The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-02-28
Decks Swept and Two
Passengers Seriously
lnjured-AMountain-
Gus Sea Caused by
Submarine Volcano?


The White Star finer Teutonic. which
arrived to-day from Liverpool. was
struck by a tidal wave while crossing.
which caused n panic. As n conse.
uuence she came into port with iron
work forward bent and smashed and
two Of her passengers under the doctors
care.
The tidal wave Is accredited by most
Of the officers to volcanic eruption
Others say It might have been the turn
ing over Of a largo iceberg to the north-
wurd OF tho vessel. II struck the snip
while In fair weather. while the liner
Was going at her usual speed.
Al the time OF the accident. 9.:o csocS
Sunday morning. Capt. Mcklnstry was
In the chart.room and the hrst o!"'es
was on the bridge. The snip went oo"
in the hollow OF the sea. ana sua"ehH
the giant wave swept DOWN on Nor oe'
fore she could recover AMe1e was
crash ~ tho mass OF WAFER ooa'uea ."e
ship on the starboard s1dc. 'huhoe'"s
down on matches and dcckhousr.
Tsho ship recovered suddenly. throwing
- r,. ,,v. broke
more water aooa'u' ~. ,,.,,
6SGh up, throwing down the men w us
..crov's nest.'. Ton. Of water were
As.o,,, ~, ~. a.ct The iron rail wins
broken down and the pipes shapi"" VI"
: - though they had been pipastems.
The bridge railing on the port side was
800, p, "a ,,,.n ~. rcu,,,i.
a.na M' anu VIZ" ,a.a
reached her dock To-day thefe were
! number Of wooden supports keeping II
A n,.cc
~. .,,.., n, ,.,,,-,v.
so"n aaicuae'sos'' '""'' '"e"t'
years OF age. who wac crossing In the
afeeraxe. was caught nv The water and
....S ~. - nj. 100, ,.,,,h,
. u .so"s ."' w. t.s w,
IN some manner. and such was the force
m NJ noh,. mo .h,,., .u,,.on MA.
var oVo's' ."' s"'r e"sHo"'
forced 10 amputate tue 1901. Inc aa'ooh
passengers took UP a collection for the
,,,,.s.. 80 81 ,,.,,
Wheh inc snip rolled 3. Z Wilson. OF
sydney. Australia. a cabin passenger.
was thrown axain., the rail ana HE
-, 80. ,,.....,
Jaw "as oso"e"'
The passengers were ut breakfast. and
there was much excitement, at the time
saincr M q nno,ncnt ~, v"Te w u.
M ca,,.s To- aiar,, i,,r,ai,. .ns ~as
~. acass. ,v' a., a1a'n W., ih , AFTER
tnueS ~, he, rim guy s"'eu anu e'''
nj A~ ~ ~, t..iy 49,
foIinwinr s,orv ~ ~. ,in.i IT," ,o"' ~.
renor,a.s - ~ 80. ~. ' Wa., ".se
!Ws u ~ ne .n,E,n rnn ~, HaI 'o,"a r..
day morning ana Sa ,1 r.n nasH is,i sun
Wy, ana onsltuae ta.- NJ e.o O'Clock
wien We were MT by tremendous
T ,.Ssn. M, Inc eoM worst | ever saw II WAS
,'.At the time the sea was comparative
" moderate anu the wind was no, OF
sufficient force 10 pile up such u mass OF
water: We had but "a moments warning.
but the time was sufficient to run N.
ships nose right Into the wave
The sea rolled high Up. but Fortunate
~ broke before NC shipped 1t. II reached
the top Of the lookou; and then !e.l
With an awful crash on the promenade
deck. coming in Its greatest volume over
the port side, well forward
Tho water must have been six feet
deck breaks OF lust before he VT" NJ,
hntcirway opening. Over this III. hoard.
Ing sea flowed IKE a cataract.
occurred no early in the morn,nr Sear.
Is All the plsscnyers were a. frc,kfas,
or Indoors. or course ;bcr. va. c"n.
nc manssed df 10 imme,,, ,ns v's ,i,, oqi
fears. The shin ,r.mbleh v,ni,n,,ii,va III "a !
few seconds. but quickly recoy.rsL ana
we proceeded. w
Of the vessM .ars ,hn, u m: .l rn,,nn assn,
sieamIns along as swiftly rs the Inc Inc
siiShtcst warni,tr NV, m!iiSu' ~.
dropned into an nbxss IL" co az inc S,a',
water. and before thu Mn 'i r1, ~ YEA w..
her bow s and ' htonn aa w Gnse rose oySd
deci ana ,he ,a,a iomu thrt'cback
snsd. aa.t t"e 'o'"a'a eHa oi the prom
:aTha rs.,,,,.
iookc,,, si,1, :: o W. men were on ine
; woSs ws a,o.a says IN, report and the
HH,as Sas so nish az TO completely en-
snts tne'i; Both were throMa down
III oIe OF them was huft. The wave
vas snp S' ind me s. ar o9w and