Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-28
SAFE AFTER PERIL,
Steamship NoordIand ct the
Mercy of the Waves.
her SHAFT BAOKBN IN A TEMPEST.

Wild Panic Among the Passengers--The
Vessel BuGetcd by the Raging Seas and
Everything Coated With Ice-Rescue
Close at Hand, aforementioned Into
Port Amid the Cheers of the Saved
Meetings of Irishmen Condemn the Dub
lin Explosion-Arrest of a Suspect.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2S-The steamship
Noordland from New York was towed into
Queenstown harbor by the steamship Ohio
at { O'Clock last evening, All the passen-
gers were on deck waving hats and hand
kerchiefs and cheering. Anchor was
dropped and the passengers were removed
to shore by a tender. 1Au showed signs of
the anxiety which they had suffered; some
OF the elderly Storage passengers We're
hardly able to walk. Several women fell
on their knees and cried the moment they
were landed. The voyage of the Noordland
was tempestUous almost from the hour of
leaving Sandy Hook. The winds blew al
most hurricane, and the snip had much
difficulty@ making Roadway through the
waves. some Of the passengers were 50
apprehensive of danger that they could
not be induced to retire at night.
Inc NIlmaN OF Misfortune.
The waves tossed their icy foam on the
decks until the lower rigging was covered
with CONCEALED frosting and the deck itself
was like skating pond. The Noordland
labored along successfully until Thursday
evening. 1t was bitter cold and the pas
sengers were congratulating themselves on
gradually nearing the end of their stormy
west and longitude SOILS when at g:2O p. IN.
tremendous crash was heard and the
vessel quivered from end to end. Three
terrific blows resounded, one after the 9th
er, as If the vessel was being struck bv a
gigantic hammer, which indeed was the
fact. The fright Of some Of the pcCnIe
was pitiful TO behold. They rushed bjtber
and thither delaying the officers in their
efforts to get at the cause and extent Of the
disaster.
Passengers Panic Struck.
The engines raced furiouslv. while the
broken shaft, for that proved to be the
danger, seemed about TO crush the shin at
every conclusion. Water rushed into the
tube, menaciug the stokeh0ll and the
engine rooms, and the pauic-stlickeu pas
sengers thought for while that the vessel
was about to sink. Several minutes elapsed
before word was given for the engines TO
stop. The Noocaland lay helpless, tossed
by the gale, and as the water rushed in
there seemed imminent danger Of sinEfrn
The pumps were manned and put to work.
every man Of the crew being summoned to
duty. Fortweuty-four hours continuously
the pumps were kept at work and the
water prevented from gaining on the YES
sell
Had 400 Miles to Go.
At the time Of the accident the Noori-
land was 400 miles west Of Queenstown.
The crippled steamer was sighted by the
steamship Ohio, which left Philadelphia
on the same day that the Noordland left
New York, and needed assistance was at
once extended. The voyage to Queens
town in tow was attended by much diff
Guilty, and the continuous stormy weather
made it necessary to navigate with CAUTION.
but the Noordland arrived without further
accident. An examination showed thar
the fracture of the shaft was six feet III
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