The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-27
Outgoing Coaster, Rammed Off Sandy Hook, Goes to Bot. tom Within Less Than
 Ten Minutes.
MANY PASSENGERS ASLEEP
Thirty Women and Children and Fifty Men Rescued by Boats of fn- coming White Star
 Freightcr.

New OrR, NOV 2b,--ln the tnlCh fog off Sandy Hook to-day the stout steel freighter Georglc, of the White Star line rammed and sank the light ly-laden Panama line steamer Finance, outward bound with eighty-five pas sengers. The Finance went down within ten minutes after the collision, carrying to death three passengers and one of the crew The rest of the passengers, who included nineteen women and fourteen children, as well as others of the crew, were rescued by boats from the Georgc. The froightor was not damaged.
 or the passengers lost one was a woman, Miss Irene Campbell, of Pan- anna, who clung frantically to the rail of the sinking vessel and could not be persuaded to release her hold nor were the men who manned the small boats able to forclhN remove her She was seen clingins doterminedly a. the vessel was engulfed William II Todd, third assistant engineer, jumped overheard and was lost When a roll of the passengers of the Finance was called it was found that Charles H, schwenler, a policeman of Panama. and Henry Muller, a rail- road conductor of Panama, had dsap- peared. and there is little doubt that they were drowned
 The disaster occurred in the main ship channel off sandy Hook. at s o'clock thls morning as both vessels were groping through fog that has hung over the local waters for three days 1he Finance had crept out of her berth last Monday, bound for Colon but down outside of New York's gateway she ran into a blanket of fog which compelled her to anchor Early to-day 1t was thought that the fog was lifting and there was a con certed movement among the anchored vessels to get under way. The Fi nance weighed anchor down the Swash channel when Captain Now bray, who was on the bridge, heard tne whistle of an approaching liner. Tho Finance was immediately order ed astern and was slowly backing when the Georglc, bound from Liver pool. loamed out of the fog and moment later crashed into the port side and just ahaft the beam of the Finance The Panama steamer heel- ed far over to starboard while men and women. many of whom had been awakened from sound sleep, were thrown from their herths. Hastily covering themselves with bed clothing and making little attempt 10 dress they rushed in a panic to the main deck, which was fast falling to the surface of the water, Many of the passengers jumped overheard before they could be restrained by the crew of the injured steamer, many not stopping even to provide themselves with lfc preservers, That more were not lost was due to the discipline of the crew of the Finance and the prompt and intelligent work of the sailors of the Georgic.
 Immediately after tho accident the freighter backed off and anchored, her commander Captain Clark, in the meantime having ordered the llfehoats lowered The boats of the Finance Were also cut away as qnlcklN as pos sihlo, though with difficulty because of the heavy list of the sinking vessel Attention was first given to those who had jumped overheard, q score or more of whom were picked up Meantime the Finance was settling steadily To add to the confusion there was an ex- plosion of an ammonia tank in the for ward hold of the Finance and the fumes drove the engineers and flremen 10 the decks William Todd, the third assistant engineer, was partially over come and staggering to the rail, threw himself overboard He was not seen again,
 The shipwrecked passengers and crew were brought to this city tonight and placed aboard the Panama steamer Allianca, where the women and chll- dren were provided with clothes The passengers will depart on the next out ward bound steamer for Panama.
 The Finance had over seven hundred bags of mail aboard.