Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-21
DISASTER ON A SOUND
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Vessels CONC Together With Terrific
Force in a Fcg.
PLYMOUTH PIERCED.
Vast Volume of Water Poured Into
the \ Gamers Hold aud Several
Of Her Grew Drowned in
Their liunLs.

New London. Conn. March 2O-ln
log which descended uron the waters
~ Long Island sound Thursday night.
the big Fall River passenger steamer
Plymouth. from New York for Fall
River. with many passengers and q
crew OF 200 men. was run down while
going through the race by the freight
steamer City Of Taunton OF the same
line. bound for New York. A full hun
dred feet OF the starboard Of the vessel
was mashed In as II Il had been paper.
The staterooms In the second cabin
were entirely cut away. while down IN
the hold members Of the crew who
were asleep In the steerage were
drowned by the torrent Of water that
rushel through the great gap made by
the bow OF the freighter. Although
greatly terrified, the people aboard the
stricken ship exercised remarkable
selt-control and there was no panic
The collision occurred after the yes-
sci had slowly made her way up the
sound through the fog until she reach
ed a point east OF Gill island. The
City OF Taunton drove up out OF the
fog. and when she was sighted 10y Of
fcers Of the Plymouth was too colse to
avoid a collision. There was a quick
exchange OF signals and then a crash.
The bow OF the City OF Tautton
penetrated ten feet into the hull Of
the Plymouth. and as she backed away
she raked the upper works OF the pas
senger vessel. tearing cut her second
cabin and ripping the staterooms to
pieces. The water poured into the hold
and drowned the men there In their
hunks. The Plymouth Immediately
headed for this city. II was thought AZ
one time the ships company would
have 10 take 10 the boats. but the
closing In the collision Of the bulk
heads prevented the water from gain
Ing and the vessel made the harbor
and wharf unassisted There Is no
way OF telling Immediately how many
persons persisted. 4 number we're In
Jured. Six dead certainly. and In the
mass Of debris from the wreck In the
cabin and staterooms there may be-
several more bodies beside those re
ported
As the Plymouth was being made
fast TO the wharf there was a hole ten
feet square In her hull on the star
board side about thirtyhve feet from
the bow. while for 100 feet her polner
work had been carried away. including
the entire second cabin and seven
stateroOms on The saloon deck
known dead. John Mccarthy. watch.
man. head cut on. Snow Coleman.
negro pantryman drowned. JULIUS
Dawson. negro messman. drowned /.
John Bristol. negro walter. drowned
John Williams. negro baker drowned
Jonathan W Thompson. W.lkesbarTe.
Ia. skull shattered
Captain Davis OF the Plymouth de-
Cllned TO make any statement con
cernlng the accident at this time
Captain T. r. Low OF the United
States marine corps with Lieutenant
W G.. Harley and soyenty-fye marines.
occupied the second cabin on the side
where the crash was felt Al the ma.
r.nes carried their spare clothes and
their knapsacks and most OF the lat
ter are thought 20 Dee lost None of
the marines were killed OF Injured
The city Of Taunton made this port
with her bow stove Ia and pumps
working Her bulkheal saved her from
sinking.