The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-12
La GASCOGNE IS SAFE +!
Weary Vigil of Anxious Watch
ers Ended at Last
THE PEOPLE WEPT FOR JOY
Battle Of the Big French Liner With
the Tempest
With Machinery Disabled the Vessel Encoun-
tered Storm and Was Hove To
for Many Hours.

perilous VOYAGE across the Allan
tic with a broken shaft, has there been
such excitement in this city as this even
ing when the news was flashed across
the wires that a steamer resembling the
long missing La Gascopne had been
sighted off Fire Island. The inference
that the French line steamer was safe did
not for some time reassure the generally
incredulous public. 1t was too good to
be true and it was only when the bulletin
was announced that the La Gascogne was
slowly making her wav to port of destina-
ton that the long pent up feeling of those
who had anxiouslv waited day bv day for
the tidings of the missing craft, broke
out.
In every hotel. in every club. in almost
every home in the city the sole topic of
conversation was the arrival of the shin.
the hope of whose rescue from the terrific
storms. which have caused such terrible
disasters in the maritime world, had al
most deserted the hearts of the most
sanguiue.
In the offices of the French line the
scene. when the telegram was received
announcing the safety of the big liner.
was a striking one. The news spread
quickly through the city. Hundreds of
persons besieged the pier of the comnanv
as th ough they expected La Gas
cogne would in an hour or
two be moored at her dock
This crowd was reinforced every moment.
Friends of the French passengers made
query after query of Mr. West. the su-
formation vouchsafed by him was that
the ship was safe They shook hands
with each other and laughed and wept
for iov. Over thousand people decided
ON staving on the dock until La Gascogne
arrived and it was only when a con
spicuous announcement was most
ed on the outside of the GONNA
nv's pier that she would not leave quar-
antine until tomorrow morning that
the anxious watchers slowly went to their
homes.
Quarantine r. FeB. II wbon tbo
Associoted press disna+oh a. a.e5 ;, -,
arst apnoupced that tba Ia coscoane r,os
sigb+od off Eiro Tslond aaos nreriorsl,,
ogreed ,nop as sianols yoro hois+od ~,
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tbe newsnanars iovfnll,, onnonncino tbat
the long-overdue steamer wos sofo
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red Egbts hanging from, her mizzan n,ost
40 sianol tha+ sbo r,os disahIod uor
nossongors ,yero oil on dock son,o of +hon,
sinoing and most of tbem che ering as
nersons ara wont to do whom the;r minds
ara srddepl,, rol;evod of . hoa,,v s+ra;r
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taen dave tho shin hos boen d;s.hle5 II
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At ehe request OF "orlo reporter MI
MIN rePresentatlVe Oh the thomson
houston Edectric company one OF the
caplh passengers hastily Wrote out the
1ollowlhg statement, whlch ne Threw
ABOARD the "orld tug:
'All went well until January ", three
days a1ter sallihg from Havre' wheh the
snip was stopped ana the passengers on
inquiry as TO the cause, were informed
that part OF the machinery mad broken
down. Inc information was surprise TO