The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
BIG LINERS CRASH.
SEA CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS OF
COLLISION.
Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse Is
Ramned by the Orinoco After
Leaving the Harbor of Cherbourg
Panic on Doth Vessels.

In terrific collision off Cherbourg,
France, between two ocean liners late
Wednesday night thirteen lives were
lost and number of passengers and
members of the crews were injured.
The crash, in which the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse was struck by the British royal
mail steamer Orinoco, disabled the for
mer vessel so that it had TO abandon
the voyage to New York.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and
the Orinoco both were outward bound
from Southampton via Cherbourg, the
one for New York and the other for
West Indian ports. The shock was
terrific, causing panic among the pas
sengers on board the vessels. especially
among the emigrants. On the Orinoco
three men and woman were killed
and six women and a man were in
jured, and five persons were thrown
overheard and drowned. OF the two
steamers the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
is said to have sustained the greater
damage, and has hole in one side.
Four s.eerage passengers on the Kaiser
were killed and twelve injured. The
damage to the Orinoco was confined to
her bows.
Going Seventeen Knots an Hour.
When the collision occurred the Kais.
er was steaming at the rate of seven
teen Knots an hour. ,rhe Orin0co was
bound for Cherbourg. The commander
Of the Orinoco asserts that he signaled
that he was going to starboard of the
North German Lloyd vessel, but that
the latter held her course across the
Orinoco's bows and went to port of the
OrinOco only when 1t was too late. The
engines of the Orinoco, it is said, were
reversed as soon as it appeared tina,
an accident would occur, but she crash
ed into the starboard bow of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, making a breach
twelve feet wide. The stem of the
Orincco above the water-line was car
ried away as the vessels cleared after
the collision. The shock threw all the
passengers on the Kaiser from theil
feet. The grinding of the Orinoco's
bow into the Storage of the German
vessel instantly killed four persons
among them girl IL years old.
Panic ON the Orinoco.
The captain Of the Orinoco ordered
boats to be cleared away, but the panic
on board was general. Some Of the
crew jumped into and launched two OF
her boats and several frenzied womer
attempted to get into them as they were
being lowered over the side. One boa
was swamped when it struck the wa
ter.
A number of small boats from Cher
bourg put out to the scene Of the col
lision and rescued some of the sailor,
and passengers who were struggling IL
the waves, but five of the crew Of TIT
Orinoco are believed to have beer
drowned.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse ha(
about 260 first-class passengers, 200 sec
ond-class and about 700. steerage. The
Kaiser Is a twin-screw sch0oner-rigget
vessel. She is of approximately 15.00(
tons, GIG feet long, sc feet beam ant
80 feet depth of hold. She was bull
at Stettin, Germany, in 1897, and II
commanded by Captain Engelbart.
The Orinoco, A. g. Farmer master, II
screw steamship of 1851 tons. Sh'
is 400 feet inches long, 40 feet bean
and 33 feet inches depth of hold. She
was built at Grennock, Scotland, il
fQce