New-York tribune., 1880-06-17
THE COLLISIONS AT SEA.
THE CRUSHED STEAMSHIPS.

ANCH0RIAS S PASSENGERS AGREE TO TAKE AN
OTHER STEAMSHIP OF The SAME LINE.
The steamships AnchOria and The Queen, which
were seriously damaged by cOisiont on Sunday
last 800 miles east of Sandy Hook, lay
at their piers yesterday, where they ar
rived on Tuesday, and were objects
of much interest Large numbers Of people
visited them during the day, including many
mariners, who expressed great surprise that either
of them should have arrived in port. 1t was the
general opinion that had the sea not been calm
both of them must have gone down at once.
The GOODNESS and good judgment OF the officers, the
prompt Obeyance of their orders by the crew, the
noble action of the passengers. and the clOck-wOrk
management of the boats and other hfc-saving ap-
paratus was considered extraordinary, and the
safety of the passengers was believed to be due to
the efficiency with which the crews had been
drilled.
Representatives of the New-York Board of Ma
rine Underwriters and Lloyd's agents made par
tia survey of the injuries which The Qnecn had re-
ceved, yesterday morning, and it ls believed that
repairs can be made upon the vessel without
putting her into the sectional docks. This will be
more fully determined when all the cargo is dis
charged but it is expected that she will be III sea-
worthy condition before the middle of july
The cargo forward of amidships Ill the Anchoria.
Is being discharged so to bring the forward part
of the vessel out of the water as much as possible
in order that survey be made of the full extent
of the damages Uutil this Is done it cannot be de-
tcrmined how long it will take to make repairs Inc
captains of both vessels have made their official
statements to the New-York managers OF the two
lines. but copy of them OF any portion of them
was refused the press they are to be forwarded
to the London Board of Trade, which will conduct
n thorough investigation of the cause of the col
lisOn.
The passengers Of tle AnchOria held a meeting Mt
the ST. Nicholas Hotel yesterday morning and. with
the exception of Fifteen or twonty, concluded to
accept of the cOmpauys offer to send them forward
hy the Ethiopia, of the same line, which sails to-
day.
1t was feared that the shipment of fresh meat on
the Anchoria was damaged by the collision, but an
examination bv the cOnsiGnor, I. Z. Eastman, yes
terday proved it to be in excellent condition. The
shipment was one of the largest ever made from
this port on a single steamer, consisting OF 2,34O
quarters of beef, and $50 carcasscs OF mutton
BRAVE LITTLE BOY.
Among tho cabin passengers of the Anchoria were
two Young children, Hugh Mcintyre, fourteen
years old and his sister Eva. five years old, trav-
cling alone from Toronto, Canada, to Glasgow, to
meet their parents who had returned home and
emf for their children. At the time of tb"
collision Hugh was at his dinner, and ms
sister Eva had just finished and ran to her
| state-room. Hugh went after her, and then rushed
TO the deck with her in his One of the Off
GERS told him to get the side into the boat but
the little fellow held back, said his sister must
90 first and then he would follow. The little girl
was carefully lowered into the boat, and then the
manly little fellow followed.
| EXPERIENCES OF TWO PASSENGERS
nf fho Apph
that if the collision had occurred two seconds Later
the boiler would have been struck by The Queen
| "Captain Williams" he added, said that he ex'
nectcd both boats would go down. The steeraGG pas
seugcrs got into the boats first for they were deS
| perate and we couldn't help ourselves One oi ON
passengers said that lie saw sailor use KNIFE ana
| another a pistol to keep back some OF the men
among the stecrage passengers One sailor had ms
| leg cut in getting into the boats and one of the
young womcn-a caDn passcngcr-fell into the
water but was Immediately rescued Had thc
| water been rough CAPTAIN Williams states lIat
little c0ud have been done for us. But though the
! log was very thick the sea was qulrt.'
John Irving Of Brooklyn, also a passenger or the
Anch0ria. SAID: e was standing on ne pr3mChddc
| deck when The Queen struck us, and both boats
I were under headway. We heard her whistles ana
| hGats to lie manned but there WAS great excite
| ment. Why, the boats from The Qnrrn reached Il,
before ours were lowered. The Queen had manned
her boats that morning, so she was JUST III ""ih'"t
| order" ,
deck of The Queen His attention was attracted bI
| the whIstling of steamer near by. The VrSsc
had Stacked up" he continued, " apparently anon,
| une-bnIf All at once the masts and SAILS
of the Anchoria lcomcd mp across Ih'
| Queens bow. An instant later. the
leak OF the lalier had cut into the Anchnrla AMID,
ships. striking her at angle Of about 40. Boll
vessels were soon stopped. Sailors went quickly
over the des of the vessel to learn the extent o
| the injury When the ilHmlnent dange
was understood the officers ard crew set t'
| work lowering the lfebOats. Captain William
| stood on the bridge and gave orders to the men
There were five captains Of whaling sinps on board
and they all agreed that the Anchoria was out o
| her course. They reached this conclusion partly
from the fact that she struck her taTboarC