The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-07
HORROR OF A NIGHT
Steamer Waesland Sunk in Collision
Off Holyhead.
ALL ON BOARD SAVED BUT TWO
The HermOnides Badly Damaged
Terrifying Experiences of the
People Rescued.

London, March THE American line
steamer Waesland, Captain Atfeld. from
Liverpool March 5, for Philadelphia, and
the British steamer Hermoaides, Captain
Pentin, from Para, Feb. 10, for Liver
pool, met in collision Wednesday night off
Holyhead, Wales. The Waesland sank. Her
passengers and crew were saved, with two
age passenger, and a child, Elsie Emmet,
daughter of q saloon passen-
ger, They were killed, probably,
at the time of the collision. The
Waesland carried thirty-two cabin passen-
gers. Fifty three of the passengers and
crew OF the Waesland arrived at Liver
pool on board the Hermonldes this morn
ing. They were received by the agents
of the American line here and we're quar-
tered at various hotels.
The collision occurred in thick fog,
when the Waesland was forty miles
southwest of Hollyhead The Hermoni-
des st ruck the Waesland amidship. The
Waesland sunk in thirty five minutes af-
ter the collision. The passengers and
crew lost all their belongings.
Boiler Explosion, Too.
Liverpool, March THE British
steamer Harmonides, from Brazilian
ports, which was in collision with and
sank the Waesland, 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 amidships, in a fog at midnight, and
sank half an hour afterwards, her boilers
bursting as she went down.
The report that only two of the pas
sengers Of the Waesland. man and
child, lost their lives, is confirmed. In
addition, one woman was injured. Owing
to the fog, some Of the Waesland's boats
were in the water two hours before they
could get alongside the Harmonides.
! When the Harmonides arrived here her
! docks were crowded with half-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 some cases they were only
covered with blankets and handkerchiefs
were their only headgear.
Ship Struck Twice.
When the disaster occurred the two yes
sells were steaming slowly off the coast
of the island OF Anglesey. The Harmon
ides crashed head-on into the Waesland
and backed away, but once again struck
the then sinking ship, making a great
gap in her side. Though the sea was per-
fectly smooth, the denseness of the fog
added to the terrors OF the passengers OF
the Waesland. The women rushed on
deck screaming, but were soon treasured
by the officers.
The boats were quickly lowered, but
the operation resulted In two fatalities
The end Of one of the nfeboats slipped
from its davit and precipitated the &C.
cupants Of the boat into the sea. A
storage passenger, Edward Dangerfleld
OF Kansas, struck his head against the
boats fittings and was instantly killed
and Elsie Emmett, IL years old, the daugh.
ter ofRev. E. Emmitt, was drowned. The
other persons who we're in the boat were
picked up. The bravery Of the passengers
many Of whom were Scandinavian emf.
grants, was exemplary. Precedence was
given to the women and children.
The Explosion.
! AS the last boats were leaving the fast
sinking ship, an explosion announced tina
her boilers had burst and forty minute!
after the first impact. the Waesland gav'
mighty lurch and disappeared beneath
| the waves, sinking midway between Holy
) head and Tuskar light. Nothing wa
saved except what the passengers ant
, crew wore. A pilot boat met the Har
> monides off the island of Anglesey AM
y communicated the news Of the disaster t.
: persons ashore, with the result that tug
were dispatched to search for the ~Har
/ monides and accompanied the steamer t.
- this port. Here the passengers wer
+ landed and comfortably housed The
q will proceed to Philadelphia Wednesda
8 | on the Red Star Line steamer Noordland
8 The surviving passengers, as a rule
Q escaped with only few slight bruises
The Harmonides stem and bow plate
Q were so torn and twisted that it appeare
marvellous that she escaped sinking. Sh
O also has deep dent in her port side.
Y P. r. Ferguson, a saloon passenger, VIII
q was on the Waesland when she collide
r with schooner, not far from Philadel
q ph1a, say the principal excitement too
y the form of rushing for life belts. H
: saw man who had seven life belts at
Q tached to various parts of his body.