Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-27
Warships of Atlantic Fleet Hurry to Rescue and Take
 on Passengers.
FRUIT STEAMER
 RAMS BIG LINER
Crash Occurs at 5 in Morning, 124 Miles Off Ambrose Channel Light Ship-PreSence of Mind Ayerts
 Life LOsS-BOth Vessels Saved.

New York May 27, tTnursday) Seventy-seven passengers and 200 members of the crew of the Holland American liner Ryndam reached Hcboken in safety shortly after mid night, after a thrilling experience, following the collision of the steam ship with the fruit steamer Joseph J. Cuneo, 124 miles off Ambrose channel, carly yesterday.
 Battleships Of the Atlantic fleet off Nantucket, called by wireless. sped 10 the rescue of the vessels.
 The South Carolina, which arrived alongside the two battered vessels at 7:30 o'clock yeste rday morning. four hours after the crash, brought the passengers and crew of the, Ryn- dan as far as quarantine.
 At [ o'clock the steamship Thomas J. Willard, with friends of Ryndam passengers aboard left to meet tne battleship
 The held of the Ryndam was full Of water, but she was able to make the Ambrose lightship under her own steam Sh's, was convoye d. however, Ey the battleship Texas. The Ryndam was met by a fleet of tugs, wrecking steamer and two steam pilot boats. The Cuneo, which was not badly damaged, had pro ceeded from the scene of the col lision unescorted.
 That no lives were lost is due largely to the coolness and disci- pline of the officers and crew of the Ryndam. It was 352 this morning when the crash occurred. The Ryn- dam was rammed by the Cuneo, being hit on the port side, and be- gan to list immediately.
 IS. o. S." signals were flashed from the Ryndam's wireless and har Cuneo, and sixty of the Ryndam's crews of POO likewise w'are put aboard the freighter, and forty men aboard the liner to navigate it
 Warships to Rescue.
 United States battl2ships in the vi- cinity answered the wireless calls. At o'clock, three hours after the collision, the battleship South Caro- Tina was standing alongside the Cuneo. The Ryndam's passengers and those of her crew who had been transferred to the Cuneo were taken off by the South Carolina The battleship was directed by wireless from the Newport navy yard to con voy the stricken liner to this port.
 With the South Carolina along side, the battleship Texas ten miles astern, the battleship Louisiana in the vicinity, and the Cuneo slowly following, the Ryndam steamed at slew speed for this port, 124 miles east of the Ambrcsl' channel light ship.
 Messages from Captain Van Der Huevel asserted that the water was gaining in Nc. hold, and that the ship would have to be abandoned :a the water gained much more.
 So fer as the company officials knew there were only six Americans among the passengers. The other passengers, it wss said, were Euro peans rsturning home.
 Cargo Worth One Million.
 The Ryndam, vessel of 1867 tons register net, was built in Belfast in 1901. Her length is $50 feet, her beam 66 feet. The Cuneo is a steamer of about 800 tons capacity. She carried crew of 20 men and no passengers. Her length is 21O feet.
 The Ryndam's cargo consists chiefly of foodstuffs, and was valued at approximately $1,OO0.0OO. The bulk of her shipments was consigned to The Netherlands Overseas Trust at Rotterdam. It was said most of her passengers were Europeans.
 The number of passengers aboard the Ryndam. it was announced by the line today, was 77. of whom 20 were in the first cabin, 34 in the second and 23 in the third. The crew numbered 200
 Although the cause of the accident has not been stated, 1t was believed that a heavy fog which was brought up by a southeasterly wind late last night was responsible. Fortunately the sea was not heavy.