New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-13
AGROUND IN THE LOWER BAY.

A SLIGHT MISIIAP TO THE SERVIA.
SIX HOURS DELAY CAUSED BY DESIRE TO REACH
THE CITY EARLY-No DAMAGE CAUSED.
The steamship Servia, of the Cunard Line, was
aground nearly six hours yesterday on the south
west spit, near Sandy Hook. She left llYeIp0oi on
June t. aud had made a good passage. suffering only
a slight delay on sunday night because OF tog
winch compelled Der to slAcken speed. shortly be-
fore . a. IN yesterday she reached Sandy Hook,
and though the tide had been running
out for three hours she attempted to
come mp 10 the Quarantine, so as TO be IN her dock
10y $50 IN. She in the hands OF an ex
pcrepccd pilot her captain says, hut she grounded
on the Spit and though three tugs worked al her
for long time they were unable TO pun hef on enc
was compelled to wait until the tlde turned. ana
was no. kOated off until after o'clock. meanwhile
the customs officers went Oh board ana TOOK the
declarations OF the passengers SO as 10 save then s
much time as possible.
was greatly concerned about tae uilshap, siight as
IT was, ami offered TO send steamboat 10 take on
the Storage passengers and their baggage III order
u tighten the snip. but IL was hhaly deterIhiEed
TO wait for the incoming tide At 0 o'clock
out having suffered the slightest damage
aud with her paSsengers-325 cabin and
$50 steerage-ln the best OF humor' ihHse
TO whom the delay had brought the greatest dls7
cOuioTt the friends OF passengers, VINO waited
for hours the per at the foot of WaIts-sI
After the Scrvia had reacbed her dock TRIBUNE
reporter ind urcd of Captain Cook the cause OF the
grounding. q" We went aground in the shallowest
pace IN the harbor," he SAID; IL was not on the
little too late the tide. Several deep ships have
taken the ground there before" -
How much were you drawing, Captain T.
Twenty -four feeC ana SIX inches.
"Were you IL the channel =
We were. We got the nose between 8 and
8 O'Clock ana oil again at about z. That's All mat
] can toll you about H." ~
Did any harm como to your vessel "
Not the slightest"
" Who was your plOtT
&c don't remember his name but he was q good
man. | have hau him before and Will have nun
again No blame attaches to him."
Then the fault was not with you or the pilot,
but with the haibOrW
That's IT, precisely. There wasn't water enough,
OF wouldn't have gone aground
Most of these answers were accompanied Ivy "a
merry twinkle IN the captains eyes and knowing
wink. They did not meet the objections Of Wise
sediaiing men, who said that if the ship had kept
within the channel she might have drawn ten feet
more of water and not grounded after
| she had crossed the bar said one Of them ::
- The SeryIa Is tho largest ship that comes
into THE port; she is Of 800 tons gross measure
ment. Like all of these worry big SHIPS, she Is I'M
WIelJy and because of thus she got the nose Of
| the channel"
Among the S-rviAS passengers were: Professor A.
Graham Bell. wife ami two children August Bel
| Iuunt, jr, wiz and mothcr cX-Secret..ry Of the
| Navy A. l.. Boria John Crosby Brown, wife and
| family; 4. lie CordOvA, Lieutenant Luigi LOrmla,
United States Army wife, and two children JOHN
| v. Mackay ana Miss MAckay; T.. u. Morgan and
Mrs. Morgan Sir T.. j. Reed, VI. F., and john Jay
| White, w1e aud family.