New-York tribune., 1903-03-21
SIX DIE In BOAT CRASH.
COLLISION ON THE SOUND.
Fall Riuer Freighter City Of Taur-
tom Rams the Plymouth. /
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NAwIondop. Conn, March 2O.-Lying at her
pier her starboard side for hundred reet
crushed and torn and the woodwork pounded
into a splintered and inextrtcable mass OF
wreckage her hull penetrated by great gasn
and the steel plates twisted and bent like paste
board, the steamer Plymouth. Of the Fall River
Line. tonight furnishes silent but conyinc-
ing evidence Of the midnight collision with
the freighter City OF Taunton, of the same
line. that cost six lives and placed 07Z
more in Jeopardy. From the submerged for-
ward hold in which broken beams and
twisted steel girders are tangled, the bodies
of three coiored pantryH1en, who were caugnt IN
the wreck and drowned. have been removed and
another is believed to be still concealed beyond
the reach of the diver. who has vainly sought
"a loestA the body. The body OF a passenger,
believed to be that OF G. H Marsten. Of Pater-
son, N. j., the only passenger killed. lies at
local Indertaker's establishment.
THE DEAD
cor rA1AN rohn colored pantrynnan: drowned
DAWSON. John H. colored. messman; drowned
DRISSCOLL, William, coored. pantryman' miss
nrcAPTF4Y John F. deck watchman: decapitated
MARsTEN. George a. Of Paterson. y J.. pasSeT-
WILLIAMS. John. colored. baker: drowned.
THE INJURED.
CRECFR 7 z travelling salesman. Philadelphia,
Iacerated face and sprained back
DAILY Patrick. freight trimmer. right arm cut on
KILDUFF. Michael. Boston. passenger. right foot
crushed.
sAMUELs. or sAMUELsoN. David a passenger
going to Fall River. wrenched leg
CRASHED IN THICK FOG
There is vet no explanation OF the accident,
which occurred In dense fog near the eastern
entrance Of the Sound. in the narrow passage
between Fishers Island and Little Gull Island
At 12:1O a. m. the time OF the collision, the
flood tide was rushing through the entrance at
a four knot pace, and the City OF Taunton,
borne on the crest Of this flow. was passing in
on the way TO New-York. while the Plymouth
had cleared Gull Island about ten minues be-
fore, bound east.
The fog horns sounding beyond the white wall
of mist were heard by both ships four minutes
before the impact and the Taunton had slowed
to a snairs pace. Suddenly the men in the pilot
houses Of the two steamships saw the fash OF
lights there was a roar OF warning whistles,
and twenty seconds after the mutual discovery
the Taunton, low and heavy with an unusually
large cargo, rammed the Plymouth. striking her
at a slight angle and penetrating into her steel
hull for about ten feet
ApparentIy the Plymouth's momentum stin
carried her forward, for the Taunton re-
bounded from the blow her battered bow raked
the starboard side Of the Plymouth fore and
aft for a hundred feet, bringing down the wood
work stateroolns and hunks in a tangled mass
Straight through the outer row Of staterooms
and as far as the main saloon the woodwork
was ripped and torn away, opening a big rift.
revealing the forward gangway and saloon AS
the Taunton backed out the water rushed into
the shattered hull beneath the waterline. NIL
ing the compartments. Caught in this section
were four coIored men asleep. In moment. be-
fore they had chance 70 escape, great rush
OF water rolled into the compartment and
drowned them.
Above the hold in which the negroes were
sIeenInK was a second cabin, crowded 20 over
eourinp Seventy-hve United States marines,
rata,v returned from the Philippines, and fifty
Italians were in the hunks sleeping
An the first grind Of the crash came
Tohn Mccarthy, the forward deck watch
man realizing the impending danger. rushed
-. a,,skan the inmates of the cabin He had
.o.rcaI,, given warning shout when the great
how Of the Taunton, raking the side OF the
Plymouth sent a beam crushing down. COM
nTsteIv severing his head In moment 12S
passengers were struggling 10 extr1cate tnem-
selves from the broken mass
Tn,nossible as it may seem when one
views the hopeIessly battered woodwork
AZ this place not a single person was
Injured The passengers in the staterooms
above this steerage cabin did not fare so we'll
The bowsprit of the Taunton tore aside the
wooden partitions and sent beds and hunks
crashInx down into the cabin below: Here the
only casualty among the passengers occurred.
A man believed to be G. H. Marsten, OF Pater-
Luxurious and dellEhtful as ever. The ride on