New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
THE HEKLA SAFE In PORT
PICKED Up Al SEA BI THE AMERICA.

HER P>ssENGERs WELL AND HER CARGO IN
GNJURED-A BIG SALVAGE BILL TO PAY.
The Danish steamer IIclla lmpcd mp to Quar-
antinc AT midnight. Since she left Chr'tiansand,
on March -. she had broken her shaft twice
and although her plucky captain and ingenious
engineers did everything in their power. TN"
IIckla. with her 500 passengers. might never have
/ reached this port had it not been for the timely
assistance Of tlc National Line steamer America
The IIcka sighted OFF Shinn"cock at Z IA. IN.
yesterday by the Steamer Braunschwci.. She was
in tow of the Amcricr then.
The TIcila had on board 81 storage passengers
eghtvsiX saloon passengers and a crew of seven
ty-iivc men. She met favorable weather as >h"
steamed out into the Atlantic. II was not until
she was nine days ont that her first serious ar'l-
dent happncd The shaft broke partly through
near the stern. The IIc>a then in latitti Ie
4s:1d and longitude Al :4s. The machinery was
stopped and the vessel lay to for repairs. Holes
were bored on each side of the break. and steel
pins were driven through. The engineers worked
day and night on March - and 20, and Oh March
- they were able to get the machinery OF TN"
IIckla in running ordr
The steamer was preceding II the rate Of
aront five knots an hour on the evening OF March
o. wien she SIGHTED the French steamer Ia
Normandic. Captain Thomson ran up signal to
attract the ATTENTION of th" Fr"noh steamer, 10
which la NornaILlIc replied. He asked 'nr a
tow ana the commander Of La Normandle sig
nailed that he could not tow the Iickla, but that
he was willing TO take of her passengers
Captain Thomson concluded that such "A step
was not neccs>ary. ami si9nalled, No, thank
YOU"
Ia Nornnndic lost no further time in eAchang-
ing cuuIicses dipped her colors, and proceeded
on her cour".
The IIc,a was keeping up speed Of from
} to : knots when. on March 81 hor shaft broke
for th. second time The break WIS near the
port side and was more serious than the first
fracture.
ON the ni,h, Of april the cool >amalitrn came
in thc guisc of the Natioua, Line America. out
ward board. Tu" America stcamin- towari
England but that did not prevent her from chang
ing Lcr cour-r 10 save property. The lickla was
burning rocket, ~ signals OF distress, AMI tn"
America answered promptly, and "ame 10 h"r AS
sistancr The weather WIS rough, yet the
America laid by. and the next morning tried 10
get a line - th" IIckll. The ll"Sla also tried 10
scnl ont lines by means of a hroy, but owing =
the stress of weather it was not until 80 a. n
on April that connection w,> 81 b'lc b'tw"'n
the TWO ships lnf an hour la'rr the I'M" wae
carried away. A. loa IN. two steel haw>,I- were
placed IN u,r. and the IIchla was towcd hy th"
America tn" rough weather intcrfcrcl with the
repairing of ~" broken shaft and it was not until
nearly noon Oh April that the shaft WAS again
ncnd"d.
" "a. m on Arril the bolts u-ci in replring
wcr. cmII.s await The haW~,ls broke loose on
the afternoon OF April .. hrt they wrr" again put
aboard tie lck.a tie ncNt morning. In"
macuiu"ry Of The lleklI wa- a-ain repaired. AMI
sh, all" ~ assist the America in her task
From Sninnocock the America and Ter tow
made slow pio.Te e.. Tie weather W = 20 ios-y that
IN" t"O vessels cpuld NO. -" >ignt'd from tIf" Is
land II wa p IA Yesterday when ing reported
AZ Quarnn'in" thar sh" hal >""n the INNS pl
the America ana llckla nTir SANDY Hook lh2hl-
;,4ip II j. sN'y m", rom nn'focT h[ T. onnGV mn
ing the Journey. II wd> lu.'0 p m when II
was reported that the llrka WIS coming ln,ld"
Of th" liook tow'd ny ~, tug ana VIII another
tux near bl. lie TWO tugs had been sent down
hy Funch, Edyc ~ Co., III" ronsignc'N OF the
cargo.
Inc amount of salyaec which the Amer
lea viii r"ociy" i laI1r. II il estimated that al
low tH1" II VIII b" Ss0.O0o.
The llrkla had 500 pcr-Dn> on board. In her
cargo Wei" I'll" Norwegian exhibits for the World :
fair and al-p the statue. ol Thorwald~cn which
viii h presented to this city by the Danish socIc-
trs Of Nrw-lork
Durug the voyage two cldllr,n aaI woman
tn" pa.-cnltr> wor' NOR" than delighted 10 scr
land again, hut w"r" lN no means downca~t by
,h"ir mslap, Mr.. L. II. IIobc the wife 0f the
swedish consul ~ Minneapolis. sad thrr" hal
never lcrn "a moment oI board when any one Of
the passenger, thou-ht tLcr lives were in danger
Mr.. I"y' another passenger. -ccn"'I sorry that
th" VOYAGE Wns over. W" had plenty - eat. "
IL" said th" men bad plenty If beer good old
Danish beer. and Mr. S0ntum got up
som" pleasant "ntcrtainncnt every night None
of the passengers knew that the captain of
Ia Normaudi offered to tIso u- "a, but |
can as~urr you none OF us would have gone III
a cookie boat in the SEA that was runnln! when
the French ship was near H.. ard leave the sure
deck, Of the Ilrka We ar" thankful for having
reached port safely and all ~" men have signed
Il memorial giving thanks = Captain Thomson
flr his unriring care of IL all while W" were at
ih. mercy of the waves | only wish She womrn
could have signed il too; every one of H. would
have done -. Let me tell you that the 200
stccragc pcop" behaved spcn Idly