Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-07-26
SHIP CUT IN TWAIN
Cunard Liner Campania Col
lided With a Bark.
ruE SAlLER SANK IMMEplATEl.\
eleven Or Her Crew We're Drowned =
Cxnpania Not Much
DAMAGED

London, July CA dense Jog hung
over the Irish channel Yesterday morn.
ing. and the Cuna,d line steamer Cam
pania. en- route from New York tor
Liverpool, struck the liverpool bark
Embleton, bound for New Zealand,
amidships, cutting her in twain. The
Embleton sank Immediately. seven of
the crew were rescued. but it is he
lieved the other II members OF the
ships company, including the captain.
were drowned. The CamraniA had
her bows stove in, but arrived safely at
Liverpool. five and a half hours late.
The Campania had u narrow escape
from serious disaster. The Jog had
delayed her passage since Friday noon.
and tender went out from Queens.
town four miles, as Captain Walker
would not take the liner near shore.
At Tuskar light, the fog was becoming
denser every moment. When the Cam
pania was about 30 miles northeast OF
the light phantom ship rose suddenly.
without warning, directly across her
bows. Thirty seconds later the plan
tom had become a solid sailing vessel,
into which the liner crashed, her steel
forefoot going through the Embleton
like the clean cut OF sword. and
dividing her just abaft the mainmast.
The forward half sank instantly. The
stern swung viclously round. and the
mast and yards for moment tore at
the Campania. A lump OF wreckage
came down ON her decks. Then the
stern OF the bark also disappeared. and
the face OF the sea was Uttered with
splintered timbers. boxes, barrels, the
upper works and lighter cargo. the deck
houses and such things. Then there
was nothing.
From the instant when the phantom
came into view from the bridge of the
Campania until the last vestige OF the
vessel vanished some 80 or so seconds
had elapsed.
According to the Embleton's surviv.
ors, for nearly half an nour before the
collision, the captain and first officer
were below ut breakfast. and, although
the Jog whistle OF large steamer could
be heard every minute, the bark never
shifted her course. the hemsman re.
ceiving NJ order. When, at S:25 4.
NJ, 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 Capmania was under one.third
steam. The captain, first officer and
pilot were on the bridge. The engine
were instantly reversed. and the helm
put hard down. No precaution was
omitted. Some Of her passengers had
even xrumbled at what they called
supertiuous caution. After the crash
and the sudden cries, the boats were
quickly gotten out. There were no
signs of panic; the crew was every
where at their stations; the bulkheads
were closed and everything possible
WAS done to save life.
Some OF the Campania's plates were
bent by the collision; her forepeak
filled with water; her foretopmast was
broken short of aud her steel rigging
torn and twisted.
The passengers held a meeting. adopt.
ed resolutions OF thanks to the captain
and crew. and subscribed 900 for the
relief oi the survivors and the families
of the lost.