New-York tribune., 1911-09-21
THE BIG OLYMPIC RAMMED'
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water line gazing through the rent III
the Olympic's side. hailed boatman ana
offered him three sovereigrs to he roweu
ashore In explaining the incident OF
his leaving the vessel so hurriedly, ne
said:
Il realized that the Olympic would be
laid UP for some time. and my vile ana
were in q great hurry to return nome 10
see our three year-old baby. ! observed
rope coiled up by a p"rthoie' anu
throwing it over the ships SIDE
clambered down hand over hand for
five minutes hung there until the boat
could reach me The boatman made
three attempts to get alongside before ne
succeeded and there was nearly TWO leet
Of water in the boat. He had ha'u
row against the wind and tide 10 Co"es'
Directly got ashore I rung up the
white star Office at Southampton ana
gave them the first tidIngs OF the COL
Ision. They were so astonished 5hat
they AZ first refused to credit my story
succeeded in reaching Southampton
inst in time TO book three berths by the
Adriatic. leaving Liverpool tomorrow
MY wife did not know OF my leaving
the ship" said Mr.. Msgee in closing
"and was greatly alarmed as to what
had become Of me-"
New Yorker Tells of Accident
Thomas Hastings. Of New York. telling
of the accident. said: Il was watching
the warship coming up astern. For
three or four hundred yards we were
steaming side by side. Just as we hau
apparently forged clear, the varshIp
altered her course as though TO go under
orr stern. Instead OF clearing MS she
sv.erved into us on the starboard side.
tearing a great rent which ! could see
extended right down TO the waterinc'
Most Of the passengers happened 10 ne al
luncheon and were quickly assured that
there was no danger. Many did not
know that there had been collision, SO
slight was the shock felt in the saloon.
Waldorf Astor. Member Of Parliament
for Plymouth, said that the hole made
I'm the Olympic's side was wide enough
for him TO stand upright in. II extended
from the top deck TO the vaterline-ho"
much further he could not tell-but a.
the cruiser had a ram below the water
the damage must have been very eN-
tensive.
At the moment Of the collision, he
added 7 was preparing for luncheon. ]
felt nothing but a slight shock. There
was absolutely no panic aboard.
Second Cabin Berth, Crushed
=. II. Cover. Of Illinois. said that the
bow of the cruiser penetrated so far into
the Olympic as 20 crush rumber ot
b,rths I'm the second cabin It seemed
marvellous TO him that no one in that
part of the ship had been killed.
Among the passengers on the Olympic
we're Waldorf Astor, George I. Baker, OF
New J GTk. MI. 1llh wi = wv iiohAN " ~
ir.. Miss Ethel Croker. Clarence II.
Mackay. General G. F. Henderson, Frank
Munsey. Mr.. and Mrs. McDougall
Hawkes. Mrs. Daniel Manning, Harry
Pratt Judson. OF the University Of Chi
cago: General Warren Healy Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Carroll. Mrs Cornelius c.
Cuyler. Sir Frederick Cawley, Mrs.
Isaac Y. Brokaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus
OD IseHn. Mr.. and Mrs. George z. lde.
Prince Jaisiuh Gaellwar, w. Howland
Gardner and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
Drexel Godfrey, Mr.. and Mrs Frederick
c. Penfeld. Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly Rob
inson. DR.. and Mrs. Gustave Seligmsn
and Mr.. and Mrs Morton :. Patton.
Among others on the OIympics pas
serger list were Charles Page Bryan. re-
cent American Minister to Belgium. and
now appointed Ambassador To Japan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Hamilton Fish jr., Robert A. Taft, Mrs.
Stephen 3. Elkins and Miss Ellins. Most
of these. however. intended TO join the
vessel at Cherbourg
Because the steamer took considerable
water it was at first thought that IL
would he necessary 10 beach her, and
Captain Smith made for a mudbank in
the Cowes roadstcad. The prompt clos
ing OF the collision doors, however. ef-
fectually stopped the thrush Of the sea.
and her commander. convinced that
. - - ir,,,,,ad;ota daroar broupbt ,
his vessel about and headed for South
ampton.
Watchers al Cowes saw the steamer
moving toward the shore. then stopping.
and. believing that she had been
beached. sent out the report 20 this ef-
feet. Later. when she drew away. ii Is
supposed that the liner had been fiOarcd
without assistance
\ witness OF the collision said later
that the Hawke was travelling at great
spced when she overlook the olympic.
The cruiser was passing the liner 10
starboard when suddenly she drew IN
md crashed into the steamer.S quarter
about twenty feet from the stern. This
witness thought that the warship had
70. en- drawn against the other NeSsel py
the suction. After the impact the
Hawke drew astern and her crew threw
the collision mats over badly damaged
bow.
The weather was somewhat thick and
there was rain squall Il the time OF
the accident. but the haze was not sur
fcient to obscure either vessel from the
cthcr.
CherbOura. Sept. 2O.-Passengers to
the number Of 434 waiting TO embark
here ON the Olympic, have been sent
back 10 Paris.