Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
PANIC ON BIG LINERS
SEVERAL DEAD AND OTHERS IN
JURED IN COLLISION.


Details of the collision yesterday between
| the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
| Wilhelm der Crosse and the British Royal
Mail steamer Orinoco show that 1t occurred
at o'clock last night. The Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse and the Orinoco were both
Cherbourg. for New York and West Indian
ports, respectively. The shock Is described
as having been terrific, causing panics
among the passengers on board the two
vessels, especially among the emigrants
On the Orinoco three men and a woman
were killed. six women and man were in
jured and five persons were knocked over
board and drowned.
OF the two steamers the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse Is said to have sustained the
most damage, but beyond the fact that she
has a hole in one side Of her the nature of
her injuries has not been ascertained. Four
of the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are reported to have been killed and
twelve injured, but the exact number OF the
killed and wounded on that vessel have not
been reported here.
The damage to the Orinoco was confined
to her bow
Both vessels remain in the roadstead
here
Steaming Seventeen Knots.
When the collision occurred the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse was steaming at the
rate Of seventeen knots an hour from Cher
bourg, after having touched here on her
voyage out. 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 starboard Of
the North German Lloyd vessel, but that
the latter held her course across the Grin
oco's bows and only went to port of the
Orinoco when it was too late. The en-
gines Of the Ornoco, it is added, were re-
versed so 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 twelve 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 Wilhelm
der Crosse off their feet and the grinding
of the Orinoco's bow into the steerage of
the German vessel instantly killed four per-
sons, disemboweling a girl eleven years
old.
Ordered Boats Gle ared.
The captain of the Orinoco ordered boats
of her was general. Some Of 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
1t struck the water.
So soon as the accident occurred num-
Der of small boats from Cherbourg put out
to the scene of the collision and succeeded
in rescuing some of the sailors and Lassen-
gers who were struggling in the waves but
five of the crew of the OrinocO are believed
to have been drowned.
Repairs at Southampton, Perhaps.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, November
22.-Both the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse
and the Orinoco which were in collision
off Cherbourg last night, are expected to
come to this port for repairs. The former
must be temporarily repaired before leav-
ing Cherbourg.
Cannot Proceed.
PARIS. Novembers At the offices OF
the NofGS set,ssnfl Ll6yd Steamship Com
pany here, 1t Is stated. as the injuries to
the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse. by her
collision with the Orinoco, will make it
impossible for her to proceed, the passen-
gers will be transferred to the American
liner st. Paul and the French line steamer
La Lorraine, leaving respectively South
ampton and Cherbourg and Havre, Novem-
Der "a.
According to the reports received at the
offices of the company here four emigrants
on board the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse
were killed and twelve were wounded, two
of them seriously.
Starboard Bow Damaged.
LONDON, November 22-The report Of
the collision between the Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Crosse and the Orinoco, received by
the North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany here says that the formers star
board bow is damaged that several Of her
plates were pierced between decks and that
four steerage passengers were killed and
five injured. The steamer is not making
water and the damage done Is regarded as
not being very serious. She probably will
be renaired at SO1lthamntnn