New-York tribune., 1886-08-09
ARRIVAL OF THE WERRAS PASSENGERS.
WHAT HX-MINIsIER WINSTON AND AUsTlN CoRBIN.
WHAT tA-MINIsIEN ''''O-| 7'''
IR Say OF TIE ACCIDENT,

JR., SAY OF THE ACCIDENT
train load of thankful passengers from the
North German Lloyd steamer Vera arrived al the
Grand Central station YESTERDAY, before tnc CITY
arrived from Boston az G:15 o'clock. owing 10
general misunderstanding as 10 the h0dr 0i
ARRIVAL several hundred anxious friends
OF the rescued passengers. WHO bad Intended giving
them a welcome on their return arrived late, only
to find relatives and friends departed. Among
those who arrived were Mrs Bayard Taylor and
Miss Lillian Taylor Frederick ii. Winston, ex-Miu-
lister to, Persia; Austin C3rbin' IT, JGdge 1
joseph F. paly the DE- Rev NJ bcGasy Sny sSs. Ne
aIosEey' 1HSS Dr. A. Nj. Tuiiy, Charles Heidseck
DR. Coaceshal. il. C. Garwood Charles Douglass
ard solomon Rosenbrg. lhe PASSENGERS swaImed warmed
longer than travellers usually do after leaving n
coming trains for eave-takings were to be made.
Great cordIality apparent. the dangers Of the
long voyage having drawn the passengers OF the
Vera near together Praises were snowered upon
the officers of the steamer, and none gTumbed at
Tie delay TO which they had been put.
Ex.MInisfer Winston went directly 10 the Hoffman
House. where 1uBJ " rep ,rter saw hlm.
TO See am my eI55f Children. iY said he. and until
then won't talk oyer the causes
that led to my return. After that will be ready
to be interviewed TO any extent. was sick great
mari of the trip back, and have hardly recovered.
Iur THIBr > account published this morning con-
tains the entire story it was about i oc0ck on
something extraordinary had happened The sea
wa running high, ard a the steamer rose and fel
In lie blIlOWs the BOWS pDu1lUeu tremendously anu
the screw was al times out OF water. AS the pro-
pelier would slrIke the water again IT would make
a terrific noise. Ii was found that during one OF
tlesc moments tho blades of the propeller had
broken and the shaft been twisted. some of the
passengers thought we had struck a submerged
wreck bar tins vas dlsprovcd. The calm assurance
of the cautain and his officers allaycd the fear of
the passengers. That there was real danger was
unmistakable Tor no one knew whether or not the
Working of the broken and twisted shaft had
broken hole IN the bottom. Then we ran into a
dense fog and II was feared that We
might dIlt north for =, days. During a
Gft in the fog sighted the NcnetIan bound from
Liverpool TO Boston and she promptly answered
nur slrnnl of distress, and made fast haWScr
Ne then got along very we'll until August 4. when
the cable parted during a gale, but the break was
rcpaired aud we met with no further accidents.'
Sus.fc Corbln, ir., a nephew OF Aus in COrbin, is
s,aylng at the Murrav Hill Hotel. lie sad I'VE
Ind beautiful weather until the night before the
accident when the storm came up and we began
nInnp,np heavily. | was IN my berth over
thc engine room. when suddenly terrible
racket was kicked up. lhe engine sounded
wen, at lightning s2ced. because The resistance Of
,ta vrateT was removed. ] thought II would tear
a him 10 pieces Immediately the YES
sci swung round SIDE on III the
,rnucb, and then she pitched and rolled
for twentv-one houIs. They set sails but tins had
m INTO the wind or steady her The passengers
were :nuch alarmed. The ladies rushed out into
the CABIN IL their night dresses and pane was
threatened. when the Captain Gained thcir ieaiS
and restored order"
Judge Joseph +. DAILY was dIscharging the sad
duty of bringing home the body OF his wllc VINO
died suddenly III London on July q. He IS much
broken IN spirit. The funeral viii take place on
Wednesday at 10 a. Ill., at the church OF ~. vincent
Yerrer. The burial viii be at Calvary Cemeter'.