The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-13

pnla ana made her acquainted with our
plisal- though We met the toughest kind
OF weather after the breakdown. vet We
were able 70 reach port without any assls-
Capt Baudelon was hugged and kissed
~ C-g- Folrot OF La Normandie the SIS
lel snip, which left Havre one week later
ana beat la Gascogne in.
4n7 second oftlc-r Of the ship was seized
AZ me END Of the gang plank 5y a dozen
-1--es a- OF whom attempted 10 hug
aAJ Kiss MIN at once Il was tnapossib
% learn Whsther or not they were rela-
ives. ana apparently Il did not matter
---s--i every passenger tE1t landed vas
polncad upcr BY dozen OF more. and for
tins was n greata- danger Of sufoca-
ase-
~ Z o'clock al the cabin passengers
were landed. and the crowd on the pier
slowly pushed through the crowd maSssd
n tron- o. the pier ard the greatest dock
reception on record in this city was over.
Prom Chief Eng -nesr Adolf Martin was
ontalned to-day q more detailed descrip-
lion OF the nature o. the break Ia LIZ
Gascogne's machincry. The break occurred
IN one OF the piston reds about half way
between the traveller and the piston. Il
was due 70 a law. Though there were
facilities aboard Tor making repairs. the
Location O. he break was such that an
attempt 20 repair It would nave required
the moving OF machinery. and would have
been attended with even more delay and
dtmculty. Therefore il was decided to DIS
connect The affected cylinder from the
other two which are constructed so THAI
they can e used INDEPENDENTLY. This ne
cessitated the taking cut Of the injured
piston. and occss4 onsd delay OF seven
teen hours. The cutting out Of this cylia-
der reduced tie power from 600 horse
power 10 800 bringing the speed down 70
cre-half. Later the crank shaft got heat
ed, ard the bearings had 10 be changed.
The break was, not caused by any strain
from bad weather, but simply to the fiaw
which existed ir the new machinery.
The engines are Of the qCadruple expan-
SION type. There are six cylinders, set
tandem fashion n two tiers Of three CYL
inders OF 3 inches in diameter each; one
intermediate cylinder CT 7s inches diam
eter; one high pressure cylinder Of =
inches diameter ans two intermediate cyl
nders Of q inches diameter. She has =
boilers OF the single end type, each 9 feet,
6 inches in length ana IS Ieet in diameter.
Before The first break down the average
revolutions to a minute were g.. When re-
pairs had been made they could not 10
better than IS, and after meeting the
storm It became necessary 10 reduce IL 10
Knots out at sea. Il was the piston Of the
intermediate cylinder that cracked.
The Lacond nshap was the occasion Of
the most delay. II was ON Feb. 5. that IL
occurred. The isolatlng OF the Injured cyl
inder AFFECTED the control Of the steam.
.Shich passed & 'rectly from the high press
urs TO the quadruple expansion cyiind rs.
The after cylinder became so heated that
the center became disabled. 1t was nee
ac <@7.v n wait for 81 % cool
After the second repa RS La Cascorne
got along without further trouble 10 her
ENGINES.
Eetore TIE repairs were made the second
time, however. Ia GascOgne's passen-
gers iear~od ~ouet7ine of the terrors OF
the a. The 20 m In O WI icl q e e, a uer
had run on Feb. was doubtless respOn-
sibie for the second acc dent because Of
the strain IL put on tire lessened power ia
cu ties. which had been strengthened by
some new work. This new work readily
heated from friction. Steerage way was
lost. and the steamer rolled into the trough
Of the sea. The passengers all remained
below. 1T was 10 a. n. On the 4th that
the cyclone started. That night and the
following one were sleepless ones. Many
who retired on the second night got up
after the accident The rolling of the
vessel was frlahtful Huge seas dashed
against the port lights and one heavy
wave reared its bulk no nearly 10 the
bridge II damaged one boat and carried
away twenty feet of rail on the main
deck. The broken piston rod weighed
seven tons.
Chief Engineer Martin says that 1t viii
take about i've days to repair the dam
age dore and will cost about 5000 La
Gascoene win be started out on Wednes-
day next. ehty men. the,full complement
Of the engineers stem. are engaged in dis
connecting the broken ROD.
Paris, Feb 12.-The news Of the arrival
Of La Gascogne last evening spread
throughout the city with almost incredible
rapidly, and in the theaters and cafes
and on the boulevards It was the sole
topic Of conversation. The public rejo.c-
ing over the safety of the ship was gem
eral President Faure learned of the safe
arrival OF the vessel while at the theater.
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