The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-20
SAFETY OF IA STEAMER.
NEWS, THAT oU CHIT TEARS or JOY
/ TO THE EYES OF MANY.

TO THE EYES OF MANY.
Tho Long Missing Steamship Arrives nj
II Last Tho NcwB Received at tho Ontccs
/, OF the Company with tho Grcntost En-
a citemcnt.
II q NEW York, Feb. 15.-When the
1lW news VS. reached this city last Tuesday
morning that the La Gascogne, q large
ocean steamer with some four hundred
& passengers aboard, which left Havro
I: Tor this city over three weeks ago, and
sw l' hich was given up by many as lost,
Is'Was sighted off the bar, there was tho
= greatest excitement around tho com
pany's Office, which was crowded with
anxious an inquirers who had relatives
ar and friends on board tho steamship.
they had been standing around with
7 pale faces expecting at any moment
{ to hear tho worst.
When the word camc that the ship
vas Is safe for q moment stiffness; reign
Z ca wh lcif was almost painful in its in
tenslty Agent Forget for q moment
was Tendcred specifies, which eyi-
denced how anxious he had been for
The safety Of La Gascogne. Then he
+ regained himself and became wildly
hilarious. He shouted, ran here and
there, grasping the hand Of This ono
and that one, and fairly jumped I'D
and down over the floor in the excite
@ment Of the moment. Then he put on
his coat and started for the French
Line pier, where a tug had been iii
4 readiness for several days to take him
to meet La Gascogne should she be
II sighted. Several of the anxious ones
waiting for news started from the Of
Z lice to board tho tug with Mr.. Forget.
Many wet eyes could be seen in the
French Line office when the good
news was asccrtaincd and the tears
were not from tho eyes Of women
clone. Strong men wept as little chill
drcn. Tho strain Of days Of worry had
been too much for them Ono man, q
Mr.. Richie. broke down completely and
sobbcd rs il his heart would break.
Mr.. Richie had three daughters OH
board La Gascognc, two of them of
very tendcr years lie had abandoned
all hope when the joyful tidings came.
The delay of the steamer was duo TO
q broken piston rod and to the terrific
gales which have swept the North At
lant,c for the past week or moro aud
brought disaster to many q staunch
& craft Capt. Baudclon and officers
and caew Of la Gascogne brought The
ship and passengers through the gales
and made port without help. From
the time they loft Havrc on January
E26, until Monday, they spoke no trans
Atlantic steamer and saw only Il fou,
masted schooner, tho ono which re
\ ported at st. Pierre, Miquclon, N. S.,
as having seen a large steamer off tho
4 banks apparently III distress last Sat
4 urday.
40 THE CAUSE OF TIE DELAY.
Tho steamer left Havrc January 26.
Y On the first day out 449 miles were
logged, on the second day 4o7 miles
on the third day, after travelling 3S(
miles, tho pistm. rod broke and eigh.
4pairg. When they wcrc completed
& tho:snlp steamed ut ninc miles an houl
making in all sixty-six miles on the
\ 20th. On the 30,h, 31st and February
~, 215, 215 and $50 miles day wore
made respectively On February 9
tho piston rod broke down again. Tho
break was moro serious this time. Sea
anchors were put out and for forty-onC
hours the ship was hove to, making
repairs. On the 4th the first scvcrC
weather was experienced, and the shin
was blown 15O miles out of her course
ss On the 9Th the repairs having been
completed 103 miles were made. Tic
ship was thon clear to tho northwartl
Of tho track of the trans Atlantic limo,
4 and was therefore not seen by the
many steamers which passed over the
regular track. On February 9Th 16C
miles were mado. On tile 7th the ma
chinery broke down for the third time.
The heavy cyclone struck her on that
anchors , out st all ' day. No, No headway ca @ |as Sus
made and owing to the motion Of the
ship, repairs were difficult. On the
ncxt day the chief engineer who had
been ct his post day and night, com
ed 131 miles. On the 9lh, for the
fourth time, the machinery broke
(. down and only seventy-four miles
were made, and to the great rejoicing
q OF all on board, Fire Island was sighted
and the ship crept up to her anchorage
off the bar.
with q cheer by the anxious passen-
q HoA' ., Ivy CIoWoci W IIic Idll, Scileu
and |clappcd their hands with all the
enthusiasm Of the French race. The
officers refused to allow any one on
board, and would not come to tile rail
to talk. Tho passengers wore more
a Sobliging. julius Matrigrin, a repre-
sentative of the glove firm Of Perrin
Frerers 81 Co. of Paris and Now York.
was interviewed over the side of the
4 ship. He said: "We broke down on
tho third day out, Wo did not become
alarmed, MS wo did not know ycry
much about what was the matter. Tie
captain said it was all right, and we
had confidence in him. Our first cx-
perience with gales was on February
9TH. We had q terrible blow then, and
WAS anything carried away2"'
mo, the ship stood it we'll We had
plenty ofprovisions, and Jared first
Y Y rate. We were blown away off our
s course and spoke no steamers until
when VIC saw an american
liner bound for Philadelphia
TIE ENGINEERS STORY.
S From Chief Engineer Adolph Mar
4 lin TN was obtained more detailed des.
cription of the nature of the break IN
tho Gascogne . machinery. Tho brcnl.
occurred In ono Of the piston rnds s
about half way between the travels,
Y and The piston. 1t was duo to n ilnw
Though there wero facilities aboard
for making repairs, tho location of the
break was such that an attempt to re,
Z Dnir it would have rennired fro nov