The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
Grew MEETS
DEATH At
EVENING
MEAL
Tramp Steamer GreystOke Cas-
tie Sends Tug Sea Prince to
the Bottom While OFF
: Angel Island
CAPTAIN WAS IN WHEEL
HOUSE AND Is RESCUED
Crash Comes So Quick That the
Men Have No Time to Rise
From Table as Craft
Sinks instantly
STORIES OF CAPTAINS
CAPTAIN WAS IN WHEEL
HOUSE AND is RESCUED
STORIES OF CAPTAINS
DIFFER AS TO CAUSE

TN an attempt to cross the bow of
the tramp steamer Greystoke Castle
as she was passing southwest OF
Angel island at sos O'Clock last night,
the bay tug Sea Prince. owned by the
Shipowners' and Merchants tugboat
company of this city. was struck al
most midship and sunk before a single
member Of the crew, except Captain
L. l. Langren, could save his life As
result of the collision the small boat
went to the bottom OF the bay and
the lives of Engineer Gustav Eiche.
Fireman Henry Schmidt. Cook Gustav
Haas and Deckhand Edward Langren
were lost
The accident was witnessed by hun
dreds Of persons travelling across the
bay on the ferries. as well as a num-
Der of government employees who were
at the time crossing from the Angel
island immigration station. In spite
of every effort to rescue the crew of
the tug. Captain Langren was the only
man to come to the surface of the
water after the boat plunged beneath
the bay waters. While no damage was
done to the Greystoke Castle, Captain
W. G. Smith stopped his engines and
put two boats over the side.
Captain Is Rescued
Captain Langren was picked up by a
small whitehall after heroic swim
and brought to this city on the ferry.
A constant watch was kept for trace
of any of the bodies Of the crew, but
it is believed they were all caught in
the deckhouse and engine room and
carried to the bottom with the tug
Yesterday morning the Sea Prince
went TO Port Costa to tow the Grey
stoke Castle, half loaded with grain
for the Balfour Guthrie company. to
dock "a. In tow OF tn tug. both boats
left Port Costa at 2:30 o'clock and
after getting into the stream Captains
Smith and LAngren agreed that the
tow was unnecessary and that greater
progress would be made II the line
acted as pilot and allowed the large
tramp to follow under it's own steam
AS a result the line was cast on, the
engines Of the Greystolle Castle turned
over and both vessels cut into the
upper bay. the tug just ahead OF the
Greystoke Castle. While Captain Smith
took the bridge OF the tramp. Captain
Langren occupied the pilot house Of
the Sea Prince.
Grew Is Eating
At six minutes after o'clock both
boats were off Angel island The crew
of the tug were in the deckhouse
messroom eating, while the captain
and engineer were at their posts. Ac-
cording to the story of Captain Ian
gren. he was struck astern by the
tramp and knew nothing of what had
happened until he found himself strug
Cling for life in the pilot house, half
submerged In water.
Captain Smith. whose position on the
bridge. some As feet above the water
line, gave him little view Of the water
or his bow. declares that the Sea
Prince was two points on the port bow
and must have swung over TO star
board in front Of him. because the next
time he saw the smaller vessel she was
turning on her side just of his star
board bow
The only way he accounts for the
mishap is through a defective steering
gear on the tug or a mistaken signal
in the engine room. He declares he
had not moved OF his course a point
at the time OF the collision and that