The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-01-27
BIG FRE|GHTER
AND SCHOONER
COLLIDE At SEA
Steamer Washingtonian Is
Rammed By Schooner
Elizabeth Palmer, and
Both Vessels Are Report
ed to Have Sunk-One
Life Lost.
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Jan. 26.-The steamer
Washingtonian, freighter, carrying
no passengers and the big schooner
Elizabeth Palmer were in collision to-
day off the coast of Delaware, near
Cape Henlopen. wireless messages
said that the washingtonian was sunk
and the schooner sinking. The crews
Of both vessels, with the exception of
one man, were saved.
The Washingtonian was bound for
Philadelphia and New York from
Honolulu by way Of the Panama canal
The vessel carried about $500 tons of
raw sugar for Philadelphia She had
a crew of thirty-nine. The Elizabeth
Palmer sailed from Portland, Me-,
January 10, for Norfolk. She carried
a crew OF seven.
Captain Nelson, OF the Old Domin-
ion liner Hamilton stopped his ship
off Fenwick's Island lightship to res
cue the crew of the two vessels.
Oflcials Of the Halwaiian line, own
er of the Washingtonian were advised
that the Hamilton was bringing all the
rescued men to this city.
The following message was received
by the Old Dominion line from Cap
tain Nelson of the Hamilton:
"Am standing by F'enwick's Island
lightship to take off shipwrecked crew
of steamship Washingtonian rammed
by -masted schooner"
A wireless report received here this
morning said the schooner in collision
with the Washingtonian was the Eliz-
abeth Palmer and that the crews of
both the steamer and schooner had
been rescued by the Hamilton.
The Washingtonian is a freighter
and carried no passengers, according
to officers Of the line. Her crew usu-
ally consisted of 40 men. She plies
between San Francisco and New York
by way Of the Panama canal, the trip
requiring twenty days.
officials of the line had received no
word of her plight this morning.
The Washingtonian is a new ship
built in 1914 for trade between New
York, Pacific ports and Honolulu by
way of the Panama canal She is reg
istered at 4,046 tons and is 407.7 feet
long. Maritime records show that
she sailed from Honolulu December
80 for New York and was last repor-
ted from Balboa, January Z.
The schooner Elizabeth Palmer is
registered at 3,015 tons gross, 2,446
net She was built in 1903. at Bath,
Me-, and is 500 feet long. She carries
a crew Of seven men and is comman-
ded by Captain Wallace. Maritime
records show she sailed from Port
land, Me-, January 10th for Norfolk.
All members of the crews of the
Washingtonian and the Elizabeth
Palmer were saved with the exception
of one of the Washingtonian's crew
according to a wireless message from
Captain Nelson. The Hamilton is
bringing the survivors to this port.
Captain Nelson's second message
was as follows:
DELAYED two hours this morning off
Fenwick's Island Lightship to pick up
crew of the steamship Washingtonian
and schooner Elizabeth Palmer. All
hands saved, but water tender of the
steamer Washingtonian.
Officials of the Americana Hawaiian
line said they had received a some
what similar message which con-
tained the additional information that
the men rescued were being brought
to port on the Hamilton. The Wash
ingtonian crew, they said, numbered
SO.