The Portland daily press., 1880-06-16
ANOTHER DISASTER.
Collision Between Steamships An
choria and Queen.
NO LIVES LOST ON EITHER VESSEL.

New YORK. June 1.-THE steamer Ancho-
ria of the Anchor line, which sailed from this
port on Saturday last, on Sunday, when 800
miles east of Sandy Hook and feeling her way
through the dense fog, collided with the
steamer The Queen, of the National line. The
two vessels came together with terrific force
The Queen had her bows stove badly, and lost
a considerable part Of her top hamper. The
Anchoria's passengers, including the Touriee
party, as well as fifteen of her crew, were
headed for New York.
The Queen reached her dock at 1890. She
had ragged hole in her bow eight or ten feet
below the gunwale and extending below the
water line. The iron plates were bent and
and badly torn. The Anchoria was struck
just forward of the bridge on the starboard
side. The bow of the Queen plunged into
state room of the Anchoria in which three
young ladies were andstheir escape was almost
miraculous. There was great excitement on
both vessels, but no one was injured
Capt. Heddench of the Anchoria' behaved
with great GOODNESS and stuck to his vessel I'M
til the passengers were safely transferred to
the Queen. Passengers had to assist in
launching the Anchorias boats. AS soon as
the boats struck the water the sailors were the
first to jump into them. During the transfer
of passengers lady fell overheard but was
rescued. This was the only accident after the
| collision.
The Anchoria arrived at 100 Two of her
| compartments were filled with water soon af-
| ter the collision and it was feared she would
| sink. The sea was calm at the time of the
| collision and the passengers were tranferred
| with little risk. The passengers state that af-
| ter the collision the crew of the Anchoria be-
came demoralized, three leaping aboard the
| Queen before the vessels separated. The men
made no efforts to save the passengers but
| looked to their own safety.
| One of the officers of the Queen states that
| the Queens starboard bow struck the Anchoria
about midway between the bridge and the
| foremost, cutting through to the first dead
| light on the upper deck, nearly eight feet. The
| hull was broken in below the water line and
into this gap the water rushed with frightful
rapidity 1--WE are sinking" was the cry that
rang out from the Anchoria, and passengers
were wild with terror. Gu board the Queen it
was believed the Anchoria could not float
long and boats were quickly lowered. Fortu-
our disciplined crew under Capt. Williams
order was ready for the dreaded emergency. 1t
took but short time to transfer the passengers
to our decks, and had the Anchoria gone
down in five minutes after the collision not a
passenger would have been lost.
The Queen has rent in her port bow
through which, as one of the sailors expressed
it, "a horse and cart can be driven 1t
reaches below the water line, but how far is
yet unknown. The forward bulkhead filled
with water. To the bulkhead in both of the
ships, their safety is due, But for these safe,
guards they, with their living freight would
have been at the bottom of the sea in less
than fifteen minutes after the accident occur
red.
The passengers of the Anchoria passed a
complimentary resolution to the officers and
crew OF both the Queen and Anchoria for cool
ness and bravery in the collision.