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Show SENT TO BOTTOM OF THE SEA Hamburg American Liner Co'lidea With British Steamer and Sinks, But Passengers Are Saved. New York--The 1 Inmhurg American liner Alleghetiey, which left here Thursday for Central America and the West Indies, t-ank seventy five miles east-northeast of Cape Henry, off the Virginia coast, after a collision with the British steamer pomaron Friday. The Pomaron, with passengers passen-gers and crew of the Allegheney on board and convoyed by the revenue cutter Onomlalga, la making for port. The Pomaron's bow was badly stove In. but the wireless advices were that she was apparently holding well through a moderate sea, with a strong northwesterly breeze blowing. The revenue cutter Ouondalga hastened hast-ened to "the scene of the collision In response to wlreles t alis and she reported re-ported thtt she had "picked up" the Pomaron twenty-live miles east-south-eaat of Hog island light and was convoying con-voying her Into the Virginia capes. |