The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-28
NO NEWS OF TIL, UMBRIA.
4 GENERAL BELIEF THAT HER Nh
CHTNERY ~ DISABLED
Maybe the Gable VIII Bring the First It'd.
ings OF Her. or She May be LinpinE Thia
wny-3tS Passengers and Crew OF $50.

Maybe the Gable VIII Bring the First It'd
ings OF Her. or She May be LinpinE Thia
wny-8tS Passengers and n Crew OF $50.
LONDON. Dec. 27.-There Ia anxiety at Lloyd's
over the non-arrival In New York OF tho
Cunarder Cmbria. which sailed from Liver
pool on Dec II for Queenstown. sailing from
Queenstown for New York on Dec. TX Re-
insurinR has already commenced. The OIL
Gals OF tho Cunurd line say they have no doubt
that tho Umbria's delay is due to tho breaking
down OF hor engines. The rate OF reinsurance
paid on the Umbras cargo is ten guineas
premium.
Tho Umbria was due here Sunday. Upto2
o'clock this morning she had not been sighted
of Fire Island.
She is one OF the most regular OF tho trans
Atlantic feet. and is seldom delayed more
than few hours by the toughest weather.
While her lines and engine power make her
first In fleetncss OF all single screw boats her
build ia especially adRpted to enable her to
rido heavy seas and combat heud winds. Only
once before In her history has she been moro
than twelve hours behind her schedule time.
and thon hor machinery had broken down.
That was in heavy storm two years ago. and
even under those adverse circumstances she ar
rived on Tuesday afternoon only forty. eight
1t looks very much as II the fierce gales and
the tempestuous seas which have made ocean
paths perilous for the last week had again dis
Vernon N. Brown. tho American agent OF the
line. said yesterday afternoon that II she was
she lind met with sons accident to her ma
SS e%hTs i dsawGE'nK
her shalt broke lthe most probable accident
G p1nnFgy into as S5ss ss
chinery she would probably be a bic to hold her
own against the worst cyclone which has
II this il the accident which has happened.
s sr oSns 70 yn n
assistance. In what direction she would DO
towing in the la!ter case. is a meter q con.
Mckay. one OF ithe most responsible sea Cap
!ains on ihs Atlantic and ths /, second in
carried $40 passengers In ali, $50 Of whom nrs
in the cabin. rs n the sGsona cabin; Az and tho
sids Of the water sn &moPs tic o,TesTs are +
and Edward Bond: chief steward. Officers and
crew were all shipped IN Liverpool and no
record of their names is:kcpt at tho New York
There were many inquiries 2, at the office OF
dressed the utmost confidence IN the safety
she Is in, the highest degree seaworthy."
the highest waves and breasts the heaviest
gales with singular care and safety. She was
never h ont as late as Tuesday nit"rp3on PVT
that she is not perfectly safe She is PROBABLY
a sound and seuwortly ship like her tho
greatest danger-in fact. about tho only real
iss n iorrns ahead at iuli speed in the teeth
Capt Mckay has unquestionably greatly re-
In u Ia Ia do lnf fnr
safety and to save coal From nineteen knots
q more he has naturally droppsd t. twelve Or
saeTifcs q til,s. iie is nrobabIy now nesrins
pe5t at this snS speed aud that "ampS
"surnosinx that!, Ne has re. reduced his speed
rs You ask k the reporter
burns 800 tons a. day at Il, and l?'i knots.
sumption Of coal to 200 tons. At is knots $50
tons are consumed; while speed al II knots
ss Asn 100 Wien Sh' will If bioe se s
bria over in six days at full sneed " Il last her
more han eighteen, days Mt T. knots. There
even II she did not carry her usual additional
sunply for use in emergency
consoiinE mat. nature. The last ship can MAKE speed
and head gales she is no better than the SLOW
several days before tho Umbra are only Just
shn wheh et Ssr
pool after she did has come in yet. and east
bound ships sail course far south hh Of hers:
path. Cant; Mckay may have figured out the
nature md course of the storm and stored
il was tho opinion Of other steamship men
however. that nothing less than an accident
has oil tho canvas. necessary to koep her
steady. being bnrk-riggod. Dnt with broken
shaft or %ther arrangement q hsS maGGhinesy
side Of the Atlantic. Dorangem ents that could
be repaired might account Tor 4 delay OF Sew
The Umbria is the queen Of tho single. screw
Gny ess than ss lava
she has done ne TWICE; In august Of Thu year
pae th9 o
Is seconds. Her a Seriormsnces really entitle
though there are no ersst twin. liners
which have not beaten her best time.
mhs wSeH Ws sse ss e ea Se
yard at .Govsn on the Clyde. Her registered
gs is sI @ WIZ s Ssr ~ &
7:71s H the time 81 he. building her onssi nes
m MARI " ssBdsrs were
inches in diameter and the stroke was six feet.
After her first ITip tte pm6Tia steadily i'm i'm
single-scr0w contemporaries except her twin.
tho Eruria. whose performances have made
her cluse second.
Tho Cmbria has accommodations for 500
first class cabin passengers. Sheis known as
one OF the most com m oiious and comfortable
ships on the Atlantic pathway
About six years ago the umhria was con-
cernsd In collision with tho IBERIA. Capt.
McMickin. who then com manded the Umbria,
shin ahead at speed. In the. belief that that
were the safer course. The Umbria struck the
Iberia bow on and cut hertntwo without SUI
fering material damage.