Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-12
ship It was impossible to handle the heavy pieces of machinery.
 Another aIisfortune,

Another RIisfortune.
 For II hours the vessel lay to while the engineers did their utmost to make tenn porary repairs again. It was impossible to make as perfect a Job as at first owing to the constant increase in the extent of tho derangcmoRt to the machinery, and from a speed of 65o miles which we were enabled to mako after the first breakdown we had to reduce our speed to 100 miles day This made progress exceedingly slow. and wn were further impeded by the constantly recurring gales Tho weather was frightful.
 "A gale burdGned with sleet and snow came out of the west with terrific force. and the vessel pitched and tossed in tho ferment. Passengers and crew alike real ized the seriousness of our position then. | and for tho first time signals of distress were displayed We also indicated by sig nals that we were disabled but it was not until yesterday that We sighted and sig naled vessel She was an English steam | ship. She answered our signals. but pro ceeded on her way. She was too far away | to understand that we required assistance. But for the storm the passengers would not have expressed any anxiety. "We were frequently beset by gales which at times threatened to founder the vessel. never saw or experienced such | storms, and the realization that we were aboard disabled vessel in terrible storms | made many of us very gloomy indeed. We cannot say too much in praise of the cap l tain and officers. who behaved manfully | and did everything in their power to make our lot as comfortable as poyI'ible. "
 It was after midnight when La Gas oogne reached the bar, where she anchored for the night. She was met there by the | Chapman Derrick and Wrecking com panys tug Hustler. which lay alongside all night and brought the vessel up to her 1 docks this morning
 | Ghe Crowd at Quarantine.
 There was large number of persons gathered on the landing dock at the ouar- antine station. The crowd was made up of men and women--some near relatives of passengers on La Gascogne, and others were persons drawn there by curiosity, l but all seemed to be happy and relieved in | mind that the stanch French liner had | turned up without any very serious mis hap having hCfallen her.
 When they heard that the steamer would not be hoar,'cd he ore morning. a> the vessel had boon anchored for the night ofl Sandy Hook. the people returned to thcil homes, intending to return to the qiest for friends in the morning
 
 Bolivia. which had sighted l a Gascognt off ShinnccocE island, arrived at Quaran ! tine Ca2tain Baxter said he had sighted | La GasCucno at l O clock in tho after 1 noon. : ho was flying signals of distress but when approached her captain refused all offers oi assist. nee. It was seen tha the French liner was in difficulties anC from appeIant eS it seemed that she hat lost her rudicr and was proreedIng unde a jury rud'er
 .I"N In the City.
 La GascuSur loit Iiavre on the morn ns of Jan. ,,n There were go passengers il tkc first cabin II in the second and ll' in the >tcorago The fastest timr made bl the r, nch line tu New urk is 6 days ho rs .6 uinutcs-7that by la Touraine Not until "Wednesday. however. was an, uneaSincSs admitted bv Az gent Forget who said the day before that the stu-n md head winds accounted for tho delay.
 Th" agents feared moro than they con fesScd. Tie rates for reinsurance went ui by jumps The renCh lines officers wer bcsieged ly fir enGs and relatives of pas sonGrrs They were told tbero must hav been hIeIk in the machinery and th vessel coulu only creep along; that i might be q iftiug but in any event woul, be picked up and lowed 10 this Or som other pot. q Normandie came am brought no no s It was the same disap pointmcnt dIy after day-no BOWS unti it was sudd, uly flashed in over the wire from Fire island yesterday after moon.
 Never were the French restaurants am cafes in New York so joyous as they wer last night They bubbled with champagn and enthusiasm. Every bodr felt as If h had found money IT had relatives ol board. Every FrcnChman felt a persona interest in La GaScognc and this wa shared by every one who knew French man.
 At the Cafe Martin. at Ninth street an University place. there was the greatest en thusiasm, for 1t is a recognized Frcnc hCadQuarters More than ?0u times a da the telephone has been rung by anxiou inluirers about the bclatcd ship. French men gathered n knots at the various re sorts and gave vent to their enthusiasm il cheers and congratulations.
 The news spread rapidly over the city At the Cafe dc Paris, Au Chat Noir an the others there were mad re oiCing an toasting. All that is left of the Frenc quarter turned out to celebrate the safet of Ia GasCogne But the intense fcclin of relief and ny at the arrival of l n Ga: cogne was not confined to the Prone quarter by any means At tEo big hotel throughout the CltS ana aDOuC the Streel travelling men and the public general acted as though great load had been lifte from their minds.
 First Glimpse of La GaseOgnc.
 The steamer Gascogne. battered an weather beaten. crawled wcarily in towar 1he Fire island coast just as the sun wa setting. On her masts there was neithG flag nor pCnnant. The bows which wor wont so gracefully to dash tho spray befoI them seemed scarcely to cause Q ripple O the still. blue surface No one could seen about the decks
 Darkness settled down on the oCear and the outlines of tho specterlike shi could scarcely be described across ths " ter
 Then of sudden there blAzcd from b. black sides three brilliant torchss-ret , white and bluc-the colors of the Can pagnie Genorale Transatlantic
 The first igu of La Gascogne was a tin cloud of pale buc smoke seen to the eas 3 ward from tho marine observer on il ) island. Captain sydney smith of tl Forge River lie saving station. 17 mile | down the hc .ch. sent the first word to tf I,f ,l