The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-06

York-List Of Those Known to be
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 Norfolk, Va, May 5.-A collision at sea that cost the lives of twenty or more of her passengers and the sinking of the Clyde steamship Saginaw by the Old Dominion Steamship company's liner Hamilton occurred between Win ter Quarter lightship and Fenwick Isl- and lightship, on the Virginia coast, at 4:40 this morning.
 The Hamilton left New York yester- day afternoon at o'clock for Norfolk, and the Saginaw passed out the Vir- ginia Capes at g o'clock last night, bound from Richmond and Norfolk for Philadelphia. A dense fog settled along the coast shortly after nightfall, and while going through this fog at reduced speed the Hamilton crashed into the Saginaw's side about twenty feet from the stern.
 The scene of the collision is about thirteen or fourteen miles off the shore and between 1S0 and 200 miles south of New York and between 125 and 140 miles north of Norfolk.
 The fog whistles of both vessels were distinctly heard by each other for sev- eral minutes before the collision occur red. According to Captain Boaz, of the Hamilton, his ship was making about nine miles an hour and the Saginaw about ten. The fog was so thick that objects a ships length away were in- visible, and when the two crafts hove in sight of each other, bow on, there was but a moments interim before they met.
 The Saginaw veered, as did the Ham, ilton, but they had not time to clear each other and the knife-like steel prov of the south-bound vessel struck the Clyde ship on the port quarter about twenty feet from her stern, cut ting the entire rear of the ship away. The inrushing water caused the Sagi- nav to settle rapidly in the stern and the impetus of the Hamilton took her out of sight of the crippled vessel. En- zines, already reversed, were put full . steam to the rear, and the Hamilton circled to the scene of the wreck, at the same time lowering two 'lifeboats. There was consternation among the passengers of the Old Dominion ship, and the first! thought was for their safe- ty, but so soon as it was discovered that the ship was uninjured, save that some bow plates were stove in, all eff forts were directed to the rescue of those on the Saginaw.
 When the Saginaw was again sighted her stern was under water and her bow was high in the air. Panic-stricken people rushed over her decks and +orx ,.I Iny were lowered and into the first fifteen eolored women were placed, according to Second Officer W. L. Morris, who was in command. The boat was swamped as it struck the water and it's occupants were thrown into the sea. All were drowned save the second officer and the colored stewardess. The latter died be- fore the small boat reached the Hamil- ton, more from injuries received by the impact of the collision than by drown- ing. She had been held up by First Mate Goslee, who sank himself as the small boat from the Hamilton reached them.
 In the meantime the rush of waters into the bow of the Saginaw had caus- ed the decks to burst from their fast enings with a roar like the report of big guns, and tons of freight of all descrip- lions soon filtered the sea. To floating wreekage the struggling people in the water chung with desperation and many of them were rescued by the boats from the Hamilton and Saginaw.
 Before the. lifeboats of the Hamilton had reached the Saginaw the latter had disappeared and nothing but her top masts we're visible. To these several men were clinging, one of whom was the aged captain, J. S. Tunnel. When he was taken off it was found that he had suffered severe, if not serious, ln- ternal injuries.
 The Hamilton lowered around the scene of the wreck for more than an hour. but no sign of life could be seen among the mass of floating freight. Two bodies, one of a man and the other of a woman, both clad only in night dress, were observed drifting between bales of cotton and cases of goods.
 The first news of the disaster was learned at Old Point, where the Hamil- +or stonped for a few moments on her way to Norfolk
 She arrived at her pier in this city about 2 o'clock this afternoon. Her bow pIdCeS dIe otoFC III e'iio iAiN~-- wreckage still clung to her. All of the damage, however, was above the water line.
 The survivors of the Saginaw, on hoard the Hamilton, had been given clothing by the passengers and seamen on the more fortunate vessel, and a col- lection was taken up by the passengers to be distributed among them.
 It was some time before any deflnlte statement could be secured from the off, ficia1s of either line regarding the real number lost and saved. and even now, after official lists have been given out. there is a great discrepancy between the statements of passengers and the companies statement. According to the Clyde line officials the names of only eighteen passengers are known, and it Is admitted by Second Officer Morris that fifteen colored women, all of wrom are now dead, were in the swamped life boat.
 The crew of the Saginaw numbered twenty-six all told. From the officers of the Clyde company here the follow ing list of passengers was obtained:
 D. B. Cole, Philadelphia.
 J. Trevor, Philadelphia.
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