Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31
Rejoicing Over the Arrival of the
Big Cunarder.
DETAILED NARRATIVE OF THE TRIP.
A Shipwreck That Was Character.
ized as Comfortable.
GALLIA's STRANGE CONDUCT.
ARRIVAL OF THE UMBIIA.
Experience Of Those Board the b
Cunarder Related.

Experience OF Those on board the Big
CunArder ReIst~d-
Nxw YORK. Dec. sI.-Ths long overdue I'm
hris of the Cunard line arrived Of the Bar at
3 80 an. TODAY. All we're reported we'll on
board After the reassuring news Of yesterday
much Of the apprehension regarding the steam
shin wss sllsyed. but as the last report Of her
Monday. when she was repairing her
shaft 81 the banks and four DAYS had gone
By without further news from her there WAS
considerable anxiety as TO the safety OF her
large list Of passengers.
message from the lookout ut Fire Island
announced that she had been sighted Q few
minutes after midnight and that she was pro-
ceeding slowly under her own steam toward
toward this port She arrived Of the bar in
company with the Britannia OF the White Star
line and an oil tank steamer. Both her escorts
l-ft her at the oater light ship and went up the
bsy at q rapid pace compared To the speed OF
the Cmbria She was stexming nine miles an hour.
The SLOW rate was maintained as a Precaution
against further damage to the shaft.
Capt Mckay had brought his tine steamship
and all on board safely through the terrific
gRle-. and a. his vessel entered the harbor he
was congratulated and thanked by many pas
-enger- who had waited up all night to see the
welcome lights OF New \ ork sgsin-
IL Is twelve DAYS and n half since the steamer
left Queenstown and the trip Is the longest on
record for a crack ocean racer. The Cmbria
proceeded slowly mp the bay BY the main chan
mel. burning her signals at Sandy Hook and
blowing her whistle IN response to glad sAlutes
Of tugs in the lower bay.
Nrw YORK Dec. 31.-The tug F. W. vosburg
having on board three Sun reporters. met ths
Unbria OF the Scotland light ship a, Sis
O'Clock this morning and received from Frank
Marshall White. former London correspondent
OF the Sun, who was one OF the Umbrias pas
s-ngers. the following account Of the accident
70 the ship and her experiences since II oc-
CURED. The Cunard steamer Umbris, Capt
Horario Mckay. arrived Of SANDY Hook at SIS
O'Clock this morning. seven DAYS behind time.
BREAK IN THE SHAFT.
fracture discovered in her shaft and
her machinery vas stopped south Of the hanks
Of Newfoundland at $50 on the afternoon of
Friday the 2Sd instant. After drifting for
twelve hours IN n storm she WAS towed seventy
FIVE miles by the Bohemia of the Hamburg
American line. but the cable that connected the
two steamers broken in a heavy gale on
Saturday Night and they lost track of each
other. After drifting for three days TO the
southeas: she started again with her own ma
ehinerv. which had been repaired under great
difficulties by Chief Engineer Tomlinson, and
came on in tne weather, at half speed, to her
destination.
the afternoon Of SATURDAY.. the 18th, carrying
i2l frst-elsss passengers, 12s in the second
class and l2l ia the sieersge. besides a crew Of
al men. comprising IS in the sailing depart
aelt. l2l in the engineers and I02 in the
stewards, and 295 sacks Of mail.
CSCsUALLr LARGE NAIL
she arrived al Queenstown about O'Clock
Sunday morning and waited for the Irish
mai" which bad left London at $40 o'clock
the evening before. and was brought 10 addi-
tional frst-class passengers and l.049 sacks of
letters. total Of l.344 sacks. making one Of
the largest mails that ever carried across
the Atlantic. condition due to the circum-
stance that the Umbria expected to arrive
in New York the day before Christmas.
Two tenders were required to bring the mails
from the wharf al Queenstown to the Umbria.
90 that she did not get away until 2 o clock
Sunday afternoon. That night u gale sprang
up. which increased in violence until Thursday,
IL being impossible for those passengers who
were able To leave their state rooms 20 60 upon
the deck. and the violent pitching and rolling
Of the steamer almost preventing sleep at night
syEE.oISG 500 MILES DAILY.
The JEibriss usual average per dsy 10 some
thing like 500 miles. AT Monday noon she was
4o5 miles from Queenstown; in the next twenty
four hours she made 40 miles but the next
days run was but $50. the day after 402. ard
"a.
Of me ship -aid on Friday that abe could not.
in all probability. land her passengers before
Christmas morning
NEWS OP The ACCIDENT.
The first intinatien the passengers had that
there had been an accident after dinner on
FRIDAY, although the engineer had been watch
ing the shaft With anxiety for forty-eight hours
and the mao hluery had twice been stopped dur
INK the previous night for an inspection of flaw
II the great steel casting. Daring dinner Friday
the steamer came 10 a stsndstill which caused
some speculation among the passengers. though
o. the weather rough il was not at once
perceived that the machinery Was not in
motion. About 81 O'Clock in the evening as
tie men in the smoking room lighting
their cigars, sitting over their coffee or draw
ing rP their chairs TO the poker tables. Capt
Mckay came IN
''tientiemeu." he said calmly, addressing the
entire room. Il am very sOrry to inform You
that se have broken shaft and hail be I'M
able 70 proceed n. present | shall, however,
accept towing offer from any vessel large
enough that comes within hailiug distance -
There VAS a momentary silence as the situa-
ton dssnsd upon the room and then a plain
tive voice inquired. Why don't you send up
rockst-l
There viii be time enough for rockets, y re-
sponded the captain. when q vessel comes
near enough 70 see them"
DISABLED ox THE OCEAN.
The conditions that confronted she company
% the Cmbria were not entirely gleefuL In
the fret place the idea OF reaching home BY
Christmas day, which many cherished, was
out % the question. and then there was the
possibility Of drifting out Of the ocean roadway
aud the track OF other vessels, so that IL might
be even weeks before port Was reached. Tho
big steamship lay disabled in lat ~ IS and
long. 81. II. about I'll mies from Halifax and
600 miles FROM New York. with a heavy GAL
blowing. Nevertheless there was no actual
danger. and almost every passenger on board
accepted the situation eheerfully.
THE oRuMBLfH
or course, there was exception.
IL cam, in the person Of long climbed biped
g tie masculine gender with Dundseary whis-
hers and an unusually large nose, which be used
a. n Subsidiary organ Of speech ~ well as for
purposes Of respiration and who had been no.
neebls on board before. principally because be
wore bis wife's fur cape wnsn be prone nad cd
the deck He arose as the end % the smoking
room after startled interchange Of views with
sous Of the men abogt him. and said in tones
81 once nasal and fearful;
"Centlemsn. we are In eminent (here he 10
supposed 10 have meant imminent) danger.
Wssre drifting In md ocean with every chance
ola hurricane coming up At any moment TO
end Us to the bottom. and vet the captain re-
frse- TO send up rockets. Why. in the case Of
. yerlI ll>a o1rs he shouId b. firing r,ckats all