New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10
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DETAILS OF TIE LUCANIA'S WONDERFUL
TRIP.
HOURS-SHE WILL MAKE \ HUNT FOR
THE PAEIs'S IATHELS


The praises OF the new ocean flyer the Lucana.
were enthusa: tically proclaimed shipping circles
yesterday The Cunard giahtess in the early hours
OF yesterday morning closed the most remarkable
maiden voyage ever made across the Atlantic. and
lowered the maiden record by sixteen hours. The
Lucana on this trip equal i the best westward
performances the Campania has ever made and
came within one hour and thirteen minutes OF low
ering the time Of the Queenstown New-lork pas
sage 10 the record established by the American
Line steamer Paris.
The Lucania passed Daunts Rock. Queenstown.
| at l:43 p. m last Sunday. and AT Al p. III. saw
Fastnet abeam. She reached Sandy Hook Light
ship at 1913 "A yesterday, and waited for the
tide to enable her to cross the bar She went over
the bar at 51J "A. m. yesterday and at $40 Il. IN.
stopped abreast OF the Quarantine station. Her
time was days. IL hours and 81 minutes. the same
that Of the best ward record made 10y the
Campania Captain Mckay says that had the Lu-
CANA had better coal in her bunkers she could
have made the passage In four hours less. He
said that owing to the strikes the Liverpool
coal docks he had difficulty In securing coal of
good and uniform quality. He had 10 take IT in
small lots just as 1t could be obtained The daily
Of the Lucania were iD 40 in. DIG. 1J3 knots.
and from Friday noon until midnight she travelled
2s knots. Her fastest days run was on September
8. when she logged 58 nautical miles. tn" record
for the fastest days run Is SIS knots, made 10y the
Campania The next best daily run before the I.u-
cania started out $50 knots, made 10y III" Paris
The westward record OF the Paris ~ = days. II
hours and "a minutes The I.ucania was favored
by fine weather all the way over. and there
no ndica tons Of storms. The distance travelled by
the Lucanla was 27Sl miles. The Paris on her
record trip from Queenstown steamed ~ miles
The engines OF the IuCana worked admirably. and
the engineers say that she was not delayed Il
minute by any accident TO her machinery. She
passed two vessels Of her own line. the PaVonla
and the Catalonia, which slgnaed their greetings
She met a French Line steamer and White star
Line steamer bound east
The Lucania reached her pier in the North River
near Houston-st, at 10 a. IN. yesterday She had on
board 32l first cabin passengers, 80 second cabin
passengers and 40 steeingc passengers. The popu-
iation Of the Iucania was increased by one on the
way over It's girl, and her name shall be-
Iucana. Friday evening. Mrs. Henry : Hopkins a
steerage passenger. gave birth to "A female child
The news of the arrival of the steamer reached
the Cunard officials ut an early hour. Vernon ~.
Brown received the notice OF the sighting Of the
Cunarder from Fire Island at II u T.. IN. Friday
fifteen minutes after the observer saw the lucana's
flashing signals. He Immediately sent cable mes
"A lengthy cable dispatch giving the iu details Of
the maiden trip Of the youngest OF the cunard
fleet
Andrew Laing. the constructing engineer Of the
Campania and Lucania. was passenger on the
new steamer He was greatly pleased with tn.
trip The Cunard officials say that II VIII only be
a question OF time before both the Campana and
Lucana will reduce the time or the ocean passage
to so DAYS The handsome I.ucana attracted much
attention at the Cunard pier, YESTERDAY and
the pier have n look at the record breaker. The
Lucana Is exact copy OF tne 'anpania and
some OF her furnishings are eVe. more elaborate.
Among the passengers on the Lucania We're the
Burnham' Alfred r. Coakng, A.. T. Demarest. r.
Chippendale Higgin, A. winthrop Rutherfurd. Ship
ton Green Countess Ybanez. and J. Fisher Sutther-
waite.