Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-14
THE DISABLED ANCHORIA.
Eighteen Days ut the Mercy Of wind
aud Wave.

A st. Johns On. F.I special of the l2th |
The officers Of the AnchOrla and SIR |
1,n,, OF the Anchor |
Ambrose shea, the agcus srn- |
line here, have decided TO Keep tne lh'S-, 4,
gers on board the steamer unlli an ''H
Gcnis have been made for sendihG NV" "
their destination. The accommodation on
The shin Is better than on shore, ana inc
market being abundantly supplied with |
meai. vegetables. fruit, &c at lower pr,ccs
than In England, they wilt ne tolcrlbly
well of during their stay. The steamer
Ethiopia leaves Glasgow to-day with
shaft for the Anchoria, and will problOly
arrive here about the 10Th. Then repairs
will be effected as expeditiously as possible,
and the ship will proceed TO New York.
The story Of the disaster as told by the
officers OF the Anchoria shows that The pas
sengers behaved very well. aud at no time
during the long period OF drifting on the
ocean was there anything like a panic.
The Anchoria left Glasgow Tor New YORK
on September 10Th and called at Neville,
which port she left the next day. The pas
sage from this time up TO the day OF the
aecident-tbe 22d-was fairly enjoyable
one for the period of equrnoctial gales, but
on the date mentioned the ship encountered
heavy head sea and strong breeze.
Her head pitched at times into the hol.
low OF the waves. aud her stern was lifted
high In toward the heavens. In these IN
teryas the propeller, meeting no resistance,
revolyed with a loud whirring sound ana
with increased velocity. IL was TO tins
unequal strain upon tue machinery thaI
the accident is attributed. The main shaft
broke OF trsnsvcrsely close 10 the engine,
swapping rs sharply ~ one would break =
pipestem. II happened about 800 miles OF
our east coast, or, precisely speaking, 10
latitude 50s 49,, longitude 500 A..
The weather was not 40 rough that many
passengers could not Keep the promenade
deck, and several OF them were thrown 10
the deck by the shock, though beyond q
few contusions they sustained no injuries,
nor did any Of the large number OF passen-
gels on board-4J0 all told, 81 oil
whom were in the sal00n-suiier any So
rIous mishsp from this time until
The moment the vessel was navlgated
kasely into this haibor. Immediately
sail was got on the vessel and her head
way was maintained. The chief engineer
and his staff then set TO work at once %
effect such repairs 10 the shaft as would en-
able the ship 20 be worked slowly under
steam. The abrupt nature OF the break
made this Job Of the greatest difficulty.
They were two weeks engaged at II. and
t,e wonder u, considering the cribbed and
confined hole Of place IN which they had
10 work. that II could be effected al all. II
"a regarded as good instance OF engineer
ing skin. Had the break occurred dis
nally, 30 as 10 leave lap, the joint could
have been done much more expeditiously
aud strongly.
While this was TRANSPORTING below the
shin during the fourteen days was being
sailed nearer and nearer the land, now
with .be Wind abesm standing straight In,
now with head bfeezes. lacking back and
forth. AZ one time she was carried over
% north Of her course, Der position having
been latitude go az, longitude S9' -.
Owing 10 the fact that she was s9iiing q
portberly route, AZ least two hun
lged usiles above the ordinsry track