The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06

ktven,ns Times 81 Scranton, Pa.
8tyss pa asss On 81 tits Ha,l..rs
{iiton, and gave probably the best state e.
Btrient Of what happened ttritnedia icy g.
after The collision, Being a iewspa !, pe y.
man, he went on deck lnft,edinn ssiy aitfs
Il ndeiH Old i,olni when the Hamilton
arrived there. bringing the FIRST t,e W. o, o
INC disaster and Ia now 1t the8 81 erWonu
lflotel With his trilc. 10 your CORE y, :.
spontlent Mr. taafter gave the following
statement: ss
Il was married Y, scfa t,ton ano .,, mnn.
.a ~ 81, the Hamilton for Ola Point
Comfort on the TRIP down the coast g, y
my wife ~.ns senslc ard WIS up VIII
thor% M night when the collision &C. %
friirredii was fully dressed fe't t ~
stock Of the crash and heard some e. nn q
screatn Man the boa ITS we are alnK q, ),
] lm'nc1!ately ran ~ q, t t,en 1or !, :
glance, 4 aaw that VIZ were safe hi1 :,
did not become alarmed The Saginin' y
was sinking then. I looked Mt MY @at y
the minute after the crash occurred. I. 2 nu
II was exactly 1880 o'clock. IN tlftee en-
minutes the other ship had gone TO the
bottom In twenty fathotns q water e y anu
only her mist heads were visible. 81 IN
,'When5r first went on deck Il WIS ir. !.
possible to zee farther than thirty fesl
a way from, our ship, I Occupied pn,sl-
tim Oh the Hanllton's deck neat the
stern OF the snEinn.w, which was carried
away, Immediately before the veasc,
disappeared under the water W,tness -.
a horrible scer,e---the swallowing w ,py
tho sen az boat containing either
twelve or thrteet, women and one man.
as ! estimated them. The officers ana
men on the SAT lnnwg evidently hnd given
aw1 y 10 he women. and they started on
In The open bort manned BY one ma 2:
BEFORE tho small boat Waa vel clear o.
the stenm the latter went down. t y,
suction dragging the little craft hnq ~
h,,nn freight down with II. The HAM
ilton ilre,1ninc1 near the spot tor two
hours searching for survivors
g."rhe Iinmilton's officers lost no time
after the collision In getting OUT ING
yboats. and the crews worried WIN t teH Il
relent results But for their PROMPT re-
ssponse 10 orders more lives would nave
Captain 5ronncll. who had climbed 70 one ~;
~ the mast-h and chung 10 It unit
taken Off unconscious. He did not re-
cover 4 conscinusness on the way down
and IT was the general opinion OF the
officers that he would not tlrvlvc. q. Two
rescued passengers died, but the officer rs
withheld their names from me. More
could learn the collision WIS totally .nni
avodablc, occurring In a dense fog wlth
Rboth vessels bic wing thor sirens ar "a try
Ing to avoid a crash. When the SaEina "
was struck CAPTAIN Tonnell headed her
for the shore but It ha ppened too auick-
&ly The Hamilton was prnceetliln7 n! un M,
half speed C'antatn Boaz was In the pilot
house He handled the situation adr1ira-
Z bly,,
l ON TIE SAGINAW.
The collision caught the ma asenrers on
the Saginaw asleep and Nsome of them
knew nothing Of what had happened until
r'cked in nv the Familton's boats. o. q.
Cole OF Philadelrhia. q \ survivor. q r. . dn
this staten1ent:5"I was Insleep In my sta ta-
room. ana the first knew of&tle dis
as,erS was when fo,lnd myself N ~"
wf ter. + 5manared to keen nf1ont.&nrd N
n few minutes was rescued BY a " boat,
( was rendered unconscious in some Wv
my room being aft, cannot UNDERSTAND
why T was not drowned "a.
g.. Il. Swicegood nf Salisbury. n. g,
( who was n nasaenger IN the Hamilton;
camc here from Old Point and made this
stn tement '"rre Saginaw w doomed IA VI
ahead 3of us suddenly. and before we
}oould hnck8away the Ham''tnn had
struck her stern, The cantPtn Ut TIE So FL
( nav did not think hts shin was IN ely
hurt, and he Immediately nut her nose to-
wards the shore horing to get near TIE
beach, where he could run ashore n. catsea
Bof ,ererrercv. A She had not gone FIR be-
fore We heard cries aboard, and then the
boat baganst settle. We rescued e. e. e. I
|. number ~ neon'e,s bit several n tfe"sre
died after we rot them 2 broad. Ore r'n-
man driffed near8us. climbing I'd a stick
NJ wood. She hecnme unconscious "a nd
drowned Is before helm could reach her
;4T'hoae we rescued were BROUGHT on hoard
. n their nigh clothes having lost e',erv.
shin. they had One man sHid ho he'd
( $3.50 lying under his inflow r'sen he u,ent
( to bed. Tie escaped in his night shirt.