The Bowbells tribune., 1900-07-27
DISASTER IN A FOO.
VESSEL OUT IN TWAIN BY THE
CAMPANIA.
Eleven Members Of the Grew, In
cludinE the Captain, Wa(a
Drowned = During \ Dense Esy
the Embleton Appears Suddenly,
Campania's BOws-Liner Crashes
Through Her Like q Clean Cut OF
a sword-Whole Occurrence Did
Not Last Eighty Seconds.

London, July PA dense fog hung
over the Irish channel yesterday morn
ing and the Cunard line steamer Cam
pania, en- route from New York to Liv-
erp00l, struck the Liverpool bark EN-
bleton, bound for New Zealand, amid
ships, cutting her in twain.
The Embleton sank Immediately.
Seven of the crew were rescued, but:
it is believed the other eleven mem
bers of the ships company, including:
the captain, were drowned.
The Campania was little injured, but.
had a narrow escape from u serious
disaster. The fog had delayed her
passage since Friday noon and ten
der went out from Queenstown four
miles, as Capt. Waller would not take
the liner near shore.
At Tusker light the fog was becom-
ing
Denser Every Moment.
When the Campania was about thirty
miles northeast Of the light phantom.
ship rose suddenly, without warning,
directly across her bows. Thirty Sec
/ onds later the phantom had become a
solid sailing vessel into which the
liner crashed, her steel fOrefoot goingx
through the Embleton like the clean4
Cut VI q SWOIu anu ultluluS ucI JUST
abaft the main mast. The forward
half sank instantly. The stern swung
viciously round and the mast and yards
for moment tore at the Campania. A
lump of wreckage came down on her.
decks. Then the stern of the bark
also disappeared and the surface Of
the sea was Uttered with splintered.
timbers, boxes, barrels, the whole up
per works and lighter cargo, the deck
houses and such things.
From the instant when the
Phantom Came Into View
from the bridge of the Campania until:
the last vestige of the vessel vanished
some sixty or eighty seconds elapsed.
According to the Embleton's surviv-
ors, for nearly half an hour before the
collision the captain and the first Off
Ger were below at breakfast and al
though the fog whistle of large
steamer could be heard every minute
the bark never shifted her course, the
helmsman receiving no order.
When, at 1925 a. M, the second OFF,
Ger, to use his own phrase, ''heard the
rush of steamers bows" he shouted
down to the captain, who rushed on
deck, but he was too late to give an
order.
The Campania was under one-third
steam. The captain, first officer aud
pilot were on the bridge. The engines.
We're Instantly Reversed
and the helm put hard down. No pre-
caution was omitted. Some of her pas
sengers had even grumbled at what
they called superfuous precaution.
After the crash and the sudden cries
the boats were quickly got out. There
was no sign Of panic. The crew ,1roz
everywhere at their stations, the EestV
of discipline was maintained, the bulk
heads were closed and everything pos
sible was done to save life. Some Of
the Campania's plates were bent by
the collision, her forepeak filed with
water, her foretopmast was broken
short of and her steel rigging torn and
twisted. The passengers held meet
ing, adopted resolutions of thanks to
the captain and crew, and subscribed
700 pounds for the relief Of the survivt
ors and the families Of the lost. l.