New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-23
CAMPANIA SINKS BARK.
CC'NARDER IN COLLISION IN
IRISH CHANNEL.
ELEVEN DROWNED STEAMERS BOWS
STOVE IN ARRIVAL AT
LIVERPOOL

London. July pa dense fog hung over
the Irish Channel yesterday morning and the
Cunard Line steamer Campania. on the way
for Liverpool from New-York, struck the Liver
pool bark EmbIeton. bound for Nevy-zealand.
amidships. cutting her in twain
The Embleton sank Immediately Seven OF
the crew were rescued. but it is believed the
eleven other members Of the ships company.
including the captain were drowned
The Campania had her bows stove in. but
arrived safely at Liverpool five and a half
hours late.
SERIOUS DISASTER NARROWLY ESCAPED
The Campania little injured. but had a
narrow escape from serious disaster The
fog had delayed her passage since Friday noon.
and tender went out from Queenstown four
miles. as Captain Walker would not take the
liner near shore
The Embleton was loaded with explosives
At Tuskar Light the fog was becoming
denser every minute. When the Campanla
was about thirty miles northeast Of the light
a phantom ship rose without warning directly
across her bows. Thirty seconds later the
phantom had become a solid sailing vessel.
into which the liner crashed. her steel fore
foot going through the EmbIeton like the
clean cut Of a sword and dividing her Just
abaft the mainmast. The forward half sank
instantly. The stern swung viciously around
and the mast and yards for a 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 spIntered timbers boxes.
barrels, the whole upper works and lighter
cargo. the deckhouses and such things Then
there nothing
From the instant when the phantom came
into view from the bridge of the Campania
until the last vestige of the vessel vanished
only sixty or eighty seconds had elapsed.
According to the Embleton's survivors, for
nearly half an hour before the collision the
captain and first officer were below at break
fast. and. although the fog whistle Of large
steamer could be heard every minute. the
bark never shifted her course. the heImsman
receiving order.
When, at SO a. m. the second officer. to
his own words. heard the rush of a
steamers bows" he shouted down to the cap
tain who rushed on deck. but he was too late
to give an order.
The Campania 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 had even
grumbled at what they called super1uous eau
ton. After the crash and the sudden cries the
boats were quickly got out. There were no
signs of panic. the crew were everywhere at
their stations the best discipline was main
tanned the bulkheads were closed. and every
thing possible was done TO save life.
Some of the Campania's plates were bent by
the collision. her forepeak was filed with water.
her foreropmast was broken short off and her
steel rigging was torn and twisted.
The passengers held a meeting, adopted reso-
lutions of thanks to the captain and crew and
subscribed 800 for the relief of the survivors
and the families OF the lost.
The Cunard officials announce that the dam
age suffered by the liner will not prevent her
sailing for the United States next Saturday.
NO WORD To AGENTS HERE
THE CAMPANIA SAILED ON JULY 1+sOME
OF HER PASSENGERS.
No cable dispatch in regard to the Campanta
striking and sinking the bark Embleton in the