Sacramento Daily Record Union

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
RAN INTO THE
BANK.
The Crew of the Barge Victor Have
Narrow Escape from Injury.
About 5 o'clock yesterday morning the
steamer Empire City, en route for the upper
Sacramento from Stockton, towing the
barge Victor, to be loaded with wood,
passed through the Sacramento and Yolo
bridge. Some time afterwards she returned
and tied up at the Pioneer Mill, when it
was observed that her barge had been in
trouble. It was learned that after she had
passed the American River, going up, the
action of the strong northwesterly wind and
stiff current caused the barge to swing in
too close to the bank, where her pilot-
house struck against an overhanging tree,
and was almost knocked over, being made
to look as if it had reared upon its hind
legs preparatory to making a big jump. At
the time of the accident there were five
men in it-four besides the pilot. The four
were asleep, as they had a right to be, and
one of them reported, after the boat returned
to Sacramento, that the pilot lashed
the wheel amidships and "turned in" also,
after passing through the bridge. A person
viewing the wreck would be surprised to
learn that none of the men were seriously
hurt. In fact, only one was hurt at all, and
his was a trifling injury on the shoulder,
where his clothing was cut as cleanly as
though a knife had been used. A dispatch
was sent to Stockton for ship carpenters in
the employ of the company owning the
steamer to come over and accompany her
on her trip up the river, to make repairs
while en route, and they arrived by the
afternoon train. Meanwhile steering gear
was rigged up near the stern of the barge,
and until the pilot-house is again ready for
use the pilot will have to stand on deck
unprotected from the weather.