New-York tribune., 1895-02-14

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therefore, must have given out and Is prooap'e
that the yellow pine lumber with which she Is ia'"
Is being used for fuel She has doubtless, MT Kay
says been able 10 keep her head up to the seas
and Is probably making slow timet toward ths
port
Under ordinary conditions the City Of ST.
Augustine steams about eight knots an hour cap
tain lanes H. Gaskill has been her master for
eighteen months He is thrty-five years old, mar
ried and lives in Hoboken. Her first mate Is ;. +.
Thompson. who is about thirty-five years old, mar
rled and lives in Brooklyn. Her second officer is
Scandinavian named Wright. The chief engineer is
Peter Murphy fifty years old, Of Nyack. also mar
red Besides these there are two assistant en-
gineers two fremen. one steward, one cook and
four sailors. The principal owner Of the steamer is
II. A. Barring jr.. of St. Augustine. Fla
The British tramp steamship Matthew Bedlington.
Captain Baxter having been extensively damaged
by the gale at sea. put into this port yesterday for
repairs She sailed from Norfolk Va. Wednes-
day February 6. for Glasgow. with a cargo of flour
and
on Friday. February s. when $50 miles east OF
Sandy Hook severe gale of wind from the north
west was encountered. which increased in violence
and was accompanied by high. tumultuous
The barometer fell 10 2s10 and the ship labored
heavily the waves constantly preaching across her
decks Immense seas boarded her. smashing steam
pipes and sweeping away three boats. two from the
s,arboard and the other from the port side. The
sfter-wheel was smashed. the rails broken, and
everything movable washed from the decks
The storm continued throughout Friday Saturday
and Sunday with great force and extremely hea'y
seas Several days will be consumed in completing
the repairs.
TEN MEN ON A BARGE STILL AT SEA.
The missing barge No IS, of the Standard on
Company which. with Captain Forman and nine
sailors on board broke adrift when the gale was at
its worst at u 80 a. m. Friday from the steamer
Maverick, while being towed from Philadelphia 10
Boston. has not yet made any port. Ihe German
steamship Taormina Captain Koch. which arrived
at Quarantine yesterday morning from Hamburg
reported that at 3 p. m on Tuesday OH Moh-
tank a large towboat was passed having In tow
four-masted barge. The Taormina was about mile
and a half distant from the tow and could not make
out the name of either tug or barge. The seagoing
tugboat c. w Morse was TO search for the
barge on Tuesday, but r. C. Veit, manager OF the
STANDARD OIL Companys lighterage department,
thinks that she would not have had time 10 reach
the point indicated by Captain Koch and that the
barge sighted by him no; the missing one MI
Veit thinks that the barge sighted by the captain
Of the steamship Olbers in latitude 1913 north ana
longitude 1906 west may be barge No. IS. and yes-
terday he hurriedy sent the large Sandy HOOK tugs
Triton. Taurus and Ice King to search for her.
LETTERS FROM FRENCH LINE OFFICIALS.
Many people went TO the pier OF the French
Steamship Line. at Mortonst.. yesterday TO look "A,
La Gascogne. 1t now appears that her piston-rod
was not broken, was at first reported, bnt thaI
the piston or plunger. OF the middle one or her
three cylinders was cracked across its entire dam
eter being insuficieatly strong to Withstand the
heavy pressure OF steam 10 which it was subjected.
The wreckng tug Reliance OF the Chapman wreck
ing and Derrick Company, lay alongside the Dig
steamship at her pier. and with her powerful! steam
derrick hosted the piston-rod weighing fourteen
tons. and fractured the piston on deck. large
force Of machnists at work all day and last
night in removing the destroyed piston and replacing
Il with new one. IL IS expected that the repairs
will be completed to-day and that La Gascogne VII
be ready to sail for Havre at p m next Wednes-
day
Agent Forget received the following cable dis
patch from President f. Pereire, of the Compagne
Generate Transatlantique yesterday morning:
Havre February 13. 1885
We desire to thank the captain. the staff and the
crew Of the steamship La Gascogne for their excel.
voyage between Havre and New-York and to ex-
press TO the American press and pubic generally our
appreciation OF the sympathy shown by then TO
the French Line. t. PERElRE
The following self-explanatory letter sent TO
the local newspapers last evening:
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II is my most agreeable duty. pursuant to
cable instructions just received from NJ. Pereire,
antique. to tender TO you. and through you 20 the
people OF the United States. the company's most
grateful acknowledgements and sincere thanks for
the great interest. sympathy and friendly concern
50 cordially manifested toward me compsny, IN
for the safety OF our ship La Gascogne and her
passengers and crew. In thus returning the thanks
OF the company. permit me to add also publicly
my sincere thanks TO the gentlemen o. the
press for their uniform courtesy and considers ton
and also almost countless friends whose acts
and expressions OF kindly regard are quite too
merous to be individually acknowledged Yours re-
spectfuliy A. FORGET
The two men who arrested the French
Line pier on Tuesday az the instance Of Superin-
tendent West, who noticed them descending the
gangplank OF La Gascogne with their pockets
bulging with articles OF cutlery and cut glass
ware belonging to the steamer. were arraigned
yesterday in the Jefferson Market Police Court.
Superintendent West appeared against them. The
men SAID their action a foolish drunken freak.
Justice Tantor held them In 500 bail each for
trial
SPEED WHEELS FOR THE CITY OF LOWELL
The new twin-screw Sound steamer CITY OF
Lowell. OF the Norwich Line is now in drvdocx
having her propellers removed two blades Of .ne
or them having been broken in an iceeoe of Eo,,
Schuyler at p. m. Saturday. since which tina
she has made two trips at slow speed Both pro
pellers will be removed and supp!an,ed nv v,b,,
are known speed wheels-screws made of
manganese bronze. The blades are flexible to a
much vibration to the boat they attached io
as do those rigid cast iron. The company looks fnr
am increase in speed OF one haf to one knot r,er
hour The City OF Lowell has already developed .
speed OF twenty-five knots an hour, ana fitted With
the new screws, IL Is believed she will do nearly
twenty-six. The two manganese screws viii COS,
1900 which is $500 more than the cast iron ones
"IOH III"