Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-23
DIFFER ABOUT SIGNAL
Cause of Accident Between
0rinoco and German Ship.
DAMAGE TO KAISER $500, 600
Report Now That Thirteen Lost Their
Lives in Accident
FIFTEEN WERE ALSO INJURED
Some Of the Bodies Have Been Recov-
ered-Passengers to Be Forward
ed on Special Steamer.
FIFTEEN WERE ALSO INJURED

of the port into the cause of the collision
Wednesday night of this port between the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse and the British Royal Mail
steamer Orinoce seems to establish the fact
that the former vessel should have needed
the orinoco's signal that she was going to
starboard OF the German ship.
The second and third class passengers OF
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse will be for
warded to New York by special steamer.
which Is now on her way here from
Bremen.
Says He Gave Proper Signals
PARIS, November 23.-According to the
advices received at the offices here Of the
North German Lloyd Company, the captain
| of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse. dam
| aged in collision with the Orinoco off Cher
bourg. November 81, insists that he gave
| the proper signals and that the Orinoco is
| to blame for the accident.
Sailors Bodies Not Recovered.
| CHERBOURG, France. November %
The Royal Mail Line steamer Orinoco with
her passengers on board and under her own
steam, sailed today for Southampton. The
i bodies of her three missing sailors have
| not been recovered.
Repairs at Bremen.
BREMEN. November 23-It has finally
been decided that the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, dam
aged Wednesday night In collision with
the British steamer Orinoco will be re-
paired here. and 1t Is estimated that two
weeks must elapse before she is again ready
for sea.
The second cabin and steerage passengers
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse will sail
for New York Sunday on the North German
Lloyd steamer Rhein and the first cabin
passengers will leave Cherbourg for New
York tomorrow on the American line
steamer st. Paul and the French line
steamer La Lorraine.
Thirteen Are Dead
CHERBOURG. November 2.-It is now
believed that thirteen passengers were killed
or drowned and fifteen injured as the result
OF the collision between the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
and the British Royal Mail steamer Orinoco
last night.
The bodies of some Of the persons
knocked overheard and drowned were re-
The liners were both outward bound.
ports and the der Crosse for New York.
Passengers in Panic.
The shock is described as having been
terrific, causing panic among the passen-
gers on board the two vessels especially
among the emigrants. On the Orinoco
three men and a woman, were killed, six
women and a man were injured and five
persons were knocked overheard and
drowned
OF the two steamers the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse is said to have sustained the
most damage. The injuries of the steamer
are above the water line but her officers
deemed 1t unsafe to proceed. The passen-
gers will be transferred to the st. Paul and
the La Lorraine.
Four OF the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse are reported to have been
killed and eight injured.
Those killed were In the steerage. where
one girl WAS disemblowled.
Blames der Crosse.
When the collision occurred the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse was steaming at the
rate Of seventeen knots an hour from
Cherbourg. The Orinoco was bound for this
port when the accident happened.
The commander Of the Orinoco claims
that he signaled that he was going to star
board of the North German Lloyd vessel,
but that the latter held her course across
the Orinoco's bows and only went to port
of the Orinoco when 1t was too late.
The engines OF the Orinoco were reversed
quickly. but she crashed into the starboard
bow of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
making a breach twelve feet wide. The
stem of the Orinoco above the water line
was carried away as the vessels cleared
after the collision. The damage to the
Kaiser Wilhelm will amount to more than
500, GEO.
A Fine Boat.
The big Kaiser" as the vessel was
called before she was superseded in point
of size by the Kaiser Wilhelm II. and the
kronprinZ Wilhelm used to create more or
less of a sensation every time she came
ried away enormous cabin lists and also
made some remarkably fast trips between
this port and Bremen.
This Is not the first accident to the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grocse In the fire
that destroyed North German Lloyd piers
at Hoboken in 1900 the Kaiser was barely
saved from destruction. She caught FIRE
forward on the starboard side, and the
crew had great trouble In subduing the
flames after the vessel had been pulled out
into the stream. The Halle Bremen and
Main. other vessels Of the line. were de-
stroyed
Shortly after this. at the end of a rough
trip from Bremen. the Kaiser went
aground OF Southwest Spit. The damage
to the vessel was slight and she was fioated
In short time. The vessel is of 14.349
registered tonnage. 626 feet long, IS feet
beam and 80 feet depth Of hold.
The Orinoco. Capt. A. c. Farmer is
screw steamship Of ASH registered tons.
The vessel is 400 feet long. As feet beam
and SO feet depth of hold. She was built
at Greenock Scotland, in 1885, and for
some years was rated as the finest of the
Royal Mail steamships plying between this
port and the Bermuda Islands.
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