The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-10
OTHER VESSELS PAST DUE
HEROIC EFFORTS OF LIFE SAVERS
TO RESCUE FROZEN SAILORS.
Steamer Patria Aground in the Main
Channel of New York Bay-Mnrine
News from Many Sources.

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the White Star steamer would bring some
news of La Gascogne We're dashed to earth
when the officers OF the Teutonic reported
that they had neither seen nor heard of the
missing ship. A. F. Forget, agent Of the
Companie Generate Transatlantique. and
Manager VIM. Sschott made no effort to con-
ceal their disappointment. They had been
encouraged by the Teutonic's nonarrival.
They knew that for at least one-third the
distance the two ships went over practically
the same course, and they had assumed
that the White Star ship had met the
Frenchman in distress and perhaps was
towing her in.
La Gascogne left Havre on Saturday, JAM
rs. With an ordinarily speedy passage she
would have tied up at pier No. AZ. North
river. last Sunday morning. She is seven
days overdue, and these last seven days
on the Atlantic have been marked by the
most violent storms, gales and hurricanes,
by snow and hail, zero temperature and
winds that shifted their direction frequent
ly, but seldom lessened their speed. More
than this. La Gascogne, from all reports
that other vessels have brought in, and
from the data of the weather bureau, was
buffeted by cyclonic gales, with the wind
blowing at from sixty to one hundred miles
an hour almost from her first day out
Not one of the ships which have put into
port here, or have touched at any foreign
port has seen La Gascogne. From,
Bermuda and the Azores, from Queenstown
and from Havre, the story is the same At
first the theory entertained by the agents
was that La Gascogne had become tenn
porarily disabled through break in the
machinery and was making for the Azores
or perhaps one of her own ports under
efi.
new element was introduced into the mass
of conjecture and speculation concerning
her movements or her fate. %Is La Gas
cogne out of coal? 3. Dunn. the signal
service observer, got out all his charts last
night, looked over the storm record for the
last three weeks and discovered that since
Jan. 26. the day La Gascogne sailed
from France, there has been a succession of
big storms which blew off the Atlantic coast
with a terrific parting kick and rode out to
sea with increased violence to become biiz-
yards in the very path taken by the French
ships. He took his data down to No. 8
Bowling Green and discussed the meteoroi-
ogy of the Atlantic ocean with agent For
get and General Manager Schott for an
hour. The suggestion that perhaps all this
time La Gascogne had been fighting
hard fight in tne teeth of terrific gales that
other ships avoided by choosing q path
twenty or thirty miles south, brought some
comfort to the French line manager. Mr.
Dunn said he was of the opinion that
La Gascogne has drawn SO deeply on her
coal supply that when she finally gave up
the contest, with the bliz7 ards, and headed
for the Azores, her speed had to be kept
down to perhaps half 4 dozen knots an hour
Mr.. Forget was inclined to insist that the
ship had coal enough for any emergency, but
storms
Tonight several rumors were afoat that
La Gascogne had been sighted but inyesti-
cation has, in each case, proven such stories
without foundation. At 11:30 p. m. a steam
ship was sighted off Fire island bound in.
At first it was thought this might be the
long looked-for French liner, but as she
proceeded without displaying any signals
| this hope fell fiat 1t is customary with
captains of overdue steamers to display
signals continually when reaching port, in
order to relieve anxiety of relatives and
| friends. Failing to display signals no inn
portance is attached to the arrival of this
steamship. unless. perhaps, she may have
some news of the French liner. The
weather is rough in tie outer bay tonight,
and it will take from two to three hours
for the vessel to reach Sandy Hook.
| 1t is generally believed that the French
| vessel is disabled, and in that case she
must have been blown far south out of
| the Travelled course. La Normandie, of the
| Compagnie Generate Transatlantique is Cue
| here tomorrow. Her coming Is anxiously
| locked for, since she will travel the course
| followed by her missing sister. If La Gas
/ cogne is still in that course. La Normandie
| would likely fall in with her. Agent Forget
| said: 1--WE are still confident and believe La
will he -fe for cHc is
| stanch vessel. 1t is not remarkable that
disabled boat should be delayed seven
| days if such weather prevails"
The Red Star line steamer Rhynland
| from Antwerp, is still out. 1t is now four
| teen days since she left Antwerp. Nc
| anxiety is felt, however. for her safety
| The Bolivia, sixteen days out from Gibral-
tar; the LANDAU City. eighteen days out
! from Swansea: the Manitoba, fifteen days
/ out from London; the Wittikind. thirteen
| days out from Bremen, and the Taormina,
/ sixteen days out from Hamburg, are still
to be heard from. The Cunard liner Um-
bria, from Liverpool and Queenstown, was
due to arrive to-day, but, under the exist
| ing weather conditions, she is not likely
/ to reach port tomorrow.
| One theory advqnced IS that the Gas
| cogne may be heard of FROM Sable island.
| It IS about % miles east by south from
/ Halifax. ". s. 1t will be remembered that
| the story of the wreck ofsthe sseamer
| Nerito on Sable island last November was
/ first told by officers of La Champagne on
| her arrival at this port At that time ship
/ ping men said La Chalnpag gne had no right
! 10 be near Sable island, but the agents then
/ explained that size was not out Of her
/ course, the inf fs-s ace being that the French
lire vessels follow an extreme northern
line There Il ,1fx y,,s q ~ of c0nnr1i ~ ian
1 with Sable island except bx aove- neat