at the Arthur Kill Bridge off Staten Island. A tow of Lehigh Valley Railroad barges was passing through the Kills and came into collision with the abutments of the Arthur Kill Bridge, and two of the barges were sunk. Both were loaded with coal. A Pennsylvania Railway tow following in the wake of the first one also struck the abutments of the bridge on the Staten Island shore. The mast of a large lighter, owned by the New-York Lighterage and Transportation Company, was carried away, and falling upon the decks of the two disabled barges smashed them in. Several people were asleep in the cabins at the time who would have been killed had the heavy mast fallen upon the cabin, as it almost did. It is said that neither of these tows was composed of as many barges as were those which passed through the Kills on March 31, to demonstrate to the United States Senate Committee and the Secretary of War the danger to navigators which, it is said, is constantly threatened by the abutments of the Arthur Kill Bridge. It is said that several other collisions occurred in the same place last week.

WILSON S. BISSELL.

GEORGE J. SICARD.

FRANK BRUNDAGE.

HERBERT P. BISSELL.

Bissell, Sicard, Brundage & Bissell,

Law Office,

284 Main Street,

Buffalo, N.Y.

Apl. 10. 1888.

Dear Col:

Allow me to call your attention to the above report of an accident at Arthur Kill Bridge, which might have proved very serious. The last clause refers to two other strikes reported to me by the company as having occurred last week, altho, fortunately but slight damage ensued

It would seem that "briefs" & "arguments" as to whether this bridge is an obstruction to navigation are useless

Yours Respectfully

W. S. Bissell

Counsel LVRR

To Col. Thos Lincoln Casey

President &c