The sun., 1888-09-23
BRAND NEW OCEAN RECORD.
THE ETRURIA CROSSES THE ATLANTIC
M DArS, 4 HOUR, so MINUTEa
THIS is Five Minutes Ahrad OF Her Own
Hest Record, Made In june Last nnd -
Miuhr Have Been n Little 0uieker

This Is Five Minutes Ahrad OF Her Own
hest Record, Made In june Last and ~
Might Have Been y Little Quieker
The red-stackcd racer of the Atlantic. tho
Etruria. pride OF the Cunard line and fastest
ship that sails the deep arrived at her dock at
tho foot Of Clarkson street yesterday having
smashed the record OF ocean speed. She
brought SGT cabin passengers. They smiled
as thew stood on deck while their great boat
was being docked, they smiled as they came
down the gang plank. and they smiled Tor hours
afterwnrd as they told how their trip had been
the fastest that any shin had ever made In the
long stretch OF nearly 5000 miles from Queens
town to Sandy Hook.
The Etruria left Queenstown last Sunday.
Sept. l6, at "a z. A.. Dublin time. In the frst
day, ending Monday at noon, Capt. Cook. the
73-ycar- old commander. had covered 437 knots,
The weather was ilue and there wasn't much
wind. The second day the journey was 465
knots, and khe weather was about the Same 40
on the first. On tho third day the run was l56
knots During this day the weather was good.
but there was heavy westerly swell which
kept the ship back a little. Perhaps II the wind
hadn't been against her tho Etruria might
have added ten or fifteen knots to the l5G. The
next day was the fourth. and then the shin
leaped along 490 knots. Tho nth day sha
Utut foU huOis' w. Dotu tHoSo ua5S tuoN1
was moderate wind. with fair weather On
the night of the fifth day. from s.. to midnight,
there was heavy fog. that bothered the Cap
tain somewhat. The sixth and last dav the
run was 1855 knots. This brought the racer to
Sandy Hook Lightship at loa A. NJ. Yesterday.
1t Is between Queenstown and the Sandy
Hook llghtship that the racing line extenda
and IN the chronicles OF voyages It is the tinis
on the record. Hitherio the best time made
over this course was that OF tho trip OF the
Etrura herself last June Her time then was
days hour and 55 minutes Her time fof
the trip which ended yesterday morning wac
days hour 90 minutes, or lust five minutes
much ON long run OF thousands OF miles. but
1t was sufficient and the Etrurias 3 people are
immensely pleased that their own Etruria has
twice made such splendid journeys the two
fastest In the history of ocean travelling The
time on this trip would have, been half an hour
minutes about A. NJ. yesterday while waiting
around for q pilot As it was. she not only
beat the record between Queenstown and
Sandy Hook this time. but she brought her
passengers to the dock two hours earlier yes-
te5dsy than on any previous trip. 1t was jIst
sangplank to the pier. This Is something
that the Etrurians are proud Of.
Except for the fast time made the journey
was bare of event Every day the skies were
fair. The passengers were intensely interested
in the runs made. and almost every ono kept
the number OF miles traversed was fewer than
on the journey three months ago. That time
the Etruria left Queenstown on May 2T and ar
rived In New York on June 2. The comparative
record In knots Of that voyage and Of the one
Just ended Is day by day as follows: