The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-05
HAD A CLOSE SHAVE
Ihe G. & 0. Steamer Louise CoIlIdas WIth'
a Brig Off Lamherts Point. 81
THE HUGE ANCHOR OF THE sAlLsH
"ins Twenty or Thirty Feet of joiner
work From the stenIner's side-3Asi
f"nic Among the Passengers nssE,
'here W"s No Dangor-zauIIo or ms
Louise UnInJured.

Aoout i15 O'clock last evening, whiIs
niahihs her way slowly to Norfolk ~,
ne ncr iast trip from Newport News. fJIe]
! Inu29dpeake ana Ohio passenger bcatI
OFT Lambcrt's Point at anchor. = - = =
ne name OF the brig cannot be asoar
I,inei' Ih' put 1t Is thought that Il was a al
l.ihan vessel. as two 'brigs OF this ,,az
,loi",ity ,n,liy We're lying off the Point yesss
i"ag afternoon, and one of the cresM|
~ ,hc louise says the crew OF the BRIG
spoke Italian. This vessel was, how.
eNcr not badly damaged, 1t Is beliayeisg y
one was perfectly still when the I ,oi1Isr
struck her, ringing no bells. as she
shouIu nave been doing in the dense fog.
i ,nr conid any lights be discovered
IN THE THICK FOG.
IN iact The Louise struck before ti1a|
vessel was seen at all. The bow of the
steamer seems to have struck the nf,se
VI the prlg and place about five feen|
!unE was ripped out of the starboart1|
railing of the former just aft of the
position. ,t's5t'' - - =
me steamer then swung around and
Ier post side was raked from the gat,u
way forward to the side wheel bnS nv
ne anchor of the brig All the toiner|
WORK above the hull for this distanos
was WAS TORN out, but neither the hull nor
est - -'N7tttssSs $50 -
inc shock of the collision was consfd-
eraple ana the frightened passengersl
were III some instances thrown from
their seats. NsS'71s
PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS.
The electricNghts aboard the steamer
were put out by the jar of the collislon|
anu darkness relBned. In nloment|
| there was the widest confusion aIncsnrl
the passengers and q scramble for Iifel
nrcservers. which We're put on by tho
Hickering light of the uncertain match
or without any light at all. The female
paSSenSers were. of course, terrified and
one OF them tainted, but all hands were
immediately assured that there was mol
danger, and such was indeed the ca &c.
me BOAT, 50 far as her floating qualf-
Ties were concerned. was in as good a
condition as before the accident, ana
came on to Norfolk without further mis-
mp MP, making her trip to Portsmouth. as
usuni, and finally tying up for the night
al the Chesapeake and Ohio wharf IN
this city. 7I5ssS'-i
HULL UNINJURED.
captain Warren, who was at the
wheel says that the hull of his boat
was not damaged at all and that repairs
can easily be made. The damage done
amounts to little less. perhaps. than
$780, though the exact extent cannot ba
learned until a thorough examination is
made. The work was undoubtedly done
by the briggs anchor, which seems to
nave operated as n huge rake Fortu-
natcly no one was hurt and the damage
to the freight aboard was so slight as
TO be hardly worth mentioning.
The collision was due to the very
heaVy fog on the river. it being so thick
that 1t was impossible to see a. boats
length ahead.
DANGERS TO NAVIGATION.
No vessel has a right under the law.
and during a dense fog, to lie at ana
chor without ringing her ships bell 1t
Is criminal negligence and during this
foSgy weather the harbor master should
be particular In admonishing for
cign vessels of the law. This criminal
neglect was the cause of the collision
last night. That it was no worse ia
providential. s4