New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-18

minutes She held the eastern record, however,
having gone from Sandy Hook 70 Queenstown in
days 10 hours and minutes. Now she holds
both records.
The Campania was expected to arrive some
lime in the night and land her passengers bright
and early this morning At o'clock yesterday
afternoon. however. the lookout in the Western
Union tower at Fire Island saw the smoke Of the
steamer appearing above the horizon. BY the aid
Of his powerful glasses ne soon discovered. as her
smoke stacks rose above the shining round OF the
sea. that {, was the fleet Cunarder going at a
tremendous pace and evidently bound 10 smash
records When the news was telegraphed from
Fire Island 10 this city there the greatest
aurnrise on fhe Maritime Exchange and at the
United Press ship news Office n was evident To
the persons familiar with those things that the
Csmpania was about 10 make a record such as
tho world never before.
HELPED ny THE SWELLING TIDE
A5 o'clock the Highlands reported her rush
ing IN toward the nghtship. The only question
wa. now VIII. ther she could reach Quarantine be-
fore sundown Sundown Yesterday was at Goo.
AT $40 o. m the Campania had passed Sandy
Hook and was rushing up the main ship channel
with the food tide to help her on hcr way. she
dropped anchor I'm Quarantine az Ca. ana was
Immediately inspected and passed by the health
officers The ,elograms from Fire Island, tho
Highlands and Sandy Hook announcing the
progress or the race which the Campania was
making against time and against the hour Of
sunset were read with the greatest Interest by
everybody In shipping circles. and by thousands
whose only knowledge of a ship is that one some
lines takes them 10 Europe and brings them
back.
DAILY RUNS OF THE STEAMER.
The Campanla left Liverpool on August II.
She left Queenstown on August II. with 'ft 'aplh
and 62s steerage passengers on board. she sail'd
out Of the harbor at Queenstown at l2:ol p h'
and arrived AT the Bar here yesterday az o'f'
% m Her days runs were rcckoned from paunt
pock a, the entrance OF Queenstown iIarbor.
The first day the Campania made 'lb kho'S' '"e
NOV, dav sne ran her days record up to 52l
knots; the third day the weather was iaNor"oc
70 bor and she made the remarkable run of 54S
knots: the fourth day the run Tor twenty -io"'
hours was 525 knots. and the hfh day 1t ran up
again 10 545 From the nth day at noon' "he"
the observation was taken 10y Captain Haines' she
ran 126 miles TO Sandy Hook Lightshlp. ana theh
ca,ne dashing I'D the harbor as has beeh ue-
scrihed Her average speed on the voyage was
OIL knots an hour Her greatest day run was
made in the twenty-four hours that ended al
man Yesterday and consisted OF 90 miles. oh
this run she made an average OF z-'2 h"o'S al
hour. 80. o,,oo,stoyn a
moderate westerly breeze was blowing. Inc heA'
tvo days she had moderate breeze lI"'ii ~ "
northwest which increased to fresh oreeze III tne %
same direction on the night OF the 'hlrI Gay. ""
August Is the speed OF the steamer hhu 30 p y.
reduced for two hours on account oi ios. i rh,
not been for this the Campaha "ou.u ,hn, eha
ndlv have made better record even thah sle
dId on August - an easterly wlhd pI|Na 49, &
followed by southwest and northwest Wiiiu x,'n -"
August i6. Yesterday the Dig s,e"'~vr n,,rnapta
,r.valied 2776 miles from Daunts Rock to the
sandy Hook Lightship'
The Campania was beautlfui sisht as s'e
came slowly up the bay. AT the sea uoeS
made her out through the deepening tWiiigh' oe
low the Statue of Liberty. In rev minutes
she came into full view. The decks were pr"-
iantly lighted and thronged with passengers WIZ
knew that when they got ashore they would nave
an interesting story to tell their friends or no"
,ra broke the record" The strong flood tide car
red the big liner past her pier and IL look sone
time to get her turned around heh ,a snr
finally rubbed her hull against the per i,.,'. -
tedious delay occasioned by the lhapil's VI
the TWO tugs 10 push her stern around 50 sle
could enter the dock. Another tug was , pau
cured and in few minutes people on on ,"e 20
began to recognize their friends on deck "a. -
O'clock the after gangplank was run out anu 'ie
Passengers happy to be once more on ,'n,,ina
soil. rushed down into the ai"S Va ""
friends
1T LOOKED SERIOUS FOR A MOMENT
Few had come ashore. however. pefore cry
was heard:
Look out, Get off the gangplank'
Then came a thrilling moment. The sahspia''N
was crowded at the time. Suddenly the steamer
beean TO move forward. steel hawser hau
.nonped under too severe a strain ana ainioS.
IN twinkling the end Of the gahgPiaNh iaS'
On the ship was carried against the edge ni tlp
doorway The end inside the covered Wnari NV ""
around Ike a weather-vane with uo"cl P
PIE Oh ~ sn, - o. a moment Then all at
once the cracking and grinding stopped. anu s.,e
Campania was again still. 1t was iouhu -
the gangpank. beyond "A severe squern,s' 49, ~, 81
not damaged 1t took another hail- -hou, e,, ~ onuId
~ shin a few feet 81 that Decentralization cou'u
he resumed No one was hurt .,,.,,h-s,
Dr = w Ely. OF No 32 West Eighty-eigh'.m,,Ss,s.. .,s,.
an ~ ano rr ~ ne first passengers to land Ihe ne
massage across was almost devoid OF inc,uen, ' and
soid he 1--WE had fine weather all the ti,l'e a,,o o
.a,hino resembling an accident on the ias. 49, w.
S,s 20 the run. when II began to be appa,,en. tn.
uH. a. ~. were going to give the record Close