The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-18

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She will leave for San Francisco at
five o'clock this afternoon.
Wslele With Sugar And Cattle.
The Wailele arrived this morning
from Hawaii with 9,4OO bags of p. S.
NJ sugar and some Parker rance cattle.
Liner Hits an Iceberg.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-The Anchor
line steamer Columbia, which collided
with an iceberg on August 2, reached
New York today from Glasgow, under
her own steam. Many yards of can
vas covered the hole made in her bow
by the iceberg, but her officers said
the damage was entirely above the
water line. The accident occurred
about 12O miles off Newfoundland.
The Columbia's 500 passengers had
just sat down to dinner and because
of the heavy fog the vessels engines
had been stopped. Unheralded by the
customary drop in temperature, the
iceberg loomed up in front of the yes.
sci almost at the moment of the col
lision. There was crash and tons
of ice crashed down on the vessels
deck. a.
The passengers could not see the
iceberg through the fog after the
steamer backed away, but they heard
the waves breaking against its base
nj ho, H..
walls.
Close examination of the Columbia
at her dock tonight revealed greater
damage than at first reported. Her
hold was flooded with hundreds of
tons of water, her bow plates were
crumpled for fifteen feet, her port an
chor was torn away, and several per-
sons aboard were suffering from in
juries. Among them was Mrs. Eliza
beth Ogilvie, an elderly woman, bound
for her daughters home in Pittsburg.
Her leg was broken when she was
hurled to the deck. Captain Mitchell
explained that the vessel was stop
Led in the fog when he heard the
echo of his fog horn from the berg.
After the impact, he said, water
poured into the forward hold to a
depth of nine feet. rhe pumps were
set going and the crew was put to
stemming the thrush with sand bags
and other makeshifts.
Passengers and crew were in many
instances thrown to the floor. Tom
Murray, the forecastle lookout, was
buried under the ice which poured
down upon the vessels deck. When
the shipmates dug him out he was
senseless.
Tables in the dining-room were
swept bare of the evening meal and
stewards were sent sprawling in the
general crash Of crockery.
The lightweight first cabin passen-
gers had hardly tasted food when the
shir struck. There was a momentary
silence after the crash of falling
dishes which was broken by man
who arose in his seat and shouted:
"Ice!"
But DR.. David McCurdIe, the ships
surgeon, cried:
Keep your seats, stay where you
are; there is no danger"
He had little need to exhort the
passengers, however, for there were
no further symptoms of panic. They
went to the deck to gain a view of
the iceberg. Several of them said ib
lowered more than 100 feet aboy95
them, and was a quarter of mile in
length. The fog prevented accurate
estimate cf its extent, however. The
vessel was then 1920 miles from New
York, but as the pumps were control
ling the water in the hold, Captain
Mitchell held his ship to her course
without summoning aid.
The wireless sent word of the col
lision to the Columbias sister shiI,
the Furnessia, and the message was
relayed to Glasgow and cabled to New
York.
Passengers Arrived.
The following arrived by the Sierra
this morning from San Francisco:
Mrs. Carrie Adams, Miss Grace Eliza
beth Allen, DR., VIM. Antoine, Jno AM
brose, Miss A. B. Atkinson, P Bald
win, j. E. Bailey, j. B. Barlow, Mrs.
Nina Berry, A. o. Bottleson, Miss L.
Bright, G. F. Bulen, Look s. Chin j.
Claire Miss Abbie f. Clark, Miss Alice
Claypool, e. s. Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs. }.
NJ. COnnell, Miss F, Connell, Raymond
| Connell, DR.. and Mrs. e. L. Connolly,
Miss Frances Connolly, c. w. Cousens,
Mrs. F. H. Cousens, Miss Nina Craig,
Ralph NJ. Crissman, Mr. and Mrs. c. }.
Dahl, Mrs W w. Dimnnd Master w