Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-07
STRUCK AMIDSHIPS.
Steamer Waesland Sunk by
the Steamer Harmonides.
All but Two Of Her Passengers and
the Crew Saved.
Storage Passenger and Daughter of
Cabin Passenger Lost.

London. March 1.-THE American
Line steamer Waesland, Capt. Atfeld,
from Liverpool, March 5, for Phila-
deipha, ana the British steamship
Harnonides, Capt. Pentin, from Prara
Feb. 10, for Liverpool, met in collision,
tonight, off Holy Head, Wales The
Waesland sank. Her passengers and
crew were saved. The loss of the
Wac Stand was due to the dense fog
which enveloped the Irish channel dur
ing this entire day, seriously delaying
ali vessels.
The Harmonides rescued the passen-
gers and the crew Of The WaeSland and
j. bringing them to Liverpool. Tugs
have been sent from Liverpool to meet
the Harmonides. The Waesland car
ried 50 cabin and SO steerage passen-
gers.
The Waesland was owned by the In
ternational Navigation Co. but flied
the Belgian flag. She piled regularly
in the American Line service between
Philadelphia and Liverpool, touching
at Queenstown each way. Formerly
she was known as the Russia. She
was four masted. bark-rigged, iron
vessel of 1876 tons net. Messrs. j. &
c.. Thompson built her at Glasgow, in
1867. The Waesland's dimensions
were: Length, 1851 feet; breadth. 41.9
feet; and depth, 1913 feet. She was
equipped with electricity and had
triple expansion engines OF 1900 horse
power.
The Harmonides belongs to the
British and South American Steam
No haf I'm hn
Houston Line, which operates a ser
vice of passenger and cargo steamers
between Liverpool and the River Plate
and other Brazilian ports. The line
also operates a service between New
York and those ports. The Har-
monides is a steel screw steamer of 221
tons net, built in Newcastle, Eng, in
1891.
Liverpool. March Fifty three of
the passengers and crew of the Waes
land arrived at Liverpool on board the
Harmonides at 1888 this morning. They
were received by the agents of the
American Line here and were quar-
tered at various hotels.
The collision occurred in thick fog,
at 11.30 Wednesday night, when the
WaesIand was about 40 miles south
west of Holy Head. The Harmonides
struck the Waesland amidships and
there was terrible shock.
Most of the Waesland's passengers
had retired for the night. Perfect or
der and discipline prevailed. The crew
of the steamer rapidly turned out the
passengers and succeeded in assuring
them that their lives We're safe. The
passengers were greatly Influenced by
the GOODNESS of the crew and obeyed
instructions willingly and quickly. The
WaeSlandS boats were speedily got
out and in less than half an hour the
entire ships company had been trans
ferred to the Hamonides.
Unfortunately two lives We're lost.
The dead are a steerage passenger
named Dangerfield and a child named
Elsie Emmett, the daughter of n cabin
passenger.
Liverpool, March THE Waesland
sank 35 minutes after the collision. The
passengers and crew lost all their be-
longings. The vessel carried no mails.
The passengers united in highest
praise of the behavior of Capt. Apfeld
and his crew. 1t is expected that the
company will send on the passengers
by another vessels next week.
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