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Show Meets Willi Accident (Hjie Approaching Port of . Bf Quensfown. BRIN08 HIS K. VESSEL INTO HARBOR ftf lie 775 Passengers In-jfll In-jfll and There Is No Sign Hff of Panic. KftSTOWX, May 21. The IRjino steamer Jvernlu ivlilcli left IBuMay 1 fr Qiiocnstorcn and Beol, struck Daunt rock at noon Kdariiig n -Tog us she was up-raMog up-raMog this port after an oventless fre5el is now rest inc: at anchor, the eastern bank of Ivinlocli K'.in tho inner harbor, with twen-Hieet twen-Hieet of water in her fore com-Kt, com-Kt, Previous reports that she i beached were erroneous. IsTo I"Tbo3rd the steamer was hurt, (first inown of tlic accident was le liner passed Roches Point at ft of Cork harbor, iorepart of the lvernia was (ep in tho water, her stern was ,tho air and sho had a danRor-iking danRor-iking list to starboard, meat hold of the liner and free ibove water showed what a nar-Kape nar-Kape the steamer had being ffhe side stood the strain well, feptaiu brought his damaged ves-into ves-into the inner harbor. Tho rs wero quickly landed, finer was within a mile of a ten-Mi ten-Mi was waiting to take off the firatingent of passengers when jock suddenly loomed up iu a 6jand before the vessel could .be !the ship struck, passengers wero at luncheon and '.rushed on deck. The ship hung locks for a short time and then off into deep water with a large t in her starboard bows through the water poured and threat-i threat-i flood Iho liner, lin Potter and his officers, how-rere how-rere prompt to close tho bulk-id bulk-id the inrush of water was con- fined to tho forward hold. The officers quickly reassured tho passengers of their safety and there was no sign of panic on board. The Ivornla finally was beached off While Gale, nol far from where she had anchored. BOSTON. May 24. Tho steamer lvernia, Capt. Thomas Potter, which sailed from Boston for Quccnstown and Liverpool on May 16 last, carried 775 passengers and a large cargo of froieht. The passengers are divided as follows: First class, 25; second class, 300; third class, 450, |