The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-08
CITY OF ROME
COllides With an lcebu'g = u lille
En- Route 10 New York.

New York. Sept. THE ngurehead Of
the gigantic screw Anchor liner city OF
Rome, representing a Roman gladiator.
vessel reached New York yesterday, and
the short dagger which the right hand
had held was missing The left hand.
which had grasped a shield. was amputa-
ted at The wrist The mutlated figure
was the sole evidence above the water
line OF q collision between the city Of
Rome and a big ice berg of Cape Race
last Thursday and the pa-l TO- which the
nearly 1900 people on b9urd had keen ex-
posed.
The prudence ana sl0ill OF Captain IIlgn
| Young. tho steamships command sr. .n
topping The engines at ,he nrst signs OF
oe saved tho liner from quiclS Gsstru ..on
and her pase1 scrs and crew lrOm 'thth.
The City Of Rome left Glasgow on hu-
gust 20 with ca passengers In tho saloon
and second cabin and 322 in the stss--
age Her crew numbers 40, SO there weie e
| 1 .2gS persons on board, She made the
usual stop at Moville and thsn steamed
on into the Atlantic To face a high west
ery wind and sea. This the big vesse
| bufreted until untn August "a. and at
O'Clock mat afternoon she entered The iut
belt mat closed around he. 80 M hckl!
THAT double lookouts were posted on th
foreoastle hnad and another in the crow
nest on the foremost
CLOSE WATCH FOR ICE
Speed was reduced to eight knots. sno
the loolSouts We're warned 10 watci fol
signs of ice. capt. Young, himself. tooh
charge Of he pridge Win Chief Onlcol
| .
hm. and uhe liner crept for nearly thre'
hours through the ever thlckeniug mist.
As six O'Clock drew near the saloon wa
Illuminated and the long rows OK t.ubl t
rapidly hlled with passengers Tor tnsi
dinner.
Suddenly the air grew cold and Captall
Young knew he was near ice. A seconN
later he sighted a hummock twenty fee
. high and twice as long on the port bow
The signal to stop rang In the engin
room and tho helm swung 10 port an
u liner veered 20 starboard and the ice hum
mock hoated past on the port hand
a had hardly reached the stern whe
= tho form OF a berg l75 TO 2OO feet long on
u fully forty feet nigh loomed up direct
iu the steamsn ps course The lookout
alld tho officers on the bridge saw
g al The same moment, ana the signal rs
: verse full speed astern." was followed l.
the churning Of the big screw as IL -,
with all It's power TO avert the cOllL
+ HER BOWS ROSE IN THE AIR.
But the vessers headwsy was too sc.
u tO prevent an impact Her bows sudden
appeared TO rear Ia air as she struck q
Hedge OF ice that projected unuer the su
d face fram the base OF tho berg. ana G.,
'- "a ssrlos OF mighty VbraucnF shook q
al vessel as sha cruuched her way up TO q
s- slippery Incline until her ioVbprt DoH.
10 over the top OF the osrs of weeu IN
peaks. one which lowered .weniy ~
10 aboye the Rome bows. sha rla strti,
% tue berg fairly in the center.
ie Al the first crash the tables boo mo clJ
ie we're empued Of dlshca and f'ol. viii
"a broken crOcKery and glass were hur'
through the air and tho q mars were sci
sprawling among the debris The srsa
rang with tho SCREENS OF women end chill
dren who were sure tho city 0f Rome wl
. sinking n a moment there was rgl
= for the main companion way as the 70
. senegers surged toward me pIorenan'
deck. But they were met By on GERS "l
cllmed their fears. The truth was tc
at once and the voyagerB - = assui'
mat no harm had b en done.
The big engne di1 ther work and u
steamship slowly odcced away from "A
berg for hfteen feet aud tLo1 the Gte
Joe ledge under her bow snapped on al
city Of Rome fOated wlthien thousal
= tons OF 8ce under her starboard big'
which gave her list of hftesn degrees
q port.
Y CAPTAIN SAW 40 DTdEn IcB.
b @ could not have been helped "a
y Captain Young yesterday. we had gto
q the engines the moment / had seen q
y Grst bit Of Ice and that hammock vi
& the first and the ioe berg the last '
b saw. The berg was IN latitude $50 a.
8 long tude 4s.44
y When the steamship slipped OF 4
y Ice, We steamed slowly ahead for q
4. hours TO get away from the neighbo
" hood Of the berg II disappeared a mo-
~ ent after we left When We had put Il
u zen miles between US and that borg {
Y vessel was hove TOO until It fully clear
81 At 1870 o'clock Friday morning. rhel 2
q spead was resumed.
~ DO not think the fore peak Plates
" low the water ere damaged but AZ
~ will take a look al them. All Of {
a compartments, even No. ], which Il
~ rec.ly abaft the norepeak, are tight.
~ have not taken In a drop Of water q.
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