The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
Is The report that the Clyde officials sent
their home office In Philadelphia.

Is the report that the Clyde officials sent
their home Office In Philadelphia. r.
The Hamilton was In communal VI Cap
tain Il, B. l3ou2 No one Gil the OLD
DonlnionH boat was hurt und tia vessel
was only damaged about the bow. IS
damage Is comparatively small II when 3 4; az !
things are considered. G. Il, E3erWir " OF
New York. who Is stopping at the Mon m
ticcllo Hotel, was one Aof the passenger
on the steamer Hamilton, which was n
tie collision. His account Of the wreck ts
Is most graphic. Said he: 5, III
"Fog settled down like q pail GOn{g the
ocean Il bout I o'clock last night. SUDDEN;
Ely when we were two ours ate 5tllls
morning, SIX bells rang and ! kne| son
thing was wrong. The crash came n ext.
and a grinding which n made tho ship
silver Nothing had happened to our ship
below, But then came the terrible sight.
AS / stood there gazing out TO sea, the
Saginaw appeared with twenty feet Of
4 her stern torn comp tey3 away. So plainly
was this part cut off that 1 could look
right Into the steamer. at that time SHE
was still afoat, but she quickly dlsap.
peared In the derse fog and sink Just
nineteen minutes after the crash. The
5Grst thought was for our own safety and
our own boats were lowered and the hull
examined When II was found that she
was not injured, then the 5capta n and his
crew turned towards @ the other boat
hoping to save some lives. When
tho Hamilton circled. md We again sew
the steamer through the fog and mist,
only hcr two rasts were showing as she
ha settled and was resting quietly on the
bottom It was providenttal't that the sea
was quiet Our boats brought8on sixteen
people, four Of whom were white. Inc
captain was dashed to the mast With o. e
white passenger but two OF his ribs were
broken. So great was the confusion ina -
one man put life preseryers on his rec Il
and when seen later drowned " t1oht1ns
feet up.' III VI :sfst
b, r., Cole. OF Philadelphia who WAS
saved from the Saginaw had just sold out
his business In Newport News. md wa
en- route home. Heplaced 500 and d'a-
mond pin beneath his pillow before re-
tlrinr When TIA cr.:-h CO mo lsthouThts
3. ealuables was forgotten, and he sought
safety on deck. Then he remembered his
money and started back, but was driven
ba cl BY tell wn tiers. Describing tell coll =
sion Mr. Cole declared 1t WIS so sud
denly that ono could scarcely ~ realize
al nrst%whnt had hapnened. Tho Saginaw
quickly began to settle and her entSIe
opening tons OF ter rushed, and the
bow began I O rise ran'dly from the s,r-
IA &C. The Incoming wa ters burst omen the
decks. and freight Of all dissertation wa :
hurled from the hold. Mr.. Cole era sncd
a niece or wreckaEe and managed 70
reach one Of the topmas.s OF the sunNen
shin. from which he was toFcn By boat
from the Hamilton. The saEnnw was for
merly British tramp shin. and came
in here some years ago with her bow
stove in. having been lnicollslon with nm
other vessel off the Virginia Canes. She
| vas lnndnd with augor at&the ne. sire
|ylay8at Portsmouth for some time re-
nn'rlng. She was subsequently, bought by
| the Clydes She was OF $500 tons.