Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-28
THIRTEEN I
AILI!EI|y Crash 1 /
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terrific collision between two ocean
liners Wednesda az night lives we're
lost: and g number Of passengersS and
members Of the crews were injured.
The crash, In which the North German
Lloyd. steamer kaiser WHITEWATER
Crosse was struck by the British
royal mail steamer Orinoco, disabled
the former vessel SO that It had to aban-
don the voyage to New York and both
1t and the Orinoco are In the sroadstead
here. 5s s3ss:s# assSss.S s >:'.
Details of the collisioa. show that it
occurred. at nine o'clock. The Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse and the Orinoco
both were outward bound from South
ampton via :Cherbourg,,: the one for
New York and the other for West
Indian ports. -
49, Panic Among Passengers.
The shock was terrific, causing q
panic among the. passengers on board
the vessels, especially among the EN-.
;igrants. On the Orinoco three men
and woman were killed and six WON.
en- and a man were injured, and five
persons were thrown overheard and
drowned. -" %-
OF the two steamers the Kaiser Viii.
helm der Crosse is said to have sus.
tanned the greatest damage. and has
q hole In one side. Four steerage pas.
sengers on the Kaiser, were killed and
u injured. The damage to the Grin.
oco was confined to her bows.
Going Seventeen Knots an Hour.
When the collision occurred the
Kaiser was steaming at the rate OF
II knots an hour. The Orinoco was
bound for this port. The commander
Of the Orinoco asserts that he sig.
nailed 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 it was too
late. The engines of the Orinoco, it is
said, were reversed as soon as it ap'
peared that an accident would occur
but she crashed into the starboard
bow OF the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
making breach IL feet wide. The
stem of the Orinoco above the water.
line was carried away as the vessels
cleared, after the collision.
The shock threw all the passengers
on the Kaiser from their feet. The
grinding of the Orinoco's bow into
the steerage of the German vessel In.
stantly killed four persons; among
them a girl II 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 81
the crew jumped into and launched
two Of her boats. and several frenzied
women attempted to get into them as
they were being lowered over the
side. One boat was swamped when II
struck the water. r. ''.~. ="
A number OF small boats from Cher
bourg put out to the scene. OF the col
lision aud rescued some Of the sail
ors and passengers who were strug
Cling in the waves, but five Of thu
crew Of the Orinoco are believed t.
have been drowned. Some ofath BOD
les of the persons drowned were re
covered during the day. The pilo
Lesage had just left the Kaiser viii
helm der Crosse when the acciden
occurred. : -: -.
The damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse is estimated here: at 5000,
600: - y : ~
The Kaiser is a twin.screw schooner
rugged vessel She is OF approximate
~ $4,000 tons, 626 feet long 6e fee
beam and 80 feet depth OF hold. sh.
was built at zstettin, Germany, :. IL
1897, and is commanded by Capt En-
gelbart: ~,-.> -.
F The Orinoco, "A. C. Farmer master
is Z screw steamship Of 1851 tons
She i 400 feet Z inches long, IS fee
beam and 80 feet 4 inches depth o
hold. 8 She was built at Grennock
Scotland, In 1885. = - = ; r.. H.. .~:.
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