Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-04
CRUISER STRIKES ROCK
The Brooklyn Strikes an Oh.
struction and is Slightly
Injured.
Plates and Frames Bent In and
Seams Between Two Com.
partments Opened.
The Cruiser Will Be Placed In
the Dry Dock For
Repairs.

New London, Conn, Sept 4.-The ar
mored cruiser Brooklyn struck an UNI
charted rock near Dumping lighthouse
and may be badly damaged. The cruiser
at New York for careful survey.
The disaster to the Brooklyn is de-
scribed as follows by correspondent
on board the Brooklyn:
After attacking Fort Rodman at
New Bedford yesterday the Brooklyn
struck a rock in six fathoms of water.
Two of the plates and frames We're bent
in and the seams betwgen two compart-
ments We're opened slightly, but the
cruiser made little water. One small
pump was sufficient to control it.
AT no time was there any danger
and the damage was not considered
serious at all. The Brooklyn, however,
probably will go to New York to be
thoroughly examined in dry dock.
THE discipline on board the cruiser
when it struck was magnificent. All
compartment doors and matches We're
closed Immediately and everybody was
cool.
THE officers in the wardroom mess
We're just going to lunch when suddenly
the ship seemed to jump. then listed to
starboard, and settled. At the time of
the accident four OF the officers We're
on the bridge with the admiral himself.
They had taken bearings. knowing that
the cruiser was in rocky waters, and
were congratulating each other that
they had passed, according to the chart.
all danger of hitting a rock, when the
crash came. The other ships We're sig
nailed to keep away from the dangerous
spot, and steps We're taken to mark the
spot where the hidden rock is located"
When the Brooklyn struck the hull
heeled over sharply to starboard for
what seemed to those who We're looking
at 1t to be as much as ten degrees, but
continued to move forward slowly, and
finally slipped off the obstruction. Adj
miral Coghlan Immediately signaled to
the other vessels to stop. and sum-
mOned Capt. Lyon of the Olympia and
Capt. Berry of the Puritan to the flag
ship. There he held conference with
these officers and Capt. Todd of the
Brooklyn in regard to the possible
character of the obstruction. The opin-
ion was expressed generally that the
armorclad had run afoul of a Sunken
wreck, which had not been properly
marked or ignored altogether on the
chart. Whether the Brooklyn Is dam
aged to any serious extent or not can
not be determined until divers have
had an opportunity to make an exam
ination.
There will be a long consultation of
captains to decide what shall be done
with the Brooklyn, and tomorrow div
ers will be sent down to examine the
vessels bottom. Should the injuries
prove as serious as is now expected the
cruiser will be obliged to go to New
York for repairs.
1t is we'll known that Buzzard's bay
is dangerous piece of water, and it is
seldom that vessels as large as the
Brooklyn go up without local pilot.
The accident, therefore. was not entire-
ly unexpected by mariners familiar
With the waters.
1t is claimed by those on board the
Brooklyn that the rock on which the
cruiser ran was not indicated in the
charts.
The Brooklyn has been thoroughly
overhauled since it's return from the
Philippines, and over 100000 spent in
The cruiser has just come
from the dockyards to participate in
the war ga me-