Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-12
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The French Steamer Iberia Cut Into by
the Steamer Umbria.

The French Steamer Iberia Cut Into by
the Steamer Umbria.
NEW YORK, November 11th.-The Gun
ard steamer Umbria collided with the
Fabre steamer Iberia about four miles off
Long Beach Hotel, just beyond Rockaway,
on Saturday afternoon The Iberia was
badly damaged, having her whole stern cut
off, ana the Umbria, after taking off the
crew OF thirty men and lying by the in
Jured ship all night, came up to the dock
for repairs this morning at II o'clock.
When she left the Iberia the latter was
sinking badly at the stern, and it looked as
II she would go to the bottom before noon
The Umbria was but slightly injured, and
came back to her dock merely as q precau-
tionary measure
According to the agent of the line, Ver-
non III. Brown, all the marks she bore of
the ugly wound she gave the Iberia was
the ragged edge of hole in her bulkhead,
in its largest dimensions about six feet by
three feet. The hole is just abaft the ex-
treme bow, and its lowest point about five
feet above the water-line This is on the
starboard side. A small hole was also
punched IN the plate on the porte side, d.
rectly opposite. The Cunard people tell
the following
STORY OF THE DISASTER:
The Umbria left her dock on Saturday
morning at 10:45 o'clock with 215 cabin
passengers, 81 intermediate passengers and
429 steerage. Sandy Hook was reached at
1912 P. NJ, and the pilot left at 1870, with
out incident. The weather was hezy and
growing thicker all the time. At Lilo the
ship was slowed down on account of the
thick fog. About five minutes later the
steamer whistle was heard on what ap-
peared to be the starboard boat Captain
McMlcken was on the bridge. As the
whistle seemed to be growing nearer, the
engines were stopped altogether. Almost
the next moment a strange steamer was
seen directly across the bows ahead and
pointing to the northward The Umbria's
engines were Immediately ordered reversed
at full speed, but that did not prove enough
to materialize her headway, and the UNI
bria struck the stranger on the port quarter,
| carrying away portion of her stern.
Orders were imediately given 10 lower
the boats and make an examination of the
Umbria, which was DONE with the result
| as given already. The two steamers
drifted apart and lost trace of each
other for fully twenty minutes Shortly
after, getting nearer, the first officer of the
! crippled steamer got aboard. His name is
Guillot. He said the name of his ship was
| the Iberia, of the Fabre line. The Iberia
tember 2lst with cargo of dried fruit,
hides, coffee, etc. There were twenty men
in the crew, all told, inclusive of the Off
GERS. The Iberia had met with an accident
to her machinery, and had been laying to.
making repairs, for thirty hours. She had
just got under way when the accident oc-
Cured.
| The Iberia was steamer of about 900
tons register, and belongs in Marseilles,
France
1t being in the middle of the day there
was great excitement among the passen-
gers on the Umbria. The blowing of the
whistle of the strange steamer had put
everybody on the qui vive to see whence
| the sound came, and when the Iberia
!oomed out of the fog the excitement grew
Intense among the 700 passengers.
| Men were at once put TO work repairing
the damage to the Cunarder. 1t was an
all-night job. A plate of steel five-eighths
Of an inch thick will be placed over the
| hole which will be filled with concrete
making the steamer as strong as ever
| Captain McMioken, thoroughly exhausted
went to bed when the Umbria was docked
At noon tomorrow the UInbria expects to
continue her voyage
| The Iberia did not sink, but succeeded
| in reaching point off Long Beach. 1t is
i feared she cannot be kept afloat.