The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-18
TOURIST STEAMER ON A REEF.
CAPTilN or PRINZESSIN VIC
TORTA LUISE SHOOTS HIMSELF.


struck ON Coral Reef AFTER Leaving
kinEston. jamaica, on sunday Last.
Special Cable Dsspotch to THE SUN.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 1.-THE Ham,
burg-American line steamship Prinzessin
Victoria Luise. with many tourists from
New York on board, ran on q ledge OF rocks
under the Port Royal lighthouse at the en-
franc Of this harbor late last night. Capt.
Br~unzwig. the commander, was so shocked
at his allowing the craft to meet such a mis-
hap that, two hours after the steamer had
struck and when preparations were being
made to take the passengers safely to the
shore, he locked himself in his cabin and
blew out his brains with a revolver.
The vessel, which is really a large sea-
going yacht, is in a comfortable condition
and no fear is felt for her safety. All the
passengers have been taken of safely and.
together with their baggage, brought back
TO this city.
The ship struck during a heavy haze
that obscured all the harbor lights. 1t
is . treacherous stretch between this city
and the open, and all cautious mariners
breath easily when they have lodged by
the coral reefs and reached the open sea.
Capt. BrunswiR has bad long experience
in taking touring parties here and else
where and was supposed TO know the waters
well. just how the vessel lost her course
has not yet been explained.
The steamship struck while going at re-
duced speed and the passengers, most OF
whom had gone below and retired, were not
thrown into anything like a panic. Those
that felt the shock and made the deck first
were quickly Gained by the crew, who re-
manned cool and efficient.
When il became known throughout the
cabins that the vessel had grounded, there
was something of a rush for the upper deck,
but the passengers on the whole were calm
also.
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was bound
for New York. this being her last stop.
She had sailed from New York on December
~, with a big list OF tourist passengers
Tourists who had come here on other ships
also took passage back on the Prinzessin
Victoria Luise, as she is about the best
class Of ship that touches here.
When she struck the sea was smooth
and calm weather prevailed. This was
fortunate and made the work of taking
OF the passengers not a hard one. Some
time after the passengers and their baggage
had been landed at this port a squat sprang
up and soon reached the volume Of a good
sized gale.
As a result the ship is said to be pound
ing quite heavily tonight and consider
ante anxiety Is fcit Tor her. The German
cruiser Bremen and the French training
ship Duguay- Trouin are standing by, as
is also a tug.
Emil l.. Boas, president of the Hamburg
American Line, said last night that Capt.
BFunswig was one Of the most capable
men in the company's service.
cannot account for his act : said Mr..
Boas, unless his pride was crushed by the
accident and he believed that only his
death would wipe out the disgrace. He
had sailed the Mediterranean, the Adriatic
and the Black seas and had guided the
Prinzessin Victoria Luise without danger
through treacherous waters. He was a
Lieutenant in the German navy before he
entered our employ"
Capt. Brunzwig was 20 years old and ived
in Hamburg.
The dispatches received here by the
Hamburg-Americsn Line stated that the
Prinzessin Victoria Luise, which left here
on December II for a cruise in the West
Indies, had gone on the rocks near Port
Royal, Jamaica, while she was on her way
TO New York from Kingston, the last point
at which she had touched, and where she
had taken on board a few passengers who
went south on vessels that left earlier
than the one that went ashore.
SThe first dispatches said that the vessel
would probably be got off without need of
transferring the passengers, but last night
il was learned that they had been taken of
by the German cruiser Bremen. which came
out from Kingston harbor and by the French
training ship Duguay-Trouin. They went
to Kingston safely.
The Prinz essin Victoria Luise was said
TO he lying in a good position, and as the
weather was mild il was believed that she
would be foated without much trouble.
Among those who sailed from here on the
cruise werei John B. Aldrich, Miss Norma
Allen, Vincent Allen. Broughton Branden-
burg and Mrs. Brandenburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
T.. X. Bennett, Baron H. Won Leers, Mr..
and Mrs. William Fl. Prentice, f.. l.. Par
sons, W. C. Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. p. wilkinson
and two children, and Miss Mamie White.
At the Offices of the line it was said last
night that II the vessel were fioated soon
and there was no damage to her plates
she would come here with her passengers.
Otherwise the passengers will be brought
back on another vessel of the line.
While one of the smaller vessels of the
Hamburg-American Line, she is one OF the
handsomest vessels OF her class, being
almost yschtlike in her appointments.
She was built in Hamburg in 1900 and is
2.24o tons displacement. She is twin screw
Her length is 4O7 feet, beam ~ feet and
depth of hold n feet. She is commanded
by Capt. II. B%runswig.
PenItenLiary for Auto strike Rioters.