The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-21
EJGHTDEAD IN STEAMER CRASH
city or TAUNTON CUT BTG HOLE
IN PLYMOt.TH'S SIDE.
pilot Of Plymouth Had Gone to Bed 10
Minutes Before the Collision In the Race
Divers secure Bodies Frsm the Held
Two Of the Dead We're Passenger.


Divers secure Bodies Prsm the Held
Two Of the Dead were Passenger.
NV LONDON, Conn.,, March 2o.-Eight
lives we're lost by the collision in the Sound
.erly this morning between the Fall River
line boats Plymouth and City of Taunton,
news OF which was printed exclusively In
late editions OF this mornings SUN. During
fog the City Of Taunton, heavily loaded
With freight and bourd west. rammed
the Plymouth, which was steaming slowly
I'm the Sound with 55s passen gers on board.
The collision occurred In The Race shortly
after midn light and the prov of the City Of
Taunton smashed big hole In the Ply
mouths starboard side.
Only the stoutness OF compartment
bulkheads kept both steamboats, ahoat.
Both Of them made their way into port
here. the Plymouth about 3 O'Clock this
morning. the Taunton about O'Clock.
with two feet Of her bow gone. Most OF
the Pymouths passengers left this city
before noon, going 10 Boston.
Capt, Edward r. Geer OF this city was
acting temporarily as pilot on the Ply
mouth. He retired twenty minutes before
the crash came. He was thrown out of
his berth, but escaped injury.
Two passen gers were killed. The others
killed were msmbem Of the crew OF I, the
age. where they slept, when the water
poured into the steamboats, hold through
Der broken side.
The dead are:
JuHN MCCARTHY. Waterman: head cut Of.
JoHN COLEMAN. . negro drowned.
LrLIrs Dawson. negro. Inessman drowned
loHN BRIscoE. negro. waiter: drowned
low NirLIAN8. negro, bater: drowned.
a. n MARsrRN, passenger. Paterson, N. J.:
ekGll frattur,d
wiIkes-BarTe, Pa; skull shattered.
PATRiCK DALEY. freight handler: arm
torn ofY: died in hospital.
The injured are:
Michael Kildun. passenger. Boston: right
foot cut; Italian immigrant. out OH forehead
Samuelson, negro. porter on Sty OF
aS SH"tG the body: r n. Curtis, foot crushed:
NJ II Zach Of Taunton: Mrs Zach OF TsuntoniJ D.
II reager. Philadelphia. Pa. back sprained.
the Plymouth, but too late TO avoid u col
lsion. There was quick exchange OF
Whistles. then the crash.
Though full speed astern had already
been signalled to the engine room Of the
was sufficient to carry her on until the
Plymouth was heeied well over to port.
Then the freighter fell slowly away. her
bow clean gone for q depth of two feet
and water flooding the forward compart-
On the Plymouth. save for orderly efforts
Of the officers to prevent panic and To save
The rs. %s. ana
worse plight than the City Of Taunton,
There was . hole ton feet square In her
hull on the starboard side. about thirty
sxs e. st g. he ess :Hs e. sass:s
~ 6,~ "a q 6 a. tn SSvsN StSessoSsns
in the second cabin. Nos. 2oi-2o7, were
In the rescue work assistance was rem
dered by . Mrs. Frankie OF Baltimore,
who was formerly an army nurse. who
volunteered to help care for the injured.
and by eighty United States marines. who
Lieut.. W. G. Harlse and were on their way
TO the Boston Navy Yard. Most OF these
men were quartered on the starboard side
Of tho bost and many Of them lost clothing.
0us ~ a. :n'% " 1.S osns III.
passenger Of the stserase. when the acoi-
dent occurred. The crash Of partitions
caught him and he head wse out from his
BODY \: Ss: o. ys.5S: .s S,d an: md y S;s
fersnt Sound ines for forty-hve year,.
n,s four nsgroes Of the Stewards de
partment who were killed were In their
hunks In the hold.
ported misslng, Il 10 believed to-night has
been accounted for a. the body OF Q man
said TO resemble Marsten was taken from
M.r.tsa's ssstsrSom, No. soS. late this
w n IL aid 10 have lived In Pstsrsou. y. J.
Jonathan n. Thompson of wtlkes- nasTs.
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papsp found 10 his cloths. He vas at
Ss:d sy 5 S sIs k'P p: sS e ,:o
hour. His skuli vas crushsd si As b.ss.
lie was about 70 years old.
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Dom the Taunton TO the deck OF the
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