Destroyer Beale Laid Up.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 5, 1912:
Hole Torn in Bow of Torpedo Boat in Collision with Barge.
    PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.— The new torpedo boat destroyer Beale, while proceeding down the Delaware River last night, struck a barge and tore a large hole in her bow.
    The collision occurred near New Castle, Del., about thirty miles below this city. The hole torn in the ship measures about twenty feet by ten. The Beale was in command of Lieut. Parker. Most of the crew were asleep, but the shock of the collision awoke all on board. None of the crew was injured.
    As quickly as possible after the collision the water-tight compartments were closed, and the Government tug Samoset was summoned. The Beale was towed back to the Navy Yard here, arriving today. Preparations were immediately made for an examination and the destroyer was placed in dry dock.
    Besides the great hole in her bow the Beale's forward engine was damaged.
    The destroyer is said to have been making fifteen knots an hour when the collision occurred. Lieut. Parker was in his cabin at the time, and it is declared the navigator on the bridge could not see the barge, which, it was said at the Navy Yard to-day, did not show any lights.
    The Beale was recently turned over to the Government, having been built in this city. On her official trial trip she made thirty-three and one-quarter miles an hour. She was to have taken part in manoeuvres at Newport, and was then to proceed to New York for the naval review.