The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-10
A CARELESS WATCH.
The Guion Steamer Arizona Crashes
Into an Iceberg.
TWO TERRIBLE SHOCKS.
Fifteen Knots an Hour in
Fair Weather.
WHO is RESPONSIBLE?
Three Hundred Lives Imperilled
by a Pot of Paint. .
FINDING HAVEN AT ST. JOHNS.
Three Seamen Bruised in the
Crumbling Forecastle.
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WHO is RESPONSIBLE?
Three Hundred Lives Imperilled
by Pot of Paint.
FINDING HAVEN AT ST. JOHNS.
Three Seamen Bruised in the
Crumbling Forecastle.
WHAT NIGHT HAVE BEEN
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[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ST. JOHNS, N. f., Nov. 8, 1879.
The steamship Arizona, Of the Guion line,
sailed from New York on the morning of Tues
day, November 4, having ON board 500 souls
all told-passengers and crew. She was the
pioneer ship of feet destined to compete in
fleetness and commodiousness with the White
Star line, and was 464 feet long, 46 feet in
breadth of beam and 81 feet in depth of hold.
She had gross tonnage of 5,4OO tons. Her
engines nominally were of 1,20O horse power,
working up to 5000 Indicated; nor did her
performance belle her promises.
NEPrUN PRoPrTIoUs
The weather encountered on leaving New
York was most propitious and her first days
log showed that $50 miles had been traversed
The passengers were loud in their praise of
her feetncss and stability, and every one on
board prophesied that she would make the
quickest passage on record.
Among the passengers were Mr.. S. B. Guion,
the owner of the ship, his sister and two young
nicces, and it was held that their presence was
a double guarantee of the general safety. Mr..
J. Pierrepont Edwards, the British Vice Consul
at New York and his wife; Mr.. j. B. Colgate
tho banker, who figured in the Tilden income
tax law suit; Mr. James J. O'Kelly, the famous
Cuban correspondent of the NEW YORK
HrrpA o,S1 NJ r a.
lawyer, accompanied by his young son. These
with some seventy others, made up the list of
saloon passengers. Three hundred and sixty
three miles were made in the second days run,
aud the log of the third day showed the same
result.
ts IN THE TRACK OF ICEBERGs.
The Arizona was now we'll on the Banks Of
Newfoundland, and one day more would have
put her beyond their ice infested shore. Not
an 'hour's fog had been encountered, and even
the nights were clear. Under these circum-
manded, felt justified in running his ship at full
speed and average rate of fifteen miles an
hour was maintained ON the third day out The
wind, which had been favorable, chopped
round, and all sail was taken down. The fourth
day resembled its predecessors and brought us
bracing, enjoyable weather. Not threatening
sufficient to ripple the surface of the ocean.
The Arizona was behaving magnificently. She
rode the waves lilze.a swan and won words Of
warm applause from every creature aboard. If
ever ship promised to bear her living freight in
joyful triumph to u safe haven, the Arizona was
that ship. The fates, too, seemed propitious,
and men who had crossed tho Atlantic half
hundred times declared that never in all their
experience had they known such beautiful
weather.
POOLS on THE SHIPS SPEED.
Day after day the sea spread out placid as q
fairy lake, aud fair winds waited us toward tho
European Shore We wore then then in lati-
tude AZ degrees north and longitude SO de-
grees west. On board all was peaceful conf
dence and hope. After dinner ON Friday, no.
cording to their wont, the ladies sat in the
saloon and whilcd away the hours with gleeful
song, while number Of the gentlemen occu-
pied "Social Halp (the smoking room) and
amused Themselves selling pools on the run ut
auction As large number of the passengers
were buyers for American commercial houses
the latter p,stme was entered into with pccu.
liar zcst Mr. + O. Bcdell who had acted ma
auctioneer, had just completed his labors for
the night, and considerable amusement was
raised ut his expense owing to tho lowest num-
Der having been left ON his hands through his
efforts to oxtort a high price from % pool syndi-
prising gentlemen of speculative turn. The
auctioncer's voice was silent, and Mr. s. s. Ing
ham. Jr, of Bermuda, who acted rs secretary,
sat ut q table receiving the money Fifteen
pounds sterling had been paid in, and jibe and
joke were still being banded ut tho auctoncer's
expense.
TERRIBLE INTERRUPTION
Suddenly there was crash and the money
gathcrcr and his gold and silver were hurled on
tho loor. The jibing voices ceased and terror
seized Upon every soul. Half the occupants of
the room were sprawling tho. floor and the
rest were rushing from the place with blanchcd
faces and papitating hearts The crash was
terrific, and as tho stout hull of tie magnifi-
cont ship trcmbled from tho shock the boldest