The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-13

SEN hu2k. Nov. f1--The Cuna-sf steass,-
r cnhris collided with TIE Fahre sssanser
hotel Just beyond Rocsawsy, Saturday
afternoon The Iberia was haiiy darsasesi.
naslus zoe whole stem cut etf. ard the
Omnria- after taking OF the crew 81 % men
and lytag By the injured ship ali night.
came up to dock Ia. repairs Sssrrs,av
morning a, II O'Clock. When she len the
losrfa was sinking baiiy 81 the Stern. an 4
looked As II she would 80 to the bostslr,s -.
fore noon The Cmeria was hcs slfxhtfy
injured and came back TO her dock merely
As precautionary measure According Il
the agent OF The line all the marx she hare
OF the ugly wound she gave the iberia Was
rasged-edsed hole in the collision huik.
nesd, IN lis largest dimensions shossf ssx
feet by three feet The whole just shafs Of
extreme bow and at its lowest point about
I'VE feet below the water line. This is on
tue s,arho2Fd side. A small hole was also
punched In the plate on the pert side
directly opposite.
The cGnsrd folks tell the following
story The Jmhria left her dock saturiay
morning st los O'Clock with 2is cabin
passengers. s. intermediate p&Ssengers aud
~ sreerage. SANDY Hook was reached as
i2sl2 p m and the pilot left At 2.so with
out incident The weather was oggy and
was gronipg thicker all the time Atiilo
the ship was slowed down on ae cunt OF a
thiek fog About FIVE minute later a
steamer whistle was heard ON xhas an
peercd 70 be the sfarhoard bow. Captain
Medtcken vas on the bridge. A. the
whistle SEEMED TO be growing uearer the
engines were ssopPed altogether Aimost
the next moment strange steamer was
seen directly across the bows ahead roins-
ing To The northwa-d The Umhris's en-
gines were immediately ordered reversed
at fun speed. bat that tsia not Prove
enough to neutralize the headway. and
= f1rF4f aa~. u
quarter. carrying SWAY a portion of her
stern Orders were Immediately given To
lower the boats asd make an examination
OF the umbria. which was done with the
result as given alreaav
The two steamers drif,ed Aparf aud LOST
trace OF each other for fnli - minutes.
shortly after getting nearer the first officer
OF the crippled steamer got aboard. His
name Is Outlet He said the name OF his
snip was the Iberia, ef the Fahre line.
There were 20 men in the crew. inclusive
OF officers. The Iberia had met with an
accident 10 her machinery and bad been
layingio. making repairs, for about 20
hours. She had just got under way when
The accident occurred. The IBERIA was =
ship Of about 100 tons register. and he
longed IN MaFseilles, France.
Being in the middle Of the day, there was
great excitement among the passengers on
the umbria. The blowing OF the whistle Of
the strange steamer put everybody on the
qHt rief to see whence the sounds came.
and when the IBERIA loomed out of the fog
the excitement grew intense among the
so passengers. Men were a: once put TO
work repairing the damage TO the Gu
harder, II was an ail-night's joh. plate
OF steel hye-eighths of an inch thick will
lse placed over the hoic, which viii be
filled with concrete. making the steamer as
strong as ever. The Cmbria sailed this
morning. fully repaired.
THE IBERIA SUNK.
HIGHLANDS, y. j., Nov. i3--Though the
steamer Iberia. which collided with the
Umeria, could be plainly seen from here
Yesterday as she Lay Off the Long Island
shore. nothing can be seen Of her to-day.
and 1t is thought she has sunk.