The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-26
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FATAL COLLISION AT SEA
steamer Norge sinks Fishing YES
sci With sixteen Men.

New York, Aug. 25.-The Thingvalla
steamer Norge, which arrived here today
reports that she sunk the French fishing
schooner La Coquette, of Bayonne,
France. on Saturday last, on the Grand
Banks. The captain and eight seamen
were saved. Sixteen went down with the
unfortunate vessel. THE Norge sailed from
Stettin August g. The weather was gen.
orally fine TO the Banks of Newfound-
land, when it became foggy, with paunes
of clear weather. OnSaturday, August 20,
between and O'Clock in the afternoon,
the weather was foggy, but not so thick
that the vessels speed was reduced. Cap
tain Knudson said be could see about
three cable lengths ahead. The wind was
fairly brisk from the west-southwest,
when a vessel suddenly doomed up from
the north with sails fun, and stood direct
ly across the bow of the steamer. The
bells were rung to stop and back at full
speed but too date to check the steam
ers Roadway. The stranger, fishing
schooner, fell across the bow and with a
crash was forced over and sunk. Three
men sprang aboard of the Norge. The
passengers of the Norge, most of whom
were about the decks, rushed in alarm at
the shock, but were soon quieted when
they learned that the steamer was unin-
iured. A boat was lowered and six men
and a dog were picked up. The vessel
sank almost Immediately. and in sinking
carried with her sixteen of her crew.
Captain Knudson of the Norge said that
as a steam vessel he was obliged to keep
out of the way of all sailing craft, but
that this WAS a time when the sailing
vessel could do more to help herself than
the steamer. The latter was going ahead
at fun speed, for the fog was not, in the
judgment yof the captain, sufficient to re-
duce Roadway. The fisherman was an ac-
tive vessel. had a good breeze and was
under good steersge way, but made no
attempt to avoid the collision, keeping on
with sails fun until squarely under the
bow. The large hull of the Norge, Cap
tain knudson said, should have been Wis
fble for a long distance.
At the office of the French consul the
following names of the lost were given:
Lemenant. Cannon, Allan, Lepron, Mon
slnet. Graffet, Curntin, Haimgent, Lescot
Morquet, Gerard, Guernara, De Croix,
Minguri, Daurel and Bonper.
All were fishermen.
French consul states that when the COLI
son Occurrerd there was heavy fog pre-
vaihng. The men were an on deck fish
ing. Suddenly the Norge appeared COM
ing toward them, head on for their side.
1t was impossible 10 do anything TO get
out of the way. The Norge, which was
going at a speed of from eight to ten
knots an hour. nit la ,CoQuette in the
side. Her foremost fell toward the wheel
There were sixteen men in that part of
the vessel. and the rigging, sails and mast
pinned them down. SO that Il was inev-
liable death for them, as the vessel began
10 sink. The wheel was smashed by the
fallen mast and control of La CoQuette
was lost.
The Norge cut La CoQuette clean in
half. The steamer backed as quickly as
possible and her crew lowered boats and
went 10 the rescue Of the men in the
water. Il was impossioae to save the six
teen men who persisted. La Coquette sank
a once.