The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-18
VESSELS COLLIDE
OUT IN THE OCEAN
Steam Yacht Crashes Into Pas
senger Steamer.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
PEOPLE THROWN FROM BERTHS
Rv FORCE OF SHOCK.

New London, Conn, july Twin
forty feet of her bow cut clean on IN
d collision with the steam yacht Wild
Duck at midnight, the steamer fremont
of the joy line, which left Boston yes
terday for New York with 300 passe3-
gers, was towed into New London and
beached today All her passengers had
been transferred to other steamers in
the sound and continued their trip 20
New York.
Captain Wilcox of the fremont says
the night was perfectly clear and the
steamer was proceeding on her usual
course when, about twelve miles west
Of COrnteld light, a schooner rugged
steam yacht vas made out on the bow
The officers of the fremont supposed
that tire yacht would pass astern of the
vessel. as her course seemed to be on a
line diagonal OF that Of the fremont.
No danger was thought of until the
Yacht had approached to within a quar-
ter of a mile, when she was hailed
from the fremont and no answer was
received.
When too late, the fremont attempted
TO change her course to avoid the i'm
pending collision. The sharp Prov of
the Yacht struck her about thirty feet
back Of the port bow, and sheered di-
agonally across, coming out on the
starbOard side.
The force of the impact was sufficient
to throw passengers from their hunks
and caused the greatest excitement
among them for time, but the OIL
GERS of the fremont maintained dlscl-
Dliue. The steamers City of Worcester
and the City of Lowell were both
nearby and promptly went to the as
sist9nce OF the fremont.
As soon as the extent Of the Ire
mOnts injury was known, the City of
Lowell ran alongside and the transfer
of passengers from the disabled boat
was quickly effected. The crew of the
fremont remained on board their yes
sci and accepted an offer Of the steam
er New Hampshire for assistance to
New London. In tow of that steamer
the fremont reached here today.
Co ID Have Been Averted.
Immediately after the accident the
steam yacht backed away from the
fremont and left Immediately, com
ing into New London harbor early to-
day. From shore it appeared that she
had sustained considerably injury to
her stem. Captain Wilcox insists that
if proper lookout had been kept on the
yacht the collision would not have Oc-
Cured.
The accident TO the fremont is the
second misfortune that has come to the
JOY line fleet within three weeks, the
steamer Old Dominion of that line be
ing now ou the rocks off Rye beach
where she struck on a foggy night.
The schooner-rigged steam yacht
Wild Duck is an iron vessel. built by
the late John Forbes of Boston, and
now owned by General Francis v
Greene of New York. The yacht has
been chartered to United States Senator
Aldrich of Rhode Island. who with his
wife and daughter, was on board last
night, making d trip from New York
10 NarraganSetL-
Mr.. Aldrich said he and his family
were asleep in the cabin when the col
IisiCn occurred. and We're awakened bJ
the crash, and the men of the crew
sleeping in the forecastle were thrown
from their hunks The plates of Jh5
yachts stem were indented and benz
TO one side badly, and the bOwsprit was
carried away.