Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-09
Two Steamships Crash In The
Fog.
TIE SAGANAw SEM TO BOTTOM
A Pass niger Gives a Graphic Oeserip-
ton OF the Accldent-1he Discipline
of the Wreck "a Vessels Crew Ad-
m.rab.e.

NOftolN. SpcCiSi.-A CollS-On al sea |
that cost tho lives OF 20 or more PEG
pie ana the sinking os the Clyde steam
ship Saginaw b. tho old Dominion
steamship Company's liner Hamilton.
occurred between Winter Quarter
Lightsh.p and Fonwicx Island Light-
ship. on tho Virginia coast. at 4:f0
o'cloci, Friday morning The Hamilton |
let New York ct o'clock FOR Norfolk /
and tho saginaw passed out of the Nir- /
ginia capes at . O'Clock Monday night |
bound from Richmond and Norfolk for |
Philadelphia. 4 dense fog settled alcng |
the coast shortly AFTER nightfan and |
both vessels were going at reduced |
speed when thc crash occurred. The |
scene OF the collision is about i3 or "a
miles OF the shore and between $50 and
2eo uilos south OF New York or be
tween 100 and 40 miles north OF Nor
1 felix.
Tho fog whistles or both vessels were
\ distinctly heard by each other for sew
/ erai minutes before the collision occur
rcd. According 20 Captain Boaz. OF the
Hamilton. his ship was going about
nine miles an hour and the Saginaw
I about ten. The FOX was SO thick that
objects ships Length away were in
visible and whom the two crafts hove n
sieht OF each other there was but a
/ moment before they mex. The Sag.-
now vcercd as the Hamilton hove in
/ sight. but they had not the time 20
clear cnch other aud the kniie-likc
steel rrow OF the south-lound vessel
struck The Clylc ship con- the rort quar-
ter about 20 feet srom her stern. crt-
ting the entire req. OF the ship arav.
Tho .n-rushing water caused the Sash
0aw 90 settle rapidly ia the stern and
the impetus II the Hamilton took her
llt %. s.gat o. enc crippled vessel. En-
zines. already reversed. were PUT fun
steam 20 ,he rear and the Hamilton
-ircicd pa. scouc 90 the wreck. az the
same time lowering two iifo-boats
When tho saginaw was again sighted
her stern was under water and her bow
afch in the air. Panic-strickon people
rushed over her dcchs and scramble
D toward the bow Life boats we're being
lowered aad into the first Is colored
= women were placed. according 10 Sec
o end OIlccr W L. Morris. who was IN
: command. The boat was swamped as
10 struck the water and its occupants
were thrown into the sea. al wer.
drowned except the second officer an.
tho c0l1rcd sfcwarless who was caugh
by First OG Ger G0slsc and held unit
Il boat from the Hamilton rCarhc.
them. The woman was prllcl in. bu
the gallant mate sank Immediately
. The woman died before the small boa
p reached the Hamilton. more from 81
jurics received by the impact OF o.
collision than by drowning In tn
!. meatime the rush 90 waters into tn
l. bow OF the Saginaw had caused ia
n decks 20 burst their fastcnirgs with
roar like the report OF bis guns an
tons ol freight % an descriptions 500
b. Uttered thc sea. To this the strlggiin
~ people ln the water ci-u- and man
~ . were rescued hy the boats from IA
90 Hamilton and Saginaw.
Before the life-boat 90 tho Hau.itC
lad reached thc Saginaw the latter ha
disappeared beneath the waves an
nothing but her tOpm2sts were visibi
IN To thlse several men were clingin
"a one OF whom ives the aged CAPTAIN
. Tho Saginaw. u $. Tunnel When
~ was taken OF 10 was found that ne ha
- Sustained severe. u not serious. int
~ nal in5uries- The Hamilton hovert
around the scene OF the wreck for ov'
IN hour bat TO sign OF life could
seen among the mass OF hoatr
freight. TWO bodies. one OF a man al
the other OF a woman. both clad
night dress were observed drifting b
~ tween the bales OF cotton and cases
- goods.
NJ According 10 Clyde officials q
- names Of only IS passengers a
known and II Is admitted by SecOl
az Officer Morris that 10 cOlOred wOme
ID. all OF whom are now dead. were in L
he ewamped life boat.
The crew OF the Saginaw number
rs AL told. From the officers OF I
Clyde Company here the following 4
he OF passengers was obtained: T.
- Cole. Philadelphia. j. Trayor. Phi
-' delphia; r. g. Younghead. Chest
me Pa; Geo. r. Hood. Philadelphia; H.
Ia Winters. Camden. y. J.. all whit
M Mary 4. SandersOn. Windsor y
on Morris Payncr. Northwest. Va, 10
81 Reese. Norfolk: Miller Pennel ~
ny. folk. Judson s. wills. Berkeley. V
air David Rowland. Newport News; VI;
eas Robertson. Florence Neby. EC
IS Ward. ". r. Jones. =. T. Pcndlcton.
AK Gilmore. $. Jcrnigan. all colored.
ep- Those knowD 20 be lost are: G..
On GilmeF. y. l. Pendleton. Flore
sri- Newly. Edna Ward. NJ f. Jor
iily Mary oRbertson. Crew. Edward
N.s