New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-08
THE sERvIA TOwED IN.
o0 AND THE CHESTER BRING TO PORT
io' THE BIG STEAMER.
,n OMITTED SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SHE
'' w,s s1cHrED-ALL ON BOARD WELL.

~, cunard steamship Servia, which was IT,
t .s an Sunday last as being disabled and in tow
,Ss oil.tank steamship Chester. was signalied
'. yyre Island at Q o'clock yesterday morning
Va e.. vas then being lowed by the Chester ana
- tuss. the R. NJ Wet. Assistance. and Louis
ya,r.r and was making about four Knots an
~, Soon three tugs, namely, the @. E. Charts
II n Maiard, and c NJ, Lenox. came to her
.S,s,ance. and of ASS p. m, she passed oanoy
n.y. arriving at Quarantine at 80 p m. ohe
.nnhOred for the night of Robbins Reef Just
'.h 81 Bellows IIsland. The steamer William
y.t,her was at once sent down 20 her and orougn'
a tbe mails, which were put on board the OiV
" New-York, and on subsequent trip .re
Tlstcher brought about three hundred OF 'ne
S.ryias passengers ashore
Nm hoard the Servia little could be learned
c.0,aip button, her commander, refused to say
N~r,bnr. and the other officers of the vessel
,yioufd his example The following facts were
s..nea however. from the passengers Every
,bipr had gone well until p. M. on SATURDAY
.hn vessel then being 2lO miles east of SANDY
Hook. when suddenly there was slight vlorauoa
brough the vessel, and the screw stopped
trca' number Of the passengers were at dlnher'
"a sono NJ them left the table when they saw
,he captain leave his scat. There was, however
no manic The captain soon came back ana ooiu
,Ns passengers that the ship was disabled oup
cha, there was no danger. one woman idl"'eu'
hnt the rest. though disappointed. bore the auair
rbTosophieally Fer eleven and one'hah hours
lie Servia drifted about, until the Chester came
10 the rescue.
Al the time Of the accident the hrst assistant
engineer was in the engineered wheh nc hearu
an ominous break and saw that someUhlDg was
wrong with the machinery. He at once stopped
the engines and it was found that the hlgh-press-
ure crank-pin had been broken, and the only thing
10 do was TO wait for help from some passing
steamer
shortly after a. N. Sunday the Chester hove
;r sipbt. aud lust as the agreement had been made
NTH her 10 tow the Servia back 10 this city, the
wilson Line steamship Calico offere5 her assist
.rce hut il was declined At the time there
more three other steamers in sight. At the office
q. the Cunard Steamship Company it was learned
that the passengers would be sent TO their destina-
,ion as soon as possible on other steamers The
crank-uin which was broken was five feet long,
,1ventv-two inches in deameter, and weighed 1000
nounds, There is no spare pin in store, and the
company has teegraphed to England for new
one This will delay the vessel from ten days TO
a fortnight. Some of the passengers will be
transferred 20 the City Of New-York and Britannia
to-day. but these vessels are already crowded and
can carry few Of the Servia's delayed passengers
II is hoped, however, that by Saturday passage
for most of them will he obtained.
There was rumor last night that the shaft
would be detached from the high-pessure engine,
and that the vessel would cross the Atlantic with
only the two low-pressure ones, which would GER
tainly be the quickest way of getting the vessel
over to Europe The Servia will come up to her
pier early this morning.
Prince George of Greece is one Of the passengers
on the Servia who will not wait until the damaged
crank-pin is repaired, will wait to take passage
in one of the other Cunard steamers Early yes
terday afternoon Mr.. Greger, the Charge dAffaires
Of the Russian Legation, secured passage on the
City Of New-YorI for the Prince and his COM
panion Captain Lomen. This arrangement met
the entire appreciation of the Prince, who will be
transferred to the outgoing steamer from the
Seryia az the point where she is lying at anchor
three miles south of Liberty Island. About thirty
other passengers of the Seryia will also be taken
by the City of New-Hork.
Mr. Greger and Mr.. OlarovSky were the only
penonE. outside of the regular employees, who
wele permitted to go on the tug from the Cunard
pier for the Servia last evening. Mr.. Greger said
last evening that the Prince was on a leave of
absence, which had been granted by his father. |
The King is strict disciplinaran, and the Prince
wanted TO keep within the bounds of the time |
given 70 him. The trip with the Czarewitch |
to eastern Siberia had taken up great deal of |
the time allowed 1t was then a question of |
getting back to Copenhagen as soon as possible. |
trip across Siberia takes seven weeks, and was, |
Of course, out Of the question. trip across tho |
Pacific, the United States and the Atlantic takes |
only twenty-seven days. AS it was" Mr.. Greger |
continued, the Prince is now missing several en- |
in nd nul,- Iaxr siyaoI
enough now TO go directly to Copenhagen"
The Prince said last night that at the time the |
accident happened il was about o'clock, and |
the passengers were at dinner. He noticed that
the machinery stopped and that soon after some |
Of the passengers left the table. There was no
excitement and for a time he hardly knew that |
anything had happened. The Prince said it was
not uncustomary temporarily 70 stop the engines |
for the purpose of oiling or something Of that |
kind, and he was not alarmed. However, when |
he saw Captain Dutton leave his table and take
the deck the Prince said he learned for the first
time that the ship was disabled. Afterward he |
hrned that part Of the machinery had broken |
down
Captain Tolle, of the steamship Chester. was |
seen on board that vessel yesterday. and gave |
the following account of his share of the Servia
disaster. The Chester, he said left her pier about
o'clock on Saturday morning and nothing I'M
usual occurred until Sunday morning. At 1850, |
a. m. the Servia was seen about eight miles on |
the port bow and as She was flying the signal, H.
B. denotlng we want help" he bore down on |
the transatlantic liner. which was tossing about |
utterly helpless, in the choppy sea. AZ the time |
The wind was blowing freely from the westward. |
When sixty fathOms from the Servia, the Chester
stopped and at the same time boat was lowered |
ifom the Servia and in il Captain Tolle went on
board the Servia. BY Q o'clock. he and Captain
Douon, Of the Servia, had come to an agreement
ana he promised 10 do his best in towing back the
efNa TO this port. II nearly IL O'Clock
Deio1e two 3-inch hawsers were run from the
Ghes'er to the Servia and the towing was begun.
ihe vessels at this time were about 230 miles
eds' OF Sandy Hook, and the Chester was making