New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-28
WHERE Is THE UMBRlA?
ANXIETY OVER The LONG VOYAGE OF
TIE BIG CUNARDER.
RUMoRs OF REINSURANCE DENIED BY THE
AGENTS HERE-LA NoRMAND;E's 'ToRMY
VOYAGE MORE ICE-COVrED SHIPS
COME INTO PoRT-THE ROTTERDAM
DAMAGED BY HEAVY SEAS.


DAMAGED BY HEAVY SEAS.
Many steamships, all bearing marks Of les
weather and destructive winds and waves. came
into port yesterday among them two big pas
scnger ships, the Fulda and La Normande, both
overdue But the ship which has been expected
more anxiously than any other, the big Cunard
Line steamship Umbria, more than two days over
duo az midnight last night, had not been heard
from up to an early hour this morning. La
Normandlc, which sailed from IIavre on the sam"
dav that the Umbria sailed from Liverpool and
a much slower ship than the big Curarlcr. ar
rived here yesterday and reported that she had
not sighted the Umbria. Her agents here are at
q loss 70 account for Ter non-auival. They say
TINT they entertain no fears for her safety but
they nrc naturally anxious about the ship. and
would he we'll pleased to hear of her arrival in
port People who have friends or relatives on
board Of tho overdue steamship began to l'eI
alarmed on Monday night, and many can'iS
wont 70 thc Office of the Cunard line In bowling
Grccn Yesterday 10 make inquiries about thc
vessel They were rcassured by Vernon H.
Brown the company's aGcpt hero, who toId them
that there was no cause for fear. He haid t'a'
CAPTAIN Mckay, who is cautioHi navigator,
may havc kept the ship hove 70 fer number OF
hours that the ship miIht be coming along under
Greatly reduced speed, or that some accIlch'
NAV have happened TO the engines lie to''
oallo-s tb,. while 10 one could say anything
nosrivc. one Of tho three conclusions wourl
nrobablv turn ont to BE- correct. IN" l lm"r''
has never BEEN out so long a time since 81" "''
nut i'm commission. Tho nearest appron'N 10 I"
was two years AGO, whon she was oht nIne ""F''
The cause of delay then was that slight pc!"
in the engines had occurred. AZ midnight "-'
niaht she had been ont nine and h't Gay =
Sin. las on board 1870 irst cabin. 20 seconH anu
1e0 stceraec passengers.
The Umbria is eight years cd and has Only
siucc screw but shc IS exceedingly s"itt ana p'N-
rrtul. and has made some remarkably ia't uIP@'
making some records which are close 10 th'S' ha"'
bv the twlu-scrcw flyers. She belongs to Hio
which boasts proudly, We n"Fcr Io9l " nv
,ro nre.ti,c Of tho line las been increased by the
fnc, that even accidents without loss o. lIle WIZ
o,ccodirglv rare Beyond the loss Of tie OREGON
the only other serious accident 20 '"nar snip
WAS the one which happened 10 the Umofla herself
when She cut the stern OIL the Iberia few miles
ont Of New-:,-k 1t happened on November -
1sss The Tmbra bound ont with 700 people
on board. mot the IBERIA bound in from MArse'iie''
They came in collision about four miles oil Long
Roach and the ('mbria sheared the lberlaS stern
aft The Tmhria Ind twO Plates broken Dut was
,t 10 time in danger, which shows her insheno'
strength Tho lmbria VS. built IN ISL In III"
celebrated Fairfield yards on tho CIyde, whence
% many big ships have come At the
time she was built she was the
largest passenger vessel adoats taking her pro-
no.lions iarougnOut and the beauty oil Acr ines
gave pre- misses of great speed and strength. inoSo
striking feature OF the Umbria Is the size Of her two
tunnels particularly when she III seen hroadslde
ON Size is 5Gl.G feet long, 5'.2 feet beam,
So feet dTaught, ha- gross re-l'ter ot SKIS
foEs and "a net register Of J,G'9 tons. S'e j.
bullt Of steel throughout, and has ten Wa'er-
tlght bulkheads. She is bar"cnlnc ussed, ana
las powerful engines. Her consumption Of c.h
i. a twen'y-fonr hours ran, AT speed OF from
pipc.cen 20 nineteen and half knots. ia 300
tons She has accommodations for 40 llr-t ca'Ih
pae.,.,s.rs. and is beautifully fitted up
Tie Un.hra did cAcclleutiy Oh her trial trip, ana
alter sh. had been m commission Tor a s.oi. tine
began 10 lower h,r record IN ma.her "hich
surprised even her ownrY,. sac hn-an 70 series
OF remarkably fast trips BY making tho eastward
massage III November, 1855, III % days, hoAI'
and + minutes, In August. ls92, sLc lowered
ihis record hy milking the passage III Il days.
hour and L. minutes. She began her fast VEST
ward voyages w making the trip IN days. )
hours and 70 minutes, which record sue srddH-
ally lowered until she mado the run in August
1882. in 3 days, % hours and : minutes Hhe
wa, first commanded by Captain McNiokan, WHO
,,.. I.r p,aster when she broke down, tw0 years
aro. and also when she struck the Iberia. Her
p,,s4.ut commander IL Captain lloratO Mckay,
the vicccommodore Of tho Cunord Line, who Is
to command the new monster ship Lucaha
when She is finished The other officers oi tie
['mbria are f. ". FnTcane, SURGEON; tiW1ri
lonnd, cli.f steward; William Flcld, pursor. Sic
carries Il crew OF 2-j mea.
Ever since the recent serious accident To the
spce has demonstrated that not oaly storm,
but tie power Of the big liners IS III l',eli a
source Of dancer, the fact of vessel being over
dse has aroused more apprehension. or at least
.peculatioa, than before When the Umora
failed T. arrive on Sunday afternoon, which Was
fine latest time that her agent, had calcuiaci Oh,
her non-appearancc was ascrtcd 10 s;or"y
weather. When Monday passed without sign OF
lrr ann icty WAS fclt but still 1t was confidently
c>rcctcd that she would be in yesterday. \
di,patoh from London added TO tie anxiety here
Yesterday by stating that tie London ~ nts oI
.hr ship haG reiusurcd her This WAS positively
denied by Mr. Brown yesterday He SAID that
some of the shippers might have rensurc! irel-tt
Lut that no such thing had been uOne with tie
snip.
Many storm battered cccoated ships
arrived Yesterday Captain Laurent, OF the French
steamship la Nofmaudc, had no need TO make q
report yesterday wien he came IN day hrhn6
time The appearance Of the ship spoke for l'No!i.
All her handsome lines were gross and clumsy
with incrustcd ice. Her bow and forward
rigeing We're shaggy with it, ana covered 80
thicldy that it would have seemed pcriec y
natural had big polar beIr suddenly "m-ra' 81
from the cabin The big ships cro" nest Was
ffngcd with giant iciclc. and ropes. S@ror''
and anchors ooobed as if they hld been fashioned
BIZ the frost Seen bow on, slc looked Is II
.one E.Quinau Fulton had riggcd big lunn'lS
Oh an iceberg and brought it to New-lork. Ana
as sho swept up the bay the sun shon" on
her. and she became wonderful. She flashed cold
flame from every inch. and the black smoke
from her tunnels made the whiteness s'Nl more
intense All tins beauty was the result OF
VOYAGE which, her officers declare was nnc iuAlicd