The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-31
ALMOST A DISASTER.
Details Of the Accident to the
Great lnman Line
STEINER, THE CITY OF PARIS.
Drifting Aimlcssly About for Sixty
Hours In tho Ocean With Her
Living Freight and u BAD
Iicak.-Anxious Passengers.

| (ltHEENTnUAN NurN1, M Vka t.,
.."'s'oAS' WV, '".en oo.-lhe !hma
'.uo Steamer oi1y OIL f"fis, towed by tn
steamer Aldersgate, arrived at Queenf
town ut 4 O'Clock this morning. Tho ac
ciIent hv wbict ,ho C;,,, ~ NJ. ,.s
,,,ast',, VIZ" '"' IVY VI i"''o wa
u'saoaea occurred on tuesday and wa
caused by the breakage OF the low preBsur,
cylinder Of the starboar1 enc;nc the 0v
In, n;eees ~ ,,otaI t.,,..~ 10. '.,.. =.
.., Fl. ,:",s. y. o' 'o'e'nR VIZ pu'Anea'
'''o u'sao'ihs INC port engine. The
passengers became panicstricken wher
they found that tho ship was maxim.
water, and that there was possibility O.
tho vessel laundering.
The water, which flooded the engine
G;on'par!meht, was forced through the
,b!t.ion aSt,s inpes, ~hich. II ls alleged, the
e.s,neer curing the excitement had
";ISes.uu ;aa ,I.as Il, 10 shu,. inc starooard en-
s.ne M was shattelel almost TO pieces, the
polt engine rooms were filled with up.
nu; mufu u .,ooo tons o. water, and the port
vuEine wnii ,ns;i WIS en''rely useless. an went
,,,i No ''s"S ~ s"o -oeh,
Mnen' ~ o:3o p; NJ, while the steamer
mas soiEg ~ lull speed, the starboard
engine saddehiy collapsed aud the low
p.sssule n cyllnuer oroke, smashing the
iin!ee;lon i'':!s water pipe connexions and
nuIslipg Ing iron pnlxheaa dividing the
toi. H anu h!atDoa.d engines. Ihe metal
nf NV tha afounu ' IN al directions: A portion
u. LUG machinery smashed through the
steamers double bottom. The water
poured through the hole into the engine
rcoolns, c, compelling the engineers and
u'elnen 70 fush 10 the deck ior satety.
A BRAVE ENGINEER.
Terrible consequences would have an.
suod hrt inv ,ho h-,,,a- ~ A. s.s,
80 Wv ~. 'u' o,"'ety VI .ne seeonu
ene'neer' VINO, AZ the peril OF his life, en-
veloped as he was in Kissing steam, man.
aged to shut of the steam, thus saving
the machinery from total demolition.
which would have happened had the
engines continued working. He then
escaped unhurt. The passengers were
cers succeeIad ] Wv 'mu cap.n'a t, ane .n, o'
there was no DANGER ~ '1"'
The life boats were cleared in readiness
!of use anu the pumps were kept work.
ing. me steamer drlfted helplessly
unul Tue 26th instant, when the captain
sent Ciiie, oilicer Passon and six men
IN a ne boat TO get into the track Of
oLner me steamers IN the hope OF being
ape 70 intercept the City OF Chester or
lhe Adr!a,lc; The boat met the Adri.
ane, winch declined to take the City OF
iarl: III TOW. me Aldersgate now hove
N slSht ana offered to tow the City OF
taris anu the otler was accepted. The
is small steamer, unable to
Tow over iour or five Knots hourly, and
progress was slow until Saturday, when
tue ONO was sighted. She stood by
a nh'll pm, when tassnet Was sighted.
Two tugs were sent later: The water
Kept increasing In spite OF tho work Of
Tue pumps: An examination Is being
a1a mace py ulveIs. me accident occurred
@lo miles west Of tastnet.
WHAT TIE rAssESc ERs SAY.
Statements by passengers. which arc
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