New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
THE ETRURIA FIRST.
.,rr pEATs THE CITY OF PARIS IN THE
RACE TO QUEENSTOWN.
TIME NEARLY sIN HOURS BETTER THAN
THAT OF THE INMAN L1NER-skN WE'RE
WEATHER ENCOu'NTERED on
WEATHER ENCOUNTER
TIE VOYAGE.

TIE VOYAGE.
london, Dec. 24.-The Cunad Line steamer h'ruii',
r.n,a,n Hams from New York December IL "iiNru
- Yinsole at so O'Clock this morning. heaVy
~. wos blowing and the steamer made no attempt
- oo at Queenstown. but proceeded direct LOT LlVcr-
pool. ...,o. CITY ~ Paris. CAPTAIN
r.t,rs from New-YOrk December IL Tor LNerpooi'
od Rrow Head at 10 a. M. NOTWITHSTANDING
y. beovv weather the City of Paris landed NUMBER
~ nor passengers and her mails at Queenstown Inc
~ossengers say that they experienced terIlhc weather
"" a., yovarc on Wednesday the City OF Paris
mad only 81 miles, and the loss on this day alone
,s almost sufficient to account for her deiea'' II Is
Viewed that another race under even condii ms
Gill have TO be held before the Eluria can DC a""rued
,ho polm for defeating the City OF IaTls'
considerable interest manifested here In the
~ rho Two ST amcr,. 1t known that as
ho,h l!f Ncw-York on the same day a race
,a result II was held In maritime circles mat
80 In the winter would be Il greater test % ue
,taaners' powers than one in ire summer WITH
uoo.h water and light winds are the lule' ~ WIS
h general opinion that the City OF IdrlS' WITH her
more poverfu engines and twin screws womb nav
u,,, urc,ty I'm beating the EtrJria, which Is much
~, ,do, shin and witch has single screw. II
&c NOT believed that Extraordinarily fast time would
- mode nv other vessel as incoming ships for several
- have reportel severe weather. but such weather
rcs thought 10 be favorable TO the Imam Ener.
According 10 the cable dispatches received mere tom
.aom.-s loft Ncw-Yorl at = o'clock on the afternoon
:, december L. The City Of Paris was slightly IN
Ae lead when she crossed the bar at the entrance Oh
~r Vow, uarbor The next heard of them was this
morning when a dispatch from the slghaI SUTTON III
Vnsale Head reported that the Etlllrla lad passed. ''
mint at ten minutes of 3. Later dispatch was re-
.dred from Brow Head. some distance 10 'he west
xar, OF Knsale Head reporting that the city oi irs
hod passed there at 10 me- about fOnr hours after
ouesrstoUn Uarbor the City OF Paris dropped her
snchors and not outstanding the storm raging sue
coded in getting her passengers and mails nboau Tie
tenders This will enable the passengers VINO 50
desire TO get into London before the passengers on
board the EtrliIia
The exuation felt by those whose interests centred
In the Etruria was somewhat dampened when the
,..s,Cers from the CITY OF Paris landed In Queens
tovn They explained the defeat OF the lnman Liner
hy stating that since Tuesday the steamer had not
heen able to keep up her usual speed NO lniorhla-
tlon was given 10 them on board the ship, but the
falling of in the distance logged day by day showed
that something was wrong with the machinery. The
claim that had this mishap to the engines not
occurred the CITY OF Paris could easily have beaten
her opponont The Etruria's time six DAYS, SIX
hours and twentysiX minutes While that OF the 'nF
0, Paris was six days, twelve hours ard tWenty-oh'
minutes. ~ ,,, .. ,. ,
thing 10 say about the steamers engines. IA@y pro,
iessed TO be ign rant % any accident ara Tou"''0
the log book which made no mention oi nhshAP.
The passengers say that the first night ON they saw
the Etrrrias licnls a,tcr Of them. me lch~ grew
larger and brighter a. he msht adNanc'H' HiL ',i,
showed that the Cunardor was gradually s3lMhE 81
them on sunday the City Of PrN was sun a i'.
but the Etruria was going throu-A ti' War' IiN.-
than the Lnman Liner and the distance beIWsch o.I
slowly lsscrne fns condition Of affairs ias,.o
began to appreciate truth Of the oid sayns. " a
stern cnqse long ,@c ~ n 'e2uen M tnflT on fc
City Of la-is began TO look serious. lAe S'fauH
pounding 81 her screws caus'c n'l 80 no bwv SOM
Ss a M I SS,noi nnh 2 fs fuS Mn ' Her ere
the Etruria began to waver The most intense ex-
element prevailed among them, and heavy bets wers
became interested and many wagcrs were made upon
the result Though the decks were uncomfortable they
under the Dee Of the d"ckhouscs and anXou>ly watched
the black Of he Etruria she and FOL, Int
all The tine coping nearer ana 3eaTfr' reo,
o,rcas ~ ber rIJ,l irt va snn, distance - envg,j
A crowd Of passengers deck watching her, when
suddenly she changed her course and hauled tn The
sCnaward. Much speculation was indnped in as TO
run showed that Captain Hahn, anew what i, he was
and then nothing cOuld DO o; hey is trail
Of black smoke lying along the horizon. Tn, soon
clssppeareo ard nothing NOR was seen OF AeI un,h
distance ahead Of tie CITY Of Paris.
Cy % Paris. the passengers all agreed that some
mishap befn them. ON Wednesday The steamer was
hove TO Tor ix hours ana when she wa, PIT On h ."r
six hours. The officers when questioned replied tina:
only pin had broken. The lOc Of IN" city 90 Pans
gives the following daily Rms 20 noon. December Is
3G4 miles December 10. 40: Dctemrr 20 440:
December u. 317 December -, 4G3, December %,
100, and December "a, 3iG.
The two ships were "Chiis;mas' ship. ruin by the
lines TO carry people TO Eagand in time for the ho
days. 1t expected that they would race, but 1t
was not expected that the EtITra woull win. They
sailed together on December L. Tie City Of Paris
about twcnty minutes ahead. and dropped her
pilot al ;O5 p H. The Etr1rla discharged her pilot
at 30 p. H.. and then the winter race began The
best eastward record i, held 10y the CITY Of Scw Yc:
Last August this Zig vessel made the trip nom New
York to Queenstown in i've days, nineteen hours ard
ffty-se minutes.
A EEUARKABLT REAL ESTdTE MARHLT