Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-27
STEAMER RAMS
ANOTHER; FOUR
SENT TO DEATH
FREIGHTER, IN FOG, SINKS
LIGHTLY LADEN SHIP
THREE PASSENGERS AND ENeI-
NEER ARE LOST
Disaster Occurs off Sandy Hook and
List of Casualties Small Because
of Discipline Aboard the
Doomed Vessel

AT EW YORK, Nov. 26.-ln the tnlck
of a fog off Sandy Hook today
~ the steel freighter Georgia OF the he
White Star line rammed and sank the
lightly laden steamer Finance, outWalN
bound. with eighty-tlVe passengers.
The FINANCE went down within ten
minutes. carrying to their death three
of the passengers and one OF the crew
The rest of the passengers nALeeeei,
women and fourteen children as Wen
as others of the crew, were rescued pS
the boats of the George. Inc Arelsn'
er was not damaged.
of fhe messengers lost one was a
woman. Miss Irene Campbell of Pana-
ma, who chung frantically 10 the ran
OF the sinking vessel and could not pe
persuaded to release her hoiu. not
were the men who manned the sIllall
boats able forcibly to remove her. ohe e
was seen clinging determlneoly as 'ne
vessel was engulfed.
William H. Todd, third assistant en-
pineer, jumped overheard ana was lost
When a roll OF the passengers Of the
Finance was called 1t was tound ina !
Charles H. Schweinler, policeman OF
Panama. and Henry Miller, a railroad
conductor of Panama, had disappeared.
and there was little DOUBT they "efe
drowned.
Vessels <Grope in Darkness
The disaster occurred in the mann
shin channel off Sandy Hook at
o'cloclS this morning, while both vessels
were cropping their way through Log
that has held up maritime commerce III
local waters for three days.
The Finance had weighed anchor and
was following down the Swash chan-
mel when Captain Mowbray, VINO was
on the bridge, heard the Millstle VI IA si =
approaching liner. The Flnahce WdS
innmediatelV ordered astern and was
slowly hacking when the George, IN
hound from Liverpool, loomed out oi
the fog and a moment later crasneu
into the port side and just APART the
beam of the Finance !
THE nrow of the freighter penetrated
the side of the Finance nearly ten rect
The Panama steamer heeled TO star
hoard while men and women, many OF
whom had been awakened from sounu
sleep, were thrown from their Deus
They rushed in a panic TO the man nam
deck, which was sinking almost 10 INC
surface of the water.
MANY of the passengers jumped over
hoard before they could be restrained
by the crew of the damaged steamer
some not stopping even to proYiue
themselves with life preservers. Tnat
more were not lost was due 10 tne
discipline of the crew of the tlnahce
and the prompt and intelligent WORK
of the sailors of the George.
Lifeboats Are Lowered
Immediately after the accident the
frefghter backed off and anchored hei
commander, Capt. Clark, in the mean
time having ordered the lifeboats low
cred. The boats of the Finance atso
were cut away as quickly as posslple
Attention was soon given TO those
who had jumped overheard ana
score or more were picked up by tne
men in the small boats
To add to the confusion, monehi
after the impact there was an expo
sion of an ammonia tank in the for
ward hold of the Finance, and the
fumes drove the engineers and hrenleh
to the decks. 4
William Todd, the third assistant
engineer, was partly overcome, ana,
staggering to the rail threw hlnseiI
overheard. He was not seen again.
The Finance had more than 700 bags
of mail aboard Four elephants IN the
Georgic's hold were undisturbed ~ the
collision. A.
Passengers declared that Capt Now
hrav of the Finance remained cool ana
directed the work of rescue, but de-
snite his best efforts the four nahsd
were not among the rescued.
II was then too late time to save
anyone. for the hull had settled on the
bottom of the channel with only smoke
stacks and masts protruding above the
water.
All those saved were taken on board
the Georgia and brought TO this city