The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-13
ALL LLAREREPORTEDSA SAFE
Steamers Bow Crushed In
The Lake Champlain
Hurries to Aid.
OTHER LINERS NEAR BY
None Injured and Meagre News
Received Says She Is
Able to Proceed.

HALirAX, Nova Scotia. Aug. L. \
Marconigram from the strait Of Belle
Isle. timed 4 =. NJ. to-day. states that
the Allan Line steamer Corsican. bound
from Montreal for Liverpool, struck
an iceberg In latitude 6a.94 north.
longitude 5el5 west, Off the coast Of
Newfoundla nd.
While proceeding slowly in heavy
fog the Corsican sighted large Ice
berg. The captain at once ordered all
the engines reversed. but In spite Of all
that was done TO prevent collision.
the Corsican was struck In the stern.
Most Of the damage was above the
water line and the steamer will pro-
coed to Liverpool when the weather
clears
The steamship Lake Champlain Of
the Canadian Pacific Railway Steam
ship Lines is standing BY and ready to
render any assistance to the Corslcan.
From all advices received by wire
less 1t Is stated there Is no need for
anxiety.
The Government steamer Lady
Laurier IL at sea in the vicinity OF
Sydney. and c. Harvey. the agent OF
the Marine Department. Is trying to
get in touch with her to see II she can
render assistance.
The Corsican has between 400 and 500
passengers.
The force Of the Impact crushed her
bow. The meagre reports received
state that no one was injured and that
she was able to proceed without assist
ance.
MONTREAL, Aug. 12.-Capt. Cook Of
the COrsican sent the following wireless
message to the Allan Line in this city
reporting the accident, In which he
said:
| "Corsican struck an iceberg this
afternoon at 4 o'clock while going very
slow. Stem injured above water line.
Ship is taking no water, Will proceed
on voyage"
The Corsican Is the iarges. ship Of
the Allan Line fleet. She In on the
Liverpool Montreal service. She was
built In 1907 at the yards Of Barclay.
earle 4 Co. in Glasgow.
| The Corsican has tonnage of IL .4l9
gross, is "a shade over 500 feet long and
IL a twin screw ship She has II breadth
! Of 6l feet and depth OF rs feet Her
! commander IL Capt. Cook. Her last trip
| was from Liverpool to Montreal, where
! she arrived ON August T.
i The Allan Line il essentially a Cana
dian line. I, was known in the begin
ming a. the Montreal Ocean Steam
ship Company. formed by the Allan
Bros, who as sailing ship owners had
been Interested in Canadian shipping
since 1919. In that year the founder Of
the line, Alexander Allan, sailed in
command o. the brig Jean, Of seventy
three tons register, from Greenock 10
Quc &C The connection OF the Alians
with Cana0a has been continuous since
that voyage.
The line has carried mall since 1856.
when the North American sailed with
her Majcsty's mail.
The western terminus Of the line,
when the At. Lawrence Ia blocked with
ice. Is at Halifax and ST. John. n. b.
Aside from the MOntreal-l.iverpool SER
vice the Allan Line operates ships To
Boston. Philadelphia and New York.
with South Atlantic service to the
River Plate. The ports to which Allan
Line steamers go on the other side Of
the Atlantic include London, London
derry. Liverpool and Glasgow.
In 1905 the Allan Line put into ser
vice the firs, turbine propelled ships
which were In commercial transatlantic
service These ships, the Virginian and
Victorian. broke records between Ri
mouski and the north of Ireland.
The point where the Corsican met the
Iceberg. 54?4 degrees north, 62:l5 west,
IL about s?5 miles north-northeast OF
Cape Race. which Is at the southeastern
point Of Newfoundland. The precise
spot where the accident occurred Is
almost exactly on line drawn duo east
from the north shore Of the Gulf of ST..
Lawrence, and Is about $50 miles east
OF the islands which fringe the north
ern coast of Newfoundland
Despite the fact that the wireless
reports last night said that the Corsi-
can was able to proceed on her course
under her own steam. alarm was felt
} in New York. for shipping men re-
membered that the reports from the
Titanic had II that that ship was able
to proceed and this impression was not
| ..orrected until early In the evening OF