SINKING OF AN EXCURSION STEAMER.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 188, 15 August 1902, Page 3

SINKING OF AN EXCURSION STEAMER.

Sak Fnkxeisao, -Jaly 21. Ti* stowae? Priuroa of Hamburg, wttife IS* fsMscsisws, -was sank by the tag H*tts» en the Wtct Elbe this ' awrttinc, *»<! nhont 109 persons were im/mtmi. Tfefs Prinms was an excursion stwasuer from Braxtehade, Han- > pirwr, a»d among the passengers were tlw» Wmbcrs oC the Etibeek Male OfewaJ Society. Tbe Primus was cross - ittß Urn» river cbasnel near Blankencse, a»i according to Harasa witnesses the uKranaeftl *"»« mase too quick. The Priinns staracb the tag's enginertvm. The Rmnsa endeavored to drive »*ore% Twt the to*; proanded and the rwstis parted. The Prisons then sank. Ttew: -wit* a terrible panic, and the effort* made to save tbe passengers were fanpekws. Fortunately the steamer Dolpfeio »uiacc*3 to save sixty of those on ; board t&e simitins: steamer, other boats I aswKtinp. Some of the sarvirors give ! graphic a;fl©Ji»ts of the awfal saddenI nef? rf tbe disaster. A band was playj iaf and many were dancing on deck i wtjrti the ctkA of the collisioa came I Iffce a tbnodcrholt. The vessel gave a I great lurch, tie decks being at such an angle that it w»s impossible for the jwswnpws to fre**p tbeir feet- Those tee'trw scrambled to the companion miTs. Most of those bslow were dtnewned. Men fought for their own safety, regardless ot others. In the «*&£ of the confusion the boilers exploded, adding to tbe horrors ot the fsotmn, Many are said to have been iisjsrrai by flying1 yplintors of metal. \ Most of the PriiKßs's passengers would harp been sanosi by ropes thrown from the Hfcttsa, bad it not b«?n that be rore ' tfewe who seised the ropes could be hasted in they were polled from the , lines "by other persons strugcling in I the. water, and al! were drowned in the ; feidaoos coufawion. Captain Peterson, •of she T'riroas swam ashore aud pave ■ ti,iar&««f up to the antfabrities. Cap--1 faun Sachs ol the Hansa, also sur- :! reantercid* (. — ■