Tour Boat Overturns in Adirondack NY Lake; Numerous Fatalities Reported

Fox News ^ | October 2, 2005 | Fox News

[CedarDave]

Fox News reporting a tour boat named the "Ethan Allen" has overturned in a lake in northern New York state. 46-50 persons were on board and rescues are on going. Searching for an AP link...

[Sam Cree]

I think you are right, Hair, in the pic of it in post #48, Ethan Allen looks like she might be kind of unstable. I don't doubt that with a full complement of passengers, she was overloaded. I'm still very curious to find out what exactly went wrong, how close the offending other boat passed her at what speed, etc.

[yoely]

At least 19 dead so far!!!

OMG

[milford421]

I think you're right...another poster has weather conditions...all seemed fine.

Dunno on this one...really, really sad.

[Sam Cree]

Thanks.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's apparently all glassed in where you see openings, too.... which makes it really bad to get out of.

[HairOfTheDog]

Do what you want.... I'm just one of the hecklers in the audience.

[RightWhale]

From a legal standpoint, which boat is responsible?

[CedarDave]

Requesting moderator update headline:

Tour Boat Overturns in Adirondack NY Lake; Numerous Fatalities Reported

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers...

...keel side down.

[Calpernia]

All your jokes are belong to us!


::ducks!::

[who knows what evil?]

Caught in wake of another boat.

They are cracking down on speeding watercraft on New Hampshire lakes...interested to see the details of this accident; especially regarding the "other boat".

[Larry Lucido]

This is horrible. Prayers for all involved.

Hard to imagine even small boat full of people being overturned like that. Must have been some wave/wake.

[mrmargaritaville]

Global warming-lake level up on 1\9999 th of an inch the last five years.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I'm glad we took the Mohican when we visited Lake George.

[Skywarner]

I'm monitoring Warren County sheriff dept and local emergency traffic including helo flights on my scanners and comm equipment... The number of fatalities is going to be more than 15 I'm afraid.

Also, some speculation that the boat may have capsized due to many passengers moving towards one side of the craft as it was laking its initial turn out of port.

Here's a link to a local news thread: Tour Boat Disaster

[JellyJam]

AP NEWS ALERT:

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — A county sheriff has told the Glens Falls Post Star that 19 people were killed when a tour boat overturned on a lake in upstate New York.

[RDTF]

something similar happened in Baltimore last year

[who knows what evil?]

Never mind...didn't see #58.

[Cboldt]

After a moment of silence he said there are NO coast guard on the lake.

As far as I know, CG is routinely involved -only- on waters that can facilitate interstate traffic/commerce.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

From a legal standpoint, which boat is responsible?

I'm no lawyer, but looking at the pictures, there seems to be a prima facie case that the Ethan Allen was overcrowded. I seriously doubt that the Mohican can generate a sizeable wake.