The evening world., 1894-05-04
But the Persian Monarch Is Still
on the PASSPORT Sand Bar.
Passengers Say that Capt. Bristow
Was lnsolent to Them.
hCent Says a Pilot Was on Board
When the Ship Grounded.

arch, which Is faSt on q sand bar of
Eastpoint, l.. l.. were landed safely at
Wilson'S pier. No. 1. Brooklyn, at 6.45
o'clock this morning, by the tug C. L.
Eyarts. Capt. Philip Dick, which was
sent to their aid yesterday by Sander
son & Son. the Wilson line agents.
They were all well. but very out
spoken in their expressions Of displeas-
ure at the treatment they said they had
received from Capt. Bristow, the ships
commander.
Nearly all the passengers left imme-
diately after their arrival, and gave in
structions 10 have their baggage for
warded on its arrival at the Brooklyn
pier. An Evening World" reporter
found Miss Emma Bagley, one of the
belated passengers. this morning. She
talked to the reporter in a broad cock
neg accent. and said that Capt. Bristow
was positively 'nawsty."
night" said Miss Bagley, when the
vessel went ashore. Some Of the other
passengers and myself were In the chief
engineers room when we felt the Vessel
strike something and SILVER from stem
TO stern.
The captain Immediately notified the
chief engineer through the lube that
something was wrong. | heard Kim SAY:
I think we've stru * n Nnr.' We ali
ran out Of tire chief engineers room
Pell nell up the staircase to the deck.
IN the rush several Of the ladies' mar
TDWly escaped injury.
Il stubbed my toe and In falling struck
my nose against the railing. When we
got up, on deck the vessel was hard
seng,ers by this time had somewhat sub
sided. but one lady. n Mrs. ]. Lyman, a
bride. became quite hysterical and had
to be taken below by her husband and
We stayed on the bar all yesterday
tug Charles +. Evarts arrived to take
tow ordered all the passengers to board
the tug. The crew rugged up a chair, In
which the, ladies were lowered to the
deck OF the tug. Some Of them posi-.
seemed to them a great distance in the
chair, but Capt. Bristow Numbered and
stormed around so that we had to do 1t.
that he didn't loop a rope around our
waists and lower us that way like
cattle. It took the crew five hours to
,S%er d all the III ladies' : ad to the tus The men
Miss Bagley was asked why 1t was
that Capt. Bristow had been rendered a
testimonial bv the passengers II he had
oh" she said, that was all the do
ings of that woman The Duchess She
seemed TO act as praiser. trying all the
IN ~ tlaht tle olht phSStlStIS pt-
lieve that everything aboard the vessel
was finer than could be obtained n
where else.
'She marched us all into the cabin
and made us sign the testimonial to the
captain"
Mrs. Mary Smith. wife of a London.
E Sops l Rnyfhae er hes Mho a sfaer bean iand tn Eat at
Wilson's pier, hurried to the office of
the Wilson line. at Y State street. this
While at the steamship ONCE. Mrs.
Smith was seen by an Evening. World
reporter. During her relation OF the &C.
%currences on board the ship two, or
Mrs. Smith said that the weather was
fine and clear. and that no fog was
visible.
light Of a iightehouse. Ne We're all on
deck about $50 o'clock. and about to
retire when the shock came"
Passenger Agent Dunnett. Of the VIII
son line, who went to the Persian Mon
arch yesterday. in the tug Evarts, re-
turned this morning.
pilot-boat No. p. OF this city, was IN
board when the vessel struck the bar.
1t is believed in shipping circles that
board the Persian Monarch, and that
strenuous attempts are, being made to
keep the real cause of her grounding
from the public.
III w llSol llc BtopiS oay tiot Supt.
Bristow will be able to explain every
thing in due time.
An order Of the Company requires all
captains of the Wilson line steamers to
be reported from the signal station at
that place.
belonging to the Southern Towboat Com
pany, which the Merritt Wrecking Com
pany had hired. The Merritt took
with her several barges with which to
The Eyarts. was unable to run along.
side the Persian Monarch on account OF
the shallow water, so her passengers
manned by members Of the Merritts
crew.
About midnight the Evarts steamed
S Safk f0 at 5 sfso t his m sns atI'T and ii the e Per-
sian Monarch's passengers were inspected
by Deputy Health Officer Talmage. He
found everybody we'll and the tug pro-
Seeeded without delay to Wilson'S Pier
sanderson & Co. denied to an Even
Ing World" reporter that any OF the
passengers had been discourteously
AS a matter of fact" said Passenger
Agent Dunnett, capt. Bristow was not
on deck hen the passengers were low
cred over the ships side into the
q discourtesy. If anything of the kind
did occur II came from the captain and
crew Of the tug Merritt, but 1 do not
mink such was the case"
PASSPORT, 4 l., May,4.-The strand,
little deeper in the sand this morning
ocean swell that prevailed all night.
Shortly after daybreak one OF the
oarges began Tightening the freight from
tne steamship The tug l.. J. Merritt
soon afterwards went to work to get the
steamer off the ba- At 10 o'clock Capt,
Bristow thought shr had succeeded In
working the ship back towards the
ocean about fifty feet.
Thi. made him feel very hopeful. and
ne SAID he Thought he would have his
vessel afloat al high tide Tonight.
tlpt. .Bristow later discovered that his
ssssssel Lad not been, budged one inch
nne was still embedded In eight feet oil
sahd and lying In ten feet of water. The
snip has only 1000 tons aboard. She
uraws eighteen feet of water.
AT ] o'clock the tugs in attendance
a~pandoned the hope of getting the Per
sian Monarch on the and bar to-day
was then low tide and nothing could
De done until high water.
lhe hip Is In such a position that II
.he southeastern promised for this after
noon materializes her decks will bt
swept by the waves.
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