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Collision in Fos The Princess Victoria Sinks the Admiral Sampson and Both Claim That the Other Vessel Was Going at Full Speed OG of unprecedented density and length resulted on the early morn- ing of Aug. 26 in one of the most disastrous marine disasters in the recent Sound a number of years ago when the steamer Premier sunk the steamer Uma- tilla. Before the owners of the latter could seize the Premier, the latter was awakened and rescued. In view of the dense fog, the fact that it was in the early morning, about 5:45 and the fact that the Sampson sank almost instantly in extremely deep history... of . Puget Sound. In a collis- sion the Canadian Pacific express pas- senger liner Princess Victoria, bound from Vancouver, B. .C., to Seattle sank the American passenger and freight steam- ship Admiral Samp- son, bound from Seattle to points in Southwestern Alas- ka. The collision took place 20 miles from Seattle. Eleven lives were lost on the Admiral Sampson, three pas- sengers and _ eight members of the crew. The Admiral Sampson is a_ total loss with her cargo as she sank in water nearly 200 feet in depth and salvage is| impossible. Libel suits, which will probably result in hard fought liti-| gation in the courts, has already fol- lowed. The Pacific- Alaska Navigation Co., owners of the lost steamer, have libeled the Princess for. -- $670,000 - of which :$500,000 rep- resents the value of the Admiral Samp- son, $150,000 the value of her capacity cargo and the balance for baggage and miscellaneous expenses. The Canadian Pacific on the other hand has brought suit for $20,000 which is claimed will be the cost of repairing the Victoria. The latter vessel is still tied up in Seattle under the libel. Owing to the heavy amount asked by the owners of the Sampson, the bonding companies have hesitated about releasing the Victoria which might return to Canadian waters and not return in order to avoid the expensive litigation. Such a course was adopted on Puget STEAMER PRINCESS VICTORIA AFTER COLLISION WITH THE STEAMER ADMIRAL SAMPSON spirited away to. British Columbia waters where she has since remained in service having been renamed Char- mer. She has never come into Ameri- can waters since in order to service. Both sides claim that the other ves- sel was proceeding at full speed in the fog. The. Victoria struck the Sampson on the port side abreast the after. hatch and probably cut half way through the steel hull of the Sampson. The latter vessel sank in less than ten minutes, all of her 75 passengers but three being avoid water, the fact that so 'few lives were lost is pointed to as excellent evidence that splendid -- sea- manship The survivors were picked up by boats from both steamers. Capt: 2... S. Méore one of the _ oldest Alaska _ navigators and Chief Engineer 1A. -J. Noon, were among the victims. Capt. Moore could have been saved but he elected to go down. with his vessel. After cruising about the scene for several hours, the sVictotia'~ Ccafte~ 10 Seattle with the sur- vivors. As shown in the accompanying photograph she is seriously damaged. fA. great gash was Acut in her bow and it will be necessary f to rebuild her entire stem. In withdraw- ing from the Samp- son. the * Victorg carried away a por- tion of the Samp- son's hatch comming anda "part O71 tne hatch cover as the photograph shows. The Admiral Sampson was a fine, tast steamer, twin screws' with oil burning apparatus and thoroughly mod- em. She 'was built at the Cramp. yards in 1898 being of 1,337 tons net. She formerly plied out of New York in the West India fruit trade for the Ameri- can Mail Steamship Co. but was brought {his coast about four years. ago: After being overhauled, equipped with oil burning apparatus and remodeled at a cost of $150,000, she was placed on the route between Seattle and San Francisco and later transferred to the Alaska route by the Pacific-Alaska Navi- prevailed. a laa iat at alc ea