THE ORMUZ-ISMAILIA COLLISION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 9031, 24 December 1900, Page 1

THE ORMUZ-ISMAILIA COLLISION.

|ppj;^S>:: a;serious accident. Safest' '~^ c -coniaidn. between the Ormuz and i^^S^l^^^'bffirQue^nscliff, turns out to be | than.the first messages sho.r-te^i%^eiv,>-.Thel)ows of. both vessels are injured, haying;had her stem fairly g^KKr^; ki£ocked!ioTind to the starboard side above deck. There is -a ? knocked, dean throngh the plat-. is;*'; great gaping opening fe:%.~S§ TalßdprmSHiß starboard side of the stem. |^i?^-tTOe;i;sJ»rl)oard->.bow 1.. of. the fanailia,' is S^pi^..torn.i^,tiiß water-line,.while the ffi^^^o^£a^g^u<C.inßmrdeck are covered with and splintered 5/:i3MK^.'^,-!A6ga^"ing'- hole through whichsix could be driven, yawnu : :theaa?Hpr;stock, the flukes of which &^^b;a^b^^Mt }j oß;By!Tfcfie impact, of the two The anchor's position nothing could have prei^7si;s?^^i|eJ'iieaiier's .bows being cut off. Svii^iltThQ'finjun&i'.to, the Ormuz, ■ as before |g|e^^dqgoJbelpw.; th>;water-line.. ■ jftatements of a pas--5 .seapg^r, 'it'^raeT. -j"tistT before the Ormuz eh£jt*.;£^;. twM^tJievilvip thaf^' almost'straight ahead, lights 'of the incomPJk: hii«*steaniei' l i 'aiidrtJie' starboard and port r^Aligii^Jfi'sh'o'wingJgTieen. and red.- The invisible after a S§* __ ®^gU>m6ntß,\ieaViDjg_'only the green light it**]! "^^l^SSfc'Sth'us. shoinng that the steamer '^^u^^^^^^fii^^.^f^'joosbrd^.bow^ towards tins ''fitory,. the' passenger "~" wsjEttdf^-^l^^flifln stariding - forwara -by ,tiio sbti6*§§wfieiS-:i''heard Cpaptain ■ Coad, I fmmiiims£?BlL6P'Emeriibn?, say,".'Why, llp^^in^siaignfetpwards ns.' I.did ]lnot:leaf:tlie'pilbi's reply.; We were going f jfatijii^ffi-^ieea^and very qnickly. afterywardsilfjlieaid; tie captain exclaim, .'Great i * Sliieav^£B?t!&e.;mum;:run into ns. Simul- *• the'- order,.' Full speed f anb?*as;"tEe\;briclge. bell.rang ttho Tf "':. the''^ vessel aC5t ft^Y&eil^ith'^tiierreyersed motion'of.tho &>■ t, fproWiofs;^itf'*:ffeiifc' TPf ts towered r the t* le^^^kKeaailighte/^urning briUiantiy, « •» faSSt^mng-Tat'-nijlikelthe'eyes.of. some SgwSSln^^riCfc^'en' came'the order, BeiMT.tti?"watejp-tight doors .- s£or^ar4.? IMgTß^^tfole^thing'seemed "so remark- | %We^flo^ißtte?ly;"inexpKcable; "that I ran tb'see if *6ur Ughts \ iiwereSbfeiiijg:--- Yesfthere was. our red * j;;.and. yet' beariDg j, -^gj^^-^g ~afsteamer, 'as. though 1 It's all'over in a unfite;J& ife&piintinueg ;;" that is .■ the r» p^n*saitidn:'".'of !'a .collision—the ■ feeling l»^6^awl|gouig;^t6...the;bQttom within a^efßTwe^C'aicrasb; and a-greaf lurch 10 itarrJoard!:that''Bent us reeling to tho 1 k^a^dHHett'iliereiwere'agrinding ,and a iiappi]ng~,of; platesand the- timber, and im feeVeni^jicklyrilurch of • 'the vesseL-i 11 TO^yaSjfnoV&JPfuißipn. The men.- were" *■ g rtiMrMi^bdatefeven; before the actual *■ i^^^pok%Bl^be,i.afnd ":in. ra ' couple j of,' u^Bs"evMyt£ingTwas'reidy 1-.-for -pac- * n fe^^le>v^'V«ie,:'ship.':'. Lifebelts-were «*• r 'e^lpn^Mdahe^cye^rStdodi to their. / iiUioM^ATierer^M'.littte of the dramatic ffieJiwh'ofe. ■ When V.a rlittle L jgcmSitiieJordep^or: ill hands' to go biJ pfftthe;-passengers, - including- ■* 1 J|die^BuWddj.iniiaiid'-wentto sleep."- --* TOSl^Ma^sfffii^fbyjTintil she: saw. * t out ;td Lthe ■ heads,"' and t feapi|th"eytf^t%:lsma|lia; went -into *l . i»r^ltWiß'tJa%ipyely. -night,*?perfectly *-*■ 1 sky. .There h * the twoW Ismailia * \» iM'aSS?lpr|lßlie': f got;;, cleared, ,and S t* ttt^pb'^sel|:|ho»&the. ■Ormuz/:got on.- --§ WI e^we'flrstlßighted. the Ismailiai no one v* In anw#iif^angra?.-! . -. showed 8 ieriport^light;juitiljsfter the' collision^'