Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-21
OLYMPIC Passengers Provided
For on Other Ships.
IS ARRANGED BY COMPANY
Expected All of Them Will Sail
Within Next Ten Days.
NAVAL INQUIRY IS CERTAIN
Finding Will Not Be Made Public,
However. Until Civil Courts De-
eide Damage Question.

SOUTHAMPTON. September 2l.-The
White Star liner Olympic. which was
damaged yesterday by collision with the
British cruiser Hawke. left her anchor
age in Southampton water early this
tugs made her way slowly back to the
dock here which she had left less than
twenty-four hours before on a voyage to
New York.
The passengers. who had spent a com
Portable night aboard lined the rails.
Special trains were waiting for the first
and second class passengers, a majority
of whom We're going To London to await
the sailing of other vessels on which the
company had obtained accommodations
for them. II is expected that all of these
will set away within ten days.
The American Line steamer st. Louis
will take a few on Saturday and others
will go on the Holland-American steamer
Noordam. sailing Sunday. and on the
White Star liner Arabic, sailing next
Tuesday: the Ma jestic, sailing Wednes-
day. and the Cedric. sailing Thursday, and
on the American liner New York, which
is scheduled to leave on September 80.
The third-class passengers will proceed
ON the St Louis and the Majestic.
Several Months for Repairs.
Repairs to the Olympic will be made at
Belfast. and will require several months.
\ naval inquiry will be held at Ports
mouth soon to fix the blame for the acct
dent However the decision of the navy
court will be withheld until the civil
between the two vessels.
The Hawke. which is lying at Ports
mouth. is so badly damaged that she has
kept her pumps going and her collision
mats remain in place.
Mr.. Whitney Describes Collision.
Harry Payne Whitney. who was pas
senger on board the Olympic. gave the
following account of the collision between
that steamship and the cruiser Hawke:
Il saw the collision through the Win
dows of the restaurant. 1t happened a,
exactly ten minutes to / o'clock. There
was no fog clear weather prevailing.
From my position 1t appeared that the
cruiser as she bore down in our direction
was trying to clear us astern. Then, as
l watched, came the crash. as she sud
denly swerved directly toward the Olym-
pic
There came three distinct shocks
Great excitement followed throughout
the big ship. But we were soon as
sured that no serious damage had been
inf1icted-that is, that our lives were
not in any immediate peril.
Almost Immediately the call for
tugs was sent in every direction, but
it afterward became known that they
were not needed by either the Olympic
or the cruiser.
Anchor Quickly Cast.
Our big ship immediately swung
around. or she was turned about, and
then the anchor was cast. Immediate
IL men went over the side to make
close inspection of the exterior dam
age, while officers were directing work
of a similar nature on the inside of the
hull.
after seeing the damage it is a
mystery to me how the Hawke got
clear, as the unarmored Olympic was
only like a bit Of pasteboard against
the steel prov of the cruiser
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney said:
when the Hawke backed away she
looked for all the world like some
body who had been punched in the
left our luggage on board. It was a
very unique experience. The only
thing / am sorry for is the stewards
and stewardesses. who lost a good tip
But l tipped mine anyway