New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
MICH RELIEF FELT IN THIS CITY.
,rRANGrMENTs DY THE coMrANY-THE OUTS
TON or sALvNGE-SoMF OF THE
pASSFNGTHS ON BOARD.

PAsSFNGEES oN BOARD.
4 oroa. weight was lifted oil tho minds OF
,,ap, pcoplc when news arrived hero yesterday
,,ornipg of the Spreo's safe arrival at Queens
,own Her agents here had been more anxious
than they liked e. admit. for, however sur" th'F
might be- Of the strength Of their vessels II Wa'
no lrht matter to think of big ship ilIled WIN
Messengers tumbling around helplcssly ont at
..a somewhere. without knowing where or III
what condition.
There was jubilation among the anxious friends
ard relatives Of the passengers OF In" SNIP ana
some of the waiting people cried with r'il'i anu
ioy when they were informed that the Hpr'" was
safe
The frs; cable dispatch which was received ov
the North German Lloyd agents here rcacne"
them at a. III. II was from ia" North "'rni'n
IIoyd Companv. Bremen, and read: spree re-
nortcl in tow oil Kinsalc' The next dlspatch
vas from Keller. Walthrm Il Co., the Southamp-
,or aocnts Of the line. and read The Sprees
sh,ft /. broken. and she has been towcd into
ouAenstown by the steamship Lake Huron.
IIovds propose sailing IIavsl." Then there came
, dspatch from the Bremen office, saving
U,vcl sails tomorrow, and will bring Spre"s
nosscnccrs and cargo At p. III. there came
n dispatch from Captain Williccrod, the com
mandcr Of the Spree. saying: AT GID a. M
November O. broke pinshaft Steamship Lahe
Huron towcd Spree TO Queenstown All wen Oh
board
In thc afternoon the North German Lloyd Com-
many issued circular announcing that Int
steamship Spree having been disabled ana t0W"o
into Queenstown. there will b. no SaillhH Iro"'
Now-Yorl, on December 6. Our irst sailing ,'o"'
vov,. .yor, for SOUTHAMPTON and Bremen will be
hv thc steamship Travc, on December l3, at
p. M"
Ono hundred and ffty cabin and 800 feerase
nasscngers had already been booked for the spree,
under the expectation that she would sail rom
here on Tuesday. The stecragc passengers WIN ne
sent OIL the steamship Dresden which VIII SAIL
from here on December g. The second cnoin pas
sonrcrs. numbering fifty. viii be sent on the
Travc. aud the first cabin passengers VIII pe sHnt
on the Travc, or they can have their passage money
refunded.
Mr. Schwab, of the North German Lloyd Com
many wos asked about the question of salvage
Inst night. and said that marine court probably
vouh have TO settle the question as 10 what
amount was due the Lake Huron for her assistance
n dppendcd much on the circumstances under
which aid was given, the length of time the Slp
was in tow etc. The Spree is valued at ~ ?oo,ooo
and her cargo was also worth large sum, how
much is not known here. When the steamship
Alaska broke down al sea, anu was M wv" -. ~.
nort by the steamship Lake Winnipeg, many years
nro when the Alaska the crack ship ol tne
ocean. the salvage awarded to the rescung steam
chin S25, 900.
Naor1;eneral o. O. Howard, commander Of
the Division of the Atlantic L. 5. Army, was
a passenger on the lucklcss ship; lie was wns to
have ecturcl on next Tuesday evening on frovi-
dcnccs in the Life of isabella" az the Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, Onc-hundred-and
fourth-st west of Colum bus-ave.. and his IRA
hility 70 do so has caused much regret ior the
Gcncral il a powerful and eloquent speaker
Amcng the other passengers are ". A. lal
Grosman. Professor TIaupt. Of BaItlm0rc Md.
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist W. Il. Mo9oy
Cleveland. Ohio: Mrs G. :. Benedict and daughter,
Of Philadelphia; Henry Blum. T.. r A. tiedlrr'
| DR. Sydney Kuh OF Chicago: Mrs NJ H. Merit
man, Of Boston: Court kcyserling, OF vienna; !;
! Countess Cueiehroc of Paris, and Rufus King
| end family. of Albany.