New-York tribune., 1894-09-29
BEAT HER OWN RECORD.
FIFTY MINUTES NEARER THE FIVE-DAY
TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE CuNARD STEAMER LUCANIA COMES ACROSS
FROM QUEENSTOWN IN FIVE DAYS SEVEN

THE CUNARD STEAMER LUcANIA COMES ACROSS
FROM QUEENSTOWN IN FIVE DAYS SEVEN
HOURS AND FoRrY-EIGHT MINUTES.
The Cunard steamship Lucana came into port
Yesterday afternoon bringing new record WIN
her She made the trip from Queenstown IN hVe
DAYS seven hours and forty-eight minutes, thus
making the fastest time ever made across the Al.
lantic and beating the best previous record. which
she held herself by fifty minutes. short time
ago a record made about once year D"t
now the Lucania and Campania, or the Cuharu
Line and the New-York. Of the American Line
break records frequently that 1t Is almost ex-
pected that they will do so at every trip Inc
Fuerst Bismarck, too of the Hamburg American
Line cuts down her record between New
York and Southampton nearly every trip she
makes but the season of storms OF head whds
and head seas Is coming now and 1t Is probable
that the record breaking Is nearly over for TINS
year
The Iucania came across the ocean on her trip,
which ended yesterday. at an average speed or Z'o
miles an hour She passed Daunts Rock at 12:4o
O'Clock on Sunday last. and at noon the next day
had made 53l miles. The next twenty-four hours
she mada 542 miles, and Wednesday at noon
her record for the preceding twenty-four hours was
5i miles In the next twenty-four hours she made
52l miles and her record for twenty-four hours up
to noon of yesterday 552 miles. Thence she
made eighty-seven miles to Sandy Hook Lghtship
which completed her official voyage The Lucania
thus travelled 2.7S2 miles When the big steamer
sighted TO the eastward of Fire Island at 2:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon 1t was a foregone con-
cusion that she had beaten the record and the
only question was How much?" The Lucania
came from Fire Island to the lightship at tre-
mcndous speed making the thirty-one miles in one
hour and twenty three minutes. Although she
was obliged to come more slowly up the Bay and
take the long way around by the main ship chan
mel. she from the Hook to Quarantine in thirty
eight minutes She arrived at her pier at sos
O'Clock last evening having come from Fire Island
in three hours and thirty-six minutes This In
cuded about half hours detention In Quaran-
tine
The Lucania on this trip. did not break the rec
ord for the greatest days or for the greatest
both these records. having made them on previous
trips. when she made %. IS the record Of average
hourly speed for twenty hours; p SO miles is
her best average hourly speed the Atlantic.
and $50 miles the best days run.
Previous to making the new record Of yesterday
the best record was days, hours IS minutes.
which the Lucania made on her voyage ending Au-
gust 81 last.
The Lucana also holds the record for eastern
passage, which she made on her last voyage. which
eastward record was exactly the same to a minute
as the Westward record she had made on her voyage
out which ended August 3D.
The Lucania brought a large passenger list. and
when she reached her pier 1t was crowded with
people who had come 10 welcome home her passen-
gers 10 greet foreign friends who were arriving
on her Although the big steamer reached her pier
at COS o'clock 1t was o'clock before she was got
alongside and her gangplank was run out The big
pier was too small to contain with comfort the
crowds Of passengers and their friends which
thronged IT, and soon became one mass Of people
from the stree, to the outer end OF the shed Every,
body who came over on her was. OF course. proud
OF having been passenger on a record-breaker.
The Lucania encountered rough weather on
her trip. The first part OF the voyage she had
winds from the north and the southwest. and
smooth sea. In the latter part she had winds from
and southwest and ne she approached the coast
the became rougher. Stil II was not rough
enough 70 bother the big ship or 10 decrease her
speed She had In fact almost perfect conditions of
wind and weather all the way over. She encountered
a little fog but much. This last achievement OF
the Iucania brings the trarsat tlantie record stil
nearer to that veday trip OF which steamship own
ars and steamship builders have dreamed.