New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-31

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TIE CMBRGA
the anxiety changed 10 alarm. On Thursday
came the new, that the calico had sighted her.
and Yesterday the Manhans.t and Ocean both
reported her The Cnbra is commanded by Cap.
tain IIorato Mckay. and has a crew Of 2?j men.
She has on board l3o ilrst-cabin, l2j Second-cabn
and i20 stccracc passenger, Among the cabin
passengers are II number OF prominent people,
With something 1cGnite to base calculations on.
tie feeling in this city about the overdue I'm
hria was a great deal more comfortable Yesterday
than II had brn The steamships Manhanset and
Ocean bo.n reported her yesterday morning as
having been sighted hy them on December 2G.
The Mauhansct had spoken her. and reported Lcr
as b"!ns IA splendid shape TO ride ont any aac
While 'hc exact nature Of the Uinbra's mishap
was not reported the fact that the Umbria
-ignallcI to the Manhansct Shaft undergoing
repair WAS accepted her, ~ meaning that some
part Of the big ship had broken All wcll on
hpari' Vas another message spelled ont by the
hig liners -i.nal flags. and chcerie. mcssage
hu, rarely been transmitted over the sea- The
mbTIas AGENTS here thOurht las, niQhi that
tie chance were that sh" would make this
port, and though they said that thcre was
possibility that shc wonli make Boston. they
iclt that the probabilities pointed toward New
York.
The Manhanst sighted the Umbria at 80
p. IA on Monday. December 2G, the day after the
GIii'"o spoke her. ard AZ once bore down on her.
Tie big tnuardcr had t'c three black balls up in
her main ii sing, which are the signal, showing
that ship i, disabled. bHt not asling for hnlp
Size wa~ riding beautifully with three So anchors
ont and didn't seem t. mind the northwest gale
bit. Captain Duc6 OF the Nanhan,ef ran as
ci0~.' h" could. anl the two big ships begpa -
exchange -i.ma g. while the passengers crowdcd
tie lie k of the 'uuardcr ard watched tine bcauti-
mi language of the Gae- win interest The first
word spelled ont by tie Dmbria was shaft"
he Nanlan.c So sicuallel thlr sAr understood. and
steamed up toward tic tmbria again. for tie
friou. - va, driving them apart. Then the
Cnb.ir -ignalcl undergoing. Then followed the
word "rcp1ir- Then she sigrallnd ready to-
morrow, then "aQ Wol on bo.rl and thea ro-
port IN" 10 mr owncrs.' soon aficrward the Man.
hansct steamed on Der Sc, bat before she lost
-ish, of her She that an east ognd vessel was
signalling the Lmhra. Captain Duck said YES
t'rlay that the ship WIS riding high without any
st- and that her so anchors wcro lcting we'll So1-
anchors are made of any kind of runlc AMI wood
work, such spar- la<hcd together. which vii
iont withou; exposing much surface 10 the wind
When hove over ,hc bow of vessel and al
lowed 70 drift some di.tauce OF. they act N
a drag, keeping the ships head 10 the sea: not
being acted on by the wind. they also prevent
the ship from drifting before a gale too much
When Captain Duck sighted the tmbra she was
in latitude i2.50 north, longitude 574j west.
having drftcd about nifty miles east by south
since the Calico sighted her on Christina, Day
Captain Duck said both ship, driftcd rapidly
before tho gale. while tlcy were in company.
his ship making more lccW'ay because the Umbrias
Nca-anchorN were Il great help 10 her
The Dutch tank steamer Ocean, from Antwerp
December TO- when in latmGc l2.3o. longitude
37.53 on December 26, SIGHTED steamship which
was no doubt the umLra. She was hove to
and furious gale WAS blowing from the
northwest.
Vernon II. Brown, TIE Ncw-Yor. agent Of the
Cunard Line yesterday discussed fully all the
probabilities. lie assumed that her ei'aft was
broken. and reasoning from that, said rbc
Imbria carried duplicate piece, of cnyiue ana all
larts of machinery that are liable 20 break, aaI
also has on board clamps to put around he
shaft in case of iractrir 20 hold the two pats
together | think it is highly probable. also. tLit
she j. provided with extra sections or joints of
the shaft to replace any section which may break
~ Captain Mckay has not accepted the all of
the three steamship, which sighted the I'm
bra. II seems quite certain that hc feels
Gdcnt of his ability TO make repairs which viii
enable him to brng his ship into port.
In regard to the criticisms of the Ncw-Yorl
AGENTS Of the line bccaus" of our 'inaction' in
not sending tugs out, | wish to say that orr
failure 10 do this arises not from any consId-
Grafton of the expense involved, but merely from
the knowledge winch all shipping men share that
thc chances of finding the ship 80 far out ~
-ca are slight and that, furthermore, Captain
Mckay evidently doesn't want 10 risk his YES
sol in tow. for if he did he would have ac-
c.nted the aid offered him by the three ocean
steamship, Captain Mckly evidently thoroughly
oppreciates the DANCE! of approaching tins coast
in tow II would rot be- proper for him 10
talk. the chances Of beine cast adrlit lN the
,.artipo of the hawscrs. or the necessity for the
to,vIro shin 10 leave him and save herself should
oain sprinq up lie naturally picfers to lay
where he is in perfect safety till he can repair
damages, and bring his ship to port under her
ov,n steam and under his own control
~1be postion Of the ship reported shows her
n b. AT least 100 miles south ana est oi Sap'
island Ii has been said that 'he SNIP ms"'
drift ON the rocky coast there ana go to picc'r
r. ia IL sh, wou,d have to head INTO the prevail
~; ,.;nd so there il not much danger of IL. Inc .
~ay the wind has been blowing, from the north