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Show ANCHOR' UKER IS' SIMLY DAMAGED BY A HUGE ICEBERG Limps Into. Port With a ! Big Hole Stove in Her Bow. NEW YORK. Aug. T The Anchor line ataamer Columbia, which collided with an (cabers? on Auarust 2. reached New Tork Euniay from 3lsgow under licrown steam. Many varda of canvaa covered the hole mad In her bow by the Iceberg. Jut her officers said the damage was entirely en-tirely above the waterllne. The accl- dent occurred about 120 miles off Newfoundland. New-foundland. The Columbia's MS ea smart vers had luat sat down to dinner and because of tha heavy fog the Vessel's engine's had bean Btoooed. Unheralded by the custpmsrv drop In temperature, the Iceberg loomed up In front of the vessel almost at the moment of the collision. Ice Crashes on Deck. There was a crash aa-fhe sharp atsm cut Into the benr and tons! of Ice crashed down on the vassal's dfr. Captain Mitchell signalled full speed astern and tha liner barked awav hfore officers or crew could gat a view "m tha icy moun-taln moun-taln hey ad "Wnewtjwfajred.'- "' '"" 1 An Inventory of tha dam ears showed the bow stove In so badly that tbe liner was taklna water and the canvas accordingly ac-cordingly was roped across the splintered plates. The crew. In removing tha mass of ice forward, msde little headway until with their axes thev had apllt the 1 arrest pieces, weighing tons. Into manv sections. sec-tions. The passengers could not see the Iceberg Ice-berg through, the fo after the steamer backed awav, but thev heerd the waves breaking asrafnst Its base and heard their voices echo from Its walla. Damage Serere. Close examination of the Columbia at her dork Us night revealed greater damage dam-age than at first was reported. Her hold waa flooded with hundreds of tons of water, her bow plates were crumpled for fifteen feet, her port anchor waa torn away, and several persons s board were suffer! ns from Injuries. Among them were Mrs. Elisabeth Oclhle. an elderly woman, bound for her daughter's home In Pittsburg. Her leg waa broken when she waa hurled to the deck. Captain Mitchell explained that the vessel was stooped In the foe when he heard tha echo of hie fog horn from the berg. After the Impact he aald water poured into the forward hold to a depth of nine feet. The pumps were eat going, and tha craw waa out to work to stem the Inrush with eandbejca and other make-ehlfte. - Passengers and crew were In manv Instances In-stances thrown to the floor. Tom Murray, Mur-ray, the forecastle lookout, was burled under the ice which poured down upon the vessel's deck. When the. nhlpmates due: htm - out be waa aeneeleea. Tables In the dining saloon were ewent bars of the evening meal and etewarde were sent sprawling In the .general crash of crockery. PaaaangeTg St Table. Tha elghty-eirht first eabln passengers had hardly taated food when the ahlp atruck. There waa a momentary alienee after the erash of falling dlahea. which waa broken by a maa who arose ia bis aeat and snouted: - 'leer But Dr. David McCurdy, tha ahlp's ear-geon. ear-geon. 'CTted: "Keen your eeeta. stay where you ara; there le no daager.w - He bad lltu. need to exhort the pas-sense pas-sense rs, however, for there were no further symptoms of panic. Thev went to the deck to gain a view of tbe Iceberg. Ice-berg. Several of them aald It tosesred more thajv log feet above them, and waa a quarter of a mile In length. The fog prevented accurate estimate of Its extent, ex-tent, however. The vessel was than-1030 mllea from New Tork, but aa the pumps were controlling the water In the bold Captain Mitchell bold his ship to bsr course without summoning aid. The wireless ssnt word of the collision to the Columbla'a alater shin, the Fur-neesle, Fur-neesle, and tba meesaxe waa relayed to Glasgow and cabled, to New Tork. |