Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19
camPANIA NOW THE OCEAN QUEEN
Run from Queenstown Made In Days o
Hours and 80 Minutes.
New York Times.)


The steamship Campania. Of the Cunarc
Line. arrived at this port Thursday,
6reaKing all records for the westward
passage from Queenstown to New York.
Her time was days Q hours and -
minutes.
The best time ever made previous 10
this trip of the Campania was made by
her sister ship. the Lucania, last Octo-
Der. when she made the western passage
in 6 days IL hours and A minutes. Thus
the Campania beat the Lucanias record
by hours and IS minutes.
The Campania's run was made under the
most favorable conditions. From the time
the ship weighed anchor on the other side
until she arrived at New York. she had
the most perfect sailing weather. and du-
ring the entire voyage the run was made
under full pressure. she carried 100
pounds OF steam from the start until the
finish of her record-breaking voyage
Not a hitch occurred In the steamships
ponderous machinery. Her engineer and
officers praise 1t as the perfection or
mechanism. The steamship left Liverpool
August 1lth and Queenstown August l2th.
At l2:j1 Z. NJ, August 18th, her time was
taken off Daunts Rock. At AS i. NJ.
yesterday she was abeam Fire Island.
She was at the Sandy Hook lightship at
B:l5 =. NJ, crossed the bar at 615 j. NJ,
and reached quarantine at 6AI i. NJ
During the entire passage she mad easy
sailing, with no headwinds to speak OF.
She had but two hours of fog coming
across the Banks on August 10th, and
this did not inconvenience her In the least
The engineer stated that she lost Dut
two hours or. the entire trip. Her ave-
rage daily run was 515.S knots While her
her DAVIS runs in miles from Daunts
Rock. given consecuuvely. were 6lG, 52l,
543. SIS. 6i5. and l26 to Sandy Hook light
ship.
Tho average knots per hour was the
greatest made for the period OF time Dy
any vessel that ever foated. The Lucania'
when she broke the westward record.
made an average of 20.o2 knots per hour,
which was considered phenomenal at the
time. and 1t was thought that 1t would
be a long time before this record would
be equalled. and no thought was given 10
its getting beaten. The Campan!a's ave
rage was pa knots per hour.
When il was learned on board the
steamship that there was a strong prob
ability that the record would be broken.
the passengers took as much interest IN
the matter as did the officers OF the YES
sell and for the last two days OF the
voyage It was the constant topic OF con-
versation.
The log was watched more closely than
n log was ever watched before, and bets
were numerous and frequent that the re-
cord would not be broken. The doubling
Thcmases paid their losses on the way up
from the Hook with consoling feeling
OF having witnessed a most wonderful
feat in marine locomotion.
WHEN thu cay,papia reached her DOCK
she was greeted with cheers by the large
assemblage that was waiting to do her
honor. The pier was uncomfortaply
crowded with friends of the vessel and
her passengers, and the police were fairy
distracted.
An accident that came near marring
the renown that the Campania achieVei
occurred after she had warped In along
side her pier, and was dischargins her
passengers. She came in bow on, and
lowered her gangway after she was Sc
cured by hempen hawsers.
Many OF her passengers had gained the
dock, and, while the gangway was hlled
with others, the forward hawser. drawing
aft, parted, and her stern hawser' not
being taut. she forged forward, and
caught the gangway and partially crushed
IL against the side OF the p!er-shed. The
IL swept around among those who were
crowdng forward to welcome their
friends.
Had the vessel moved two feet further
the gangway would have been badly dam
aged. After this she put out wire cables
that held her in position. The customs
officials compelled the passengers to leave
all their luggage except handbags ana
light portable articles on board over night,
as 1t was declared to be impossible to
examine them last night.
The Campania now holds both the east
ward and westward records. her east
ward record is days II hours and
minutes.
Vernon II. Brown, the Cunard COM
pany's agent in this city, said that this
is the first time that any steamship had
sailed from Queenstown on Sunday
and arrived here on Friday, in time to be
reported in the evening papers.