Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
RUN DOWN At SEA
BRITISH BARK SUNK nv ruE
CAMPANIA III A HEAVY FOG.
SIX HUNDRED LIVES IN. PERIL.
The Ship Embleton Goes tn tho Rot
tom a Minute After being
Struck.

AAoA III NeSI6TdQv morn
ing ana the Cunard line steamer Cam
pania. en- route from New York for pfy-
erpooi' struck the Liverpool bark EN-
pieton' bound for New Zealand, amid
snlps' cutting her in twain. The En-
oietoh sank immediately. Seven OF he
crew We're rescued. but it is believed the
ou. - II members of the crew, incluud-
my lne captain, We're drowned. 2
The Campania had her bows sto,;a :,
put arrived safely in Liverpool, ave and
a half hours late. GIN GIN
Inc Campan0 was little injured. Int
mao a narrow escape from serious disas-
81. me log mad delayed her passage
since nc noon, and a tender went
OUT from Queenstown four miles. az
captain Walker would not tax the
liner near shore. ~
AT Tuskar point the fog was becoming
uenser every moment. When the Cam
pania was about 80 miles due northeast
OF the light a phantom ship rose suddenly
without warning. directly across har
ooWs, Ihlrty second later the phan-
TOM nad become a solid sailing vessel.
into which the liner crashed, her steel
1orefoot jig going through the Emhle-
ton like the clean cut of a sword. and
aiVldlng her just abaft the mainmast
Inc half sank instantly. The
stern swung viciously around and the
mast yards for a moment tore at the
"a lump OF came
down on her decks. Then the stern Of
the bark also disappeared and the face
OF the sea was Uttered with splintered
JUMPERS, boxes, barrels, the whole upper
works n lighter cargo, the deck houses
ana such things. Then there was Moth
ing. ~ ~
From the instant when the phanton
came into view from the bridge Of tha
Campania until the asst vestige of the
vessel vanished some 60 or 80 seconds had
elapsed. ~
According to the Embleton's snrvi-
vors, for nearly hall an hour before the
coillslon, the captain and first officer
We're below at breakfast, and although
the fog whistle of a large steamer was
heard every minute, the bark never
shifted her course, the helmsman re-
ceiving 10 orders. When, at 8:25 a. m
the second officer, to use his own
phrase, heard the us of a 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 and the helm
put hard down. No precaution was
omitted. Some of her passengers hsN
even grumbled at what they called SUI
perf1uous caution. After the crash and
the cries, the boat were quickly got
ten out. There were no signs of panic.
crew were everywhere at their stations
and the best discipline was maintained:
the bulkheads were closed and every
thing possible was O to save life.
Some Of the Companies plates were
bent by the collision; her forepeak fill
ed with water; her foremost was broken
short off and her steel rigging was torn
and twisted.
The passengers held a meeting, adopted
resolutions of thank to the captain and
n,o o-l ~,l-~-sl@I ~-x.- ~ IL =
pounds for the relief of the survivors and
the families of the lost.
The Cunard officials announce that the
damage suffered by the liner will not
prevent her sailing for the United
States next Saturday.
DIR. J. Warren, a passenger from New
York said that he looked out of his state
room portfolio when he heard the crash.
In a he saw the wrecked ship
sliding past the Campania and ne rush.
ed on deck. All was confusion on the
deck. The Companies passengers had
rushed out of their staterooms without
dressing.
women We're in Mysteries he said.
I saw two sailors of the wrecked bark
clinging OF an overturned ifeboat. They
were two of those saved. Five others,
! I am told, We're found together, clinging
to a spar. Win we struck the bark the
wooden topmast began to fall. The look
out in the crows nest thought the whole
mast was going. He jumped for his life
into the sea. He was picked up by a life
boat. The apprentice boy from the bark
told me that his captain, upon rushing
on deck, cried: Every man for himself
! A Norwegian jumped from the bow of
the bark. He was undoubtedly crushed
in the collision.
"This boy said it was a miracle the
! Campania had not been blown to pieces.
The boy said: We were carrying a lot
of dynamite and gun powder to New
Zealand. Our cargo of explosives was
distributed fore and aft. She was struck
amidships. lad the collision occurred
either fore or aft the Campania would
surely have been destroyed"
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