Emery County Progress | 1901-06-22 | Page 2 | Transport Ingalis Capsizes

transport analla Cap elzee while the united states transport ingalls was in tt e balance dry dock at the erie basin south brooklyn friday where she was about to undergo exten tive repairs she suddenly slipped froin the blocks and capsized one man la known to have been killed and many injured there were about carpenters machinists and other laborers at work on the vessel and dock at the time it is supposed that the vessel was thrown from an even keel by ballast ariy placed or by the shifting of the blocks on she rested causing her to list to starboard driving the sheering beams through the rotten walls of the old floating dry dock in which she was cradled besides the mechanics and other workmen who crowded the festl and dock pro paring her for a voyage to manila about thirty italian laborers are supposed to have been in the hold of the ship employed in shifting pig iron ballast it is feared many lives were lost