New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-10
The HEKLA AT HER PIER.
IT WAS HER THRUST SHAFT THAT BROKE.
DENIAL THAT LA NORMANDIE OFFERED TO
TAKE OFF HER PASSENGERS

TAKE OFF HER PASSENGERS.
The lIekla of the Thngvalla Line. went to her
pier at IIobokcn at o a. m. yrstcrdayA The
broken shaft. which had been repaired three times
at sea, was made strong enough to give the ship
a speed OF about seven knots, and she came mp
the bay under her own steam. accompanied by the
tugboats c. f. Evarts and Wendell Goodwin,
which late on Saturday night had towed her from
Sandy Hook TO Quarantine. An examination
showed that the thrust shaft was broken near the
middle. Tho fractures severed the steel III TWO
places so that the shaft consisted OF three pieces
instead of one When the first accident occurred.
on March "a, clamps were placed around the cracks
in the shaft These were bound to the hangcs OF
the shaft. and then steel cables were wrapped
about the repaired parts. Fortunately the snip
carries sufficient sail so that her head could D"
kept toward the seas. 1t took two days ana
nights to make the repairs so that she could bc
headed for New-Yorl again
But the shaft soon showed signs of weakness.
The weather had been fair. and with her crippled
machinery she had made about six hundred miles
On tho evening of March - La Normandle, OF
the French inc, hove in sight The signalling be-
tween two ships has already been described IN
The Tribune. 1t reported that the French
steamer offered TO take on board the passengers
of the Icllla. This. however, p. A. Berentzen, the
first officer of the disabled steamer, denied yestrr-
day. After the French liner had refused to take
the Hekla in tow. the last signals TO Ia Nor
mandic were, Please report u.s. and we can
steam about four knots"
La Normandic then sailed around the IIek'a,'
continued the officer, and the captains en-
changed greetings The French ship did not
signal word about taking off our passengers.
IN the following morning at IL o'clock the
shaft gave way for the second time. Sails were
again unfurled and the work of repairing was
begun again. At o 80 p. m that day the America
was hailed and she brought the llekla as far as
Sandy Hook. In the meantime. while the America
waiting to make fast TO her tow, the SHAFT
was mended The engines of the lIeSla helped
the America n little in sending that ship ahead
until Monday evening, April 3. when the strain on
the shaft looscncd the temporary work. From that
time until last Friday the engineers of the ship
third time at work the break. The
propeller shaft was unshackled that the useless
propeller would not impede the progress of the
America. The machinery of the IIeka was. there
fore, not used from Monday until she reached Fire
Island. She came to anchor off Sandy Hook at
about I 80 p. m. on Saturday.
There some delay In going to Quarantine,
because tho captain of the America thought he
IIellla into port.
Captain Thomson, of the lIekla, however, offered
assurances of fair play, and the IIekla was
allowed TO slip the wire cable which joined the
two steamers and anchor. The fog
dense that Captain Thomson considered it safer
to anchor his ship free from the America. Later
the agent of the IIekla came on board. and at
his request the captain left his rescuer behind
and started for Quarantine
There seems to have been plenty Of pYovi-
sions on the IIeka. The ilrst officer said yester-
day that meals were prepared as usual all the
time. Tie steerage passengers had to do without
butter for one meal, but this the officer said,
WAS made up TO them by serving sugar IN large
quantities lie slid that there was no discomfort
or uncasiness among the stecrage passengers ana
that. in fact all the passengers conducted them
selves admirably. When the ship cane to anchor
at Quarantine the cabin passengers passed resoln-
tions expressing confidence in the able seamanshlp
of the captain.
All the passengers had left the IIeIsla by p. IN.
yesterday. There were 81 steerage PASSENGERS
who were all allowed to land. The cabin pasSen-
gers
sen i MaiTrr,tie Andersen. caroline VI. Andersen,
Tapetserrr ). Krash Ander'eil u ", hech' pna, .i,
tnus Bcndicksrn Jenny BendstIup, Jolnnne brhdt-
sen Fuldmacgtig bergman, Mrs J"ianhc opiut s"Ie
Boldt Mathide Bredcsen. oophi" Chrls,n'Isem. w.
Christensen Mrs C. christensen, lnor =, Eritsom
Helena Clemmesen Anc Marie CortSen A. NJ Eriksen'
Master Anton Eriksen, rorvalter T. frederikSS,n, IS
Premier Licuterant Fritsche. Mrs, NJ Freytae' Jonah
rrosrh Rosa Friedman Olga f. GeschEc. H. W.
Gorm"cn Richard Grarman, Marie Gremsen, Herr Herr
Az; IIS,,rd Mrs Johnrnc IIobr. Master Arthur
IIobr Miss Ranghild Iiobc. Augusta Hoist, krisino
InrS,n Y r. Jensen, Jens Moilcr Jensen liansf'
,l,n.,,, Forvalier Ju,tesen. Mrs. Johanne King
Strom ANIME Kofocd, a. Lang. A. j. Larsen, y.
Larsen Mrs Kicr,tn iar-son l.. {. lanri'zel, Ah'a
irckn Nck.n nlkris Iindbcrg. Emma lindDerg Jonah
Iutckc ID. H. Mathlcsrn. Anna Moi,t, ~: WI t,,t
so N,to n olsen Christopher olsen, larry Pact
Throdor pauscn. II. G. Petersen, Mrs Aida Kung
/ -chiobcrg otto Sindng, Sislnnd silins' r1stn
Snrnnscn 1rr Mrs Julie Wllumsen. John WilumseT'
Master \. Eriksen.
C. T.. Sontnm, the Commercial COMMISSIONER
for the Norwegian Government, comes IRON
cbris,i,nia lie said regarding his mission:
have come to the United States 10 represent h'
Government at the Worlds Fair, and expect 10
ho in Chicago ehout two months Our cXhloit
viii he largely mineral. but there are also iNahAn
Norwcoian manufactures when VIII ii,'':''. 49,, vi.
Tho IIrkla makes her trip, geIlerailN III t",iNc
m thirtoon davs She was ont twenty-four d1ys
~ III, limo Tie shaft was broken III the same
Mace as WAS the tmbrlas. ~ ;.h
Captain Thomse3 spent Yesterday al'erhoon NV NJ
C,ntain pcarcr. of the America. on board thai
sh}n II was said that the question OF saiVaSe
w.s not discussed. That would be left TO the ii"
or n arbitration. Captain Thomson mad inrrel! M
,,orn IN nav his respects to his iescdcr. Wmat
,hn saIvo~r will be is hard to estimate The
officers of the llcka sly that Captain fearcc' 3i
,%n America did everything in his power to help
the disabled ship.