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Show I COLUSTON SINKS I U. S. DESTROYER One Dead, 15 Missing After Crash Off Pacific Coast of Panama I flu fil'Jl trSHINQTON, Fcli US.- A naval eonw. of Inquiry Into the sinking of l v I 1H lulled St;iios b sinner Wnolsov Jo i Ihs' steamer Steel Inventor off Han "'V ;.mn Saturday haa been ordered by Admiral Huph Rodman, commander- mrchlef of the Paplflc fleet. The court will sit at Balboa. Panama, dls-palohcn dls-palohcn lo the navy department t da Hald, and will Investigate every phesl of the collision that resulted In tli ' 'oss nf the IllM.ll Vrfl, III. .l.ltll .f orie enlisted man and the injury of several others. About fifteen mem- hors of the crew of the W'oolsey sllM were reported aa missing. Secretary anlels haK telegraphed AdiniraJ Kod- 1 man for a more i ompletp report of ' ! the detniis of iho accident I. K(, KSSl I ' N I H R i i WASlllNdT" .V. I'N-b. ?8. Ol?e ' naval enlisted nntn ip dead, flft eon are ; missing and two OT injured an tlv i . ... 1......-, S .... 1 the American destroyer Woolee and the Anirii.iii steamer Steel InVeiitor ! off the Pacific cost of Panama MAN Y ftESCl l I Tb- Wonlsey was out In two at the ' i after tank hy the collision and ssnl at i a. m. Saturday. l.i!- In tow of the destroyer Aaron Ward., which with : thedestroyiT Philip, have 112 of the !j! Wools. - survlvorta aboard, v i The collision was reported to the navy, department late Sunday by N-1-I mli'fil ltndman. commander of the I'a-; I'a-; ! . ifJc fled, to which thu Vools.:, j ! ouST'of the navy'l most modern do-Hlti'crs do-Hlti'crs w,i- attached ji The damage of th- Steel ln enter '!; . a -iitfht and Ho cuvialllcn oci iirre.1 atSMng her crew. She v. us reported iriuccedln to l'alhoa oonxoye.l by t thxTdestriiyer Huuhanan. I ldmii. I ltoilman'ii report ;ui.l Tom Sutiilfx Woodcock, first class cnirlne-man cnirlne-man was killed by the oolllslon and higpodv was placed on the Buchanan, i MM ) sv., T?te misslnt wen reported as fol-i..vrs: fol-i..vrs: T. Blakelv. fireman. tirM Floyd. i ' 'ofCengin. fireman, secpnd; i'oman i "itickis. blacksmith; John Joseph Qp4" i her. machinist tnalB, first; Qeorae .loitoph Xlbelio, Hren.an, second; Kl-iiort Kl-iiort Je?se Uatm fin num. first; i le,nr eorgo Han'Ock, eiiKineman. ! Skciimi. Vimcron PUiil !-.ui i r..-l:eOei". r..-l:eOei". firat. leo Not wardsty, fire-, man. third: llaroltl Heed, flrenutn.j laltiu t.iwen St. w art. fireman, third;' i Webb Stubblefleld. fireman. first; j 'ieorgc Elmor Wo liimar.. . le t rician. j i 1 o&9: Charles N, Yost, fireman, first, I arj Kmorson Dab " .ugh', fireman. I i eoini. He injured aboard ih- . i uiaer llir-mfngbam llir-mfngbam art B M. McC.iigo. wutei lender, ami . 0. Burnslde. W s si'i i l 1 1SS1 I Tlie collision. Admiral Rodman re-fuStjrd, re-fuStjrd, ocdurred thirtapn mllea j t -vveat of Coiba Island After th SVbol-i JB mov had been cut in two. the outer jet oajt of the uhku wa.-, flooded. The HII i"tioyer sank an an attempt was be-InC be-InC made to brinR be.- into a port.. : !l '"b report did nui .M.'.ulu ihe man-i ITl iierin which the m.s-.nr men w ere I 'r,L rjjl The Woo1k af . ommandeil by J ommanrter H. . Gearing, Jr Shi ;I:P bad a length of Slo fet, a breadth of '1'' 21teet and a normal dlnnlacement it f of -1 1 5 4 tons. Her speed was rated )J 3knota and her normal complement Jl1. w it 16 officers In., miu tl,MI is suil'l l l PANAMA, Keb. . ! Lrnjted Stall ir naval authoritlen i..re hav iked Ai torney for tlie canal aona. i. bring n :m2 I'bei action gaini the itoamer steel X Inrentor. whnli collided with the ilf I'aUeil States destroy, i Woolsey off lit I 'JI0a island Saturdav morning. The Jrt1 VYeelso:' san: almoal In.molln'c Ij -lfier the IUhIoii. and sixteen eafla ml r bulievtd t0 bai lecn drowni I when the sh.u weni down, or Killed 5 when the collision took place Capt4ln W. .;. 'Jhirncr of the Steel flU inyentor. asaerta the Upstrpyer col-,1 col-,1 llmd with hij ahip, atrilfing her on :he jiort side of her bpl Mtt Th. fJi.cl Inventor reached Panama jjj laft nltfht and ""antain Turned said wj be would recommend to the I'nlted 3 states Steel Product company, of M'j, -w York, owners of the ship, thai ,i jjf;' lllicl action be brought against the. i -J gtfjammehl The collision occurred I at 1:30 O'clock Saturday morning:, 13 li miles off Coiba island, whb h Is 120 ilvj; mlcs nort! of Panamo. |