The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
"A GlsCOGNE OFF NEW YORK.
-, pre STEAMER DROPS ANCHOR
n SIGHT OF PORT.


o-a-.oLen by the storm During /
ona Of .he Breaks in Her Voyage.
-, well on Board and NO Damage /
none BY the storm.
c.r,r,-r7s staten Island, n. Y. Feb. !
TIA Gascsgne is STATE The big
+--.-,s fnsr. eight days over due. dropped
.-.s,r a. the bar just before midnight
rf-s all well on board, and sigh Of re-
,isf goes up from two continents. Her
5.,sv was due 10 a broken piston ROD. and
=. .ss terrific gales which have swept
Il. North Atlantic for the past week or
-,,ra ana brought disaster to many a
s.synrb craft. Capt Baudelon and the
,47.s~s and crew Of La Gascogne brought
4 t5s shin ana passengers through the gales
i and made port without help.
rrom the time they left Havre. on Jan.
3 !; until Yesterday, they spoke no trans
s Atlantic steamer and saw only four
mastea schooner, the one which reported
4 At St. Pierre, Miguel n. s., as having
ssen large steamer off the banks appar-
s emily in distress, last Saturday.
The United Press tug Fred B. Dalsell
with representatives Of the Times, Trib-
q hume and Recorder on board, was the first
4 ,ug To reach La Gascogne. The disabled
steamer had left Fire Island twenty-five
4 miles astern and was eight miles to the
4 eastward of Sandy Hook lightship. 1t was
h q.45 .. M The big liner was limping into
port at half speed with two big red lights
as signals Of distress at the foremast.
The tug lay alongside half an hour
and the following story Of the trip was
obtained The steamer left Havre Jan.
q e On the first day out, 449 miles were
legged; on the second day 407 miles. On
the third day. after travelling $50 miles,
the piston rod broke and IS hours were
spent in making repairs. When they were
completed the ship steamed at miles an
hour making in all &C miles on the 29th.
8 On the 2Qth, 3lst and Feb. l. 215 215 and
go miles a day were made respectively.
81 Ga Feb the piston rod broke down
81 Gga.n. The break was more serious
this time. Sea anchors We're put out
and for a hours the ship was hove to,
making repairs. On Feb the first Sc
we're weather was experienced and the ship
~ was blown $50 miles out OF her course.
& On the 9th, the repairs having been COM
Dleted, los miles were made The ship
was then clear to the northward Of the
track Of transatlantic steamers. and was
therefore, not seen by the many steam
efs which passed over the regular track.
On FEB. 6, 100 miles were made.
On the 7th, the machinery broke down
for the third time. The heavy cyclone
truck her on that day and the ship lay
# hove TO with her sea anchors out all
day. No headway was made and owing
10 the motion Of the ship repairs were
difficult
On the next day the chief engineer,
Who had been at his post day and night,
81 completed the repairs and the ship pro-
ceeded 13l niles
On the 9Th. for the fourth time. the ma
ehlnery broke down and only "A miles were
made. On the 10th $50 miles were made,
ana to-day 10 the great rejoicing Of all on
Sd ooard' Fire Island was sighted and the
snip crept up to her anchorage off the
bar
The United Press tug was received with
cheer by the anxious passengers. They
81 crowded to the rail- yelled and clapped
lhsr hands with all the enthusiasm of the
iEeneh race. The officers refused to all
low any one on board and would not come
70 ne rail to talk. The passengers were
more obhging.
'U''us Matrlggin, representative of the
sioEs f'rm OF Perrin, Freres & Co, of
FaFls and New York was interviewed
over The side Of the ship He said. I'VE
'toAe down on the third day out. We did
~ become alarmed, as we did not know
much about what was the matter.
ap'aln said it was all right and we
AHaeaee in him Our first expert
"'eh gales was on Feb. 4. We had
9'2H then ana one Of the boats
= oaaly damaged
Is anything carried awav?"
~ ING ship stood it wen. We had
l's 'f provisions and Jared first rate.
"sle blown away off our course and
9As no steamers until yesterday, when
as.i.l. @ an American liner bound for Phil
g.5.r passengers said that they had been
+ 81 -r-,..r 70 ear, and except for the
tbe,. q times the sun rose and set.
+bi-. you'd not have known that anv.
ser.s vs. wrong. All particulars of the
fr.- r. % the machinery were kept
f'Ts As passengers, but the daily bulle-
81 ps,,e- 4e Knots made told the story.
tas y. lag the tediousness Of the VOYAGE
& 5s.-95-sLlgers positively suffered no in
c5t-...-.1 5.t-..--o1ga the arrangement Of the ma
n rsr ~. occurred on the third day. it was
hi, \. III 5-.e ninth day that the steamer ran
r5lo5 ~ weather, and then the slow time
u1,oE -@ was making was only that
+ vouj5 ss otas Of the ocean greyhounds
II s.aT.-s- nave made under sirniier circ1n1-
-as--~s Iof the fastest and staunchest
h 80 slow down before such a. gaIe.
rci,+ ALs and Umbria being cases In
se5e = Iact from the time La Gas
49, struck the cyclone she was little
sin~ - -. tAan i she was in primo run
III -sf The Teutonic was two days
ans 4--sAlship before she could make
pbrIs laok, therefore La Gascoenes
j essjaT ~siay. 50 far as it would be an oe-
elyrs5 ~. ~ aiarIn to her passengers, oc-
sr ---sofe eetofe she encountered bad wealth