The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-12
la eAsooeNE,s STORMY PASSAGE.

LA GASCOGNES S STORMY BASSAGE
hugged, punched and slapped, and ac- |
tually kissed by those whose joyful feel |
ings overcame them. One old gentleman
who had three daughters on board the La
Gascogne, and who lost dearly loved
child only month ago, wept as If his
heart would break.
Over a thousand people decided on stay
ing at the dock until the La Gascogne ar
rived, and it was only when conspicuous
announcement was posted on the outside
of the company's pier that she would not
leave Quarantine until this morning that
the anxious watchers slowly went to their
homes
At O'Clock last night the tug Edwin M.
Millard carried a party of newspaper men
down to Quarantine, where the vessel lay
at anchor with three red lights hanging
| from her foremast as signal that she was
disabled Her passenger were all on deck,
some of them singing and most of them
cheering as persons are won't to do When
their minds are suddenly relieved oil
heavy strain For thirteen days of a voy-
age lasting sixteen days the ship had been
| disabled, one OF her main piston RODS nav
ing broken on her third day OUT from
Havre.
For sixteen hours on that fateful third
dav the vessel was hove to while the break
was bein1 repaired. 1t was comparatively
GOOD weather when the break occurred,
| Int the disabled steamer was fated to run
into some of the nastiest weather Of her
voyage.
. When the break had been repaired the
steamer proceeded on her way, but under
, greatly reduced speed. When near the
e banks of New Foundland La Gascogne
a ran into a gale that increased TO hurricane
force While off Sable Island, Feb ),
the machinery broke down again, and the
s steamer again was hove TO- this time for
forty-one hours. During all that period
the engines did not make single revolu-
tion. When the second repairs had been
made the steamer started ahead once more
g under still further reduced power, and
headed towards Long Island coast.
tt is a remarkable fact that during the
= entire VOYAGE across the Atlantic La Gas
+ cogne did not sight a steamer until sh'
PASSED ono bound for Philadelphia late OF
y Sunday Late yesterday afternoon tn
g French steamer signalled Fire Island ant
" then proceeded towards Sandy Hook light
=. ship.
IL While the passengers were considerabl.
1t worried on account of the delay, there wa
{ never q panic-amOng them. They knew
that their ship was "a staunch one and the
st had every confidence I'm their captain. An
a. besides, they knew the ship was not tC
tally disabled But they were nervou
o. and apprehenslve at times and they halle
le the conclusion OF their voyage with jo!
d. They cheered the captain and they cheere
the crew and they cheered the newspapC
ss men who went TO meet them.
I'd Following is a copy of the official log
La Gascogne, copied by one Of the passeI
d gers and thrown overheard in a bottle.
a. shows the number of miles reeled off ever
p. twenty four hours:
Jan 27, 4l0 miles, Jan 2s, i07; Jan. p
re $50; Jan. 80, 66; Jan, 81, 2l5; Feb /, 25'
" Feb. p 2SO; Feb 3 2l3; Feb. 4, 1876; Feb.
-. 1O3; Feb 8, 100; Feb o. 1871, Feb 10, 7'
Feb. H. 10.
NO Statement OF Passenger.
he At the request of reporter Mr. Mix,
no representative of the Thomson Housto
Electric company, one of the cabin passel
n- gers, hastily wrote out the following stat
,ir ment, which he threw aboard the tug;
% "All went we'll until Jan. 80, three da,
after sailing from Havre, when the sh
or was stopped and the passengers, on 1
ot quiry as TO the cause, were informed tn
a part Of the machinery had broken dow
~ The information was a surprise TO 9
v | nassau Oera "a there had bean no shook