Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-26
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IN COLLISION
Steamship Ryndam BadlH
Damaged When Struck
by Smaller Vesssl.
RETURNING 7 s. FORT
CLOSELY sJNvOYED
Water eai"i" 5 ayndam's Held AM
Abandonr May Be Necessary
United Sta . eattIsships Go 70 Res
eue-Passsnssrs and Part Of Crow ~
Board War Vessel Ryndam 2Lsss
New York Tuesday.

New York, May 26- The Dutch
liner Ryndam. which sailed from this
port yesterday for Rotterdam with
seventy-seven passengers and a mil4
lion dollar cargo. was damaged badly
In a collision fifteen miles southwest oE
Nantucket shoals lightsnip a: o'clock
this morning. The liner collided with
the tramp freighter Joseph ]. Cuneos
which sailed from Boston last night
for Baracoa, Cuba.
Both vessels were seriously intueds.
The Ryndam wireless reports Indicate
she was struck aft with such force
that hold No. filled almost immedis
ately. Water flowed in freely to the
engine room and began to creep mp In
hold No. s. The Cuneo's bows were
smashed up badly.
Passengers Transferred.
S. o. S. signals were flashed frOnB
the Ryndam, and her passengers 6ansS.
to the Cuneo One hundred and sixty
Of the Ryndam's crew of 200 likewise
were put aboard the freighter. leavinas
only forty men aboard the liner To-,
navigate It.
United States battleships in the VIZ
cinity answered the wireless call. Aes
a o'clock, three hours after the colsb
lision. the battleship South CarolinaA
was standing alongside tho Cuneo. .
Passengers on BattIsship. y
The Ryndam's passengers and those
Of her crew who had been transferrsd
to the Cuneo. were taken offAby the.
South Carolina. The battlesh4p was1
directed by wireless from the Nswpors1
navy yards to convoy the strickouA
liner to this port.
With the South Carolina alonSa6eI
the battleship Texas, ten mila1 aatafnsa
the battleship Louisiana near 0y. ana
the Cuneo slowly following the RIM
dam was steaming at slow speed 1oae
this port. 120 miles east or The AmA1
brose channel lightship at 10 oeciockss
At that hour her captain sent = wireS
less to her owners. the Hclland-AmafiS.
can line. saying the Ryndam enginesS
were much strained but still holding
out Previous messages from Captain,
ter was gaining in No. 8 hold. and. that
the ship would have to be Abandoned
IL the water gained much more
So far as the line knew there were
only six Americans among the pas,
sengers. The other passengers, 1t wao
said, were Europeans returning home.,
The Ryndam, a vessel Of 1876 ton1s
register net. was built in 1901. Herr
length is $50 feet. and beam ss feet.
The Cuneo is a steamer OF about 500
tons capacity. She carried crew or
twenty men and no passengers. Her.
length is 210 feet.
Dispatches sent during the forenoon
by the South Carolina said the Ryn-
dam was making thirteen knots on her
way to this port. This speed. II main.
tanned. would bring her to New York
late tonight or early tomorrow.
Carried Grow Of 200.
The number OF passengers aboard
the Ryndam was seventy seven, Of
whom twenty were in the first cabin, !,
thirty four In the second. and thirty
three in the third. The crew mum.
bered ZOO
Ryndam's cargo consisted chiefly Of
foodstuffs. and was valued at approx
mately $1.000,000. The bulk Of her
shipments were consigned to the Meth
erlands Overseas Trust at Rotterdam.
1t was said that most Of her passen-
gers were Europeans returning home.
The owners OF the Cuneo said she
carried no passengers and that her
crew consisted OF twenty men.