1869 steamships collided and one sank

I found another clue to the ship my great great grandparents sailed from Norway to America on. : On the ocean the ship on which they traveled collided with another vessel, which split and sank. On the steam ship there was a wild excitement when people were afraid it also was damaged and would sink. Ole and Ingri stayed peacefully down in their room. One of their friends went down to them. There Ole sat giving a child food. What danger they were in. Ingri responded: "Wouldn’t you think it amusing if we now go to heaven, when we thought we were only going to America?" ------------- I searched the ship disaster section of this site and could not find an incident of a collision in 1869. The year is known for sure - does anyone know which ships collided and which sank - the other one was the one carrying my great great grandparents - they could have been under just about any name. Their names had many variations; Ole Thorston Simley; Ole Meiningen Simley; Ingri Meiningen Simley (also known as Inger or Ingrid) are probably the most commonly used.