New-York tribune., 1894-04-20
THE EMSS PASSENGERS HERE.
BROUGHT TO PORT BY THE KAISER
WILHELM II.
DIR. FIELDS TELLS OF THE STORMS AND THE
pIsAsTER-HOw ONE OF THE WOMEN on
VS. AND THE

DIR. FIELDS TELLS OF THE STORMS AND THE
p1sAsTER-How ONE OF THE WOMEN on
BOARD REGARDED THE TROUBLE.
The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
II arrived here yesterday with the passengers or
the disabled steamer Ems of the same ne which
was towed into Horta. in the Azores. The Kaiser
Wilhelm was from Genoa. and stopped at HortA
and took 1873 steerage II hrst-cabn and % second
cabin passengers OF the Ems Her cargo VIII pe
brought here by the steamer Neckar
Dr. w J. Fields. Of the passengers. said; we
left Southampton on March B On March p the
weather was rough and we tossed about fear
fully. Tremendous seas came aboard, one OF whcn
broke the saloon skylght the dishes were smashed
and things generally uncomfortable. Tho
engines stopped for two hours and then we went
ahead again for half hour. at the end OF which
time we stopped again. The officers would not az
first tell us what had happened. but finally said the
propeIler Was broken" We were helpless and the
wind blew hurricane. The first officer said he had
not such a storm In sixteen years, and the
captain said he remembered only two such In thirty
years We were then half way between Southamp-
ton and New York. and drifting rapidly TO the
southeast. We were In this helpless condition. with
all the time. until March ei when the steam
er Rappahannock was sighted II was too rough 70
get a line her. bur she signalled and asked
TO tow TO southampton. She stayed by US all
night. In the morning the steamer Dag0 came along
and offered assistance, but it was rejected. BECAUSE
an agreement had already been made with the
Rappahannock. The continuing, the Rap
pahannOck signalled that she must CO. on account
OF the condition Of her of cattle So she went
away and left US, and the storm Increased in fury
Everything battened down and for three days
could not go deck. Signals OF distress were
flying by day. and at night rockets were continually
sent up. on the afternoon OF March % the weather
grew milder. A fire built on the forward deck
that night with the hope OF attracting the attention
OF some steamer The next day cannon was fired
repeatedly, and before noon saw the smoke or
steamer II the Wild Flower. She came TO our
assistance and towed into Horta."
Among the passengers OF the Ems was the Count
d Aulby del BOrghetto. of Italy. He is young
man. and his birthday was celebrated on April 3,
while the disabled ship in Horta. The passen-
gers all speak in the highest terms OF the hos
pitality of the people OF Horta.
4 big will be paid 10 the Wild Flower for
towing the Ems into Horta. II IS said that the
agreed upon between the two captains was
$4,000 The passengers. before leaving the Ems,
passed complimentary resolutions regarding Captain
Reimkasten and his officers. The women among
the first cabin passengers of the Ems all
brave i'm the time of trouble and danger One OF
them told that the steamer might go to the
bottom. TO which she replied. How awkward"
When the Ems taken in tow, a man rushed
oyfully to tell her and she replied to his infor-
nation, How nice"
Divers were at work the Ems when the Kaiser
Wilhelm ii left liorta.
Among the passengers the Kaiser Wilhelm III
from Genoa were Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland ID. Carey,
Pierre Iorilard. the Rev \. q. Locke. Captain G.
g. Nottage. the Marquis Pier Francesca Negrotto,
DR.. A. NJ. owen and Manuel de la Tore.