New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
TOWED SAFELY INTO PORT
THE NJRCERMEISTER PETERSENrS HARI
RATTLE WITH TIE SEA
HER STEERING GEAR GAVE WAY ASD THE
Vessel was UEirIE.> \SsI>TANtE RE
IU,rD ny PASSING vIssrI.s-NN
ATTEMPT Ut Ef>ttE


~. long overdue tank steamer Rirgrrmeisier
Petersen came into port yesterday IN low ~
h-c. ,ues She hai hc"n knork king ab"u; IN"
North Atlantic Ocean Ter such a long tim" 'hat
hone ~ her safcty was almost given up TIL"
,,nk sailed from Rotterdam On November ?s IN
ballast for this port. Sh" had good weather
un,u she v,t out 81 the English Channel Then
she caught N" western gales. and they w"r"
hard ones On December she caught gr"nt
vaI. and was obliged To- 60 ahead nj hnlf si~"d
Ii.inR In ballast and high out II water rh" rolled
frightfully In tn" great seas big sea came
up under her rtarb"ard Tunrt"r and snapped
her starb,ard rudh~r chain. Sh" hove I" u"
max. repairs When the repairs were "ndeh She
continued on her way. Then u great wave cam"
and .napi.ei her port ruidrr chain. and sh"
hove I" again.
CAPTAIN Henry Hunger who was In command
~ IN. shin was much disgusicd and stopped the
engines. letting IN" tank drif'. Sh" dr.''"d All
the afi"in,.,n and all that night. In fari sh" was
knn.k.i about hrpcssly until I'"ccfni"r Al
10 - m when tn" gale moderated and an eleven
inch hawscr was trnil-d over her stern Tor str"r-
iny purfapscH One hundred and twenty fdih"ms
% hawscr was paid out ana py h"u'hk u 10 ~
r.yh, or left the steamer was able to keep on
her course.
TIE rMBIf& ofFER> AID
ON that day sh. sighted the Cunard steamer
I'mhria from Liverpool for N"w-f"rk. Tn" m
bria signaIlci her. bu, sh" 'iii not request as
sis.anr. Iy the aid q! head sails ana III" "'"g-
clng haws,r th. Petersen was ahl" I" Keep on h''r
course. tn. wind shifted and sh" was "iab"
t. steer b! IN" aid ~ the h'ad sans. w". w. F"
had been set. on Dcccmb~r she sighted tn.
steamer I.ancastrian. bound f"r I"si"n. ana
asked I. h. tuw-d int" port Tn" l.hi'as'fihh re-
fused. saying she wa snort "i '"h' , ,,
Then CAPTAIN Bungcr riggrd ny Il )ui! r"''i',
Nth tw, iash.,l rpafr and canvas. AMI eyes l"'i
into wlnrh.s on IN" port ana starpmr' I"'I.eis
The weather continued bah. WIN ir'1"'n'
.,u.I,s hut on p..'"nbcr II the vessel was aDl"
a., 90, ahead at full sj,,"l On December - tI"
steamer Sagam,ic was sighted from H'si"h:
hound for Liverpool ana afsEthnrr VAS aSkru
f,r She refused IL on the ground that she was
short az coal That day Cape Pine. New
fnundlan nd was sighted Then tn" steamer hrun-
G.r.d along having heavy weather all the u"'s.
and most ~ IN" Inn" hrHtihh "'"'''' WV "''
and waTcs took h"r.
THE rlr>IAN MON\ ARCH u tS THE HAw>FE
IN December 20 she fell In with the Perrinn
Monarch. bound east
Tho Persian Monarch lowered n boat. and her
.Arst officer cam. "n beard ana volunteered I"
have his ship assis. the Petersen Int" Haiif"x.
The Persian Monarch stayed by all wight. ana
4 ,h. pext noon an attempt was made to get n
i h,wscr from on.. vessel to the othc.. At p. IN.
a hawser was attached 10 nu'y anu "oa'."
down from the Petersen To tn" Persian Mon
arch II was an eeven-inrh hawscr with which
IN. Persian Monarch undertook L" Tow inc
petersen but II parted at almost the hrst enort.
isnI the Petersen signalird that ahe would give
up the attempt and shift for herself so tho
Wilson line steamer prtct eded ON h"r way.
.rrving OF 100 fathoms of the elevcn-inch
hswser belonging to the Petersen. This fact
40 ans To bc the which rankles In tn" breast
cf Captain Bungcr above all others of his v"y-
age =. 49,, =.
drift,I along toward Georges Banks Then the
steamer WooIwich sighted her aud brought In
a story Of her plight. as told In yesterday =
Tribune Ycsierday as SON A. the news came.
tugs. ON thoughts OF salvage intent. went out
so and her The tug Ocean King got her nrSt
and then the Daxeli Later the Mutual Joined
them. and the BurKermsister Petersen was
brought In safety to this port. She In now In
the Erie BASIN repairing damage. and will be
rrady for sea again In . week.