Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-02
DELAWARE COAST
CRASH FATAL TO
S|XTY-TWO LIVES
Steamer City of Athens Run
Into and Explosion
Follows.
MANY VICTIMS TRAPPED
AS THEY LAY IN BERTHS.
Ship Sinks So Quickly There
Was No Time to Get Boats
Away.
MANY SAVED FROM DEATH
Norwegian and British Boats Also
Collide During Fog, but All
Arc Rescued.
MANY SAVED FROM DEATH
Norwegian and British Boats Also
Collide During Fog, but All
Arc Rescued.

NN y Linn IL i'OltT, May l.-SiSty-
ono persons lost their lives when the
steamship City OF Athens. bound from,
New York for Savannah. was rammed
aud sunk by a French cruiser off the
Delaware coast at o'clock this morn
ing. The missing include ten men and
two women who were passengers, seven
out OF twcnty-four United States ra-
rines who we're On board, fourteen out
OF twenty French sailors and thirty
three members OF tho crew
All the passengers and many of tho
crew were in their berths when tho
DOW OF the warship plunged into the
side of the ",3o0-ton coaStwise vessel
FIRE broke out almost immediately az.
terwardS in hold No L. but il had
no bearing on the fate of the shin.
Tor the flames were quickly qucnched
by the rush OF water which nourcd in.
captain j. Forward one OF tho vet.
cram commanders in the service OF tho
ocean Steamship Company, owners OF
the vessel, did his best TO avert :;
panic and man the life boats. SO quick
ly did the doomed vessel sink, how
ever, that there was no time to get
the boats away and many of those
who persisted were trapped in their
bcrths. tssa.
Those OF the passengers and crew
VINO were able to reacn the deck. ali
OF them thinly clad and many without
ne p"c&erVerS. plunged into the sea.
Inc cruiser launched boats I'm
mediately after the crash and turned
its scarchlights upon the waters in
which men ana women were struggling
for their lives. Sixty-eight persons
were picked up and brought back to
this ror; b. the warship, which was
not seriously damaged
LIST or PERSONS RELIEVED
LOST IN THE COLLISION
The following passengers; arc believed
TO nave been lost; NJ Green. Astoria, n.
y; James j. kastl. Morristowu. ". j.;
Richard Bonzciner, Mobile. Ala: Miss
H. q. stiles, New York City: Jean Cad.
ron. New York City; Rev ]. r. Rev
nolds, New York City; Isaac nalzelI,
Paterson y. j.; Mrs. +. u. iIoltnc,
Hyde Park. Mass: Edward Clu-. s:.-
Nannah Ga: Cav Donk Erooklyn; r.
y. Young. Brooklyn.
The following United States marine.
were reported drowned: l. r. Dixon,
p. Van Hanegen, S. II. Tyngc. II. Ro-
sentcld. w. j. Mack. <. C;insberS. II. Il.
Wctmorc.
The known survivors among the pas
senSer:' are: Airs. Il. Harrison and ba-
by, Nc~ York City; DR.. A. j. Kemp,
New York City; Mrs. Richard Ron.
zeiner. Mobile. Ala; Alden McCiaskie,
New YORK City: Or. l.. l.. Brooks, At
ianta. Ca: Join Green. Paterson, y.
j.: j. =. OBren. IT. Savannah. Ga;
Mrs. Eta Levy Bridgeport. Conn: Mr..
and Mrs. C;ewah and child, Brcokly:i:
H. Mcmillan, Port Royal. ~ c.
Among the members Of the crew he
iicScC % have bran t-Ian6o
Lewis. second officer; Charles Cooke.
assistant engineer; James Poole. oier:
Nick SaimoS. water tender.
SEVENTEEN FRENCH SAILORS
RELIEVED CRUSHED 70 DEATH
Seventeen French sailors on their
way {" = southern shipyard are &c.
ported missing. They had quarters
in the Storage near where tho steei
Prov on the cruiser crashed through
The side o. the steamer. and il IS feared
they were crushed 10 death IN their
bunlis. ,,
Hoth ships were carrying running
lights because Of the heavy fog which
hung over the sea.
T.. J. Dohcrty. the wireless operator.
vas able to send out only one IS y.
: call after the warships bow
plunged into the City of Athens sids
near the now IhCrr was no response
to the appeal for aid. and the vessel
sank so quickly Dohcrty had no op.
por;uuity TO repca; the call. lie s
believed 10 have been drowned at his
post
Many heroic deeds were recountcd
Tonight by the survivors. One or th-~
heroes Of the seas tragedy was Harry
y. Kelley. OF New York, an oilcr. who
swan TO IN overturned !ifcboat AMI
dragged up on the bottom OF 1, four
persons who were struggling IN tho
sea. lie held them there until they
were taken off by a boat from the
French cruiser.
DIN HULK OF CRUISER
Looms u IN DARN
Captain Forward. who was one OF
those saved. VAS painfully injured.
and was srict.strickcn at the loss OF
his ship, lie said he was proceeding
at half speed. about twenty miles on
shore. sounding the usual FOG signals.
when the dim hulk Of the cruiser