The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-02
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Steamer Finance is Rammed by
the Steamer George and
SINKS OFF new YORK

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Collision Occurs in Dense Fog in
Main Channel-Three Of the
Eighty-fve Passengers on the Fi-
nance, One Member Of Fer Crew
and Much Mail Lost.
New York, Nov. 28-In the thick
of a fog of Sandy Hook Thursday
the stout steel freighter, Gsorgic, ef
the White Star Line. rammed and
sank the lightly laden Panama
steamer, Finance, outward bound
with IS passengers, *he Finance go
ing down within ten minutes, car
rying to their death three of her pas
sengers and one of the crew. The
rest of the passengers, who included
19 women and Il children, as vel;
as others of the crew we're rescued
by the boats Of the Georgia. The
freighter was not damaged.
Miss Irene Campbell, Of Panama.
passenger who was lost, clungS.
frantically to the rail Of the sinking
vessel and could not be persuaded to-
release her hold, nor were the men
VINO manned the small boats able
to remove her. She was seen cling
ing determined1y as the vessel was
engulfed. VIM. H. Todd, third as
sistant engineer, jumped overheard
and was lost. When roll call Of
the passengers Of the Finance was
called, it was found that Charles II.
Schweinler, policeman OF Panama,
and Henry Muller, railroad coz
ductor of Panama, had disappeared
and there is little doubt that they
were drowned: ).
The disaster occurred in the main
ship channel of Sandy Hook at
o'clock this morning, and as both yes
sells were cropping their way through
a fog. The Finance had weighed
anchor and was picking her. way
down the .Swash Channel, when
Captain Mofbray, who was on the.
bridge, heard the whistle OF an ap-
preaching liner. The Finance was
Immediately started astern, and was
slowly backing when the Georgia,
in bound from Liverpool, loomed out
OF the fog and moment later crash
ed into the port side, and just abaft
the beam of the Finance. The Prov
of the freighter penetrated the side
Of the Finance nearly ten feet, tear
ing away an unoccupied state room
and leaving a. ragged hole, through
which the water rushed In.
The Panama keeled far over 10
starboard, while men and women.
many of whom had been awakened
from q sound sleep, were thrown
from their berths. Hastily covering
themselves with bed clothing, they
rushed in a panic to the main deck,
which was fast sinking to the sur
face of the water. Many Of the pas
sengers jumped overheard, not stop
ping even to provide themselves with
life preservers. That more were not
lost was due to the discipline Of the
crew of the Panama, and the prompt
and intelligent work Of the sailors
from the Georgia.
Immediately after the accident .
the freighter backed of and anchor
ed, her commander, Capt. Clark, in
the meantime having ordered the
life boats lowered. The boats of
the Panama were also cut away rs
quickly as possible, though with diff
fculty because Of the heavy list Of
the sinking steamer.
A score or more Of those who
jumped overheard were picked up
by the small boats. Meantime the
Finance was settling steadily. To
add to the confusion moment after
the impact there was an explosion
of an ammonia tank in the forward
hold of the Finance and the fumes
drove the engineers and fremen to
the deck. VIM. Todd, the third as
sistant engineer, was partially over
| come by the fumes, he, staggering
% the rail, threw himself overheard.
He was not seen again. Probably
half Of the passengers with the crew,
stood by the ship, awaiting rescue,
and these were gotten off with re-
markable expedition.
Captain Mowbray and several OF,
| The crew remained in life boat near
the sunke1 ship. Only the masts,
stacks and part of the superstruc-
ture of the Panama remained above
the surface.
The sAipwrecked passengers anil
crew were brought to this city to-
aight and placed aboard the Panama
steamer, Alliance, where the women
and children were provided with
clothes The passengers will depart
On the next outgoing bound steamer
for Panama.
Captain Clark, Of the sGeorgte.
states that he was feeling his way
into port slowly, and hearing q
whistle on his port blow, tried to
veer off and thought he would clear
the Panama steamer, which unfo--
tunately began to go astern, with
the result that the two steamers
collided. The Finance had over
seven hundred bags of mail aboard.
Four elephants in the Georgic's hold
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