New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Excursion Steamer Sinks
With All on Board i'm
Double Collision; Many
Saved From the Water
Rescue Ship Hits
Boat il, Dense Foe
Captain of Rowan and
II of Grew Lost: Y.
sci Founders i'm NEinusg
From The Tr'5u,,e's EuroDeag, H,,,-c,

Frorl The Tr'bune's Ei,roped7, BurcuE
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune. Inc.
LONDON, Oct. s. Sixteen persons
we're drowned and two fatally injured
e"rly this morning when the Laird Line
steamship Rowan, carrying an excur-
sion crowd from Glasgow to Dublin.
was wrecked by a double collision in
the Irish Sea off CorsewaN Point, near
the mouth Of The Clyde. In the dense
fog that hung along the coast, the
Rtwan had crashed into The United
States Shipping Board steamship West
Camak, of Portland, Ore The Rowan.
badly damaged and maneuvcring for
position, was suddenly cut down by The
liner Clan Malcolm, which had come
speeding TO the rescue in response to
wireless calls from the two damaged
vessels. The Rowan. struck amidships,
hank within B minute. The Clan Nal
colin and the West Camak were dam
aged only slightly.
The Rowan carried crew Of thirty
seven and a passenger list Of ffty-six.
When the first crash came there was r
frantic effort by sl aboard to escape.
But with the second smash came a
panic, for there WAS not time to lower
the liieboats and all tho passengers
and crew went down with the ship
The other TWO damaged craft stood
BY, and, aided by the British destroyer
w -
the 5 S calls, they succeeded in saw
ing many of the men and women strug.
Cling in tho water.
seventy y-soyen persons have been ac-
counted for, although two Of these
died, one of them lieutenant OF the
Royal Irish Constabulary Thirteen
members Of the crow and three passen-
gers were lost.
Tic Wrestler played her search
lights through he ios, assisting the
rescue york. Captain Brown, Of the
Rowan. native Of Glasgow. went down
with his ship. The West Canal. pro-
eeeded TO Glasgow with the survivors.
The only damage she had sustained
was hole in her how that filled the
forepcak with water
American Orchestra Aboard
BELFAST, Oct. 9 By The Associated
Press On board the Rowan was the
American Southern Syncopated Orches-
ira, composed largely OF colored play
ers, who had been touring this side Of
the water since 1919. One Of the men
who died after being taken out of the
sea was Pete Robinson, the drummer of
the orchestra,
The orchestra. which went to London
in June, 1919, gave performances there
and IN the vicinity until two months
ago, when it made a tour OF Scotland
There were originally thirty-eight
members, about fifteen Of them British
players.
The West Camak has put into Glas-
cow with twenty-six survivors. Can
tam Donald Brown, of Glasgow, Is re-
ported to have gone down with the
Rowan. Three other vessels also
answered the call and completed thc
WORK OF rescue as far az is was pos
sible. P'S
West Camail Sailed August IA
The West Cnmak, a vessel of 1861
IONS, sailed from Seattle on August IA
FOR London, She passed San Francisco
on September 4 and Cristobul c. =
on September 20.
The Clan Malcolm, British ship of
",NA tons, ia engaged in the African
trade. On her most recent trip she
lett Belra, Portuguese East Africa. on
July 10, reached Liverpool on Septem-
Der and the Clyde on September II.
The Rowan, evidently small local
coastwlsc ship, Us not listed in avail
able shipping registers