The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-09
COLI IDED Al SEA
IN 4 HEAv FOG
Steamer Hamilton Crashes Into
Schooner A. A. Shaw.
CAPTAIN AND CREW SAVED A '':'
Passengers OF the Old Dominion Liner
Took Up Collection for the Men Of
the schooner, Which Melted
Them Abou, S15 Apiece
j, WITH tho Old Dominion

IN collision with the Old Dominion
steamship Hamilton, early yesterday morn
mr.. The schooner A. A. Shaw, loaded with
.oaI, srcm Phiiadelphia Tor Providence,
r.. l., was sunk of ine Jersey snore.
Her crew OF six men and Captain Is. w.
smith were taken OFT by the crea o. the
Hamilton and aere landed III tbs CITY
T.:e collision occurred wfisa..i three mics
OF the Northeast / satship, and twenty
miles northeast by east OF Cape May.
There was dense fos, which mace II
impossible to see beyond the length OF the
steamer, which Vas running Ut sTedeiS
reduced speed.
There were on board the steamship one
hundred and ten tirst-class and twenty
second-class passengers, including apois
seventy-fiye bankers who rad oeei. -
1endin,, the Bankers Convention III Ken Ken
.nond, Va.
Most of the passengers were al me-
sta,e-rooms when the lookou. snoutes
..saiI on me mort bowl" The words we're
hardly out OF his mouth when tt'e Us
steamer crashed into the schooner, 81 IN
ing her anidshsps and cutting almost
through her decks.
Captain Richard B. Eoaz. of the Ham
ilton, held The steamer where she Wa,
and several OF the Shaw's crew cropped
from the rigging of the schooner TO the
deck of the steamer.
Before the steamers boat reached the
sinking schooner three of the crew lowered
boat. which filled and sank. and they
were left struggling in the water IheE
were rescued by William Thompson, sec
ond officer of the Hamilton.
SANK AT ONCE
When all the crew had been rescued
CAPTAIN Boaz ordered the Hamilton backed
away from the wreck. which at once sank
IN twelve fathoIns of water. About three
feet of her topmasts We're above water
when the Hamilton steamed away.
The crew of the schooner consisted of
w 3. Smith. the captain: William Vow
lett. first mate: and Frank Soyz. j. A. Far
andes. r. a. Pfelgomaes. j. G. Sanders
and John Mendes. Captain Smith lost
his all by The wreck and the -aen Of Inc
crew lost their belongings. There was con-
siderable excitement on the Hamilton and
the passengers. rushing on deck cheered
the work Of the men.
ST was walking on deck said enc IF
the passengers Of the Hamilton, ''wt1an I
heard the cry OF the lookout and me l,ext
minute the steamer crashed into the
schooner. There was Very light wind and
q heavy fog. and the steamer Was mo, ing
at about nine miles an hour. Had we
been going at greater speed we would
have cut the smaller vessel in half
The Shaw was q. three Inasted s'fcrpen
and carried, eight hundred ana eorty tons
of coal. Captain Smith said that ne mad
followed the sea for forty-tive years and
that this was the first accident he had ever
had
Captain Smith said that he had sl2o in
money in his trunk in the CABIN OF the
Shaw
There was a COLLECTION among the pas
sengers of the steamship for the men OF
the schooner, which netted about SIS
apiece. The a A. Shaw was owned in
Philadelphia. She was fifteen years old
and of about nine hundred tons burden