The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-03
Alleghany Rammed by Brit
 ish Vessel
EVERYONE IS SAVED
Carried Only Two Passengers-The Pomaron, Not Disabled, Is Pro- ceeding to Port-Accident in 
 Blinding SnOwst0rm

New York. February 2.-rhe Hamburg American line steamer Alleghany which left yesterday for Central America and the West Indies, sank 70 miles east northeast of Cape Henry off the Virginia coast after a collision with the British steamer Pomaron, according to wireless dispatches received here tonight The Pomaron with the passengers and crew of the Alleghany on board and conveyed by the revenue cutter Onondaga is coming slowly to port, the message said
 Other wireless adYices told of the col lsion as occurring in latitude s3I. 43, longi- tude "A, but stated that although the AL leghany was badly damaged it was be- leved she could reach port under her own power. Tonights adviees, although mea- gre, are to the effect that the damage to her hull was far more serious than was at first supposed and that she sank not far from the point Wher the collision oe- cured, the Pomaron taking on board tue sinking liners passengers and crew.
 The Pomarons bow was badly stove m but the wireless adviees were that she was apparently holding well through a moderate sea with strong northWestefly breeze blowing.
 The revenue cutter Onondago responded to wireless calls and she reported tonight that she had picked up the Pomaioh 20 miles east of Hog Island light and was conveying her into the Virginia capes. I Advices indicated the collision occurred in a driving snowstorm.
 The Alleghany belonged to what IS term ed 'line c" of the Atlas service ot the Hamburg American line and alter mating with her sister ship, the Altai, made fortnightly trips from New Aorh to Porto Colombia, calling on the way at Port Au Prince and other West lh- dian ports. She carried only cabin pas sengers. She was BIO feet long, $.2 feet in breadth and 23 feet in depth and had a tonnage of 2495. She was q steel boat and was built in 1894 at Glasgow by R. Napier & Sons, was single screw steamer with three decks, five compart- ments and had water ballast.
 The Alleghany was the first steamer to rush supplies to Jamaica after the dis astrous earthauake on that island in January, 1907.
 AL the offices of the Hamburg Amer ican line tonight it was learned that the Alleghany had on board only two passengers. She was in command of Capt. Theodore Metzenthin with crew Of about 50 men.
 The passengers. it was learned, were
 
 for Port Au Prince. The Alleghany was heavily laden with freight, her cargo consisting of flour, cloth and various manufactured articles, agricultural inn plements, etc. No estimate as to the value of the vessel or cargo could be obtained.
 The line of the Atlas service. on which the Alleghany runs while important from freight standpoint, carries few pas sengers as a general rule for the req son, it was explained, that the route is out of the run of tourist travel and is utilized almost exclusively for commer- cial purposes.
 The Poraron, which left Baltimore Jan uary 31 for Leith with cargo, has a ton mage of 1909. The Pomaron is not equipped with wireless apparatus.
 Norfolk Va, February 2-With the revenue cutter Onondaga conveying her the British steamer Pomaron, which was in collision with the Hamburg American liner Aleghany, off the Virginia coast this morning, Is making her way to Tamp- ton Roads tonight and is expected to reach Cape Henry by daybreak.
 The Pomaron. and the Alleghany col lded before daybreak this morning during a fog and snowstorm The Alleghany is reported to have been struck almost amid ships and sank within a comparatively
  aron immediately after the clash lowered lifeboats and went to the assistance Of the Alleghany. The passengers and crew of the liner were taken off and are now on board the Pomaron.
 The how of the Pomaron is stove in but the Onondaga reported by wireless at midnight that she probably would be able to reach Hampton Roads without ac- cident, providing she did not encounter rough weather. The Onondaga also re- \ ported that a north wind was kicking tp rough sea. The Onondaga picked up the Pomaron % miles east of Hog island early to- day. after the revenue cutter had an- swered the wireless calls for help from the British steamer.
 The Alleghany sank 75 miles east-north- east of Cape Henry and when the Onon- daga reached the Pomaron the passenger liner had disappeared below the surface of the Atlantic.
 The passengers and crew of the Ale ghany are reported to have saved only their night clothes.
 The Mallory liner Sabin intercepted calls for help from the steamer Ale ghany before she sank and flashed them oVei the ocean.