The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06

were on the water Ona returned with
fouts persons. and the other with thIe .,s
Two sagina " BOAT we're also gotten out u.
III one q y hem fourteen 81 The crew ealns
and was fliled with flften women. al col.
oisd. 1 believe, ana two Of the , 2, :.
With the oiie oar II was Attempted y, 20
push away from The sinking ship. bu \
the gradual relentiess suction drew =.
down. w hen the Saginaw sank wi.n |,
lIfeboat and drew i down. Tue li, ,,,,as
women were lost, The two men cluns
TO the boat when III came UP ana were
saved. \, q Z.
Between the tin,e 81 the colls'on. n, a. 9
the sinking Of the Saginaw about li ]. i. =
Afated ship, AND the first ,ofIlcer "a - =
Goslee. lost his lie brnycly a, hls post ,s.,
trying to stem the tide. llo went do "
With the steamer.f Five others OF t 4, .
crew-the first III assistant engineer, !, ne Z
ste ward the stewardess, the COOK anu !, tne
vas Sarnl, Eslntns5 negro woman WIZ WY
lived In RE hno,ld Ia,
captain 'runnl Mas saved but he was
badly hurt on thsNhend and breast. the
steamer sunk irs hhout ten "a hons Or
10 one of$ them8clung the injured cap
tain. who had climbed there out or rench
OF the water. He was saved IN tins ma !,
ner, One other man also. whose name
do not know, was taken from the ma sts :,
Bodies Of men land women, dro"nen sa wv
dead, were floa ting ahont n.y. were !, n ..
rescued. The Hamilton stayed AROUND w y
III she could do mo moro. and then. VII WI.
those she had Al saved. who were taken
aboard and given CLOTHES and FOOD si1e
set ont torS Norfolk which point sl :,
reached ut 2 o'clock In the afternoon. s1e
was due there at 10 o'clock In the morn '''F1
Ing. III,
III we had besn minute: or even q
half minute. further on our way. . inc
"a ginaw would hhv 8 struck us. and the
dtsnaterg would have heen even more ter CT.
rible. On hoard the Hamilton we're ~ sa
persons. including $5many white women
md men, Not one was lost or jureel,
The boa even wnsBnot badly hurt 1t Is
hard to say whether the accident wa Sun-
odahle or not The fog wns 80 dense
and covered everything 80 comnlet ely th't
I know from my own experience It was
inipossl Bile to- sec sec sstwentv feet ahead.
II THE TWO BOATS l.3
Tho S1El NV was IA Clyde Tins st 90 mar.
nlv,ng hctween Richmond. PHILADELPHIA
and Norfolk n On Saturday afternoon last
che reached Richmond on n reyl.lar@tr,p
and on Sunday morning she pulled nnl
ara In. On the steamer were .hren round
trlp nassengers;so of philadelphia. VIII had
come GOWN JuStE IJT ~ ". & IVY t''
not land and their names were MT
learned. Not single passenger got
taho,rt1 her. and the stea mer. with a light
cargo OF general merchandise went 5icn
|to Norfolk, Wheraii she took on moro
! cargo and number Of passengers. Nfon-
day afternoon she left Norfolk for pilll.
adelph,n and was en- route for that
nont when. between Hog Island ana
| Cane Charles. on the. coast Of the Fast
ern Shore OF Virginia she came Into con-
| tact with the other boat
The Hamilton lEaan Ola Dominion
steamer and works between New y 6rk
and Old Point, Norfolk and NEWPORT
News. She left New York Monday az.
|ternoon and was running down ts1e cons It
about three-quarter time when. Just :! or
winter Quarter she crashed Into the
Saginaw The Saginaw carried cargo
Of freight md about go messengers ;..:ss5
Both the bon ts were OF iron. The. sag1-
nav was constructed originally Cor 2
tramp ship. and though sometimes tax
ling passen gers. 9 wa s ma lnly engaged m
CARRYING freight She was built N iSSS
| IN England and was OF l.S3h gross ron
mage: 400 net. She was o3a feet long.
34.3 beam and III depth. The Hamilton !,
was hullt In 1870 In Chester. Pa she
was elegantly Furnished and was .enEa geo
|. In passenger and freight service, Shs
| il ~ 3 loo ions disptacement. 81