Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
CRUISER SPEEDING
WHEN SHIP WAS HIT
Statement Regarding the
Ramming of City Of Athens.
List of Dead.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, May Sine
steamship City Of Athens had aboard
and in working order almost twice
her required complement of lifeboats
when she was rammed and sunk by q
French cruiser OF the Delaware coast
early Wednesday morning, according
to L. Collins, superintendent of the
Ocean steamship Company. The vessel
carried nine boats. accommodating 242
persons, he declared, and there were
135 on board. sixty-nine of whom were
lost.
The company's investigation. Mr.. Col
Inns said, showed that the liners run
ming lights were on. but there was
no deck and cabin illumination when
the crash occurred. The French cruiser
he stated, showed only running isnts.
Capt Forward vas on t,r, ~a af I'M IN c aIe
iision He had retired earlier in the
evening, with instructions that he be
called in case of fog. The first omcer
summoned him on deck shortly AFTER
duty when the warship appeared
through a heavy fog about l am. and
tore its way into the side of the liner.
c. B. Smith, general counsel for the
steamship company, took the testimony
of Capt Forward and the officers OF
the City Of Athens. Their stories. Mr..
smith said, bore out the original re-
piorts of the accident in general way.
Can't. Forward, the lawyer asserted,
declared that the cruiser was going At
ger ship. The latter rolled over SO
far under the impact OF the blow ana
the rush Of water into her hold, that
systematic rescue work was Impossible.
Revised List Of the Dead.
Mr.. Collins gave out q revised list OF
dead. showing that thirty.seven pat
went down with the liner. three
passengers and this same number OF
the crew were picked up by boats low
cred from tho French warship.
out the following revised list Of per.
sons lost:
Civilian passsngers-Richard Bod
ziner. Mobile. Ala; Jean Cadron, New
York city; Edward clug. savannah
A. w. Denk. Brooklyn. N: Y; Alice
Gewehr. Brooklyn. N. Y; Mrs. r. p.
Hoithan. Hyde Park. Mass James J.
Kastl. Morristown. n. J.: ID. H. McMil-
Ian Pert Royal %ya s. s;tC c. Key :. sf KEY
New York city; r. A. Young. BROOKLYN.
N. Y: B. ]. Graham, Brooklyn. N: r.;
N. w. Lille. Brooklyn, Y. T.. and Miss
g. Looper, New York city.
CnIIeQ SIAteS MATtHCS~EIdhN
Dixon (Buffalo contingent. s. Gins
berg. New York; W. J. Mack. Long
Island city; H. RoseRfeld, Brooklyn.
N Y; Stephen H. Tying. jr:. Garden
City; p. Van flanagan buffalo conttn-
CENT?, H. Z. Wetmore buffalo contin-
CENT? and r. F. McDonough, Montclair.
N. j.
French sailors-F. Droval, Y. Mario.
H. Cormereux. r. Rinquin. ]. Grievance.
]. Pizeu, H Ne Nours. H. Boucharl. A.
Jegon, l.. liter, ]. LIE Reste, E. Carmes,
Y. Heroff and Y. Michel.
Oficers and crew-Clau.ie Lewis, hrst
officer: A. c. Cook, third assistant en-
gineer; F. J. Doherty. wireless oper-
ator: H. Perez. quartermaster; ]. Mum
da, quartermaster; o. Burnaam, boat.
swain: William Pickett, second stew
ard: Mrs. j. Candolic, stswardess. and
6. Brown. mess boy.
Sailors-E. Fortensen, N. Valmss, J.
Pope. F. Aston. T. Shoulders, c.. An
derson. A. McKenry, G. logan. J. Fran
els, ]. Pincorey, j. Brown. e. Miller,
r. Jenkins. William Johnston, William
Fisher. P. Munroe. H. Brown, William
Kelly. w. J. Middleton, c. Bfathwaite,
William Walker, A. Dilworlt and r.
Jones.