DISASTER ON THE CLYDE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13449, 22 November 1907, Page 3

DISASTER ON THE CLYDE.

("Airdrie Adver-ther.") A disastrous coir.t.on, between Clyde steamers occurre.l off j;ist month. As a result ihe .Canii>bel'i*>wn steamship Kintvro was.- suilk, tli© thief engineer. .drowned, and the captain 'twas rescued from the water ill a■ state of unconsciousness. - 'llia other vessel involved . in ill?' collision was the>. new iteam^r. Maori,.- which has been built-by Denny and Co., Dumbarton, for the 'Union Steamship Company, of Xow Zealand. , V; / Jl,!ie Kintyre left Greenock about eleven o'clock to proceed to Cajnpbeltown ' with the' intention" of taking .up ; her ruii to Tarbsrt nerb morning. Sliei was in command of Captain M'Kfechme. The vessel wert, riown the Firtli under ea«v steam, and ' when off' Weinvss Point- lighted the new' turbine it.ea.mer Maori coming- up the Firth ait a li.'gh rate of speed. The Maori was built bv Messrs William l>enliv and Bros., Dumbarton, for the Union Company, of Xew Zealand, .and is a vessel of 3500 ions gross. Tli-j Kintyre had iu,t loimded T\ cim Point and was a 'sliCtf tlis'tance .above tlie p:©r when the Maori 'ian iD.to lier'-with i'-renfendcHis- 'forca The Kintyre . was struck a fearful blow on the starboard quarter just at the after . hatch. The turbine, era.--lied through her' 'side and stuck half way into the . o'her vessel. Through- the huge gash in the: Kintyre's side tons of water at once commenced to pour, and the doomed vessel began to settle down. The crew of the Kintyre had not time ito do aught but endeavour to save themselves. For a couple of minutes the two vessels regained locked together, and in the brief space'the crow of the .Iviiityie were able bv means Of ropes to scramble on board the! Maori. Captain M'Kcelinie remained'} on the bridge till 'the 1 a -1. and, a* his vessel sunk he was engulfed by (he wares. He, however, made- a biave struggleVfor life, and kept .afloat in tho waves until picked up. He was then unconscious, I having bejn a considerable time in the water, and' had to be .taken- ashore to' Wenuss Bay Hotel, where medical help was. obtained. Chief engineer Lennox rushed on deck when the collision occurred. He gave awarning shout, to the firemen in Ihe' stokehold as he made for the deck.. The steward and he rail up the companion way .together.-• The steward, was able to clutch a rope, and was dragged! on board tha Maori, but Lennox ran on ic> -the lwidge, and went down with the steamer. His .'.body was not afterwards steu, and it' i.s '.thought lie niufc't have -become entangled in some wreckage! \ Tlia Kintyre: s;.uik in about three mm-, utts after the collision, and went down in de>?p wa,tei\ The Maori backed oufc. a.j. the., oilier, vessel sank, and stood bv sto rentier any'' further a taiicc ie.jum. 1 ♦ Bf-ats jnitr off from . the river steamy ,it. Bay and from-• it:.steam -yacbt lying 1 at' anchor. 'I Ira steam, launch Shark, -which" was .acting aa tend er to • the. j\iiiori, : also went -to the , scene. The.'skips • per ; was t picked up, but, no'itrace of, -tlie. engineer could-be se>2ii. The crew ; were,! and' landed there, s

The Maori then proceeded to the Tail of the Bank. »It was found that .she had suttaued considerable damage her stem , being badly twisted, and her bow platens buckled. So far as can be ascertained she. is not making any "water, but the extent of her damage will not be-' pioprrly ascertained till .she lias been drydocked. .She left the Tail of (the Rank early in 'the afternoon and proceeded to Glasgow for this purpose. gsnnßsansaßissssßß&BßßM