The morning call., 1894-08-15
THIS STORY WAS SUPPRESSED
Though the New York Ran to South
ampton With All Her Pumps
Going.

the BIRDt OIL June Il ldeis WncH duous doO
miles out from New York. the steamship
New York was run into by the big iron
ship Delarno, from Hamburg to Balti-
more. Some thirty yards of the side OF
the New York were carried away. while
the American liner took as trophies of the
collision nearly three tons OF plate. the
bowsprit, the figurehead and various other
accessories of the Delarno. Both vessels
sailed on their way. the New York keep
ing all of her pumps going on the way to
Southsm pton.
An effort was made to Keep the incident
of the collision secret, and with signal
success, for 1t has remained Tor Artist
Fred Dangerfeld:, of the Chicago Opera
house, who has just returned from his
European trip, to give the details Of the
affair.
1--WE sailed on the New York for
Southampton June 20 last" said he. last
night ION board we had the members Of
the Cinderella Company, bound for Lon
don, and one of them was an old friend of
mine-Fred Eastman. | have been across
many times and l never 60 to bed early.
That night, soon after midnight. Eastman
and / were enjoying cigars on the lower
deck. Eastman complained of being chilly.
and ! suggested going to the port side. We
went and were looking out across the
water. 1t was clear. starlight night.
Suddenly / saw great shape loom UP be-
fore US, apparently coming out Of the
darkness.
What is that fellow trying to do?' |
cried, and then | saw and added: She'll
run into us: run like the devilD l shouted
to Eastman, and we started for place OF
safety. Just then there came the crash.
I was thrown against the rail aud had both
legs badly bruised. Eastman was not so
quick, and he is even now laid up in Lon
don. He had an awful fall.
"Of course, j thought of my wife. ran
to her statero ON and told her to hurry up.
and to throw on something l must have
alarmed her. as she said l looked as pale
as ghost. However, she threw on few
garments and we went on deck. The life
boats were swung OUT ready to lower and
the people tumbed up in scant attire, each
one looming a cork lifesaver. No one
knew how badly we were damaged. We
could see that the bridge had been
partially carried away and the seven-incb
iron davis of the forward port lifebeat
had been twisted like wire. The captain
summoned the ships carpenter to sound
the well, and stood beside the man and
watched him. He made careful examina-
lions and said it was the same as was
in the harbor the day before. This re-
assured us. Meantime we could see the
Dig black hull of the other ship near by.
"Who are you?' one of the officers cried.
2" The Delarno, from Hamburg to Balti-
more came the reply across the water.
DO you need any asslstancep -
mo shouted our captain. He had
heard the sounding of the we'll.
What ship is that| came from the
other steamer.
1.-the New York. for Southampton. Do
you need any help q and there was faint
reply.
"Our people were pretty badly scared
and they wanted to 60 back to New York,
but the skipper said he was all right and
he was going on to Southampton. We
| had slowed down, but there came tinkle
of bells and we found ourselves moving
rapidly forward again.
There was not much sleep on board the
rest Of that night, l can tell you. The
next morning, when daylight came. we
saw just how badly we had been hurt. 1t
must have been an awful blow, and it is
| great wonder we did not suffer more.
We arrived at Southampton safely, but the
pumps were working all the time. My
friend Eastman was badly hurt and was
| ordered by the ships doctor to keep his
berth. Both of his legs were badly bruised.
showed the captain where he had been
standing when the collision occurred.
"'Why wasn't you killed?' he asked.
ASK me an easy one,' replied.
Austin Brereton of the London Press
wrote 3000- word account of the affair for
publication. but it never appeared. The
steamship people seem to have a way Of
keeping these little incidents under cover
1 made a drawing of the hole in our side.
and when | returned, hearing that the COL
lision bad not been mentioned here. | sent
it to one of the illustrated weeklies. 1t
was never used. which is another evidence
of the influence of the American line PEG
pie. When the crew of an ocean-liner
prepares to lower the boats at sea and
when the passengers crowd on. deck it
means that things are serious, but as there
are no reporters in sight and plenty of
pull in evidence there is a good chance
to suppress story of the thing. On shore,
10 use paradox, that collision would have
been worth columns"