The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-04
All But One Of the Grew
Was Saved.
Investigation To Be Made As To
Cause of Accident.

lquartermaster's tug hesolute, Capt.
George Lorine, was sunk In the harbor
cary s..,s evening In q collision with ths
stoei ocean tug Ey=atara of the Phiiadel
phia anu Reading Coal .empany's ies'
All on board are believed to have b. "a
saved except engineer Henry ottobine, he
had not been found at late hour tom yht
The r. solute filed and SINK so qliokly
that 1t Is remarkable that no lives wsrt
lost. When the Resoiute left her berth
on Atlantic avenue on her regular t-ip t.
Fort Warren, there were known to be 20
persons on board, including the crew.
Those rescued were rs follows;
Capt. Brown, 7th artillery, stationed at
Fort Warren.
Lieut.. Hatch, 4th artillery.
Mrs. and Miss Hatch.
Miss Brown, daughter Of Capt. Brown.
Mrs. Tobin.
Sergeants Tobin and Flsoh.
Corporal Brankerhof.
Privatis Heron, Blebrioker, Ernst,
Fitzgerald, Kopstes and McCuddy.
John Norris, son Of the commandant at
the fort.
l Sattoin 1<ofihk Vi thS ttEeoAdtCs
Mate Edward Loriug, son Of Captain
Loring.
John Hanson, deckhand, and Firem an
ThiiIy.
Miss Effie Morris, daughter Of Major
Morris OF the fort.
When DIhe Aesoiate went down eleven
Of the party were thrown into the water.
hut Nf
them lost their presence Of mind and SO
were easily assisted in kseping ailoAt
by the men. Thes wers rescued In
very few minutes.
Capt. Loring took tbs customary route
and had proceeded - far as buoy y. lie
passed the steamer Putnam inward
| bound fr3m Lynn, on tho starboard
side, and was heading over to the other
side OF the channel, next to Governors 9
Island, when he met this Swatars, which
was out In the harbor adjusting COM
passes preparatory TO taking tow oil
three empty harges to Philadslphia. The
steel bow Of the Swatara penetrated the
wooden side of the Resoluts, and the lat
| ter began to settle immediately. Inc
Swsti ara succeeded In saving number oi
| the passeng gers and crew who were landed
at Long wharf, while the tug Irving
| Ross which ohanoed to be In the vicini'
ty, hastensd to the rescue and picked up
| the others.
| Tug Catawissa, Capt. Robinson. also
went to the assistance OF the Resolute's
rasssngers, but they had all been res
cued before her arrived, with the excep-
ton Of Engineer Ottobine. who was not
sen. The Ross transferred the rescued
people to the Cstawissa and the latter
boat conveyed them to Fort Warren.
Capt Philip Day OF the Putnam, which
reached her terth at the Atlas stores at
o. M, brought the first intelligence OF
the disaster to the city. He stated that
he passed the Resoiuts just inside of No
9 buoy, after exchanging the usual ia
lutss. he took his course inshore, while
the Resciuts headed for tho farther 81 d
of the channel. The Putnam had hardly
passed when the ResolutD and Svatara
came togtt Ter with terrific crash. Ins
old wooden hull of the former was
crushed IN like paper. She went down
within q few minutes just south OF bouy
where she row li"s entirely suhIuerSet
The police patrol boat wstohman wa
despatched to the scene rs soon as word
Of the accident reached the harbor police
st ,tion, and shs made a careful survey
of the vicinity with her searohlight,
but there wns nothing to mark the spei
where ths beat went down and no
wreokage Whatever was to be seen any
where.
Sergeant Clark, in charge OF the gov
ernment landing at this end Of the rout /.
not fed Capt Williamson. the quarter
mastsr in charge sof this stlt'on, and he
arranged for the transportation to th'
fort of the passengers brought to TILL
city.
An inveitlgatlon into the circum
tt,nces leading up to the collision vii
probably be begun tomorrow.
Capt .Loring is wei, known as a careful
, ravig tor and is perfectly familiar W.T.
svery inch of the waters Of tho harbo
and bay.
The Swatara 10 commanded by Cart
Beers, an old employs of the phiiadei
phia and Reading line.
The Resoluts was one of the Oldest yes
sells In the service of the quartermaster'
department. She Was of wood and reg
i.tsrsd 10 tons. Her dimensions were
. Length, ..S1sufeet 31-inches beam, Is feet
. inches; depth, 8 ffse. she was built Il
Philadelphia In 1875.