The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS
sawthe Fate Of the Saginaw from the
5.3ss Deck Of thr Hamilton. )

S awthe Fate Of the Saginaw from the
{.85s Deck Of thr Hamilton.
Enveloped In an impenetrahle fog. which
successfully obscured the vision on every
hand, the two steamships the Hamilton
and the Saginaw. unconsciously appro% CHI
Ing each other In opposite directions,
ploughed through the waters Of the At
lantlc Just OF the coast Of Accompc yes
terday morning and met In disastrous
collision Immediately after which me
Clyde Line steamer went down, carving
with her some twenty or thirty persons.
Including some Of the crew.
Daylight was Just breaking as the
ominous crash foil upon the ears OF the
startled sleepers and the darkness and
the fog together made the terror N re
complete A scene OF Understandable jconra-
sion at once prevailed. The Hamilton
with her steel-rihbcd bow dug int the
stern OF the other boat and like kn =
cut some fifteen feet OF u away, esper.,
encing the while but slight injury her-
self. Boxes, bales OF cotton, twine 9th
+ Ing, articles OF all sizes, sha pes. and O..
scrIption bestrewed the sea, which r.
tiinutc,y, was calm and unbroken. Above
ali the turmoil arose the piercing shrtel's
Of terrified women and men, who read
their death warrant in the gurgle of.ttfe
water as It surged through the injured
boat. y ' -. 7 - I, Z,
1"lt was somewhere about 4As oc'oo'
In tho morning. last night, said In e.
feet, gentleman who was a pnssen ~er
on the Hamilton and who came st-aiTh
to Richmond as soon as ne Ian eo ~
Norfolk. about 9 o'clock YESTERDAY ar.
ternoon, "srcc o'clock the riRht re-
fore n dense fog hid enveloped eyerv'n.re
like a shroud. Every half mlrute ms
Hamilton hlew her whistles and every
now and then she would Law by ard wa
until the stua lion ri approaching anl.s
cnr,d he clearly made onf. q hi~tc"lt
thing to al under thr c'rcumsta noes "
was. ~ course. slow work hut We we
making nre.1v good time when ire acrl'
| dent harpened d
~ vas In the stoteroom and ssle.n wher
suddenly 70 grinding crasl, whirh 4
| knew on,v too we'll shook tn. s'eer ~
| NJ ma. The fret thing did when \
! jumped I'm was to look at my watrh ]
| wos 4,4s o'clock The dav WIS lust 70
| ginning N break. WREN ! stuck ny re- (
out NJ The stateroom window srw dna {
/ inv nv ma hn~~s ha'es and other stnf
which told rla'nAr than words NJ t1e q, :
oater. A short time saw me dressed an.
| nm he~k and tNAr I coulh graap the BIZ
| u,tion more ntstnlv. I
"The FT,r,,ltnn was Urn Hlia1lv atonn'nl
and whAe,,rs aronh She Ind y thr.a.
/ or four foot ho,e IN her hnw above ! ,
water line, bnt with the errant'nn or : y
wreoted condition NJ -nre Of the n'a,"
| Mas unhurt The SAGINAW was fAehl
toss,rr about .snrrewh~ra hack covered y
(. In the fog F,f.Aen feet nj her stern w9
cn, sn,,sre off ard could hear IN
snnrd ns we ground ,nur how INFO W
snnken rnrttnn Prnre',er arh whee, war
rors nrd M conrea che ar'e N 9 stard
y SIN, ali III. while ran'd'v sling WI
water. Al she kent ro'rs for q whit
i however IT was Thought at first fh'
she escsned uracafhed. ard from Ne q
lance we heard the cry, sAll rlvht!' n,
som the Screams nj women seated
orr ear. nit NJ the fog lond with the
! came the second crv For Gods sat
n,on the hn..s. we arc ,atnhlrg! a,
/ EnAT FILL. OF WOMEN SINKS.
'"rhep VIZ knew what TO eyce't,
4, took an upusus,ly ,or9 time to get ~
lifeboats out. but AT last two Of the