Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-27

City, N. j., at 3 am. yesterday
occurred in only patchy haze
They said the Valchem had
been sighted both usually ant
by radar.
But a Santa Rosa lookout. Q
number Of passengers and sew.
eral injured crewmen of the
tanker said there was thick
fog in the collision area q
miles of the coast.
One Dead, Three Missing
Seventeen of the crew Of the
valchem were injured, in ad-
dition to one known dead and
three missing and presumed
dead. The Santa Rosa brought
the injured here and they were
taken to the United States
Public Health Service Hospital
on Staten Island.
None Of the 247 passengers
and 265 crewmen on the Santa
Rosa was injured when the
$25 million liner knitted into
the tanker.
Passengers praised the con-
duct Of the Santa Rosa'S crew
when the damaged liner docket
here last night, more than l;
hours late. They also said
there was no panic among the
passengers-most Of whom hat
been asleep-and they went tt
their lifeboat stations calmly
in response to q general alarm
Most donned lifelackets &C.
cording to instructions.
Passengers and crew thanked
their lucky stars that the
tanker was not loaded with
highly inflammable fuel oil
when hit.
T0wed TO Dock
The tanker was towed into I
Brooklyn dock today for inves'
tigation by authorities and ex.
tensive repairs.
Coast Guard officers and ON
Gals of the T. J. Stevenson Co.
managing agents for the tank
err. Immediately went aboard Il
| question crew members abou
the 3 am. crash of Atlanti.
City. N. j..
Reporters were not permitted
| to board the vessel.
Eighteen crewmen were
| aboard the tanker as 1t cam'
into port in tow by tugboat'
which brought it here from thu
collision scene some rs mile
to the south.
The Santa Rosa. whose bow
was damaged. moved under heI
own power today to a Bethle-
hem ship repair yard in Brook
Ilyn from a Hudson River piel
In Manhattan where she dockec
last night.
The liner was escorted BY
two tugboats on the trip dowr
the river and across the upper
bay to the Brooklyn yard
where the damage will be sur
veyed.
Grace Line Report
The Grace Line management
said that after the Valchen
had been sighted both visual!
and by radar, a plot had beer
tracked indicating that thu
valchem would pass safely to
the starboard (righD Of thu
Santa Rosa.
The Grace Line management
added in a statement:
1.-THE Valchem made a radica
course alteration to her star
board, making emergency step
necessary. Unfortunately. thest
steps which the Santa Ross
took were unsuccessful. The
navigation Of the Santa Ross
was at all times in full
accord with proper seaman
ship"
The Grace Line said thai
shortly before the Valchem wa
sighted, another vessel hat
been usually sighted S miles
away. The Valchem as wei
as the Santa Rosa had radar.
Area Passengers Listed
On the list Of passengers were
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Hoff-
berger of 4419 University street
University Park, Nd, who hac
not returned home this morn.
ing.
Also listed among the sur
vivors was Sister Eleanor, ad.
miniStrator of Providence Hos
pital, who was en- route back
to Washington from a trip tt
two missions in Bolivia. She wa,
expected to return to the hos
pital this afternoon.
Others on the Santa Ross
were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B
Holder Of 5000 Durbin road
Bethesda, who were on a two.
week vacation cruise. Mr.
Holder is vice president Of
ber-Greene Co., 7720 Wis.
consin avenue, Bethesda, which
manufactures large road con-
struction equipment. The Hold.
ers were expected to arrive II
Washington late today.
Those missing from thu
tanker were identified as Victor
Edward Mckay, jr., 81, a jun
ior engineer. of Harrington
Park, N. j.: Shirley Charles
Butler, a wiper, of Houston
Tex, and Joseph Angel Mora
a wiper, of New York.
The dead man was identified
as Ismael Joe Romo. IL, a fire
man, of Los Angeles.