Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-27
PANAMA STEAMER
SUNK BY FRE|GHIER
Outward Bound, The Finance Is
Rammed in Fog CT
candy Hook.
GOES DOWN WITHIN TEN MINUTES
Woman Clines to Rail and Sinks
With Fatcd vessei-Assistant En0i.
neer Jumps Overheard and Two
Male Passengers Are Missing-Oth-
ers Rescued by Boats.

(By the Associated Pr"ss)
NEW YORK. Nov. 2G.-In tn"
thick of ro~ OF Sandy li"k IN"
scout steel frrich;"r George of tn"
Whit" Star Line, rammcd and sank
the lightly laden Panama steamer r.
nance. outward bound with 81 pas
srngcrs. the Finance going down
within ten minutes carrying to their
G.iath three Of her passengers anu
on" of the crew.
The rest Of the passengers who
iucludrA 10 women and IA children.
as well as others of tn" crew w"r"
rescued by The boats Of the George.
The rrcichtcr was not damaged.
Miss Irene Campbell. OF Panama. "A
passenger who was lost. Chung iran
ticaliv TO the rail of the sinking yes
81 and could not be persuaded 10
relca.,r her hold. nor wr'rc tho men
! who ma~ncd the small boats able
! to fnrcibly remove her. She was seen
, ciincing determinedly as the vessel
, was cngulfed.
Three Others Lost.
William H. Todd, third ass 'stan'
engineer. jumped overheard and was
lost.
When a roll OF the passengers OF
the Finance was called It was found
that Charles P: Schwrinler. a police,
| man OF Panama, and Henry Muper,
a railroad conductor Of Panama had
disappeared and there Is fule doubt
| that they were drowned.
The disaster occurred in the main
| ship channel on Sandy Hook Al :
O'Clock this morning and as both YES
| sells were cropping their wav through
? fog. The Finance had creep ont
CT her berth last Monday hound for
| Colon but down outside OF New fOrk's
gateway ran into a blanket OF fog
which compelled her to anchor.
Craft Get Under Way.
Early today the wafchful shippers
Of fogbound craft In and about the
| bar noticed signs that the fog was
! breaking away and there was con
certed movement among the anchor
/ ed vessels to get under way. Sew
eral moved cautiously. warning blasts
OF the whistles indicating their posi-
tions which as vet could not be made
out at any distance.
| The Finance had weighed anchor
and was picking her way down the
| Swash channel when Captain Nov
| hrav who was On the bridge. heard
the whistle of an approaching liner
The Finance was Immediately
astern and was slowly backing when
the George. intornd from Liverpool
doomed out of the fog and a moment
later crashed into the port side and
lust abaft the beam OF the Finance
Tho prov Of the frcighter penetrated
the side of the Finance nearly ten
feet. tearing away an unoccuptd
sta;ercom and leaving a ragged hole
through which the water rushed in
Thrown from eerths.
| The Panama steamer heeIcd far
over to starboard. while men ard
women. many of whom had been
awakened from a sound sleep. were
thrown from their berths. Hastily
covering themselves with bed cloth
| ing they rushed in panic to tn
main deck. which was fas sinking
Mar,v Of the passengers jumped over
hoard. not stopping even TO provide
themselves with life preservers. THAI
moro were no. lost was due 20 the
; discipiinc Of the crew Of 1bc Finance
and tho prompt and Intelligent WORK
| Of tho sailors from she GcorGic.
Immediately after the acciacn: ,hf
frcighicr hacked of and anchored
her commandnr. Captain Clark. II
the meantime having ordered tn
life boats lowered
The boats o. the Finance were
also cut away a. quickly as posi-
BIZ. though with Simcuity bccansf
Of tho heavy lis OF the sinkn:
steamer.
Picked Up BY Boats.
A score or more Of those whr
jump' overheard were picked NJ
by tho mail boats
Ncarti. 20 ~" FINANCE was scttiin:
s,cadiIv. - I'D to thc confusion. Q
n,orncIt after the impact there VA
an explosion ~ an ammonia tank ~
tho forward hold o! the FfnancN. and
tho fumes drove tho engineers an;
frcmcn 90 the decks
william Todd. The third assistan
engineer. was partially overcome b,
tho fumes and staggering to the raj
threw himself overheard. He va
rot again sccn.
u Probably half Of tho passengers