San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-12
TELEGRAMs SENT TO ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY ANN0UNO-
ING THE SAFE AERRIVAL
OF THE STEAMER.
What the Captain Says of Her
Accident, Her Passengers and
Her Crew-Her Pevious
Disabilities and Per-
ils-All Passen-
gers Safe and
Sound.

AVE-" ionnS Il Ob' Az AO"o
that Lagascogne has been sighted
was flashed over the telegraph
wires to all parts of the country.
An hour after the second bulletin
was received, Agent Forget began
to get congratulatory kilograms
from Philadelphia, Chicago and
other points. Here is a sample OF
them:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. IL
Philadelphia delighted with glad
tidings. All rejoice.
(Signed) J.P. MORRIS.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. IL
Vive la Gascogne. Accept con-
CALCULATIONS.
(Signed) DIR. GIBBONS.
PLATTsBURG, N. Y, Feb. H.
Thanks to your kindness, we re-
joice for our friends.
(Signed) NJ. P. MEYERS"
The last two OF the above were
in answer to kilograms from Agent
Forget.
The latter sent out about five
hundred kilograms to points all
over the country to friends and re-
latives of those on board Lagas-
cogne announcing the sighting OF
the ship.
The addresses had been left with
him by anxious inquirers with re-
quests to let them know the
minute definite news was received.
These requests had been made
personally and by mail and tele.
graph. Among those who person
ally called at the office OF the COM
pany on Bowling Green after the
bulletins came from Five Island
W IS E. G. Prossard, OF Fayetteville,
whose sister was on the Lagas
cogne. Another was Mr.. Dumas,
Of Durham, N. c., whose wife is on
board.
M. N. Mix, Of this city, whose
brother Is on the ship, was another
who called.
John N. Cristic, Of 343 Broadway
wos an inquirer as was M. A. Con-
nell of Quebec.
The Captain Of Lagascogne told
Of the accidents briefly.
There was no time to 60 into
minute details. He said:
Just at the time the repairs were
being made the weather was aw-
full.
at was necessary for the passen-
ger to all go below. We did not
attempt to get under Roadway
for some time after making repairs
and when we started she could
only make very slow Roadway.
During the storm the passengers
were made as comfortable as pos
sible. They could not have been
better behaved. We passed the
first ship yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. She was an Inman
liner bound for Philadelphia and
we signalled her asking her to re.
port us with machinery inactive
and to notify the agents to send
tugs to our assistance. The piston
that was broken was not exactly
repaired. 1t was isolated and the
others were then used This was
difficult, but the engines are quad.
ripple expansion and the cylinders
were tandem. With the old triple
expansion engines 1t would not
have been so difficult to repair nor
would the accident have been 80
serious"
Chow about the second delay Of
twenty-four hoursw
"That was on account OF the aft
cylinder heading. The worst part
was the center being disabled. The
steam went directly from high
pressure to quadruple expansion"
The captain spoke proudly Of his
ship, his crew and his passengers.
Considering the extent of the acct.
dent and the fearful weather, he
thought the ship had done nobly.
The Lsgsscogne anchored near
the Whistling buoy, on the bar be.
tween the two light ships. A
moment later the tug Hustler, of
the Chapman Wrecking company,
appeared in sight. Tugs to the
numb Der Of dozen crowded around,
but were ordered of, and the Hust-
Ter running alongside, began the