Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-28
A .P[R|L0US VOYAGE.
The NoordIand Crippled
in d-0Cean.
IN A PANIC.
Timely Appearance Of the Ohio Pre-
vents Further Disaster,

QUEESsrowN, Dec. 2s.-The steamship
harbor by the steamship Ohio at 7 o'clock
last evening. All the passengers were on
deck, waving hats and handkerchiefs and
cheering. The passengers were removed
TO shore by a tender. All showed signs OF
the anxiety they had suffered. Some Of
the elderly steerass passengers were
hardly able to walk Several women fell
on their knees and cried the moment they
were landed Frank Kotz, a first cabin
passenger, saysi
ION the night of the accident the ship
was rolling heavily and most Of the cabin
passengers were below, sick. Five or six
OF us were in the smoking room. Sud.
denly there was q terrific crash and we
were thrown from the seats into a heap
on the floor. The vibration OF the ship al
most shook us from our feet as we started
for the door. The captain soon informed
the terrified passenR ers that the
Main shaft Was Broken
but he and the officers tried to convinc 9
all that there was no danger. In a few
minutes we learned that the engineers, at
great risk to their lives, had found the
two stay plates and the plummer blocks
had smashed the gland Of the engine.
The bulkhead, however, bad been kept
tight
"The pas,enoers were inst becom,no
calmer when we saw the crew rushing
through the steerage carrying bedding,
mats and carpets to be stuffed into the
tunnel box. All knew then that water
was coming in. Nobody slept that night.
The ,ynman cot crvipy i, tba ,aHins anI
all were badly frightened. The vessel
rolled terribly, and with every roll cam
a tremendous thump as II a piece of the
shaft was loose and smashing things In
the hold. The sails had been spread, but
they did not steady the ship noticeably.
On that night the chances of life did not
seem more than two in five. The crew
worked heroically at the pumps for
twenty-four hours after the accident, and
the engineers were busy ut the shaft fix
ing plugs and trying to prevent further
influx of water. Eventually word was
sent out that the flow Of water had been
checked. Friday was uneventful.
AT o'clock on Saturday morning the
lookout yelled Light aheadp Everybody
turned out. She's . steamer' was the
next call
We All shook Hands and Cheered
and many ran about shouting for joy.
We all remained OIL deck the rest Of the
night, watching the Ohio's lights. At
daylight she stood by and passed haw-
ser At that time, as learned subse-
quently, our after peak was full of water,
aud despite their ex press'ons Of con fidence,
the officers of the ship were intensely
anxious.
THE Ohio began towing us very slowly
The strain caused by the heavy seas was
too great, however, and after five minutes
the hawser broke Before another hawser
could be passed, nine hours elapsed. The
second haws-r broke, as did also the third.
On Sunday other hawsers were hxed, aud
As the weather had improved in the mean
time, they held until we reached harbor"
The Ohio proceeded to Liverpool last
evening. Most Of the steerage passengers
who went ashore were taken back later
and will live aboard the Noordland until
orders are received from London as re-
CARDS their transport to Antwerp. Prob
ably the Noordland will be repaired tenn
porarily here and then will proceed to
Antwerp. where she will be comp lstely
overhauled