The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-27
Kew York Harbor Passenger
Shin Finance Is Rammed
by the George.
EROISM OF CAPTAIN
4 SAVES MANY PASSENGERS
Eu Scenes of Panic on Board
When Sleeping Travellers
Are Aroused.

|-w YORK. Nov. o6.--In the thick OF
a, os Sandy Hook today the steel
E,.r Georgic OF the White Star line.
- and sunk the lightly-laden Pan
4 a. steamer Finance. outwardbound.
4 ,,rhty-A FIVE passengers. The Finance
4 sovn within ten minutes. carrying
IAN death three OF the passengers
- OF the crew, The rest OF the
L-r.rs. who included nineteen women
| tCrsen children, as well as others
a. crsw. were rescued by the boats
.a. Georgic. The [reighter was not
-Est.
hs passengers lost. one was a wo-
4 Mss Irene Campbell OF Panama,
4 eng frantically 10 the rail OF the
"a vessel and could not be persuad-
release her hold, nor we're the men
rsnned the small boats able TO for
remove her. She was seen clinging
.-rinedly as tine vessel was engulfed.
Leaped to His Death,
|-cl,n Todd. third assistant engineer,
|cta overheard and was lost When
a 0! the passengers of the Finance
4 aued IL was found that Charles II.
|rs.nl.r. 3 policeman OF Panama, and
~ Miller. 3 railroad conductor OF
|i=s, had disappeared. and there Is
Z aou6t that they were drowned.
q. Disaster occurred In the main ship
RI of Sandy Hook at 8 O'Clock this
|r-s, while both vessels were cropping
d say through q fog that has held
|-,ritin1e commerce in local waters
| re past three days.
~ Finance had weighed anchor and
! solng down the Swash channel.
j Captain Mowbray. who was on the
|r heard the whistle of an approach
/ ensr. The Finance was Immediately
"a astern. and was slowly backing
. The Georgic inbound from Liver
bomed out of the fog and q mo-
B lstor crashed into the port side,
iost ahaft the beam Of the Finance.
frow Of the freighjer penetrated the
9! the Finance nearly ten feet
4 Scenes Of Panic.
y Panama steamer heeied over 10
fard. While men and women. many
fon had been awakened from 2
slsep. ware thrown from their
Hastily covering themselves
ot3clothine they rushed in a panic
:; nsin deck. which was fast sink
. The surface OF the water. Many
p Passengers jumped overheard be-
nsy could be restrained by the crew
u Injured steamer, some not stop
sven 10 provide themselves with
Esservers. That more were not lost
cre 10 the discipline Of the crew
Finance and the prompt and in
~ Work of the sailors from tho
Fnsdiately after the accident the
.le' backed of and anchored. her
Hsnder, Captain Clark. In the mean
eIylng ordered the l!fe boats low
Inc boats Of the Finance were
ul away as quickly as possible. At
~ "as iirst given TO those who had
"a otcrooard. and q score or more
pnAsd up By the small boats.
| 11plosion Adds TO Horror.
saa TO ths confusion a moment
us impact there WAS an explosion
eImoDla tank In the forward hold
flnance and fumes drove the en-
and lremen 10 the decks. WILL
aNq, the third assistant engineer.
st.uely overcome and. staggering
isN' threw himself overheard.
|rspV holI Of the passengers. with
80 $1,000 by the ship awaiting res
s,M .nr hese were taken off with re-
s, AZ expedition. When IL was be-
ta. all had left the vessel and the
aa reached the rail. Miss Camp
s NJ, discovered. holding tenaciously
4 Appeals to her 10 throw her
tIsD INC water or allow herself to
ali, INTO a small boat failed, Then
clambered onto the half
is.ssea En- deck and. seizing the terror
~ woman. one at either arm. strug-
|s.riull, ce cher her from her position. A
"a r;uilt ouilt woman, her strength
t,sor asghilled by madness. and nsith-
nsr nor force could break her hold.
y ihS,, soSahdoned her only In time 10
fss,seVeS' the vessel sinking under
q aa theJ clambercd into life
~ nance rce had over zoo bags OF mall
/1.;rbs bSur elephants in the hold were
''Oeo by the confusion.