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34 THE CUNARD ETRURIA IN COLLISION. : -The Cunard liner Etruria, which should have sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday, Aug. 26, with over 650 American first and second cabin pas- sengers, had to be put back into dock because of having been in collision with one of the Mersey dock 'board hoppers. The accident was of a very serious nature and somewhat -remark- able. It appears that the Etruria was being brought up the river stern first to take up her anchorage opposite the landing stage before coming ETRURIA IN DRY' DOCK AFTER COLLISION. alongside in the afternoon to take her passengers on board. By some means or other she came into collision with the hopper which was crossing her stern, and both vessels became fast, the screw of the Etruria having pierced the port bow of the hopper. Besides, the impact was so great that -the steersman of the latter was knocked overboard and drowned. The screw of the Etruria being firmly held by the hopper, and her rudder being unworkable both vessels were out of control, and immediate help of tugs had to be requisitioned. For hours efforts were made to separate the vessels but hawsers snapped time af- ter time as if they had been but a piece of string. This remarkable tug of war lasted for about five hours until at last they were pulled asunder, and it was then seen what an enor- mous rent had been made in the hop- THE MarINE REVIEW per's port side. She rapidly filled and sank before efforts made to beach her. It was known that the Etruria had sustained some injury but the extent could not be ascertained accurately until she was drydocked, and further seeing that in any event an examination would be necessary before she could pro- ceed on her voyage, the Cunard man- agement decided to lay up 'the Etruria, and dispatch the Umbria in her place. It speaks well for the organization of the Cunard company that they were able: to do this by Friday, en- tailing only two days delay, during which the Umbria was victualled, coaled and generally got ready for conveying the 650 stranded passen- gers of the Etruria. While this work was being done the comfort of the passengers was thoughtfully attended to by the Cunard staff, and the best of accommodation found for them in the leading hotels in Liverpool. The passengers were embarked on the Umbria on Friday afternoon, Aug. 28, and the vessel sailed on the evening's tide. The damage to the Etruria is mainly to the rudder, which has been bent and torn. She is. be- ing repaired in dry dock, and will be ready to take the. Umbria's sailing from Liverpool on Sept. 9. RAT GUARDS. The Pacific coast was badly scared last spring by the discovery of. sev- eral cases of bubonic plague in San Francisco, and since then the health authorities have been exerting every effort to stamp out and prevent any - spreading of the malady. It is thought that the infection is carried about by could be. RAT GUARDS ON THE MOORING LINE. the harbor rats that stowaway on the ships plying from' port' to port. <A crusade, therefore, has been inaugurated against' these rats and the lines. of all steamers tying up to wharves are provided with rat guards, The accompanying photograph shows the rat guards on the lines of the steamship Tremont as she lay at the dock at Seattle. It is thought that if the rats can be prevented from climbing out the mooring ropes they will not be able to get aboard the ships and travel from port to port. As the photograph shows, the rat guard is simply a smooth, con- cave sheet iron cone, which is made in halves and lashed to the mooring rope. Its diameter is about 26 inches, The concave side faces the dock and effectually prevents a rat from climb- ing out the rope. All ships tying up to wharves at Pacific coast ports are required to provide their mooring lines with these rat guards. ad FALLS HOLLOW STAYBOLTS. The Falls Hollow Staybolt Co., Cuy- ahoga Falls, O., recently made a large shipment of Falls Hollow Staybolt iron to the Great Southern of Spain railroad; also to the Australian gov- ernment railways, Brisbane, Australia, the Payta-Piura railway, Payta, Peru, and the Western railway of Havana, Havana, Cuba.' The company also has;-one drand.. at. present: a. darge order for Falls Hollow iron for ship- ment to the Ferro Carril de Entre Rios railway of Argentine, and for the North Brabant German Railway | Co. of Gennep, Holland. The 10 lo- comotives recently ordered by the International & Great Northern rail- road from the American Locomotive Co., are to be equipped throughout with Falls Hollow bolts, as well as the six locomotives ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive Works by the Iowa Central railway, and one loco- motive ordered by the Mexican Cen- tral railway. A-new machine shop and foundry is under construction for the Gold- schmidt Thermit Co., of 90 West street, New York City. The building is to occupy a site 34 x 90 ft. in size, just back of their present factory in Jersey City, and it is to be fitted up for the purpose of handling to better advantage the extensive repair work which is now being carried on at these works. Traveling cranes will be provided, and no expense will be spared to make the building the most complete Thermit repair shop in the country. Special attention will be paid to the rapid execution of repair to electric motor cases, truck frames, cast steel gear wheels, crank shafts, and, in fact, any wrought iron. and steel sections not exceeding 2,000 Ibs. in weight.