The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-31
OCEAN STEAMERS COLLIDE.
THE aKKYLz CRASHES INTO THE E0BD-
GZARROARD.
a Collision For tghIsh the NoraIand Is Noe
to BIanse-No One Iniured~IThe Norda
land Laid Up For Ten Days 70 Repair
Damarca-Tba TNm $4,000.

A. Collision For Fghieh the NoriilRnd Il Nos
to BIame-No One Injured~|The Norde
land Laid Up For Ten Days 70 Repair
Damages-The Lsw $4,000.
A collision occurred on the North River
between two ocean steamers, which, though
no lives were lost, caused widespread ex-
element in the city last nIght. The facts
Of the case are these. This steamer Nord-
land, of the Red Star line, whose dock is
at the foot of Grand street, this city, was
booked to sail for Antwerp yesterday.
While backing out from the pier, the Ncrd~
lands pilot suddenly discovered the Ser
via. of the Cunard line coming rapidly
down the stream, also on her way ont to
sea. Captain Nichols. of the Noraland,,
seeing the danger of collisfsn, blew three
whistles, which is a signal That she was
backing ont into the stream, The ServiG
answered with two whistles, signal that
she was steered 10. staTboard; and was all
right. She was not steefed far enough 70
starboard, however, for If she had she
would have. cleared the stern of the Nord-
land. The Nofdland meantime hade tugboas
on her port side, pushing her stern aEoun6
ward. The Servia at this point seemed TO
hesitate whether or not to so further to
etarboard, or keep on. At any rate she
kept on her course, and & moment lateE
there was q crash, the Cunarder running
directly inte the stafboard quarter of tho
Red Star steamer, cutting her clean
through her steel plates, 3-8 to SO Of an
inch thick, and cutting her down from her
poop deck to within q foot of her water
line, and crushing clean into the steering
room and the steerage store room. Imme-
diately after the collision Captain Eickels.
for the purpose of giving way to the Baltic,
OF the Inman Line, which was also
on her way to seaward, allowed his
vessel to drop down stream to
point almost opposite the Central Rail-
road depot at Csmmunipaw, where
he dropped anchor. Having allowed the
Cunard and Inman steamers to pass him,
Captain Nichols again raised his anchor
and put into the dock out of which he had
shortly previous backed, where the Nord-
land is now laid up for repairs. The Nord-
land had 100 passengers aboard, of whom
rs were first cabin, 10 second cabin, and IS
steerage passengers. She was heavily laden,
though her exact tonnage was not learned
The nine-inch beam SET" iron of the
Nordland was cut into by the Servia and
twisted like wire-being literally torn to
pieces. Strange as it may seem, although
the Cunarder crushed into the Steering
room of the Nordland, the steering gear of
the latter was uninjured. Handorn 4 Rob-
bins, of the Albany Steel Works, made a
contract at once with the Red Star Com
pany to repair the injured vessel for S15,-
600, and that is the estimated amount Of
damage done her. The work Of repairing
her was commenced at o'clock last night,
and she will be ready to go to sea in ten
days. The Seayia is anchored off Cover
nors Island.
On board of the Servia were one hundred
and sixty-eight first-class passengers. Men
and women jostled each other in their
efforts to get at the life preserEers and the
officers had their hands full to prevent
some of the more panic-stricken passengers
from jumping overheard The Servia with
difficulty withdrew her bow and proceeded
to q point near Bedloe's Island and there
anchored to repair the slight damage to her
bows,a broken hawse-pipe being the injury.
She will sail for Liverpool tomorrow after
noon. The Nordland, unable to sail, trans
ferred her passengers to the Baltic, which
was weighing anchor.
Captain Mckay, Of the Servia, has
nothing to say except that ho had given
signals that he had starboarded his helm.
- Captain Nichols, of the Nordland, states
that he has made over 200 voyages for the
Red Star Company, and this is his frsk
accident. he blamed the pilot of the
Servia for the collision, claiming that he
should have kept away from his steamship.