New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27

Brandies. Mrs. A. II. Brcitmar. Mis-
G.. Van Bronswyk. Miss Ella bumhe,
Miss WilheImins 4 Eugel Mis-. Ida
Each. Miss Catherine tuuh. Mrs. Elsie
De GRAF. Miss Thcrese Gross. Mis.
Theresa Gross. Miss Anna Gross. Miss
Maria Gross. Mrs Martha iicbcl y.
Kaplansky. Paul KubeIn. William q. D.
Lindenkamp. Miss Marie Martin. Al
bert Mayer. Mrs. Anna Michcler Wal
ter Nicbuhr. Mrs. a. P,gcaud, h..
Regtdoorzee- Group, Mrs. THy-scn. Miss
Beatrice Trojan and f.. !. Went.
The Ryndam's cargo was consigned
to the Netherlands Overseas Trust
Company. of Rotterdam. There were
listed 25G1li bushels of corn. hum
drcds Of tons Of tobacco. 5000 bags OF
cornstarch. 1900 bags Of meal, 5000
tons o. linsecd oil cakes 5000 kegs Of
wire nails and large Quantity Of
baled cotton and corrugated Iro..
The Ryndam, plying between TINS
port and Holland, has braved the dan
gers of the war zone since the out
break Of the European war. Hen route
was through the English Channel. and,
like other eastbouud Holland liners.
she was usually held UP at Falmouth
b. the British naval authorities for
examination before being allowed 20
proceed TO Rotterdam She was bUilt
at the Harland Wolf plant. az Bel
fast, in 1901, and was $50 feet long and
SO feet beam. She was Of 10000 gross
tonnage The Cuneo Is a steamer o.
about 500 tons capacity.
The first iut.matiou Of the accident
came 10 the HoIland-Amer.ca Line yes
terday morning m a wireless message
from Captain Won den IIcuvel Of the
Ryndam. The message read.
"Ryndam in collision with steamer
Cuneo. Making water. Steamcr stand
ing by"
Captain Feared for ship.
Soon afterwsrd another message
came from Captain ron don HegNoi
stating that ne was afraid he would
have 70 abandon the vessel II the water
got any worse The mails had been
taken of, he said.
A third message va received az
o:45 a. M, as follows.
zone hundred and fifty miles from
Ambrose Hold full Of water. Hold
+ water gaining Engine room water
we can master. All proceeding
thirteen miles speed Passengers and
l60 OF crew safely on board Cuuco.
American squadron standing BY
Messages later I'm the day indicated
that The chances for saving the Ryn-
dam were good. although her hull and
cargo were badly damaged She was
drawing thir'y-six feet Of water. Within
four feet OF - depth OF Ambrose
Channel Messages ma regard 20 the
accident ard the convoy we're received
al the navy yard here aud The Boston
Navy Yard from me battlashlps. The
navy ward notified thc Hoiiard-Amcuca
Line and asked tha. tugs be sen. 90 the
vicinity Of Ambro.r Light 20 receive
the passengers from the South Caro-
lima and relieve the Texas.
The steamer Itoma, j. Willard, VITA
friends Of the Ryndam passengers and
a party Of newspaper men, LETT Pier ],
North River. at p. m. 10 meet ne
South Carolina a. Quarantine. The
passenger agent Of the Holland Amer
lea Line said the Willard would take
on the passengers from he battieshlp
and land them ~ the Holland-Amcr.ca
docks. in IIoboken.
The Ryndsm passed Quarantine at
10 n. m. She sailed through The Mar
rows at good speed, probably thirteen
knot. The navy cutter Dolphin threw
her searchlight on the liner as she
came up the bay, and % showed that
she had settled considerably In the
stern. Just forward Of the main rig
eiug. which . % little forward VI
amidship. there Wa a Ioie covered with
canvas about the SIZE o. three p.atc-.
extending below 'hc wattri'uC. The
Ryndsm slowed down ~ Quarantine.
but did not stop
The South Caroline was reported at
Ambrose LIght>hIp a. $50 a.
\ large crowd Of curious person
crowded the Staten Island and South
Brooklyn shore. last sht irving TO
catch a glimpse Of the transfer o. r.s-
sengers. and core OF tucujs and
relatives Of the Ryuddm passenger.
were az the Holland America p.t.s. DO
Hobokeu.
But the darkness and ,ne fac. that
the South Carolina was well oH shore
did not allow the person. OF the shores
20 watch the work and little could be
seen without glasses. When all the
persons had been transferred the Nil
lard started up the Lower Bay Tor her
pier i'm Hoboken.
Here special squad Of patrolmou
was on guard All evening until !eW
minutes before midnight "Len The
lights on the pier were eNtingUsnei.
the gates closed and the police taken
away. Then the crowd gradually moved
away IN small group.