Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

OF tue expense NOW We nave got 10 act Tor
ourselves In this matter and / will be one Of
| ten men to subscribe slIIl. each in order to
/ put up bond TO indemnify the captain on con-
di'fon that be engage steamer to tow rs to the
/ Nearest port"
4 VIGOROUS LANGUAGE.
| burst Of laughter and hisses greeted this
Grafton. mingled. however, with applause from
few timorous ones, and queries from several
who were facetious A. 20 whether the speaker
Possessed Elm.
voice With . very different ring In i, came
| from the other side Of the room
I'VE are in no danger at ALL IL said
This ship would float through the biggest
hurricane that ever came upon the Atlantic.
Our captain 10 one Of the best that ever sailed
the ocean and has Q great deal more at stake
than any one on board. and anv one who talks
about subscribing hundred thousand dollars
to get him to do his duty Is a d-u fool
The man who was thus designated turned out
to be, according to the passenger list "Gen- J.
W. Kearney" Of Texas, and the one who in
formed him was young Edward McVickar of
Boston. McVickar apologized in gentlemanly
manner for calling the other a fool, sfterward
saying that be spoke in haste, and the gen
eraf' told somebody else that II the man had
not done SO be should have made example Of
him.
Mcvichar, who is . st.lw.rt youth, did not
seem to consider, however, that he had bad q
very narrow escape
ACCEPTING THE SITUATION.
There was very little commotion when the
ladies were informed of their situation They
took 1t a. CALMLY the men. The principal
anxiety Of every one, indeed was on account Of
relatives and friends at home. The Umbria
bad sighted only two ships since leaving Queens
town, aud 1t might be = week or even two weeks
before she was reported
rHrNKISo or POSSIBILITIES.
The Catalonia OF the CunArd line, which
sailed from Liverpool for Boston Thursday,
the 18th, might pass within hailing distance in
. day or two and the Ncrmandie of the French
line. which sale from Havre on the previous
Saturday, was also due over the same course
II these should be missed there was still q
chance later of falling in with the Cunarder
Gallia. which was to leave Boston for Liverpool
the next Monday. or the Brittanic OF the White
Star line that had sailed from Liverpool for
New York the Wednesday previous.
Outside Of these were chances Of hailing
tramp steamers vessels Of other lines
Chief Steward Gore said that there were
enough provisions on board to last two weeks
more without any one being in the slightest de-
gree stinted, or even for four or five weeks with
the deprivation OF few Injuries. Very few Of
the passengers remained up much longer than
fully realized that they were drifting helplessly
In mido cean in q storm.
OIL POURED ON THE WAVES.
Oil was poured upon the water through the
drainage pipes Of the chip, and she was quieter
than while the machinery was in motion. Just
after daylight those who were asleep were
awakened by several reports from the Umbria's
gun and the sound Of her whistle. In ten min
utes almost every one Was on deck to ascertain
what was the matter. A snip in sight Just
on the edge OF the horizon bound eastward
For half an hour, during which time the gun
was continually discharged and the hoarse
whistle blown, 1t was impossible to detect
whether or not the other boat had seen or heard
the mbriss signals, as during the entire yoy-
age she had sighted but two other vessels and
the passengers felt that it was almost too much
luck that help should be at hand SO soon after
the breakdown.
THE BOHEMIA ALONGSIDE.
Soon, however. 1t seen that the new
conner WAS making toward the drifting ship.
and at O'Clock she was alongside. She proved
to be the Bohemia, remembered in connection
with the cholera scare in New York harbor of
the Hamburg American line, bound from New
York to Hamburg. She Mt once responded to
the mi rias requests for a tow, and before
noon she was connected to the big steamship
by steel hawser and steaming slowly
westward, the German flag at her stern fiaunt-
ing before the bow of the disabled Englishman
it WAS all that the Bohemia could do to drag her
big burden in the teeth of a head wind.
HEAVY snow STORM.
After dark a heavy snow storm sprang up,
which obscured the lights Of the two vessels
from each other. About night the steel hawser
broke in a violent gale and on Christmas morn
ing the passengers OF the Umbris found them
selves again adritt In a raging storm with
naught In sight but the sky and the sea. What
became of the Bohemia no one knew.
She probably lost track of the Umbria in the
snow storm after the hawser parted, and il she
searched for her after dsybreak she did not find
her.
larger percentage OF the passengers than
usual attended divine service, conducted by
Purser Field. in the saloon that morning and
the responses to the prayers were unusually
ing room soon afterwsrd many were constrained
to explain that they only strolled in TO hear the
music or pass away the time
cHRIsrMAs AT SEA.
Christmas day passed without any demon
stration Of discomfort; among the passengers,
though the Texas general croaked like another
bird Of ill omen in the ladies' cabin. Just at
dusk a light was sighted TO the southwark, and
again the passengers focked on deck.
Rockets were fired, and soon the light tina. at
first seemed to fade away began to grow more
Worc oistAnCt. anu III Ahlf an hour small
steamship lay alongside. In answer to the
Umbria signals the newcomer reported that
she was vessel of the Wilson line, bound for
Philadelphia, and that she could not take the
other in tow because she did not have coal
enough. with which pleasing information she
signaled goodbye and departed.
From the hour her time was taken at noon
FRIDAY until she broke down that evening the
Umbria had made I24 miles. She drifted l25
miles To the south and during the night and
the Bohemia towed her seventy-hve miles
toward New York on Sunday.
~ Monday noon she had drifted forty-tyo
miles and the gale was still blowing just after
luncheon Monday a steamer was sighted
proceeding westward
TK NANHAssEr APPEARS.
In answer to the Umbria's signals she came
alongside. and proved to be the Manhasset,
bound from swansea to New York, the property
OF James McCaldin. one Of the passengers OF
the Umbria. The Manhasset had scarcely come
to a stsndstill, however, and considered the big
prize money she would obtain by towing the
Cmbris to New York than a much larger
steamer hove in sight and bore down rapidly
toward the drifting vessel.
THEN TIE oALLIA.
In q few moments she Was close enough for
the officers of the Umbria to distinguish her as
the Gailis Of their own line route from Bos-
ton TO Liverpool The officers Of the Manhas-
xet alao recouui<ed ne Gsllia and staa N, Al off