The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-11
The HOratio Hall Which Col
lided With the DimOck
DURING FOG YESTERDAY
The Passengers on Both Vessels Are Loud
In Their Praise Of the Bravery
Shown by Both the Com
manders.

Orleans, Mass, March 1.-THE steam
er Horatio Hall Of Portland which was
in collision yesterday with the freight
er Dimock of Monomoy Point was
abandoned today, and Capt. Jewett and
bis men were taken of her by the rev.
enue cutter Gresham.
Ten miles distant the Dimock lies rest.
ing easily and awaiting the attempt of
the revenue cutter Gresham to approach,
when an effort viii be made to haul her
OF. II Is believed that the case OF the
Horatio Hall is hopeless and that there
is little use to attempt to float her.
A brief wireless message which the
operator Of the sinking Hall managed to
send broadcast, spread the news of the
collision, which cTcurred at a. m, yes
terday, but he failed to give the position.
Details of the disaster did not become
known until the Dimock reached shore
half mile south of the Orleans life
saving station, shortly after two p. m.
During the six hours Of silence half
hundred wireless stations, government,
professional and amateur, from Portland
TO New Orleans, were vainly endeavoring
to obtain some news Of the wreck, while
the revenue cutter Gresham scurried up
and down the coast in vain effort to
render assistance.
As the feg cleared away in the early
afternoon, the Dimock was seen heading
for the beach, and half an hour later a
boat crew with the five passengers from
the Hall including two women, landed
safely on Cape Cod Beach and told the
story Of the thrilling scenes of the early
morning.
The Horatio Hall left Portland at l0:30
o'clock Tuesday night with five passen-
gers, crew Of about 40, and 400 tons Of
freight.
The Dimock left New York Tuesday
afternoon and both ran into the fog off
the southeastern Massachusetts, coast at
about Ehe same time, 2 a. M.
The Dimock had rounded Pollock Rip
lightship and was heading toward the
north, while the Hall was coming down
through the slue and preparing to swing
to the westward The fog was very
dense, but it was daylight and both cap
taips were whistling frequently. Al
though accounts vary, it is apparent that
there was misunderstanding of signals,
for shortly after eight o'clock the two
steamers suddenly looked out of the fog
and before either could sheer off they
met in what seemed more like a crushing
jar than terrific crash. The sharp nose
pf the Dimock went through the side Of
the Portland boat abreast Of the main
mast and had sufficient force to penetrate
Is or 20 feet into the Tall's body. Cap
tain Thompson of the Dimock started to
back his steamer, but seeing that he
might save those on board, sent her full
speed ahead, held her nose into the
jagged rent in the Hall, and as he pushed
the latter over toward the shoal water
on the side of the Slue the five passen-
gers on the Hall were dragged over the
tangled mass of wreckage to the deck Of
the Dimock.
AS soon as the passengers reached the
Dimock, the latter backed off few hun
dred yards while the Hall slowly sank
until she struck bottom, her hurricane
deck remaining just above water While
she was sinking a greater part of the
crew left her on six life boats, and rowed
over to the Metropolitan liner, but Cap
tain Jewett, his pilot, mate and two sea-
men decided to remain in the pilot house
Of the Hall, although only few feet
above the water.
The Dimoek remained near the scene
until ll:l5 and then started slowly north. |
Her forward bulkheads held, but on her
starboard side, few feet from the bow,
was hole eight feet long by two feet
wide, which reached to the waterline. |
She had not gone far when it was seen
that she was lasting badly and fearing
that the bulkheads might collapse. Cant. !
Thompson ordered the two women from
the Hall, and two other women passen.
gers, whom he had on board, into one Of |
the hfeboats and told the men that IL |
the steamer went down he would endeav.
or to clear away the rest OF the life |
boats, but that the women must be saved |
first. Under these conditions, the Di. |
mock crept slowly iE toward the back
side Of Cape Cod until just before reach.
ing the Orleans life saving station, when
her head was turned and she was driven
well upon the beach.