St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-20
CUT DOWN IN COLLISION.
STEAMER TURKISTAN KNOCKS
A GREAT HOLE IN HER
PORT SIDE.
ALL ON BOARD ARE RESCUED.
Passengers and Crew Take to the
Boats Before the Ship Goes
Down.

containing the captain, crew and
passengers of the Netherlands-A
lean Steamship company's steamer
Edam, from New York, bound for
Amsterdam. At o'clock this morn
ing the Edam collided with the
steamer TurkiStan, when five miles
southeast of Start Point. The col
hsion occurred in a dense fog. The
Edam foundered and the Turkistan,
after standing for some time, pro-
ceeded on her way. The captain,
crew and passengers of the Edlrn,
who had taken to boats immediate
iy after the collision, were picked UP
by the trawler.
The Vulture was on the fishing
grounds, fifteen miles from the Eddy
stone lighthouse, last night. The
night had been clear. Just before
O'Clock thick fog came up. Those
on board the Vulture heard a great
blowing of whistles and then a
terrific crash. The Vulture proceed
ed Immediately to the spot from
which the sounds issued, and went
alonside the steamship Edam, which
was rapidly filling. Capt. Brunsma,
of the Edam. requested that the Vul-
ture stand by. The ships boats were
then quickly lowered and the pas
sengers were helped into them with
out accident. The passengers were
greatly alarmed, but there was no
panic. The majority went on deck
without having taken time to dress.
The women and children were first
embarked in the ships boats The
sea at the time of the collision was
perfectly smooth. The steamer
Turkistan, which did not appear to
have sustained serious injury by the
collision, stood by until danger was
past, and then proceeded in the
direction of Cardiff.
WITH AWFUL FORCE.
The Edam and Turk,stan came to-
gether with great force, although they
were proceeding cautiously in the fog.
The Turkistan's Prov made a great
hole in the side Of the Edam. Both
vessels Immediately lowered boats, and
many passengers were transferred from
the Edam by the Turkistan's boats to
those of the former ship. One ac-
count says that the Edam foundered
within half an hour after the collis-
ion. Everything is being done at Ply
mouth to make the shipwrecked people
comfortable, and to supply them with
clothing, as all their baggage was
Loot Tho hod I'D r,in Nv
three steerage passengers. The Turk
istan's bows were badly damaged. The
Edam was struck amidships, on the
port side. Capt Brunsma was on the
bridge at the time. He had heard the
Turkistan's whistle, and replied sew
eral times. When at last the vessel
loomed up In the fog, it was too late
to avoid a collision, Dut the captain
Immediately signaled to reverse en-
gines and ordered everybody on deck.
He directed that the passengers, Off
GERS and crew be divided into four par
ties, one for each of the steamships
boats.
The boats were lowered without any
panic. The women and children were
handed down into them, many of them
but half dressed. In the meantime
boats from the Turkistan had ar
rived and Capt. Drew, of the Vulture,
brought his trawler alongside the fast
sinking Edam.
SANK IN FORTY MINUTES.
Capt. Drew, in an interview, said
that he had just reached the fishing
grounds when the fog came up. Hear
ing the sound of wh:stling and a lit
tie later the crash or the vessels, he
bore Immediately for the scene. The
night was SO dark that he was unable
to see how large the vessels were,
or where the Turkistan struck the
Edam. He did not think the Turkistan
was much damaged, but he ascer-
tanned that her stem was somewhat
injured The officers of the Edam re-
fuse to give any details Of the Edam,
beyond saying that there was no pan
ic on board. From other sources it
is learned that the Edam settled down
at the stem first and sank about forty
minutes after the vessels struck, by
which time all the boats had gotten
clear of the doomed ship. Capt.
Brunsma tried to board her again be-
fore she sank, but the danger was too
great.
The passengers were all emigrants OF
the poorest class, and none of them
could speak English. When they
reached Plymouth they presented a
pitiable spectacle, the most fortunate
of them being only half clad. They
were, however, soon provided with
clothes. English yachtsmen contrib
uted money for the alleviating Of their
distress, and local tradesmen gave
generously for the same purpose. All
the male passengers have been housed
in the sailors home here, and the
women and children have been placed
in comfortable quarters until arrange
ments are made for carrying them to
their destinations.
HER LIVING FREIGHT.
NEW YORK, Sept 19.-The steamer
Edam, Capt Brunsma, sailed from
this port on Sept. s, bound for Amster-
dam. The Edam was built at Rotter-
dam in 1863. She was 800 feet long,
80 feet beam and 2S feet deep. She
registered 3,13o tons gross and 2,267
tons net. She hailed from Rotterdam
and was owned by the Netherlands
AiH0IlCdIl 0lccHu INdNlSdtiOA COulpdlly. :.
Following Is list of her steerage
passengers from New York: Job Hug,
M. Manuirton, J. Wisnewski, M. Ckra-
sko, M. Subjecki, H. Densinger, w.
Kazyzaniak, F. Gersler, C. Nalbach
and child, P. Bender. M. Friedman,
q. Breslin and chilren, P. Worten, S.
Nichols, L. Saug, B. Waszil, A. Haug,
D. Hencken, S. Stachetcky, j. Ondo-
vasin, v. Korol, D. Gyorg and child,
D. Frzebet, B. Josef, J. Mundo, G.
Haslak, George Zincak, J. Zincak, R.
Chaykun and three children, F. Hen
sen, e. Hensen, M. Reinkewicz, H.
Walicki, j. Tono. J. Jung, G. Gribus,
D. Schmid and infant, L. Funnel.
TOLD BY sEAMEN.
Michael vintges, steward of the
Edam, is one of the few Of the crew
who speak English fairly well. He
said: II was aroused from sleep by
the shrieking of steam whistles. I lay
in my berth wondering ait the cause
when there was a sudden crash which
shook the vessel from stem to stern
hurried up on deck, carrying my Goa