The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-23
SHIPS MEET WITH
TELLING RESULTS
Collision of Two Big Liners
Takes Place on the Coast
of France.
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC
FAiL-o TO PASS IN THE NIGHT
AS SHIPS OUGHT TO Do-sHock
OF THE COLLISION WAS OF &
MOST TERRIFIC NATURE.
Publishers Press1

Cherbourg, France, Nov. 22.-De
tails of the collision between the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse and the British
steamer Orinoco show that it occur
red at 9 o'clock Wednesday night.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse and
the Orinoco were outward bound from
Southampton, via Cherbourg, for New
York and West Indian ports, respec-
lively The shock is described as hav-
ing been terrific, causing panies
among the passengers on board the
two vessels, especially among the en-
igrants On the Orinoco three men
and a woman were killed, six women
and man were injured and five per-
sons were knocked overheard and
drowned.
OF the two steamers the Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse is said to have
sustained the most damage, but be-
yond the fact that she has a hole in
one side OF her the nature of her in
iuries has not been ascertained. Four
of the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Crosse are reported to have been
killed and II injured, but the exact
numbers of the killed and wounded on
that vessel have not been reported
here The damage to the vessel will
be about 100000.
The damage to the Orinoco was
confined to her bows. Both vessels
remain in the roadstead here.
When the collision occurred the
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse was
steaming at the rate OF II knots an
hour from Cherbourg after having
touched here on her voyage out The
commander of the Orinoco claims he
was going to starboard of the North
German Lloyd vessel, but that the lat
ter held her course across the Orinoco
bows, and only went to port of the
Orinoco when 1t was too late. The
engines of the Orinoco, it is added.
were reversed as soon as it appeared
likely that an accident would occur,
but she crashed into the starboard
bow of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der
Crosse, making a breach IL feet wide.
The stern of the Orinoco above the
water line was carried away as the
vessel cleared after the collision. The
shock threw all the passengers on the
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse of their
feet and the grinding of the Orinoco's
bow into the steerage of the German
vessel killed four persons
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
women tried to get into them as they
were being lowered over the side. One
boat was swamped when it struck
the water.
AS soon as the accident occurred
a number of small boats from Cher
bourg put out to the scene Of the col
lision and succeeded in rescuing some
of the sailors and passengers strug-
Cling in the waves, but five OF the
crew of the Orinoco are believed to
have been drowned.
Some OF the bodies of the persons
drowned were recovered during the
day The pilot, Lesage, had just left
the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse when
the accident occurred.
As the injuries to the Kaiser Will
helm Der Crosse will make it impossi-
BILE for her to proceed. the passengers
will be transferred to the st. Paul
and the French steamer La Lorraine,
leaving Southampton and Havre
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