The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-23
CUT IN TWO BY CAMPANIA
CUNdRD LINER SINKS fl BARK IN IRISH CHANNEL.
The Big Ocean Greyhound Has Nnr- row Escape Herself From Disaster Time of CoIlision-EIcven of tho Dnrk's Crew Probably Lost.

London. July 22-A dense fog hung
 over the Irish channel yesterday morn ing and the Cunard line steamship Cam
 pania, en route for Liverpool from New York struck the Liverpool bark Elm
 bleton bound for New Zealand, amld- ships, cutting her in twain. The Elm
 bleton sank Immediately, Seven Of the crew were rescued, but 1t Is believed the other eleven members of the ship s company, including the captain, were drowned. The Campania had her bows stove. in, but arrived safely at Liver pool five and one-half hours late.
 The Campania was little injured but
 had narrow escape from serious dis aster. The fog had delayed her passage since Friday noon and a tenera went out from Queenstown four miles as Cap- tain Walker would not take the liner near sSora.
 At Tuskar light the fog was becoming denser every moment. When the Cam pania was about thirty miles northeast of the light a phantom ship rose sud- denly, without warning, directly across her bows Thirty seconds later the phantom had become a solid vessel into which the liner crashed her steel fore foot going through the Embleton like the clean cut of sword and dividing her just abaft the main mast.
 The forward half sank instantly. The stern swung viciously round and the mast and yards for a moment tore at the Campania. A lump of wreckage came down on her decks. Then the 4 e,,1r ,,1r f{s,n, pn6 d the surface of the sea was filtered With splintered timbers, boxes, barrels, the whole upper works and lighter cargo, the deck houses and such things. Then there was nothing.
 For 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 had elapsed.
 According to the Embleton's survivors for nearly half an hour before the col lision the captain and the first officer were below at breakfast and although the fog whsle of large steamer could be heard every minute, the bark never shifted her course, the helmsman re- ceiving no order.
 when at 6.Zo 8. III. the SeCollu olii- cer, 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 and pilot were on the bridge. The engines were instantly reversed, the helm put hard down. No precaution was omit ted. Some of her passengers had even grumbled at what they called super fluous caution. After the crash and the sudden cries the boats were quickly got out. There were no signs of panlc the crew were everywhere at their sta tions; the best discipline was main- tained the bulkheads were closed and everything possible was done to save life.
 Some of the Companies plates were bent by the collision; her forepeak f1ll- ed with water: her foretop mast was broken short off, and her steel rigging torn and twisted. The passengers held 8 meeting, adopted resolutions of thanks to the captain and crew and subscribed e7OO ($35O0) for the relief of the families of the lost.