Show CLUNG G TO RAILi RAIL i AND WENT DOWN I WITH VESSEL i Woman Became Frantic From Fear When Steamers Col Cot Collided Collided During Dur ng a Fog I I II FOUR LIVES LOST AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT FREIGHTER GEORGIC CRASHES PANAMA LINE STEAMER FINANCE OFF SANDY HOOK New Nev X York Nov No 26 GIn In the thick of or 1 a 1 fog off ofT Sandy Hook today the Georgie Georgic of the White State line rammed and am sunk the line lino steamer Finance outward bound with passengers The Finance went down within ten minutes carrying to their death three of ot the passengers and one of crew The rest of ot the passengers wh included e nineteen women and fourteen children C as well as others of ot the crew were res rescued rescued rescued cued by b the boats of f the Georgic The Th freighter was not damaged Of the passengers ers lost one ne was a awo wo woman woman man Miss Irene Campbell of Panama a i iwho who clung frantically to the rail of the tn sinking vessel v l and could not be per persuaded persuaded persuaded to release her hold nor were the themen themen themen men who manned the small boats a able aole Die forcibly to remove her She was sean scan clinging determinedly determined as the t vessel was Us engulfed William Todd third assistant en engineer engineer engineer jumped overboard and was lost When Then a roll of the passengers of or the Finance was called It was Charles H a eman or of I Panama and Henry Miller r a railroad conductor of Panama ha I and there is little doubt that tl they th were drowned Disaster During D ring Fog The disaster occurred in the time main channel off Sandy Sand Hook Hoole at S this tills morning while both vessels were grop groping gropIng ing hg their way through a fog fo that has held up maritime commerce commerce in local wa aa waters a aters for the past three days s The Finance had weighed anchor and was going down the Swash channel when Captain Mowbray who was w on the bridge heard the whistle of an ap tip approaching approaching liner The Finance was im mu imI I I mediately ordered astern and was wal walI I slowly backing when the Georgic Georgie In Inbound inbound i iI bound from Liverpool loomed out of II the fog og anti and su moment omen t later l ter crashed I Into Int the ITh and aud Just abaft t hi bf t Die th O ce e The tr r of i f the thet t freighter penetrated the side of o the th thI I Finance nearly nearl ten feet Passengers In ln Panic I Th Panama steamer heeled over Oer to ti I while men and women t any of whom had been en from froma I t I a sound mund sleep were thrown from their I j berths Hastily covering themselves j I j with they rushed in a 3 panic i ito to the main deck which was fast sink sinking sinkIng j jing i ing to the surface of f the water at r Many Inny of the passengers jumped overboard be before before before I fore they could be restrained by b tIlt the crew of or the injured steamer some not stopping even to provide themselves I with life preservers That more were W re not lost was due to the discipline of crew of the Finance and ami the prompt J and intelligent work of the sailors front froni I the Georgic Georgie Boats Quickly Lowered j Immediately after fter the accident t th 1 I freighter backed off and anchored her commander Captain Clark In the time I meantime having basing ordered the life lIe boats lowered Towered The boats of the Finance were also cut away as quickly as possible I Attention was first given to those who jumped overboard and a score or more I were picked up by the small boats To Ti TOI I add to the confusion a moment after the Impact there rs a an explosion of or an II I ammonia tank in the forward hold of the Finance and the fumes drove droe the j i i engineers and firemen to the decks deck j William Todd the third assistant en engineer engineer was partially overcome and I i staggered to the rail throwing himself i I overboard He was not seen again thain I Probably half haIr of the pa with I the crew stoop stood by b the ship awaiting I rescue and these th e were tere taken off ott with remarkable expedition When rhen It was wis believed that all had left the tile vessel esse I and the water had reached the rail Miss I Campbell was vas discovered holding tena tenaciously I to a post Appeals to her to throw herself herselt Into the water or allow herself to tc t be bc taken into a small boat failed Then two sailors the deck and seizing the woman one ne at arm struggled to force her from her position A bunt woman her strength seemed magnified by mad madness madness ness and neither reason rea on nor force coull coul I break brcak her hold The men abandoned her only in time to save themselves the I vessel sinking under antler their feet reet as they i Into a life boat The Finance had over oyer bags of mail i aboard Four elephants elephant In the hold j were undisturbed by br the he confusion I |