The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-08
STEAMER GOES DOWN
THE wAEsLAND IN COLLISION
 OFF HoLLYHEAD.
Bursting Boilers Added to the Horror of the situation-Two Lives ,.
 Lost-Great Bravery of
 Passengers.

Liverpool. March 7.-The British steam CT Harmonides. from Brazilian ports. which was in collision with and sank the Rod Star Line steamer Waesland, Wednesday night about forty miles south west of Hollyliead and which was lowed to this port early this morning by the tugs sent in charge of her, has a great hole in her bows '.One of the rescued passengers of the Waesland, who was on board the Harmonides. said the Waesland was run into midships in fog at mid night and sank half an hour afterward, her boilers bursting as she went down. The report that only two of the passen' gers of the waesland. a man and a child, lost their lives, appears to be confirmed. In addition. one woman was injured. Some of the Waesland's boats were in the water a couple of hours. but owing to the fog they could not get alongside the Harmonides.
 When the Harmonides arrived here her decks were crowded with haif-clad pas sengers of the Waesland, whose pale and haggard faces told the story of their try ing experiences. So hurried was the de- parture of the passengers from the sink ing ship that In many cases they were only covered by blankets and handker- chiefs were their only headgear.
 When the disaster occurred the two vessels were steaming slowly off the coast of the Island of Anglesay. The Harmonides crashed head-on into the Waesland, and broke away, making a great gap in her side. Though the sea was perfectly smooth, the denseness of the fog added to the terror of the pas sengers of the Waesland. The women rushed on deck screaming. but were soon treasured by ihe officers. The boats were quickly lowered, but the operation resulted in two fatalities. The end of one of the rfeboats slipped from it's daits. precipitating the occu- pants of the boat into the sea. A steer age passenger. Edward Dangerfield of Kansas. struck his head against the boats fittings and was instantly killed, and Elsie Emmett, 12 years old, the daughter of Rev. A. Emmett. was drown ed. The other persons who were in the boat were picked up.
 The bravery of the passengers. many of whom were Scandinavian emigrants, was exemplary. Precedence was given to the women and children.
 As the last boats were leaving the fast sinking ship, whose decks were already awash sn explosion announced that her boilers had burst and forty minutes after the first impact the Waesland gave a mighty lurch and disappeared beneath the waves sinking about midway between Holyhead and Tuskalight. Nothing was saved except what the passengers ana crew wore. The boats containing the pas sengers were for time separated ow- ing to the fog but eventually they all reached the sides of the Harmonides, and the survivors were taken on board that vessel where everything possible was done for their comfort.
 A pilot boat met the Harmonides on the Island of Anglesay and communicated the news of the disaster to persons ashore with the result that tugs were dispatched to search for the Harmonides and &C., company the steamer to this port. Here the passengers were landed and safely housed. They will go to Philadelphia Wednesday on the Red Star line steamer Noordland.
 The surviving passengers as a rule es- caped with only few slight bruises.
 The Harmonldes's stem and bow plates were so torn and twistedNkhat 1t appears marvellous that she escaped sinking. She has deep dent in her port side.