New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
KILLS TWO MEN ON BARGE
italian Freighter in Collision
with Tow Off Sandy Hook.
THIRD MAN NEAR TO DEATH
Falls Unconscious When TAKEN
from Water-Steamer Forced
Back to Port.

The italian steamship D1nnamare
-o,,A hack 70 port Yesterday after nav
i,z killed two men She was dry ana
The nain+ spots pIastered on her bow
gave the suggestion from distance
that she had been badly battered IN the
collision off the Hook which caused her
- ra+,1r1 The damage. however, was
below the warerlfne, and she mad Iour
feet Of water in her forward hold Sne
had been in collision with barge Wnlcn
she sank and two men went 70 the bot
tom with it
The Dinramare. which is freighter
left New York at $50 o m. on Satur-
dav. She got as far as Sandy HOOK
and anchored in a drizzle. At midnight
u-1s7 rhe weather cleared slightly she
got under way and dropped her pilot
of-s the Ambrose Channel liEhtsh1p. Cap
tain Carriano put her on her course for
rha RIM over the southern course to the
Mediterranean
He was afraid TO run at full speed
until he had clear weather and kept the
old freighter down 70 six knots At 800
2 m. the lookout reported a tow heading
north off the starboard bow. The skip
per looked through the mist and sig
nailed that he would go TO starboard-
He did not reduce speed as he needed
steerage way 10 get clear of the tow
Crashes Into Barge.
From the bridge of the Dinnamare the
skinner saw that there were three barges
in tow of a tug which he discovered
later was the Concord bound from New
port News for Fall River. The Dinna-
mare swung around and cleared the
first two barges. but the third barge.
called the Bristol. heavily laden with
pig iron. swung tOwarc the freighter-
The Tow line hit the stem Of the Dinna-
mare. and an instant later her bow
crashed into the Bristol. which was in
charge of John Brown. William Holmes
and Frederick Johnson, sending it 10
the bottom within a minute
The bow of the freighter. although
steaming at only six knots, hit the Brts-
toI a terrific blow amidships. The thou
sand tons Of pig iron shifted and rolled
to the offside. and carried Brown and
Holmes with it.
The lookout on the Dinnamare said
he saw something fall into the sea
second before the collision. He said he
thought it was a few pieces of her cargo
that rolled over. but it is believed that
the splash was caused by Johnson, who
Jumped Just before the freighter hit the
Bristol. He was badly cut on the head.
cling 10 plank that was washed of the
Bristol as she sank.
Two Other Barses Saved.
Fortunately the bow Of the Dinna-
mare cut the tow line when she struck
it. and this saved the two other barges
from trouble Georges Ricordi the chief
officer Of the frelghter. went over the
side in a lifeboat a few minutes after
the collision and looked about for the
men he thought might have been on the
Bristol. He found Johnson clinging TO
the plank. and rescued him just as he
was letting go his hold. He was taken
a board the Dinnamare unconscious and
kept there for two hours. until the tug
Concord came along and took him
aboard II is thought that he Will re-
cover
The Dinnamare had a four-foot hole in
her bow. and was unable To proceed TO
Genoa, whittier she was bound
The Dinna,nare three years ago, when
n command of Captain Pence. picked up
The disabled Fabre liner America, which
broke her propeller shaft some twelve
hundred miles from New York Captain
Pence. after breaking two hawsers-
managed to tow the diSab bIed steamship. |
with nearly a thousand passengers on
board. safely TO Bermuda. where she
made temporary repairs.