Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-23
Number Lose Lives in
Collision Off Cherboufg.
Panic Follows Crash Of Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse and OlInoco.
Both Ships Badly Damaged and
Must Undergo Repairs.

Chcrbourg, France. Nov. 22.-Details
of the collision between the North
German Lloyd steamship Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse and the British Royal
mail steamer Orinoco, show that it oc-
CURED at 3 o'clock last night. The
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and the
Orinoco were both outward bound from
Southampton via Cherbourg, for New
York and West Indian ports respective
ly. The shock is described as 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 a man We're injured and
five persons We're knocked overheard
and drowned
OF the two steamers the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is said to have suffer-
ed the greater damage, but beyond the
fact that she has a hole in one side Of
her. the nature of her damages has not
feen ascertaincd. Four of the crew OF
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse are re-
ported to have been killed and II arc
said to have been injured. but the ex-
act numbers of the killed and wounded
on that vessel have not been reported.
The damage to the Orinoco w9s con-
fined to her bows. Both vessels re-
main in the roadstead here
When the collision occurred, the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse was steam
ing at the rate of II knots an hour,
leaving Cherbourg after having touch
ed here on her voyage out. The Orino-
co was bound for this port when the
accident happened. The commander Of
the Orinoco says that he signalled that
ne was going to starboard of the North
German Lloyd vessel but that the latter
held her course across the Orinocos
bows and only went to port of the
Orinoco when it was too late. The en-
gines Of the Orinoco. it is added, were
reversed 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 n
breach II feet wide.
The stem of the Orinoco above the
"ht'rilne was carried away as the YES
sells cIe,>I,d after the collision. The
shock threw all the passengers on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse off their
1eet and the grinding of the Orinocos
DOW INTO the steerage of the German
vessel instantly killed four persons.
The captain Of the Orinoco ordered
me iattcr's boats to be cleared away
but the panic on board of her was gen.
eral. Some of the crew jumped into
ana launched two of her boats and sew
eral frenzied women attempted to get
INTO them as they We're being lowered
over the side. One boat was swamne<1
when she struck the water AS soon a.
the accident occurred, a number az
small boats from Cherbourg went to the
scene Of the collision and succeeded In
resculnS some of the sailors and pas.
ScnScrs who were struggling in the
water, 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 damage to the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse is estimated here at 100000.
London, Nov. 22.-At the offices here
or the North German Lloyds it was
stated today that the steamer Kaiser