Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-07

,,.rool, March. THE brl' .lS
l'N''r ,r uarmonides. from Brazil
80 s''' ,, whlch was In collision WIN
ID ''o ont tbe Red Line steamer WaeS'
'a wednesday night about rory
''D0 ,on,bvest Of Holyhead and which
'",', ,owed to this port early this morn
w. ,y the tugs sent In search OF her
s ~' q Great hole in her bows. One OF
h ,ssc,lcd passengers OF the Waes-
'1 vbo was ON board of the liar'
.r,dos said the Waesland was run
,n,o omdshIp in a fog at midnight ana
a.nt about half an hour afterwards
No, boilers bursting as she went down
Tho renoyt that only two Of the passen'
ro,s Of the Waesland, u man and a
cbnd lost their lives, Is fully
confirmed In addition, one woman was
,,mred Some Of the Waesland's boats
'"sro In the water Il couple of hours be-
,o,s nwne 10 the fog they could not
ao, olonqside the HarmOnides When
~ Ilarmonldes arrived here her decks
~ore crowded with half-clad passen-
gers If the Waesland, whose pale aud
Sagcard faces told the story of their
irving experiences So hurried was the
Separture Of the passengers from the
sinking shin that In some cases they
only we're covered with blankets and
bnndkerchefs were their only head
gear
CRASHED INTO THE WAEsLAND.
when the disaster occurred Wednes-
day night the two vessels were steam
ing slowly of the coast OF the island Of
Anglesey. The Hannanides crashed
head-on into the NaeSland, and backed
away. but once again struck the then
sinking ship, making a great gap In her
side. Though the sea was perfectly
smooth. the denseness OF the fog adj
ded to the terrors Of the passengers of
the Waesland The women rushed on
deck screaming but were soon reas-
snred'by the officers. The boats We're
Quickly lowered, but the operation re-
hulltu III wv ldAdlllitNs llt filu Va
one Of the lfeboats slipped from its
dayit and precIpltated the occupants
Of The boat into the sea A steerage
passenger Edward Dangerheld, Of
Kansas struck his head against the
boats fittings and Yves instantly killed
and Elsie Emmett IL years old, the
daughter Of the Rev. A. IL, Emmett
was drowned. The other persons who
we're In the boat was picked up The
bravery Of the passengers, many of
whom were scandinavian emlgrants,
vas exemplary Precedence was given
70 the women and children.
DISAPPEARED BENEATH THE
WAVES.
As The last boats were leaving the
hs' sinking ship. whose decks were al
laiy awash, an explosion announced
iaa her boilers had burst and forty
minutes after the first impact the
Waesland gave mighty lurch and dis
appeared beneath the waves sinking
about midway between the Holyhead
ana Tlskar light Nothing was saved
except what the passengers and crew
wore The boats containing the pas
sengeT We're for a time separated, ow-
ing 10 The fog but eventually they all
reached the sides Of the Harmoudes,
ina NE survivors We're taken ON board
lla' vessel where everything possible
was done for their comfort. a pilot
Doal met the Harmondles OF the island
OF Angesey and communicated fhe
news o. the disaster to persons ashore
WIN NE result that tugs were dis
patched to search for the Harmonides
snu accompanied the steamer to this
porI Here the passengers we're landed
qua comfortably housed. They viii
proceed to Philadelphia Wednesday on
land. N'''''0
, lue surviving passengers. as a rule,
"gySpea with only few slight bruises.
me Harmonides stem and how
r'a,eS We're so torn and twisted that
appeared marvellous that she escaped