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Show SHIPS COLLIDE IN FflfiEIHIERS THIRTEEN LIVES LOST WHEN STEAMER IS DAMAGED BY VE8. SEL OFF COAST OF SCOTLAND Damaged Vessel Goes to Bottom When Rammed by Liner Coming to Rescue Americans on Board Belfast Damaged by one vessel In a dense fOg off the southwest coast of Scotland ond then sunk by another coming to Its aid was the fnte enrly Sunday morning of the Lulrd line steamer Itowun, plying between Glasgow Glas-gow and Dublin. Thirteen of the Rowan's Ro-wan's crew and three passengers are mlsBing. Two passengers died after being rescued by vessels which res-ponded res-ponded to the wireless S. O. S. call. An official statement suys that the Rowan carried ninety-three persona, Including the crew, seventy-seven of whom nro accounted for by the four vessels which went to the itowun's assistance. Aboard the Rowan was tho American Ameri-can Southern Syncopated orchestra, composed largely of colored players, who had been touring this side of the wuter since 1010. One of the men who died after being taken out of the seu .was I'oto Robinson, Robin-son, the drummer of the orchestra. ' The accident was due to a double collision In the North channel off Corsewnll point. The Rowan first col-Hded col-Hded with the American steamer .Vest Oumak, both of them being damaged. The West Cnnmk stood by with fore-peak fore-peak full of water, meanwhile sending out wireless for aid. The Clan liner, Clan Malcolm, responded, but In the confusion due to the heavy fog run Into the disabled Rowan, which sunk Immediately. The West Cumnk helped in the rescue res-cue work, afterward putting Into Glasgow Glas-gow with twenty-six sun Ivors. Captain Cap-tain Donald Brown of Glasgow Is re-iwrted re-iwrted to have gono- down wIUi the Rowan. Three other vessels also an-swercd an-swercd the call and completed the work of rescue as far as wus possible. The Clan Malcolm, which rammed the Rowan amidships, wus Injured only slightly. The syncopated orchestra, which went to London In June, 1010, gave pcrfomanccs there and vicinity until two months ago, when they mudo a tour of Scotland. The passengers and crew of the Rowan numbered 140. Although detail's de-tail's are lacking, It Is known that scv-enty-threo of the number were rescued. |