New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
Present Season Particularly
Fruitful of Damage
from Collisions.

G. lo1,u-e y F. July S--Not in Hloeern tines
fas there been another spring as pToi-iAi as 'he
present IL Enishaps 10 ocean shipping iI'i" -
snct 4a-ith jcs Two e the Newfoundland seAl4U6
feet The Ttrsinia and the Vanguard were
crushed by foes and sunk; two others 'ne
Serf,s7s ard the bloodhound, Sustained hToNen
shafts by contact with heavy fragments ana nae
so oe tozed port. two ocean liners the D@>e
Cbanl5lain and the T1lnsian each with thousS1o
Y,asserpers were forced into st. Johns with dam
zre5 bows : due - collision with bergs. ana inc
.Io1coIisn v-as engirt in the foes right on thls
saarbor davs. utterly helpless and ncapa0'e
.af movement and ia imminent danger ol or''LAs
ssI7ore every hour.
We ara accustomed nowadays 70 regard ioeberss
Is special pest Of the North Atlantic and TO con-
tider the stories OF liners encounters with mem
es the most thrilling incidents in the navigation OF
she .se-eu seas But TIE n1oS- heroic though no"
sl-,os. Forgotten episode in the history Of man :
conflicts 7itl, she Ice king ~ sea, Is that OF The
British f-sa;e. a. II :. Guardian. in the Soulheiu
ocean in i7se The vessel vas under 'he command
<pf tsrrafu Edward Riou. one OF Nelson's ablest
casdj-tors. whose gIcry * rendered deafness ~
she line IN C,smpbeTs Battle of the Baltic
Brare hearts: To Brtiatn's pride.
once &c faithful and 80 true
f,, -1e deck Of fame that died
Nth gallant good Flod
Twelve years before the fateful attack upon tie
1osnsh forts F1sincre the Guardian saiied lioiI
England for Australia. laden with puhic s'oie9
livestock. plants seeds and machinery. Tor the ne"
,--5-- s.sr1er7,onr at Fosuy Rav. She had also a
number OF cerycts on board and her personnel "Ss
three hundred she called a1 Cape Town eIas eu
more stock au1 plants and then resumed her NoS-
re Twelve 5avs later she sighted = lai Se lceoeIs
r0d requiring Ill his CASKS t'lon put oN'
fasls Il, collect broken fragments JherefroiD- tleS
yeturned a. uightfau 10 The ship. which vas asa4u
INT on her course. But fog shut down. the WIl'o
changed and although a careful watch was kept
-se shin drove against she floating mountain ana
Vas rartsllv wrecked This was on 'iifs-lias 1Ne
An 7hr>o75-li the night the crew toiled 70 repair
damages. but when Christmas morning broke 'i9
vessel seemed hcpelessy lost Her ruoaeT was
gone and her hull ana supeTstructure were shat-
tered. The water gained fast every hour anu ul'1
-nssei-tfe crew abandoned working ana oerhahoeo
56st the beats be launched There were oniY hNe
bosts for three hundred men but hlou ar last salo
fh7t those who wished might take The poals' al
,horzr he himself would 60 down with the ship
The ,oilxlos. vas svanaped and all those IN 1t
crowned. Bat other four boats were saieiS
launched although The cutter was oVercrowoeo ana
.,ever seer sfter4ar5. Of the remaining three only
one z-ss ever heard from. She was picked up oy a
French vessel after the oastaTays had euIereo
Fourteen DAYS. exposure and had become nearly
sead from hunger and thirst
A STRUGGLE WITH DEATH
Christmas night violent storm ragged and many
Of the ulen stil on The Guardian were swept over
board TIE ship eighteen hundred mics rom
land and when the storm subsided only me ooat-
xvra5n osrrenter. three unidshipmen and twenty
gallant commander These tWenty-six humans
thro,sh an almost unezampIed struggle lasting for
nine veelys kept the Guardian afost and actually
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