The evening world., 1893-10-07
QUEEN OF The SEAS.
Lucania Makes $50 Nautical
Miles in One Day.
She Also Breaks the Record for an
Hours Run.
Crosses the Ocean In %. 18Th. 45m.,
Beating the Paris.

Lucanla. Queen Of the Seas. reached
her dock shortly before . o'clock this
morning. She made the run from Daunt's
Rock. Queenstown. to Sandy Hook
Lightship. In 8 days. l3 hours and IS
minutes.
The marine marvel beat the record.
held by the Paris, by 30 minutes.
She also beat the record for a days
run by twelve nautical miles, II the
hourly record by onc-tenth OF n mile.
1t was a happy crowd that filed down
the gans plank this morning. The pas
sengers seemed TO realize that to them
belonged the distinction OF having
crossed the broad Atlantic faster than
other passengers ever did. -,
This feeling Of elation was naturally
net confined to the passenger a littis
Mckay's cabin down Into the en-.
An evening World" reporter found
chicken at His own private ns" table. and
in a humor TO talk about the trip.
Vernon ii, Brown, the Cunard Com
pany's representative, was there. too.
o o~e ok K BY 'V Gapt' Mckay Yin in his H'N re-.
cital OF the story Of the trip.
The circumstances under which Luca-
MIA Accomplished her great feat are. In
The steamship passed Dahnt's Rock.
which 10 the point, where the, time Is
always taken. at Ito o'clock In the after
,9an OF Oct l. Fa''net was passed at
A moderate gale ana high head sea-
augured Ill for a record breaking pas
cage. but the Lucania plunged on
n the nrst day reeled OF Ni nautiea
Next day the weather changed fol
the better, The rest NJ the voyage wa
made under rather favorable condi
perhaps the record would be smashed
but none of the officers, from Capt. Nc
Kay down, could be forced TO. acknowl
edge that an extra effort would be mad,
AS the ships daily runs were posted
II was seen that II the American line
Paris held the record at the. end OF n
Iucania's trip II would be because tn
latter had luck against her.
TIL FIRST four days rum mnde by tn
big Cunarder were 49,, b03, 554 and 20
knots.
1t was on the NTH day that the Luca
mia sailed further than any vessel eve
sailed before. Al the end OF the twenty
FOUR hours the log showed that tn
miles. each of which Is equal to m an
one-sixth miles as land lubbers kno,
them.
The last days run of 2io miles broush
Nv FpV'Ni lNh nces 'i'' -
trip up to D.S knots. This Is one-tentI
Of a knot better than the record.
When the Lucania passed Fire Islam
light the lookout there knew that tn
was flashed over the wires into tn
newspaper offices.
right" said Capt. Mckay this morning
.'They didn't allow for the time ~
lost, ab2St twenty minutes In p'ck'n
when we reached Sandy Hook I.ash'
ship and the time was taken we foun
that Lucania had beaten the record Jul
thirty-nine minutes.
I'VE came a-rying, l n tell you. q
was shown when on Oct. we pnsse
! the American liner New York. boun
this way.
EARLY next morning we walked rigf
by the Hamburg-American liner MOI
MAMMA, also on her way to this port.
through the voyage and I am pei
fectly satisfied with her"
Lucania brought 223 saloon passenger
: 800 In the second cabin and 36s steerae
passengers-sl0 in all.
on her passenger list the c. fSlloT T,,
: ifnssii y: H H.; , nneo M. ' II s II; ttiiir:
Maloney, Governor British Hondurai
l J. II. Reed. Simon sterne, and Mr.
After the Luc.nia was docked NJ
John r. Bennett, n Of the saloo
. passengers. went to the purser's ON
: and said ne was one OF a delegation
passengers that intended to presel
Cant Mania, M |, sSno WITH b, a ,,s saH ndss1s' ST.
proposed to get a gold tablet OF lart
{ slze, with a figure OF the vessel. h,
! marvellous trip fully described, and
j. picture Of the captain on the bridge.