The evening world., 1894-09-14
LUCkNIA, the QUEEN.
She Holds Both Eastward and
Westward Ocean Records.
The Time In Each Exactly the Same,
5 Days, 8 Hours, 80 Minutes.
Campania, Due To-Day, May Cause
Another Surprise.

An Associated Press despatch from
London says that the crack Cunard
flyer Lucania. which left this port last
Saturday. passing Sandy Hook Light
ship at 235 Y. NJ, arrived at Queens
town at Sf this morning.
This makes the Lucania's time from
this port to Queenstown, 8 days. s hours
and SS minutes, the exact time of her
westward passage to this port from
Queenstown Aug. 81 last, which was the
fastest time ever made by a ship in
crossing the Atlantic.
BY this performance, however. the
LuCana beats the record for the eastern
passage made by the Campania Aug. II
last of 3 days, 10 hours and Al minutes,
The Lucania, therefore, while not re-
duclng her record for the westward pas
sage. Is doubly Queen Of the Seas
since she has cut down the time of the
eastward passage to the exact minute of
the westward record. reducing the Cam
panias time two hours and nine
minutes.
These facts and figures were confirmed
at the office of the Cunard line, Bowling
Green, this morning by an Evening
World" reporter. There, too. 1t was
also learned that the Lucania's daily
runs were Az, 6l2 4s4, 5l4, 5Oe and sS7
age speed OF 21.S4 knots per hour.
In spite OF the fact that she smashed
| all Eastern records, the Lucania did not
equal the highest average hourly speed
June last, and her $50 knots covered In
one day, In October, 1893, is still the
record Eo for the longest days run IN c.m
panla, Is due here to-day or this evening,
and her agents were on tlp-toe with ex-
element and the anticipation, that she,
cania's record before the ink on the
newspapers telling OF It was fairly dry.
Unless the Campania does distinguish
herself to-day however, the probabilities
are that there will be no more record
breaking this year as september gales
are about due, and rough seas are liable
to be encountered.
This has been a remarkable year for
ocean record breaking. At the begin
ming of the year the Campania held the
eastward Queenstown record. Ave day
Nov. g. 1898. Aug. 81 this year, the
Campania made the eastward trip In
five days. ten hours and forty-sevent
minutes. lowering her own record one
hour and twenty minutes. and to-day
the Lucania knocks OFF two hours and
nine minutes from the Campania's best
ward Queenstown record has been cut
down three hours and twenty-nine min
utes during the year.
The westward Queenstown record-t
days, " hours and AZ minutes-also
made Nov. 3, 1893, was held. at the be-
ginning of the year, by the Lucania
This was lowered by the Campania
Aug. eli three hourse and eighteen min.
utes, when she arrived here in days
8 hours and 30 minutes, and Aug. 81 thu
Lucania made the trip in days, hours
and IS minutes, cutting down the Cam
panias record hfty-one minutes Tn,
westward Queenstown record has thus
been reduced this year four hours ant
nine minutes.
Another Queenstown record breaker
so far as her own time is concerned, 1.
that of the White Star steamer Britain
mic. The Brit annic Is twenty years old
and has never done anything remarkable
in the way of fast trips as compared
with the records of the present day
She has been looked on as an eight anC
created mild sensation when she cam,
into this port in 7 days. IL hours and A
minutes, nearly twenty-four hours
ahead of her usual time.
The western Southampton record hal
also been broken this year. The tim,
of the Paris, days. nine hours and 8
minutes, made July q, 1893 was the rec
ord until Aug "a of this year, when he1
sister ship, the New York. came in in
days, hours and 3S minutes, lowering
the record So minutes.
| The Fuerst Bismarck still holds tn,
eastward Southampton record, s days
10 hours and 55 minutes, made Sept rs
1893
A comparison with previous record.
will be interesting at this time:
!, WESTWARD OITEFNSTOWN TRIPS