The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-11
BUT is SHE SAFE !?
Mariners Say La GaScogne Is
Not Lost.
NOW EIGHT DAYS OVERDUE.
The Big French Liner Has Weathered
Some Rough Gales.
LESS STlNCH CRAFT ARE ARRIVING.
Other Disasters on the Atlantic, How.
ever, Increase the Fears for the
Steamships Safety.

New YORK, Feb. 10.-The French line
steamer La Gascogne, so far as all sources
of information go, has failed to reach har-
Dor. The three steamers which arrived at
this port to-day have seen or heard moth
ing of her. But the fact that vessels not
nearly so stanch as the French liner have
weathered the gales that have swept the
Atlantic for the past two weeks has given
heart and hope to those who can view the
chances of the big steamer from an impair
tial standpoint. La Gascogne is now eight
days overdue.
She has faced many a furious gale in the
years that she has crossed the Atlantic,
but never was she so tardy in reaching
port.
On October 26, 1891, she came into New
York harbor, 920 souls on board, salt en-
crusted to the top of her tunnels For four
days and nights she had been in the grip
of hurricane. One day of such weather
would have tested the stanchness of al
most anything that floats, but La Gas
cogne reached New York practically unin-
jured. 1t is such experiences that has
given the agents in this city confidence
that their boat is still ploughing the seas
or safe in some out-of-the-way harbor
The men in the Office of the French line
do not worry much. None of them be-
lieve La Gascogne to be lost. 1t is the
friends and relatives of passengers that are
fearful of the worst.
The men who report vessels far down the
bay have kept their eyes sharp toward the
sea in the hope of being the first to signal
the missing steamer. AT 7:30 o'clock to-
night the Hamburg American liner Dania
was reported off Fire Island. Two hours
later an unknown steamer was reported
passing Sandy Hook lighthouse There
she is anchored and it is believed that she
is La Normandie, a sister ship of La
Gascogne.
! Ia Norusand;e sailed isoin Havre Febru-
ary 2, and coming over the same course as
La Gascogne, it was confidently expected
she would have tidings of her. No
signs TO that effect, however, are displayed,
and now the officials of the lines fix their
hopes on La Touraine, which sailed from
Havre on Wednesday last with instruc-
| tions to keep the strictest lookout for
La Gascogne and, if necessary, to spend
extra time in making a detour from the
regular course. Just what news the Dania
or Normandie may bring is doubtful, but
they have given no indication up to the
present time of having spoken the miss
ing ship.
Captain Griffith of the American trans
port liner Manitoba said to-day he thought
La Gascogne would be first spoken by
a vessel bound from the Mediterranean or
eastward for Gibraltar.
my opinion" he said, ''is that she
broke down west ofsthe Azores, and was
carried by the prevailing currents into
southern ATTITUDES"
AT the Navy Club the officers believe the
vessel will eventually come in.
SANDY Hook, Feb. IL g A. Mia Nor
mandie is anchored outside the bar. She
was boarded by reporter of the Asso-
ciated Press and reports no news of La
Gascogne.