New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-15
THE ENGLAND AT HER PIER.
DELAY CAUSED BY BROKEN MACHINERY
CONNECTING RODS GAVE WAY AxD FOR MORE

CONNECTING RODS GAVE WAY AND FOR MORE
THAN NINE DAYS TIE SHIP WAS HELPLESS.
With racked and strnined engines. patched together
In the best way possible the lOrg overdue ana diS-
abled National Line steamship England dragged her
self YEARLY into the bay shortly after midnight yes
terdav after having been tossed about on the Az
hntic ocean since october 49, For almost ten diSS
she had been at tho mercy OF wind and seh' WIN
her engines totally disabled. while no one on ooa'u
conld rell whether they could ever be repaired WIN
the means ut hand. But one on board thou9n'
for an instant of doing anything else than STICKING
TO the vessel disabled not When her COMMANDER
captain A. F. Hceley. came ashore yesterday anu WITS
asked for his story. he said:
ctorv' There Is none We broke down of the
const. and II took nine days and fifteen hours to
repair damages. That's all. When we got her gong
again we brought her into port the best way VIZ
could. There's nothing more to tell"
There was nothing more to tell The weary wa'ch-
ing and waiting while the ship rolled IN the s"ci'S
Of the sea like log. and drfted miles ana hiits
belplesslv with the little Of trysail trylhg V""N
TO steady her the dismal work Of repairing IN" bohe
engines down In the dark well OF tho engine hold' he
dfsappontment and anxiety each day went BY ana
still the great engines lay inert and dead as II thev
were only confused mass Of iron inN throw"
nbout-these things were only In the nne OF u"'S
to the mon on the ship and nothing to speak about
while the ship lay crippled. with none hho"'"s
when she would get under way again. or even Mio"
Ing II were possible 20 repair damages nj all 0's
Messenger ships swept proudly within hall ana OIL
fer-d assistance. In every case 1t wns uech"'''
That ship was TO be brought into port without any
outside help and she brought In at last.
The England left London on october 10 Win
crew of about so men, some cattlemen ana ErS'
and valuable cargo board on october ~ sne
had come almost within sight OF the North American
coast being then about sYtyhve miles east OF SAD'e
Island when suddenly the engines stopped wor""S
After long Investigation, the engineer, walls io''na
that the trouble was occasloned by the breaking ot
r holts OF the connecting rods. and also that n
i,ud accident had happened 20 the condenser. NJ
FIRST IL was hoped that the damnge could be readily
repaired but, after many hours OF work. thc engineer
found that the engines were damaged 50 seriously
tha, II would be the hardest kind Of work to get the
hip under way again.
The hard and apparently hopeless task waN begun
nj once. Day and night, mcn lsbored III inc uArN
howell. Of the ship. trying TO patch mp the engines
sufficiently to get the ship under notion But the
tircuties I'm the way OF a successful completion "i
ther work were great. They were hamprcd on all
sides hy lack OF tools and room, and h"y hai 10
mako the necessary parts To take the place OF ID"
brokon ones them~elvcs. For nine DAYS and h'"eh
hour, they worked unceaslnsy. ana al iaSt 'h'N
,,er. rewarded. on November :. 10 miles OH SHDie
Isond The ship having drt"d that far to ihr eat
,,.r,i IN. engines wcrc started carefully. ana Win
nxi,u, apprehension. They worked only slowly but
,r n,,,er ode Of the storm belt which made II 20
,,ncomt rtahlo for all other craft The engineer
watched his patched up machinery dnY and nIhl' iS
~ If rcre A baby. and thanks TO his care the ship
nt lat reached p,rt safely, although only ht me
Of i'om lve 10 SIX R an hour M r, ra har and
'owcd her np to her pre-, ,o, ,,oy had suffered no
,,,d In, and that II not true. ms hnt been
r,.p,rtci that the provi,i"n' had run short