The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-28
Nearly 1000 Passengers Were In Great
Danger.
Time the Accident Happened. Every
Tug I'm the Harbor Answered the
Calls for Help and Stccd by tho
Steamers-yigorous Pumping kept
the Liners Aloas and They Reached
Their Docks. Landing All Their Pas
sengers Safely-Great Excitement
on the Steamers

Halifax, n. S., March 25.-Two great
transatlantic liners, the Partisan. CT
the Allan Line and the Albaao. a
Hamburg-Amer:can boat, both bound
in. heavily loaded with passengers.
collided of the harbor's entrance to-
night. Both were seriously damaged,
but reached their docks and laneed
their passengers safely
The Parisian's stern touched bottom
as she reached her wharf, while hard
pumping kept the Albano from sink
ing. Both steamers were from Euro
pean ports, the Partisan from Liver
pool England and the Albano from
Hamburg. The Partisan had on board
thousand passengers, many of wnosn
were bound fer her other port, ST.
John, N. b. The Albano carried about
800 passengers, nearly all for Philadel
phia, to which port she was TO have
proceeded after calling here.
The Partisan arrived OFF the en-
trance to the harbor at dusk, and wai
taking a pilot on board while the Al
the Aibano appeared the officers OF the
Partisan realized that there was dan
ger of collision, and the engine rooms
were signalled for full speed ahead. Be
fore the Partisan could get underway,
however, the Albano struck her on the
starboard side, a short distance astern
of the engine room, crushing in the
great steel plates and opening mp a
hot 10 h ,rxf. snI he
in tons.
The bow plates of the Albano were
bent and the stem was twisted, but the
water tight compartments were promt.
ly closed and her pumps set vigorously
at work.
Immediately following the collision,
the steamers headed into the harbor at
full speed, the Partisan with a heavy
list to the starooard and the Aibano
somewhat down at the head
The Partisan had considerable water
in ner stern. which was also sinking
deeper as she steamed along.
Both vessels whistled for help and
every tug in the harbor responded and
as the Partisan appeared in greater
danger, several ranged themselves
alongside the vessel and assisted in the
pumping.
The passengers on both vessels beg
ged that the tug beats take them on
but the little steamers clung tenacious
| ly To the Side of the liner, and never
| left her until she was safe at her dock.
Many of the passengers rushed excited
| ly about the decks, while others knelt
| in prayer. Within e few minutes all
had been supplied with life preservers
| while the life boats were ready for in
| showed signs of laundering.
The suspense of those on board the
| Partisan was intense. Great volumes
of water were pouring from the vessel
and the engines groaned with the excr.
| ton of running the steamers pumps
and keeping the vessel at top speed. A,
half way up the harbor her stern had
settled many feet, and the list to the
starboard had become most pronounc
ed, but the steamer kept on with the
fleet of tugs alongside working to keer
her afioat
AS the yessc, came alongside hel
wharf, lines were thrown out, ganf
planks lowered. and a thousand pas
sengers rushed to land as the stern ol
the vessel touched the bottom.
The Albano had somewhat sinIi
lar experience, although her pump
were able to keep her bow compart
ments fairly free. so that the alarm or
board was not 50 great.
| The Albano reached her dock
! short time after the Partisan and tn,
| passengers hurried ashore