The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
old Dominion and ( Clyde, Line II !
Boats Come Together. NJ.
TRAGIC STORY OLD by
ONE OF;'4TH E WITNESSES
The HE ated Steamer G anne r egularty
Weeklyto Richmond, and q Only Left III n
Here Sunday Morning Last. 3s9lf d.
Carried Freight and $Esss EssS
q Number ofs fl lss$i33
Passenge gerrs s5sI
(By As.s.ocia ted rro,a.ss. !

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u MORT DIX. VA May {, "A collision. ae 81
sen That cost the ! Ives OF twent ty gorS Smors J
people and the sinkin 8; OF the Clyde q tearn-s
chip Saginaw. by the Old Ss Dominion
Steamship Company. @ liner IIaml ton. ocs4Si2
CURED between Winter Qua arter II ghtshiI Il
and Fenwick Island LII ightship on $theS SvsrsE
;glnia coast at 4 HAS o'clock this morning.
The Hamilton left New, FORK yesterdays
{afternoon at 8 o 'ciock for HI Norfolk ana
the ginawS passed 4 out Y! the Sss yirEinia q
SCapes at 9 q clock last night bound from
Richmond and Norfolk Tor Philad phla.2 2
fAf dense fog settled aong the coast short. 4;
5lys after ndghtfall and /, both avesseis warV 5
going at reduced speed when the crash
occurred. s5 n II
NJ The scene OF the collision Is about I'D u
or IL niles Off the shore and sbetR,eens1s &
and 200 les south Of N ew$ FORK. or8 ~
tween 125 ana 40 miles north 81; o.
folk. I5s
The fog whistles Of both vessels $werSs
distinctly heard byS each other for seyetais
minutes !. before NJ the coils ion occlrIsAsg
According stoS ca ptal NY Eoaz the IiAmiis
ton, Ills ship was going anouts nine slnilgS
an hour and the saglna n bout ten M M
fog was 10 thick d atS bJscsss ssi,lps
length away ware slble and when
two crafts hove slnR Sig ght of yea q thei's,
bow on, 81 there was 4 but Q moment sillss:
:torim before they met,
9TH VEERED 3sseis
3tt The Saginaw veered as did tn EdaHAl.
ton, but they had not q the time 70 clear
each q ther and the kni fe- lik e steel prov
or II tile south ound essel s truck s thA IS
Clyde ship on the port qua rte + bout 2oIa
rear Of the ship ava ~ b 9 rusain9eS
water caused the Saginaw to sci tile srappss
idly In. the stern and the lin petus OF the
sHamll ton took her out Of 81 CHI, of tbs n
crippled vessel I'm ngtne es. already res
versed, !, we're put gful steam to the rear I
and the Hamilton circled to the scene IA sof Il
tho wreck, at the same time lowering two
sife tnua IS. There was S cornt ternasio q:
among the passengers OF the OldssDominion OlelsSD
ship, whose hrstg though Is were for their
an fetyH Il but SO soon as It @Wns disco yered
that the ship was !unin1ured save some
bow plates being stove.in al eftoss g were
directed to the rescue Of the So ginaW
company, i&s I. u.
her stern was und or aterH and hsrb bow K
,hirh lie II the air. Panic stri en- peoples
rushed over her decks and scram bled to'-ssS$
ward the bow. Life boa Is were being low. "
cred and Into the first lite n colorad wy.
offlccr w. u. Morris, who was in CON ON
mand. ThD boat was sHa n PED II Il AZ M y
struck the wa ter and IT'S occupants yyere III
thrown into tho sea. All II were dro WI Cd
saye the second officer and I he colored
stewardess, who was caugt by Fisat 4,
Ofncer Goslee and held until NJ boat y from ON
the Hamilton reached them. n feSS Wo'n
was pulled In hut the gallant m e.1r ssn nk
inme diately. The woman died before g ems s
small boa reached the Fam ten nts more NJ
from injuries received by tts Impact q q a
the collision than hv dro.ynin 8
~ Is 'S.,,I DECKS BURST. n. las3s
In the meantime the rush OF Va ter. me SS
the bows OF the shgin aw had caused ne n
decks to burst from their Rstenin gs,S "
roa + like the report of big runs and tons s#s Is
Of freight OF all descriptions SO on 81 eved AZ
the scu. .5 To these the struggling ~ people
in the water clung with des spernMaMs "
born OF despatra& and man were "a n
thus rescued by the boats from tne ,. lam am
iilton and Saginaw. Before the HE boa q rs %
az the Hamilton had irea ched the Se gina " u
,the latter had di.a ppeared benea y ~ 8ss
waves and nothing hut. her topn'n sts wers Il
visible. To these several mel, were 81 ~
Ing ono OF whom was the aged ca rfain
y. s.. Tunnel. When he was taken = On
n was found that he had sustained sA,
yero. II not serious lnternnl in1u 70 s8B
THE Hamilton hovered near the scene {of NJ
the wreck for over an hour, hui no ~ m sssaa
or vessel could he seen, Among tbeSmass5ss5 M w
Of ioating freight two bodies. one OF u II
man and the other ot 9 woman. no! c'su c,s1 III
h inr between bales OF cotton and cases of Il
S,rn The nrst news OF ths d!sas ster was