The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-29
LAID OUT OCEANIC'S SKIPPER.
TOWERING SEA BOARDED THE
TOWERING SHIP.
Curled over the Lofty Bridge and Sent Capt.
on Flying Against the BInnacle.
where lie Lay Senseless First Officer
and Miss Alice HOIIander Also Hurt.

II was by sheer luck that Capt. J. G..
Cameron of the White Star line steamship
Oceanic, which arrived here last night from
, Liverpool, did not lose his life last Sunday
morning, when a sea came over the star
board bow and knocked him insensible
on the bridge.
Capt. Cameron was not the only one 10
suffer, for his first officer, Mr.. Thomson, was
badly cut about the face and shoulders
by flying glass, broker from the wheelhouse
windows by the same sea, and a first cabin
passenger, Miss Alice Hollander, a singer.
was thrown to the deck 30 violently that
her left ankle was sprained.
Passengers agreed that it was the worst
gale they had ever experienced; even the
officers admitted that it did blow, and for the
benefit of those who wished to let their
friends ashore know just what happened
the souvenir copies Of the extracts of the
log set forth that there had been a gale
and a dangerous sea. 1t isn't often that
such admissions are made by the ships
printer. The tunnels Of the liner were
covered with brine when she came in.
The bN fellow that mounted the bows
Of the Oceanic came shortly after s o'clock
Sunday morning.
The Oceanic was doing pretty well against
the head seas, but in spite Of her height
above the water the decks on the weather
side were wet and early rising passengers
were warned TO remain in the saloons.
The sea that did the damage Capt. Came
ron saw coming when il was several hundred
fathoms of, but he thought that the vessel
would rise 70 it. But a sea that came ahead
OF it was OF no small proportions itself and
a.. na1unt,la h,x.y wfna iVVaf Ga IIfnw uyhnn NhA
frosty headed monster arose and peeped
over the bow. Further down went the
bow and higher up came the big gray sea,
curling as IL approached the bridge. The
crest OF the wave struck the captain as he
I stood on the starboard side OF the bridge,
dashed him TO leeward and threw him
against the pinnacle In the middle Of the
bridge. Capt. Cameron's g hit against
the pinnacle stand and he lay limp and
insensiDle. tt wooden stanchions that
supported the canvas screen on the bridge
were torn away and a piece of the timber
struck the captain on the nose, cutting It
badly.
Two seamen were on the bridge, and as
soon as they could disentangle their com
mander from the canvas they carried him
TO his cabin and called the surgeon. 1t
was nearly fifteen minutes before the cap
tain was restored and more than an hour
before the doctor would permit him TO go
to the bridge again.
with the auartermaster. He saw the sea
knock Capt. Cameron down and turned
TO leave the house TO go TO his assistance.
Just then the wave struck the wheelhouse,
stove m the window and sent the heavy
plate glass flying in all directions. Mr..
Thomson was so badly CIT as TO give the
~doctor~another job.
Miss Hollander was injured later in the
day. She went out on deck and was thrown
by a sudden lurch of the ship.
Among the passengers were Lady Pur-
don Clarke, Dowager Lady Cook, @. A.
Denny, H. s.. Denny, Miss Grey-Wilson,
daughter OF the Governor OF the Bahamas:
Mrs. John B. Stetson and j. n. Phelps
Stokes.