The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-11
The Big French Line Steamer
Eight Days Overdue.
AssoLuTELyNo NEWS RECEIVED
Owners Say She is Safe, buf Passen.
gers Friends Are Worried.
sh1ppinx Men Have No Fesr-Rsssue Of
Two Men FROM . wrecked Schooner
ON Lcng Ialand sound--A Gloucesssr
Fishing schooner Lost with the Crew.

New York. Feb. 10.-The French line
steamer la Gascogne. 50 far as all
sources OF information SO. has failed TO
reach harbor. The three steamers which
arrived at this port today have seen
or heard nothing of her. But the fact
that vessels not nearly so staunch as
the French liner have weathered the
gales that have swept the Atlantic for
the past two weeks has given heart and
hope to these who can view the chances
OF the big steamer from an impartial
standpoint.
La Gascogne is now eight days over,
due. She has faced many a furious gale
in the years that she has crossed the
Atlantic. but never was she 50 tagSiy
In reaching port On October s6, 1881,
she came into New York harbor with
$40 souls on board. salt-incrustesi TO the
top Of her tunnels. For four days and
nights she had been in the grip of a
hurricane. One day OF such weather
would have tested the staunchness of
almost anything that floats. but la
Gaseogne reached New York practically
uninjured- It is such experiences that
has given the agents in this city con-
fidence that their boat is still plowing
the seas or safe in some out of the way
harbor.
The men in the office OF the French
line do not worry much. None OF them
believes La Gascogne To be lost. 1t Is
the friends and relatives of passengers
that are fearful OF the worst. The men
who report vessels far down the bay
have kept their eyes sharp toward the
sea In the hope of being the first to
signal the missing steamer.
At 7.30 tonight the Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Dania was reported Off Fire
island. Two hours later an unknown
steamer was reported passing Sandy
Hook lighthouse. There she is an
chored, and 1t is believed that she is
La Nornandie, a sister ship OF La
Gascogne. La Normandle sailed from
Havre February 2. and. coming over
the same course as La Gascogne. 1t was
confidently expected that she would
have tsdings of the other. No signs to
that effect, however. are displayed, and
now the officials of the line fix their
hopes On La Tourainc, which sailed
from Havre on Wednesday last, with
instructions to keep the strictest look
out for La Gascogne, and IL necessary
70 spend extra time I'm making a detour
from the regular course. Just what
news the Dania or Normandie may
bring Is doubtful. but they have given
no indication on which to predict any
news OF the missing ship.
capt. Griffith. of the American trans
port liner Manitoba, said today that he
thought La Gascogne would be first
spoken by a vessel bound from The
Mediterrapean or eastward for Gibral-
tar. My opinion" he said, '.is that she
broke down west OF the Azores. and was
carried by the prevailing currents into
southern iatitudes." At the Navy club
the officers believe The vessel will event.
ua1fy come In.
La Normandie is anchored outside the
bar. She was boarded by q reporter of
the Associated Press and reports no
news Of La Gascogne.