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Show OLYMPIC I A COLLISION I Ship Carries 3,000 Per- H sons, Including 25 jH Millionaires iH Cowes, Sopt. 20. Tho Whlto Star :H line steamer Olympic, the -biggest pas- iH sengcr-carrylng vessel in service, was H in a collision with the British protect- M ed cruiser Hawko near Osborno bay, jH on the north side of the Isle of Wight, 1 this afternoon, and was so badly dam- ,H aged that her captain, E. J. Smith, ,fl beached her on a mud bank .in tho iH Cowes roadstead, Later she was re- H leased and started back for South- '1 hampton. ! Captain Smith Immediately after jM the accident signalled for assistance M to Portsmouth, from where tugs were M sont promptly to the scene. At the M same tlmo assurance was given that jl the passengers wero in no dangor. Tho Hawke -was damaged, but less ll seriously, and anchored- close by tho steamer until the 'Olympic, cleared of '1 the mud (bank, set out on her return M to Southhampton. Tho Hawko then H started southward under nor own M steam. The cruiser's boots wero M crumpled by the impacL and her jH plates torn to the water line. H Tho Olympic sailed' from South- H hampton at 11:25 o'clock, bound for H New York bj- way of Cherbourg and M Quecnst,own. She sailed -with the H largest list of first-class passengers IH that ever started across the Atlantic j in ono ship. The first-cabin passen- j gers numbered 742, twenty-four moro than her best previous record. Among them were between twenty and thirty M American millionaires, and something fl liko $250,000 had been paid in pas- H sage money. All told there were nearly 3000 persons on board. M In the collision, the Olympic was struck on the starboard quarter and a large hole was stove in. When the vessols separated after tho Impact, it was seen that the- Olympic was crip- plod and Captain Smith Immediately H ordered her beached. M |