Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-08
STEAMER STRUCK BY
COAL BARGE SINKS
Out OF Forty'Sev,n Passengers
And a Crew Of Twenty. Nine
Only One Life Lost.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN NIGHT.
Scene Of Collision Near Pollock Rim
Shoals Lighthouse, Near Vine.
yard Haven, Mass

Vineyard Haven, Mass, May s,--with
the arrival here today OF the tug Pa.
uenoe came news OF one of the most re-.
morklblo marine disasters IN tho his.
tory OF Vineyard Sound shipping. The
JOY line steamer Arkansas, bound from
Boston for New York, was struck by the
coal lndon barge Olondower, IN tow
from Philadelphia Tor Boston, and sunk
less than rs minutes later but out of
" passengers and crew Of 20 on tho
steamer most OF whom were asecp al
the time OF the collision, only one lIfc
was lost Miss Mamie Kelly. ~ years OF
age, residence unknown, was missing
when the roll OF passengers was called
Tho scene OF the collision was about
q mile aud half southeast OF tho Poll
lock RIP Shoals lightshIp, Although the
accident happened ut 1880 yesterday
morning ana al n point only 3S miles
distant from this port, the survivors did
not arrive here unlIl early today, tlM
mex fog which prevailed nebessltntlng
SLOW navigation. The disaster was due
Ia tho fox
~. Nl"llr'ri 'hIt, 1000 IN COM
mand, left Boston Saturday afternoon,
and was well across the bay before aha
ran into the fox. The steamer rounded
Cape Cod and proceeded slowly down
tho cape shore, IL was about midnight
on saturday when the steamer hogan
10 Unread her way cautiously across ths
ncrllouH Nantucket shoals, At 1870
O'Clock sunday m0rnnR when about "A
MIC ana n hnlf from the Pollock Rim
shoals llghlehip the tux Patience with
n tow OF three railroad bnrgos, doomed
up through the fog The tug olonroi
the Arons0s but the barge GlcandoWcr
struck the steamer amldshIps on tho
flnrDoafd Side opposite the engines
tearing open great hole through which
the sea poured Ike a cataract, Tho
barge was not injured,
The engine ana fire room OF tho
Arkansas were Hooded and some Of The
1romcn barely escaped, being onugbi
by the torrents W water, II was soon
that the steamer was sinking ana or.
dore 10 lower The boats was given,
Most Of The Passengers ana crew
were In their bcrlha ne the time Of tho
collision, but all were awakened nv
the crash, They dressed hastily ana
rushed up ON deck Although thcro wna
great excitement, there was no panlo
and the discipline OF mo crow was OK.
oollont every man taking his appoint
ed station
While some ~ the passengers were
being transferred 10 the steamors
boats, the Patience came alongside the
rapidly SINGING Arnnaas and took of
those who had not taken 10 the boats,
Those who had taken 10 tho boats wora
then Transferred TO the tug or TO the
bnrgos In tow,
Among the passengers were i've Wo.
men nnd one chlid An woro saved oy.
cent Miss Kelly Mate Crockor rcmcm.
hers that he assisted miss Kelly n tho
ladder leading TO the llfoboata hut sho
was not seen afterwards,
Few ~ the pnssenpors saved any.
thing except their clothing ana small
hand bugs. Az soon M the Arkansas
had disappeared beneath the waves,
the tug Patience with the survivors |
ON board put about and headed FOR thIs
port Some ~ tho pnasongera belonged |
N Providence ana others In roaton and |
Now York The ArNnans had IA full |
cargo Of general merchandise, most OF |
which II IN understood was Insured,
Among tho passengers on bonrd tho |
Arkansas was Percy Heating OF San |
Francisco,