Show EHINS HARROW ESCAPE laptons Steam Yncht and U S Revenue Rev-enue Cutter Greslmm Collide New York Sept 2SSlr Thomas Lip tons steam yacht Erin narrowly escaped es-caped a serious accident today when Just after tho Shamrock and Columbia Colum-bia had rounded the turn tho United States revenue cutter Grcshnm collided col-lided with hor Both boats were doing patrol duty the I Gresham fit the hands of Thomas 1J Walker and the Erin for the day In charge of Lieut John Bodeker of the I I United States revenue cutter service In I starting to clear the course for tho homestretch I i home-stretch the Greaham apparently tried to cross the bows of tho Erin There I was evidently a misunderstanding of signals sig-nals by the Gresham and It was too late when at last she trlod to back out and tho Erin put on full steam ahead The revenue cutUr struck tho yacht a glancing blow on the port quarter some thirty or forty ear from the stern A plate was bent some paint rubbed oft and the rail bruised Inside I the athwart shlp dock beam was buckled When the Greaham came up to ask j what damage was done Sir Thomas from the bridge said through the megaphone I know you could not help It You aro tho last man in tho world to do such a thing Onl > let mo get to Sandy Hook and I dont care There Is not a cents worth of damage It Is all right Aboard in the cabin ho aald It was a narrow escape If tho Grcsham had struck ua amidships we would probably havo been sunk Commander Walker IH a special friend of mine and 1 know hoI ho-I much sorrier for what happened than I The Erins small boat was promptly manned and within a few seconds after tho crash men stood ready to lower away If necessary but fortunately It was not necessary as Sir Thomas himself announced an-nounced from tho birdge to his startled guests Its all right But provided no one was hurt I would lose a dozen MSrlns If necessary to lift the cup |