The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-23
A COLLISION IN A FOG.
The Campanla Cut The Bark tmbleton 10
Two.
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CREW RESCUED
steamers Near Belfast Collide and n
Number of Passengers Are hiiie"'
The Foreign Markets.

| London, July ga dense fog hung over
the Irish channel Yesterday morning and the
Cunard line steamer Campania, en- route from
New York for Liverpool, struck the LlVerpooi
bark Embleton, bound for New Zealand
amidships, cutting her in twain Inc EN-
| b!etnn sauk Immediately. Seven OF the crew
were rescued, but 1t Is believed the otheF
eleven members of the ships company, III
Guiding the captain, were drowned. -,
Tue Chmpanla had her bows stove H. uus
arrived safely at Liverpool i've and mar
hours late.
Tie Campania was little injured. but had
n narrow escape from a serious disaster ne
fog had delayed her passage since FIluay
nVun aud q lender went out from 9ueens
Down, four miles, as Captain Walker WouIu
not take the liner near shore. AT Iuskar
Light the fog was becoming denser every
moment When the Campania was ABOUT t .l.,,
~ miles northeast OF the light phantom
ship rose suddenly without warning Directly
across her bows. Thirty seconds later the
phantom had proved a solid sailing Vessel,
into which the liner crashed, her Steel prov
coins through the Embleton like clean cut
of d sNorG and dividing her just abaft OF
the mainmast. The forward halt sank IN
stsnty. The stern swung vciously around
and the mast and yards for moment tors
Ut the Campana. lump Of wreckage came
down upon her decks Then the stern OF the
bark also disappeared and the surface OF tins
sea Mas Uttered with splintered timbers,
lighter cargo the Lighthouses and such Things.
Then there was nothing. From the infant
when the phantom came into view from the
bridge Of the Campania until the last yestge
Of the vessel vanished some sixty or eighty
seconds had elapsed According to the En-
bletons survivors, for nearly half an hour
before the collision the captain and first Of
hcer were below at breakfast, and although
the fog whistle of large steamer could be
heard every minute, the barge never shifted
her course the helmsman receiving no order.
When, at S25 a. M, the second officer, 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 Campana was
under oue-third steam. The captain, first
officer and the pilot wero on the bridge. The
engines were instantly reversed and the
helm put hard down. No precaution was
omitted. Some Of her passengers had even
Erumbled at what they called superiuOuS eau
ton. After the crash and the sudden cries, |
the boats were quickly gotten out. There were
no signs Of panic; the crew was everywhere
at their stations: the best discipline was
maintained; the bulkheads were closed and
everything possible was done to save life
Some of the Campanias plates were bent !
by the collision, her forepeak filled with |
water her fore topmast was broken off and |
her steel rigging torn and twisted The
passengers held a meeting, adopted resolu-
tion5 Of thanks to the captain and crew and
subscribed 500 for the relief of the sur /
vivors 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 Satur- |
day.