The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-23
'L|NER MADISON SINKS
AFTER BEING RAMMED
Old Dominion Steamer Hit by Nor
wegian Freighter in Gale
Noar Norfolk.
ALL ON BOARD RESCUED
Other Steamers Blown Ashore and
Many Boats Torn From Moorings-
ScOws Blown to Sea.
ALL ON BOARD RESCUED

| NoRFoLK, Va. Feb. with only few
inches OF her main deck visible above the
water, the Old Dominion steamer Madison
lies in the mud between Bush Bluff light
and Lamberts Point. and three mudscows
owned by the Morris 4 Cummings
Dredging Company. with two men on each
are somewhere at sea driven by forty
mile gale
The Madison was rammed by the
steamer Hippolyte Dumois. a Norwegian
freighter. this morning. The Madison
had a hole torn in her starboard side
almost amidships Capt. j. q. Hulpers,
her commander. realizing that his ship
would sink. turned her nose toward the
! shore and signalled the engine room for
full speed ahead.
On board the Madison at the time was
President II. b. Walker of the Old Domin-
ion Steamship Company; W. II. Landon.
agent ut Norfolk. and several representa-
tives of the company from Newport News.
The Madison was bound to Norfolk from
Newport News The steering gear of the
Norwegian steamer became disarranged
by the storm and her captain could not
/, steer the ship when the Madison came
along.
The Madison was flooded from her
freight hold to her cabins. and even If abe
is fioated she will have to be refurnished
throughout. President Walker and the
crew were taken of by the steamer Smith
field. which was SUMMONED by wireless.
The Madison was built only last year.
She is Of steel and is 1898 feet long. She
was built by the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company. The
Hippolyte Dumois is q steel steamship.
22s.3 feet in length. She was built in
Copenhagen in 1902. Her agents are Ben
nett. Hvoslef d Co. of New York. by
whom she is chartered TO the United Fruit
Company. The Hippolyte Dumois is a
passenger arrying steamship plying
between Jamai ca and Baltimore and Phil
delphia.
The Danish steamer Hermes was blown
ashore by the high winds and is high
and dry on the oeach at Lamberts Point.
The Danish steamer Nordsjeman, the
British steamers Elswick Manor and
Strathallen and the Norwegian steamer
Cecil were torn from their moorings
at Lamberts Point and Sewalls Point
and driven ashore.
The quarantine steamer jamestown
was torn from ner anchorage IN Hampton.
Roads and driven ashore at Thimbe
shoals. On board the Jamestown were
DR.. Cummings, quarantine officer at Fort
Munroe, and his family and the crew of the
ship. The jamestown was without means
OF summoning help. and but for the fact
that a guest at the Chamberlin Hotel
missed the light the ship burns at night
her disappearance might not have been
learned until daybreak The revenue
cutter Onondaga, which was in the
vicinity Of Hampton Roads at the time.
found the ship on Thimble shoals ami
stood by her until daybreak. when those
on board were taken of.
The Onondaga also made several at
tempts to save the three scows of the
Morris Cummings Company. but the
high seas and wind drove the scows at
high speed. and they shot through the
capes as il propelled by steam. Several
tugs are now securing the seas for the
three scows. Each scow has two white
men on board. and two of them have
families at Hampton.
Scores Of small craft are piled up on
the bench from Norfolk to Cape Henry.
All the wires are down to Hatteras and
il is believed that when communication
is restored there will come news of other
wrecks