The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-11-30
BIG LINERs CRASH.
SEA CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS or
COLLISION.
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IN u terrific collision Off Cbcrboura
France, between two ocean liners Iote
wednesday night thirteen lives were
iosf ana u number of passengers and
members OF the crews were injured
Tile crash. In which the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser wilhelm 10,
Crosse was struck by the British royal
mail steamer Orinoeo, disabled the for
iner vessel so that 1t had to abandon
the voyage to New York.
me Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and
the Orlnoco both were outward bound
from Southampton Via Cherbourg. the
one for New York and the other 70,
West Indian ports. The shock was
terrific, causlng panic among the pas
sengers on board the vessels, especially
among the emigrants. On the Orinocc
three men and woman were killed
ana SIX women and man were in
Jured. and five persons we're thrown
overheard and drowned. OF the two
steamers the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
Is said to have sustained the greater
damage, and has hole In one side
-Four steerage passengers on the Kaiser
were Killed and twelve injured. The
damage to the Orinoco was confined tf
her bows
Going Seventeen Knots ma Hour,
when the collision occurred the Kais
er was steaming at the rate Of seven
teen knots an hour The Orinoco was
bound for Cherbourg The commander
OF the Orinoco asserts that he signaIes,
that he was going to starboard of tie
North German Lloyd vessel, but that
the latter held her course across the
0rlnocos bows and went to port of the
0rin0co only when II was too late. The
engines of the Orinoco, 1t Ii said, were
reversed as soon as 1t appeared that
an accident would occur, but she crash.
ed into the starboard bow of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, making a breach
twelve feet wide. The stem of the
Orinoco above the water-iine was car.
ried away as the vessels cleared after
the collision. The shock threw all the
passengers on the Kaiser from their
feet. The grinding of the 0rinoco's
bow Into the steerage OF the German
vessel instantly killed four persons
among them girl ii years old.
Panic on the 0rinoco.
The captain OF the orinoco ordered
boats 10 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
attempted to get into them as they were
being lowered over the side. One boat
was swaInped when It struck the wa.
ter.
A number of small boats from Cher
bourg put ont to the scene OF the col.
lision and rescued some of the sailors
md passengers who were struggling In
the waves, but five of the crew Of the
orinoe0 are believed to have beer
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse had
about go tirst-class passengers. 200 sec
,nd-class and about TOO steerage. The
Kaiser is twin-screw schooner rugged
'essel. She Is Of approximately 1900
ons, 626 feet long. s6 feet beam and
20 feet depth of hold. She was built
It Stettin, Germany. in 1897. and Is
commanded by Captain Engelbart.
The orinoco, A. c. Farmer master, Is |
/ screw steamship Of 4.5Sf tons. She
$ 400 feet inches long As feet beam
nd 33 feet inches depth OF hold She
vas built at Grennock, Scotland, In |
$3.50.