The evening world., 1913-07-28
City of Atlanta Lost IS Minutes
Getting a Lifeboat Over
the Side.
COLLISION IN DAYLIGHT.
Ship Suddenly Shifted Course
When Lighthouse Boat
Crossed the Bows.

That che steamer City Of Atlanta
q the Savannah line ran down and
cut n half the tender q the Govern
neat Lishtship OF Capt LookoGt
North Caroiina. drowning three Of
IL avs mss who manned the boat.
We learned today after sxtraordi-
sary efforts had been made to sup
prsss the story. The tragedy hap
psasd ,absut I o'clock last Friday u.
tsrseon. In clear weather and On
~ ealmest q seas.
Aceordias 70 r. 9. Mao of Kansas
cts, enc % the ships pAsssngsrs. there
zee Q delay Of . minutes In towering
i1ReSeas over the vssssrs eide. during
vAloh time the passenger crowded the
san ~ saw three Of the men 20 down.
Whea the iifsbeat finally reached the
wreskass only two Of the boats crew
esrs senl adoat. Thsy we're In IN sx-
haasAsa eonditioa when uftsd over the
sAip's side
ne llshtsAip tsaass put oct In Gus
eo0ary fashion to take mall from the
naonahip cad deliver the email packet
kuail trsu ths crew ef Ne lighsship
~ boass crew eeweA their uttis
thsrty.foot craft across the bow OF the
aooesashing stsamss - reach me 'ss'
4oB1 ~. y ~
lssesa CHANGED eovRss AND
SAMAohgn THE rgMogR.
inpsseAHag y NJ. Mac and eshsr eye
SSnssoss he tender haA eaeareo ~
vDsegs Sews when Caet Marcus Han.
nenA 80 ssal1 ~ - ~ sman eoes
- ~ bstAGs. eAvs IN erd9e ehee
ev1ne ne VESSEL 1irsoliy Int NE ssn'
- ~ ~ sesAnss VasssA %, thesusa
- trea1ngs WAlle ehe ossss es Tie men
- - voAse ssut ~ alarm MAN over.
noaef' theoueheut the shsp. TIE spesd
= ehs SVusel vAs ~ slacksas4 uAtn che
- - aeasiy . nile Ss1onA The iit.
- ~ @ lsbris that marked the spot
vSesosovs nsa was stsaoUling ~ their
- ~ time al the passsngsrs who
~ bssa bslsw q lunch we're on deck
- - IVA esvW ~sess
fhees yes dslay Of . minutes In low.
sseag llfsboat Ne. ! from the stAsooard
- Of the ship. According 70 Nom.
~ q ne crew ana he aesssnsers.
- oeaay vse Aus mainly 10 the fact
- - awning stretched along The
- - 70 b uniaesd frem . long
- eah1e and the cable Itself undons
SoHoru ,the davits could b swung out
@Pss ~ ships SIDE.
ApyAlM m IMPORT OlAAAGo
MgN m vhg rGNogR.
r. III rsport to the We Prssidsa
~ 0ensral Manager Of the Company
vI0lom n. PloasAata. Capt. Hammond
xa4oa tat hs swung the vessel 10 wind
$0e1 n order % Gamble the men n ~
6oAer more easily 70 reach he ships
61A He NAMED thsls efsaue rewtal
~ causing the collision.
t'7 resolved the signals from he light
~ q In" Cast Hammond reported
tssQusstiAG that stop and take o.
IN AZ In I slowed down and Q
~ AagaA hacking The snginss. The me
n ~ tsaAsr were 70 winaward Oh u
~ bov ana observed that the
&oee making Q hard time Of u In d
6esous brssss and chop. ] swung d
10 70 meet them and they rowe
oeraighs into the bow. when ] saw III
Ssllision seemed inevitable ordered ~
0ooA ahead. hoping to clear the boa
,'s1hs three mes were drowned bsfor
~ could reach them. The rsmatnin
Ous we're picked NJ. rsstorsd TO strsnst
- put beck aboard che iightship."
cast Hammond's report mentions .
>slay In lowering the ifseoat and give
. expiration Of time from the momss
g the collision until The two susvsvos
were brought aboard.
The City Of Atlanta locked ysstsrda!
tst no report OF the accident was POI
Iaitted 70 leak out from the crew or ol
0oors Tue passenger had been urge
by the of,csrs 70 cay nothing about q
AGAR. Among the passenger was p.
otoval. the newly appointed Unite
oeates Ambassador TO 6witserland. u
Slrcuiatsd . round robin 70 the sits
thot " passsnSsrs wished to CONNER
- Desn0tnsss with which the ONCE
lGae and Q number OF passenger =
fassl 70 sign the petition.
pAooGMo0A SAVo GREW WA
MEAN TO MUviNv.
Il 0lngle1 With the crew on I SEX Nv
~ ~ lslay IN 6sttihg che Me be
ever ~ SiAA" saAd NJ. Mao to-ds
ssNsy vsss sesaly esrsias Tie odsct
fyoD the CAotaia dewn and charSt
IN WITH ~ Greessst Term os ass
sfhs srse sssaaA % tAs vsrss
"a nueany vhsa ths e0ssss eAds1 - q
nsaay ~ issAssiAg % hsvtas ths ~
~ nnas snlaesA iastsaA OF slasaii
- VITA halves. whieA veebd ~
hea1 uAay oiautss u tAs work
e0De0A Whan che boAs was anally 10
- u1sA oesenA 00osr yanss Bur
f r oo00an1 ~ vAs. eursiHG TIE eos
- a. icy we're answertng -
!. e u eans kiad Of Language u '
~ y vorot Dleoo Ct 0io0anAGo0oot
D. Ronmn0nA - - 49, ~