Show AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION WITH A BRITISH VESSEL liverpool march 7 the american lina steamer Wa esland captain affeld from liverpool march jtb for philadelphia and the british steamship liar conides mo captain from para for liverpool met in collision during a dense fog tonight oil holyhead Holy head wales the Wa esland sank her passengers thirty two cabin and eighty two steerage and crew were saved by the fifty three of the passengers and crew of the Wa esland arrived at liverpool on board the harmonizes Harmo at this morning they were received by the agents of the american line hero and were quartered at various hotels the collis ion occurred in a thick fog ht 1130 wednesday night when the Wa esland was about forty miles southwest of the idea struck the Wa esland amidships and there was a terrible shock most of alic Wa eslanda passengers had retired for the night perfect or and discipline prevailed the creyf ocho steamer rapidly turned out the passengers and succeeded in assuring them that their lives were safe the passengers were greatly influenced by tho coolness of the crew and obeyed instructions willingly and quickly alio lands boats were speedily got out and in less than half an hour the entire ships company had been transferred to the unfortunately tuna tely two lives were lost the dead arc a steerage passenger named dangerfield and a child named asio emmatt the daughter of a cabin passenger the sank in thirty five minutes after the collision the passengers and crew lost all their belongings the vessel carried no mails the pas sen gera unite in the highest praise of the behavior of captain affeld and his crew the is owned by tho international navigation company but flies belgian flag she regularly in tho american line service between philadelphia and liverpool touching at queens town each way formerly eho was known as the alussia the dimensions arc length feet breadth feet depth feet she is equipped with electricity and has triple expansion engines of indicated horsepower horse power |