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Show SHIPS COLLIDE, CREWSSAVED ST HEI JNS, Prey FeviT-UP The Italian motorshlp Feltr lay on th bottom of th Columbia river and tb S. 8. Edward Luekanbach waa beached for a while, her bow orushed. after a oolllslon In a tsr-riflc tsr-riflc gals today. AU hands wsrs savsd. Th 10,000-ton motorshlp was partly loaded with lumber and general gen-eral cargo and was bound downriver down-river for Puget sound and British Columbia porta. Tha Lucksnbach was bound for Portland. During Storm Tha wrack oocurred during a rain-born whole gala, whloh waa ripping In from the ocean, blow- lng la gusty, eyolonio thrusts. The ooUlsloa occurred about half way between Portland and tb sea. Th coast guard cutter Onondaga arrived ar-rived from Astoria. Ths 43 members mem-bers of th Feltr' crew were taken ta-ken ash or at Rainier by th tug Warrior. Th Luekanbach wa maneuvered maneu-vered to Cottonwood Island and tied cause of th oolllslon was not lmmedlatsly determined. Visibility Vis-ibility waa poor, however, la th heavy downpour, which wa blown almost horlsontsi by th gal. Boa for Live The ship apparently (truck with ttrriflo fore. Th 447-foot Feltr waa struck oa Its starboard aid near th No. a hatch. Th snglns room filled with water so fact tha crew ther had to rush for their live. Th vassal ooa tank la 30 feet of water. It was far anough out of th mala channel of ths river, however, a not to b an lm-i sediment to aaviaatlon. Both ship were la chargs of veteran vet-eran Columbia river pilot. Captain Cap-tain Oeorgs MoNeUy of th Luck-en Luck-en bach Hue' owa staff was la oharg of th Edward, and Captain Cap-tain Ik Turppa of Portland at th helm of th Feltr. Th upentruotur of th Feltr abov her promenade deck waa still out of water and then probably would have been a loee of Uf had not th Warrior removed th crew th wrack. |