The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-29
Large Passenger Steamer Ram.
med at Sea by a Schooner.
BOTH SHIPS SAVED.
Six Passengers and Two Officers of The
Steamer We're Injured. The Coils.
lon Took Place as the Steamer
was Rounding Cape Cod
on Her Regular Trip.

The injury Of six passengers and two
OF the ships officers by q collision at
sea was reported by the steamer Jun.
iata of the Merchants and Miners
transportation company, bound from
Boston for Baltimore and Norfolk,
which returned to Boston, Thursday
afternoon, badly damaged. The Jun,
iata was rammed Wednesday night sc
miles t.ff Chatham by the ivemastsd
kchooner HARDWOOD Palmer, bound
from Baltimore for Portland, Me-.
with q cargo OF coal. The injured:
MIR. and Mrs. Friedell, Pittsburp.
badly bruised. o
j. w. johnson, North Arlington,
Mass, leg broken; injured internally.
Condition serious.
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Murray, South
Boston, bruised and badly shaken up.
Corporal j.. j. M~attingly, United
States marine corps. hands cut.
Capt. Il NickcraoD Of the Juniata,
injury to haLds.
Qlartermaster John Crockett, hands
cut and bruised.
No n on board the schooner was
Injured.
That the accident did not result in
a general loss OF life on the steamer is
considered remarkable by everyone Oh
board. The steamer had q great hole
stove IN bar hGarboard side amidships,
her cabins from that point forward
were ripped and torn into kindlinR
wood, her pilot house was wrecked
and the ioremaSt aud smokestack
were carried away. Tho Juniata re.
turned TO her dock here Thursday az.
ternoon u landed her passengers.
Arrangements were made to transfer
the cargo. The Palmer lost her lib
boom, soWsprit and headgear.
1isle aceldepte ccerred at 8. 5Oo'cluck
sIhursday night when the Juniata wa
steaming aroung Cape Cod. A fog
hung over the water and the steamers
speed mad been reduced somewhat.
CapG. Nlckerson was In the pilot house
alrecting The movement OF his ship.
suddenly he lookout shouted a warn.
ing mat q big vessel was TO the star.
poafd n {: l'ng down on the steam
ef rap ~. C&i 6. Nickerson ordered
The wheel jtt hard over and the en-.
gines reveraed but even as his order
was being executed the Tipping OF
huge sails and shouts OF alarm were
heald and in less than a minute from
Inc tlme The lockout gave bis warning
Ille sCeamer was struck a terrific blow
squafely amlidships on the starboard
sloe. Immediately follo wing the first
CRASH Tie schooner scraped along the
slde or the steamer, her spars and rig.
ging turning tie upper deck into a
mass Of w%reckage. The state rooms
ara the pilot house Werc tern apart
as though mace Of paper. Tie i'm.
mense jsb boom Of the schooner after
unroonng tie state room and pilot
mouse became imbeddlcd IN the upper
WORKS n was snapped Off short.
All ABOARD the steamer remained
cool and there was not tile slightest
evidence OF q panic. AS a precaution.
airy measure tire llfehoats were made
ready by the GREY AID sailors not thus
engaged went to the assistance OF a
umber of the passengers who were
vigorously working on the mass OF
debris IN which several other passen.
gers, Capt. N!cllcrson and Quarter
master Crockett were buried. 1t was
round that W. Johnson war ne only
person seriously injured. His state
room was almost opposite the spot at
which the schooner ST uck and was
buried In toe mass OF w~reckagc. His
right leg was broken and lie sustained
internal injuries and cuts about the
head and taco.
The schooner, although damaged,
signallcd that She was In no danger.
Both vessels remained at the scene IN.
I'LL daylight, when thu extent CT the
injuries sustained by each was learn
ed. Tho hole In the SIDE Of the Juniata
was found to be five feet above the
water lire.
Capt. NickerGon decided 1t would be
SAFER to steam back to Boston. The
uninJufed passengers were sent to
Providence by train, whence they pro
ceedcd to their destination on the
steamer Il eek.
TIC blame for the collision has not
been fixed. Capt. Nickcrson refused