Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31

In a rcccn; ogiciaI investigation Of a col
lsion NJ SEA To pre- iu!ng judge Put The
following question 20 H. captain az q BIZ,
liner who appeared Is M expert witness:
In case you shOuld come upon another
ship IN midoccIn nnd find n collision In
eyitallc, what would you d1s'
The grizzly captain hcsita;cd a minute,
not hcvausc h. did not know what To sly.
but because he knew that his reply would
crcato a sensation. Then b. answered.:
"If n collision were unavoidable. and.
knowing my ship 30 10 tire stronger, I
would run head on at fuil srccd through
thu weaker bat, then GO back and pick
up the pCoplc."
This - n startling theory, but {. IS based
not on sclliShncss or inhunanity. Int up-
on tho fact that undor such circumstances
one wreck s. better than ty,o.
Scamcn seldom shrink from Lgty. When
the Champagne was recently disabled.
foFi0rn hops was ready 20 brave the ocean
In a small boat IN search of relief Whom
Third Oiiicsr George Cnsworth. In charge
% tho nine heroes Who made up tire czYc-
dillon, told the story q thtic vcc.. Of in
dcscrlhabl1 cldCrinc. hn did not soy n
word n out The face that In reality he was
the nrt of,icrr ~ tho Tour1inc and WIS
actlny ls thi-l offer ~ ;h' Champagne
fer q fTicrd Ct bis y 10 was ILL., Lr. Uns-
worth did r1t say word ah1u. The fact
ia: be held eros given 90 him Ivy tho
emperor q 81 ri4.ary. q COLI medal from
the Ircnch iirr and another from The New
Yosk Humane society. All q tA,sc gifts
ar tho fgWlgli ~ b-ly0 wcrS IN wEich he
riskCd his own u, Go save tie live &c 9th
ers. Under n commander ICES hardy and
eugrarcour than Mr. JuswCsth dc men
In The boa' thlt was s,Lt uEi Tor AID from
thc disqhi0d ship might hayn peri bed lie
rot practically M s!.C1 drrln- the seven
terrible days and night the li;tlo Loaj was
lashod about tho ga. ifc vas strong rli
impartsi his strength o IT, others. When
thy WCrr cfu1lly p---ci ~ big line.
which certainly saw their signals the E'sn
were about 90 dgsra!r and possibly would
have given ti,c-.sel,ts Up ios lot had not
| Unswo-th luigscd ECw lis into tLcal by
word and example, li.s brave seaman
will 81 the tUygsr,l ~ Lis lat brave act
byenotbcr medal pJrhars ard certainly by
promotion In the sew &C. u which L. is 10
eonsricuous a lEuro
In tho loss % The Esi.!.h ship Asia OF
Nantucket tie CntiIa crgw q - Lest their
livs. Ito csg.ail 9. ting tells about
rassinE thro-ra a il--o i,rouut - we. K
are. Including laics Of hCnr. broken srars
AMI b-akCn ship tiiat--< Drifting n tho
midst q this r.sa yssE portion Il tho
wrcck On whish tie L5l,ca wcrc lastCl
Il Was discnyc.cd that tic bodies vtrc
those 81 a rlan ard ht;lo Girl arTarca.iy
10 or ~ yenfs Oh. Thly wcrs %; in t.
miz-on chains The body. judging FROM
q master ctr3ilrato fcurd r. tho clothing
Of the Gcad Ian. was John Cook nui gave
the year - the mans birth - lisa The
little girl ioss c striking rJ~erblance T.
the nan. What soy cf parental love
AMI childish dcyoiioni
Twenty-Five lives were Is; In the
| grounding % TIE mail steamship Channel
Qcccn on tacTucks OF thc islccf Guernsey
81 the Chanrei islands. Those who per
ishCd included the chicf engineer. thrc0
stoSers ard u Passengers. including "a
Breton gallon sellers. who wcru drowned
On their eabias vhcn the seas swampod the
vessel The rcscuci rasscngyrs lost every
thin. even their clothing. The Channel
| Queens engines were reversed when the
rOcks wgrr ~csn. but !. vas then too late
The trst bo1;lo1G roatAcd land and sought
help % the fishermen, who made gallant
rescucs. although the heavy sca prevented
their boat from approaching the wreck.
The survivors had 20 Be dragged by ropes
through the sea 20 the rescuing boats. The
! captain was the hast 10 leave the wreck.
a story % n wreck IN which So were
drowned comes from TCncrifc. TLs III iated
/ ship we- lho C0unpagnic Generate Trans
atlantique iiEe steamer Flashat, bound
from Marss.lles fer Colon. Her captain,
second officer. II q her crew and one pas
scsscr were saved. Thirty eight Of the
errw and ~ passengers we're lost The
flschat struck On Anaga point during a
thick fog. Heavy weather PREVAILED at the
time, and The STEAMER soon broke In two.
Tsuesifs. vhsRs tss Steamer was wreeked.