Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-14
MANY STEERAGE PASSENGERS
rhl,v Persons We're Injured and the
Number Lost May be Wore
Than Reported,
CAME SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTED
first Time 10 Sky Years That a Pas
,socer Has Been Lost From 0ne Of
Lines Steamers by Accident

N.z York. oct. l4--Five lives are
,,oon TO have been lost and more than
"a persops injured, one Of them fatally
n, the cunard line steamer Campania
isr Wednesday when a gigantic wave
,olsd over the steamer aud swept
across deck thick with steerage pas
fengers
lznes Carlson. young Swedish
woman who suffered fractures Of both
thighs and internal injuries, died IN the
,bps hospital an hour before the Cam
ranla locked today So sudden was the
coming of the disaster and 50 great the
confusion which attended and followed
# that even the officers of the steam
Or themselves were unable today upon
the vessels arrival here 10 estimate the
mil extent of the tragedy II is possible
that the five persons known TO be MISS
lg from The Storage may not con-
siiuto the fun number of dead, When
,he Campania reached quarantine to-
6ay 10 of the injured passengers Wera
,.Il I'm the ships hospital, some ~
Them seriously hurt and q score of 9TH
or, we're nursing minor injuries.
John Graham Of Milwaukee was one
of the passengers washed overheard
and lost, nc was travelling IN the
storage. The others who arc known To
have lost their lives were two lriSh
Fi-ls. and iva others whose nationality
lss not been dsCertained,
me Campauia was plOughing along
Under fun Roadway last Wednesday
afternoon A heavy quaueriug sea
DO. running but the weather condi-
mons We're far from unpleasant and
he big boats decks were crowded with
llssengcrs. The Storage deck Was COW
Iei with merrymakcrs and there was
iothing 10 indicate the approaching dis
sGer when suddenly the big steamer
,Uhed no port and Scooped mp an onor-
f0us sea- The wave boarded the
steamer about midshps ON The port
side and swept clear across the Storage
deck completely tlling the space be-
tween that deck aud the deck above
and carrying everything with H. The
ramors side was buried and pas-
saHgey ou the deck above the steer
fge were submerged 10 their waists as
ibe Immense volume Of water rolled
on and then surged forward. All the
cabin passengers on the upper deck
succeeded in clinging to supports While
The waters Surgcd around them and
We're saved. but the unfortuuates in
'he steeagc deck found themselves
utterly helpless. The Irresistible rush
or waters sweeping toward the for
ward part OF the ship, carried every
Thing before H. Meetings., heavy rail-
iGgs and other distractions which had
been arranged near the ratings to pre-
vent passengers being washed over
hoard. served their purpose only In
part So grcat was the volume and
force Of rushing waters that a door
10 The rail was smashed and through
IBIS opening Ave Of the helpless ones
VINO had been caught by the wave, were
swept TO their death, Others dashed
against the rails and other like obstruc-
tMn' and escaped death, but many Of
mem received severe injuries. one
Young woman had both legs broken at
lHe nigh and several persons suffered
broken arms aud ribs, while more than
6 score were bruised and battered
When the wave cleared the vessel the
Forward part Of the deck was strewn
.'.FNAN'f ''llN lhl iIuAlr ~ NNlutllf |
me SHIPS surgeon aided by a number
VI plNHcian among the cabin passep-
kfls vas busy in attending to their
hWls, I'm the meantime an inspection
%. W' Storage was made by the ships
nn'ers and ii was learned that five Of |
tut passengers We're missing 80 fur
,0eI confirmation regarding the inspcc-
".n Vas given out.
From one OF the stetrage passengers
u WAS learned that the lives of several !
,9NaIen We're saved by stcwardcss,
MIS' Noles. and o. deck steward. The
|ug ones We're playing about the deck
"Nel lhry were caught in the swirl OF !
nnift ana c}rred aft with the others.
W. NE return rush OF the wave tho !
.NNlren were being carried directly to- !
ttarl lhe open door through which the
w, VINO lost their lives had been car
. .. when Miss Cotes and the steward
.lt0ol 10 lheIr rescue and dragged
mem back 90 safety.
,,. Wednesdays disaster marks the FIRST
w .s VI The Cunard lines history OF |
HolG than 60 years that>a passenger
'y accident.