New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27

From the time the Finance ramn1ed until
all the passengers were transported from me
C>eo-gic the women and children were cared TOT
-nost tenderiy. The children were carried
aboard the starr in the arms OF husky "hite
star ssiIorn1en Mrs. John Hayes, who was
on her way 70 the isthmus with her neice' IN
sured her ankle in being transferred from the
Finance 20 lifeboat and had TO be lowere1
from the Georges deck the Starr in ooas-
swains chair
PITT CHILD THROUGH PORTFOLIO.
Me- Thomas fTauiSan. of Toledo, was In
h.5 with her se-eu-year-oid son when the boats
came together Her stzteroom was on the port
side Locking out of the portfolio she saw tla'
she vas only few feet above the water enc
left the portfolio and picked up her oo!' III
tending to r;Is, TO the deck when sailor from
one of the Georges lifeboats shouted 10 her
50 put the child through the porthole-
She passed the child through the hole, ne
fevins the steamer would sink before she coulo
GO. On deck In the alleyway she met her
sister. Miss Minnie Mahoney who shared a
ststeroono with Mrs Hafigans other four chill
a-sn ana the two women and the four chiloreh
ran up to the main deck Mrs Halilsan anu
her riste- dropped TIE children over the SIDE ana
ere, leaned themselves All were hauled into
q ufeboat that was waiting 10 pick them up
Mrs Ida Talbot OF Chicago. who, with her
infant was on her way TO join her husoaho'
.n.ploved IN the Canal Zone ran from her state
room scantily clad. end holding in her arms
her fourteen-months-old infant leaped over the
side Mother end child had hardly struck the
water when one OF the Georges boats pickeo
them I'D.
Mrs Talbot was unconscious when hauled
from the water, but her child was unhurt-
After considerable effort Mrs. Talbot was re-
stored 20 consciousness She gasped lie"
words OF inquiry about her child and s"ooheo
again. Later she recovered completely ana
huEsine the baby. which had suffered no mis-
hap othsr than immersion. wept for JOY
REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS BOAT
CAPTAIN Mowbray declined to leave his vessel.
and when her keel rested the bottom on the
rnrrn side OF the Main Ship Channel submerged
10 her bridge her master still on board
A feet of tugs standing by late last
night. with two vrecking tugs Of the MERRITT
Chapman wrecEing Company
The commander Of the Finance said be was
on The bridge at 7:25 a m, when the vessels
came together. He sgnalIed the Georgia that
he would go TO port, and she responded that
she would also go to port. Both vessels were
moving slowly tfeir engines could be
driven, and although they both stopped and re-
versed the impetus was too great for the short
distance between them, and they came to-
sether.
There confusion of sirens from other
vessels by. The fog had lifted when the
Finance tried 10 get out to and when the
George got under way so come in, but by the
time both vessels in the Main Ship Chan
mel the fog blanket closed down thick upon
them.
J E. Goldman an Inspector in the cornmissary
department Of tire Canal Zone survivor OF the
Finance said he saw Captain Mowbray point his
revolver a. the stokers who took possession OF
q lifeboat and order them to give way to the
women and children. Robert A Conrad, a pas
senEer. who jumped into the water soon after
the crash said he revolver in Captain
Moubray's hands but he did not point II at any
one He said the crews Of both steamers showed
unusual gsllsntry and pluck.
The Georgia, apart from the loss OF some paint
forward, was unchanged. She remained at
anchor in the North River last night and will
warp into her pier this morning.
The chances Of raving the Finance fairly
good il the wind does not shift to the northwest
and kick up a heavy sea. She IS or the north
ledge OF the Main Ship Channel ard is no seri-
GUS menace navigation. Divers Will be sent
down 10 examine her hull to-day
HOW THE COLLISION OCCURRED.
Captsin Clarke sat with z. P. Nichols, the
pilot. Mr.. Ridgeway. the freight manager, and
on board the Georgia discussing the collision
Had the Finance kept going ahead there
S-ould have been no collision said the ruddy
faced skipper of the freighter.
Yes" said the pilot had the Finance kept
moving forward instead of astern the collision
would probably have been averted.''
The fog was very thick" the captain
euned. 1T lifted. and I started ahead. SUE
denly there doomed up in front Of me-not more
fe,r rcd he form Of
vessel. ! whistled sharply one blast The other
vessel responded and then started astern. Had
che kept chead she would have passed US.
When saw the situation I rang to stop But
~e drified ahead and rammed her. Under the
circumstances IL could not be helped"
The pilot again corroborated the captain
''The weather until it lifted" he said, was
thick that could scarcely fifty feet
enead. We were running, when the collision
occurred, as slowly possible
When / saw the plight of the Finance or
dered the boats lowered" said the captain
within minute and half l had the first
boat In the water. First Officer Albert Edward
Taylor was in charge of her, and under his
direction she padded swiftly about and in no
tine az all had picked out of the water.
Just why these men had jumped into the
water I can't understand. The Finance 20 be
sure was setting but only slowly. There was
absolutely cause for panic. plenty Of time
for al 20 stay board and be taken Of. and il
simply nonsense for the passengers TO go
overheard
SOME or CREW GO OVERHEARD
Even some Of the crew took to the water for
the first lot Of people noticed by our boats was
g bunch OF the Finances frcmen, with lifebelts
around them. foundering around and calling for
help They were taken aboard the same as the
passengers. We hustled them TO the Georgia as