The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-12
SHIPS COLLIDE
IN THICK FOG
Three Damaged and One Sunk
from Mishaps Off New
York Harbor at
Night.
ALL OF CREW SAVED
Wireless Distress Calls Bring Prompt
Assistance to Transport Which
is Ramn,ed by Another
Vessel.
ALL OF CREW SAVED

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, June 12.-One ship
was sunk and three others damaged
in collisions in thick fog off New
York harbor during the night, ac-
cording to wireless messages re-
ceived here today.
The steamer Yankee, United
States shipping board vessel OF 2.l4S
tons went down after crashing INTO
the Italian steamer Argentina off
Fire Island. The Argentina was
damaged. She saved all hands from
the Yankee.
The $4,000 ton transport Graf Wal
dersee, a former neutrality-suspicious.
liner, was rammed by the shipping
board steamer Redondo off Sandy
Hook while outward bound from New
York to Brest. Her wireless distress
calls brought the transport Leviathan
and the Patricia to the rescue.
Most of those aboard the Graf Wal
dersee were transferred to the rat
ricia. Wireless messages received
this morning said the Patricia was
towing the Graf Waldersee toward
shoal water where she would be
beached.
The transport was reported In a
sinking condition, her engine and
fire rooms being flooded. A skeleton
crew remained on the Graf Walder-
see to handle her. There was no
report from the Redondo at the navy
radio station here and it was pre-
sumed she was coming into New
York without assistance.
Admiral Gleaves received a wireless
from Commander Carrick this morn.
ing saying the Graf Waldersee was
within nine miles of Long Beach but
that her condition was becoming
worse. Commander Carrick, who ap-
parently was still aboard the Graf
Waldersee, reported she was filling
rapidly despite her own pumps and
suction pumps of the two navy tugs
helping the Patricia to tow her.
Several army tugs were sent to
help beach the vessel on Long Beach.
Four hundred Of the steamers crew
ten navy officers and nine army Off
GERS had been transferred to the Pa
tricia.
The Redondo arrived in port un.
aided though her bow was stove in
Captain A. w. Street reported that
several of the Graf Waldersee crew
were injured when his ship collideo
with that vessel He said the fog was
SO thick he had no intimation Of the
other ships nearness until the crash
Being Towed to Shore.
LONG BEACH, N. Y, June 12-The
big liner Graf Waldersee low in the
water and evidently in sinking con.
dition came In sight Of Long Beach
shortly before II O'Clock this morning
H. tow OF the steamer Patricia and
naval tugs.
The Graf Waldersee, former Ham
burg American liner, now in Ameri
can transport service was rammed by
the cargo carrier Redondo in a thick
for off the coast last night. Her crew
Of 400. with 19 army and navy Off
GERS were transferred to the Patricia
which then took the transport in tow
and started for shore to beach her. A
skeleton crew remained to man the
pumps.
When word came that the Graf Wal
dersee had been sighted off Long
Beach summer visitors thronged the
beach and the board walk. and
climbed to the roof of the nava
steamer Nassau to see her Field
glasses were at premium.