Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — KILLED IN SHIPS CRASH. [ARTICLE]

KILLED IN SHIPS CRASH.

British Steamer Huddersfield and Nor* weginn Vessel Uto Collide. The British steamer Huddersfield, which'sailed from Antwerp for Grimsby, England, was in collision with the Norwegian steamer Uto. The Huddersfield is reported to have foundered. From fifteen to twenty of her passengers are said to have lost their lives. The crew was saved. It is said the passengers were mostly seamen returning to England. It is believed they were crushed in the collision. The bows of the Uto were damaged. It was ascertained later that twenty-two Austrian and Italian emigrants perished when the Huddersfield sank. A telegram from Grimsby says the Huddersfield carried twenty-nine emigrants and five other steerage passengers. Twenty of tiie emigrants are missing. Tlje remainder were taken ashore in boats with tiie crew of the Huddersfield.