Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16

Five Lives Lost From the
Cunard Stnlr. Campania.
About so In jured--- Fatality
in the History Of the Line.

New York, Oct. 15.-For the first
! time in an unbroken career of Go years
| of life without the loss or the injury Of
a single passenger, save through care
lessness of the victim or his wilful in
tent, the Cunard Steamship Co. limited.
| has to report the loss of five passen-
gers from its steamship Campania ar
irving, Saturday, who We're swept over
| board; severe injuries to 10 passengers.
who We're in the ships hospital when
the steamship made her pier; minor
| injuries to 10 other passengers and in
| juries to the chief officer, 4 Junior Of
| ficer the bo'suns mate and several
| of her crew, including fireman and
trimmers. All of the passengers lost
or injured We're immigrants.
The names of those who, according
to two "checkings-up' on board the
steamer, went overheard, are:
Margaret COsgrove. Mary Cosgrove,
Joseph Donohue, Mems Ekberg,
Graham. Margaret and Mary Cosgrove
were young girls, sisters, crossing the
Atlantic under the care of a woman
| in the second cabin.
The officials of the line would not
admit that anybody was missing or
ioSl ulltll Il lildl or the I'M
migrants should be made on Ellis is
land.
The calamity, which is described by
the ships captain. r. c. War; and
the American agent, Vernon II. Brown
was due mot to Il plunge but to 4
slap by the grace Of Cod
From the official statement given
out through Agent Brown and extracts
from the ships log and the passengers
the steamer had left Liverpool on oct
q and Queenstown on the next day,
with 1872 saloon, 342 second cabin and
1920 steerage passengers. On Wednes-
day, there was a gale. A fresh wind
had grown into a gale of hurricane
force. Ugly, confused seas were
breaking over each quarter. The wind
had shifted from southwest into the
north northeast, leaving as q legacy
pounding sea on the port side.
Capt. War; says on his log the ship
was proceeding comfortably, steering
south 60 degrees west. Her position
was off the banks of Newfoundland in
latitude north 1925 and longitude west
1850. The ship was quite steady.
The sun was shining into the main
p.b1ncflstue ueck. Wnlcn WAS CROWDED
with young girls. walking back and
forth, laughing and chattering with the
merry companions of their journey.
Men leaned lazily, their chins upon the
teak railing, smoking luXuriously and
dreaming day dreams. Children were
romping, stokers and trimmers. with
black rings around their eyes, putting
at black pipes and with network tow
els over their brawny necks, mingled
with the Storage passengers.
a passenger on the steamer says the
steamer was 'slapped'' about / p. NJ.
He says the captain was on the bridge.
Without warning, the Campania gave n
deep roll. Something hit her astern at
an angle on the port side, throwing her
stern over to starboard and swinging
her head around to port. The saloon
passengers say the steering gear had
been slightly deranged, but the cap
tain said nothing about this.
When the wave struck the vessel,
women. men and children and stokers
were hurled the whole length OF the
deck, as the top of the wave swept |
forward and then made back swing |
Great masses of coal shifted in the |
bunkers, burying the trimmers, men