The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-09
STEAMSHIP CUT DOWN IN PORT
1LLEGHANY, RAMMED BY TRAMP,
Reached OFF RED look.
Passengers Taken on Swiftly without
Accident-Csrnoat That wcnt Down
10 Lighter Her Sunk Alonrside-Re-
mort That Longshoremen We're Drowned

10 Lighter Her Sunk Aloneside-Re-
mort That Longshoremen We're Drowned
The steamship Allegheny. in the Atlas
Line service Of the Hamburg American
Line. homeward bound from Costa Rica.
was rammed in the fog of Robbins Reef as
,he was coming up the bay from Quarantine
Al II 80 o'clock yesterday morning by the
British tramp steamer Joseph Merry
weather, outbound. A large hole was stove
in her starboard bow below the waterline
and she Immediately began to sink by the
head.
The thirty-four passengers, eight Of whom
were women. and one boy, were quickly
taken Of The Aleghany's watertieht COM
nartments kept her ahoat and after two
hours she was beached on Red Hook fats,
oh Fiftieth street, South Brooklyn. The
Merryweather's bow Ia twisted and bent and
some Of the plates are strained. She went
to the Erie Basin.
Late in the afternoon Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western car float with ten box
cars and lol men aboard which went down
n the Allegheny to get the bananas out
Of her hold was sunk alongside OF her.
A longshoreman Of the party Gays that
four men are missing. and the police hear
that the timekeeper has two checks I'M
accounted for, but the foreman Of the
gang says that he mustered the men and
all hands responded.
A misunderstanding Of signals seems
10 have caused the collision Of the steam
that the responsibility rests with the 'other
the Merryweather The stories Of his pas
sengers bear Capt. Haase out.
Capt. Haase says he saw the Merry
weather coming down on the starboard bow
a half mile ahead in the fog. which was
pretty thick. and he blew two whistles.
4 signal that he would keep to the left.
Capt. Haase says he heard no response,
but one Of his crew told him that the Merry
weather replied with one whistle. which,
under the circumstances, would mean that
she was going to keep to the right and that
he'd better, too. Then when she was al
most dead ahead. according to Capt. Haase,
the starboard side Of tho Allegheny. After
the crash the Meryweather seemed to
recoil and struck the Allegheny again,
this time slightly and then veered of and
went ahead until she anchored half-mile
away.
Capt. Haase and Pilot Jerry Riordan
we're on the bridge on the Allegheny.
Most Of the passengers were on deck
passengers ecurried aft. The Merry
WeatleT DunCneQ III u nOlt uNe lttt llku ht
the second hatchway Of the Allegheny.
and water in great quantities poured into
her hold.
Port Of the cargo was coffee in bags and
It shifted to port as the vessel heeled
under the blow. Capt Haase's first order
He went below and made hasty examina-
ton and then ordered the lifeboats lowered.
Every man Of the crew knew his post and
~ passengers warmly praise tho disci-
~
fsW Of the women werp inclined to
hysterios. but at no time was there any
thing like panic.
Tho first boat was lowered amidships on
TIE stsrboard side. Into this were put
TIE women. the boy and four men; As
the boat was being lowered she struck the
bulge OF the listed ship and for a second it
was thought she would be upset. The
three sailors aboard managed to keep her
straight. however. and she was safely
Meantime both the Allegheny and Merry
weather had been whisting for help. The
tug Coastwise, Capt. Gegg. was the nrst
70 reach the Allegheny and she picked
w the boatload OF passengers: The rest OF
the deck OF the steamship to the pilot house
OF the Coastwise The Coastwise also got
the mails and the baggage Of the passengers
and landed all at the Battery.
Sarah K Harrison, one OF the women
immigration inspectors. was on the Allie
ghany. having boarded her at Quarantine
She was aft when the collision occurred.
but says that the shock was not great
None Of the women was very much fright
ened, she said, and the crew acted ad-
mirably.
Il didn't 60 in the boat which was low
cred. she said, "but talked to the passengers
after they had been put aboard the Coast
wise. Only one tainted, and that was after
the lifeboat had been lowered. She had
been seasck and the excitement unnerved
her Another woman, Mrs. Rita Aragon.
told me that as a result OF the excitement
she ached all over.
A Mrs Allen said that she had dreamed
two days before that she was In terrible
catastrophe, but woke UP before she learned
whether she had been killed or not.
F W. Anderson, a passenger, said that
all he had to complain about was that the
bar was closed after the collision ana
1t was impossible to get bracer.
The New Workers Of the Alleghanys
Passengers were Howard w. Coates. vii,
forth Hankenson, Z. l.. Allen. Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Clark, DR.. Henry lie Bar
bier, @. F. Hall Herman Mathewson, Fred
Other passengers were the Rev. q. >;
Benavides Of San Jose, Costa Rica, and
Marine Pomares. consular agent OF Costa
RIGA at New York. At the ONCE OF Simp-
Weather, no report was received from Capt.
Bumer OF Pilot Charles Berry, who was
on that boat Agent Boas of the Hamburg
American Line was much pleased with the
reports he received Of the behavior OF the
officers and crew Of the Allegheny.
The Allegheny was beached in twenty
three feet OF water and wrecking crew
and divers are busy patching up her torn
side The Allegheny carried %, 900 punches
OF bananas. 1000 bags Of coffee. 1000 hides
ana a quantity of rubber. The Merry
weather was in ballast for Baltimore.
When the D., l.. d W. carfoat which
was sent down by the United Fruit Com
pany was sunk alongside the Allegheny
about IS OF the 104 men wero on the noat
and the rest were on the steamship. Five
Of the cars had been loaded with bananas
The men on the float scrambled aboard
the steamship. According TO- Foreman
daake, threefell into the water. but the rest
didn't even get wet. A longshoreman
who said he had been on the float reported
that four men had been drowned This
was told to Foreman Haake. who said he
had mustered his men on deck and that
every one was accounted for Later the
police heard that the timekeeper on the
noat had two checks unaccounted for.
=, There were two stories as TO what caused
The float TO sink. One was that an anchor
was either being lowered or fell from the
Allegheny and struck the float. knocking
hole in her. The other was that In pound
, ing against the steamer she stove In her
own side. The float disappeared In about