The evening world., 1894-04-02
7 D AT a TIA ffii'Al.
lowed to the Azores by the
y Oi!.TaDk Steamship
y Wild6OWer.
f0PELLER FRAME BROKEN.
lad News for the Many Persons
Who Feared She Had Been
Sunk by an Iceberg.
10 PICK UP THE PASSENGERS.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II.WiII Probably
Go to the Relief of the
BeIated 400.
70 PICK UP THE PASSENGERS.
The Ems Is safe,

The Ems Is SAFE.
| The overdue North German Lloyd
iner was towed into Fayal at the
azores, to-day, and the first news was
hade known here in his Associated
(ress despatch:
yFAYAL. ,AZORE ISLANDS, April q
The North German Lloyd steamship
from Southampton ca March is, for
New York. has been lowed here by the
Asteamship Mtldhower. Capt. Living
pm. Del. The Ems has her propeller
anne broken.
The Wildfower Is a British oil steam
ship, owned by Alfred Stuart G. Co., and
hals from London. She is OF only 1,7i5
tons register, and 1t was no small
TASK for her to tow the 5.1O0-tons Ems.
1.-The North German Lloyd agents re-
kved their first despatch from the home
&c In bremen about the Ems. at II
FLOCK this morning. 1t read as fol-
>5ws:
BREMEN. April 2.
Ems arrived In tow, Horta, Azores. Agent Sill
1erd Edwards tranships passengers Kaiser.
The Company interprets the despatch
meaning that the passengers will be
Fought direct to New York by the Kali
Der Wilhelm II. The distance from the
!. Azores to New York is $3.50 miles, and
the Kaiser Wilhelm II. is expected to
reach New York about the 18th.
1t is figured that the Wildiower must
have picked up the Ems when the latter
was about four days out.
An active young man in the office Of
the North German Lloyd Steamship
copy of that welcome despatch OIL the
bulletin board of the Company, and il
was eagerly read by a hundred anxious
men and women who had haunted the
Cnmnlnv'G office for tho 1lCt fniIr or Iva
days.
The Ems was sighted March 81 by the
Red Star liner Noordland when about
$50 miles out from Southampton. From
that time until this morning not n word
was heard from the vessel, and when
she was three days overdue the agents
Of the Company here grew anxious.
There were. the crew included. about
400 souls aboard Of the Ems.
1t was feared the Atlantic liner had
run into a big iceberg and been sunk
Just what was the cause of the break
Ing Of the propeller frame OF the Ems
Is not learned in the first dispatches. 1t
may have been from striking huge blocks
OF ice or it may have been smashed In
an uncommonly sever storm, such as
prevail on the Atlintic at this time of
the year.
The propeller frame of a steamship is,
as its name indicates, "A steel frame that
fits in between the rudder and the hull
of the vessel and supports the propeller
VII an y W III lllS il'ili 'ii' ~ - ~
TO the other. When it becomes damaged
the propeller cannot be used. unless the
injury is rather of a weakening kind tina
a break.
The steamer Roland, of the North Ger
man Lloyd line, reached port early this
morning, and reports nasty weather. She
s left Pr eq he M Rmh H. s6 or t shrss Gsyf
strong northwest winds with high seas.
from March l6 to %, On March % tn,
Roland. In latitude 46.57, longitude 50.
tr,tnl a hoo xpy uala frntn cn,th-cntfh
west to northwest, lasting twenty-four
hours. The ship hove to and labored
heavily. making but eight miles, in the
twenty-four hours. Westerly gales pre-
squalls.
The Ems undoubtedly had a generous
taste Of similar. weather. and Capt.
Reimkasten will have a mariners yarn
to spin of his experiences.
The news from Fayal will lift a weight
OF fear from the hearts of those who had
The Wildhower cost SGl 900 to build,
The Ems with her cargo 800 tons. Is
worth 81, 5oo,O 900. The admiralty courts. |,
Is believed. will award the Wilifower
about 500, 900 after the general average
is settled, so that the little tramp steamer
has had a rich haul.
Other steamers overdue and causing
anxiety among the agents are the Italian
steamer Charles Martel, from Marseilles
March 3; the Panama, from BordeauN
March Is, to Funch, Edge d Co., and the
/ March Q.
PHILADELPHIA, April, Pete,
Wright q Sons, of this city, the Ameri
can agents of the steamer Wildfower
which towed the disabled steamer En-:
INTO Fayal, received a cablcgram from
capt. Livingstone this morning which
confirms the Associated Press dispatches
The Wildtiower was returning empt!
from Biaye. whore she had discharged
cargo of oil. when she fell in with tn
disabled Ems. Besides Capt. Livingston
me Wildnower carries IA crew of from
forty to sixty men.