The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
Point.

about breaking window lights and
smashing in the doors to awaken the
passengers. Every one was notified of
the danger and ordered to get on deck
as rapidly as possible The noise of
the crash had awakened most of the
passengers, and they poured out of the
staterooms in various attires. There
was yet time, and most of the passen-
gers were able to put on their clothes" :"
The chief engineer of the Kingston
and his first assistant were asleep and
escaped in their night clothes only
Rev. Horace II. Clapham. rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church. occupied the
stateroom struck by the Glenogle's
PROV, and was pinned in the wreck
age for several minutes, being released
only by the parting of the ship. His
forehead was cut slightly. He said:
MY cabin was No. Al, almost ex-
actly amidships on the lower tier of
staterooms on the upper deck. I was
awake, looking out of the window. and
saw the Glenogle for fully half a min
ute before the crash. I saw she was
coming straight for us, but felt sure at
first she would steer away The next
moment there was a crash. and [ was
Imprisoned in a pile of splinters. I was
pinned in fast and struggled hard, but
to no avail. I was certain then [ had
met death at last and resigned myself
to God
Then as the ships slowed around an
opening appeared in the debris and I
was freed. / took a piece of board to
pry a way out, and intended to use it
as life preserver. Reaching the out
side, | was standing in the walk be-
tween the staterooms and the rail. and
had no trouble clambering aboard the
Glenogle."-
Ben Volkenberk, the captains boy"
was the hero of the collision He
awoke Captain Anderson by breaking
in his door.
We're bumped" comically ex-
claimed Volkenberg.
The captain demanded an explana-
ton, but the boy cut him short with
the exclamation that the Kingston was
sinking.
Orders, sir" requested Volkenberg.
Awake the glory hold" returned
Captain Anderson.
And the boy went forward to
arouse the sleeping crew He returned
and assisted in getting out the passen-
gers. A man went overheard and Vol
kenberg saved his life.
T. w. Wright, who W. ne Kings
tons deck, tells how her hull went
down as follows:
Her hull went down like a shot al
most Immediately after the collision.
the masts disappearing below the sur
face like an arrow shot into the water.
People came out in all stages of dress
and undress and climbed high above
the water as they could. Only one man,
that L saw, jumped overheard. but
three or four were in the water.
think two women went down in the
hull, but am not sure of it, 1t was
clear enough to see everything plainly
and the trouble seer to be a lack of
caution. The Kingston was not ex-
pecting the GlenoPle and got ratified"
The Glenogle was in charge of Cap
tain Cater of the North American
Mail Steamship Company. The most
plausible theory advanced. after
study of the stories told, is that the
Kingston was proceeding toward Ia
coma under the impression that the
Glenogle was lying at her dock. When
the Victoria liner rounded the point
and the Glenogle loomed UP just ahead
the Kingston's officers were, at least
momentarily. confused.
It is said the GlenogIe signaled the
Kingston to pass outside and had this
been done, witnesses say. the accident
would not have occurred. The King
ston's officers were probably unable to
distinguish the whistles. and in tho
attempt to pass inside ran directly
across the bows of the Glenogle. The
Glenogle was probably acting on the
theory that the Kingston would pass
as she had been signaled to do. The re-
suit was that both vessels were headed