Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-12

some were captured. Every other
minute tho conversation between the
two boats was broken by cheers. The
people on the liner would dash away
irom the rail and jump up and down
and hug eacl other anu then rush back
aud demand nows.
IL was an hour and a quarter after
she had been sighted, anu that hour
and aquAfter were spent In congratu-
latioua and asking questions, the pas
songefs doing the most VI that. The
officers avoided the rail after they
gave the hrst bit of Information. A
reporter fnally obtained tho story OF
the voyage which had exercised two
continents. Every one ovincud the
utmost confidence in Captain Btudt-
Ion and his assistants. IL was rather
strange, but Of tho many passengers
there were only half dozen who
cared anything for tho seductive game
OF poker ana the sight VI these ala
seated In the smoking room every
night wngoging their money as calmly
a. though they were In thoif own
homea served 10 make all the others In
clined to DO restless, more ut their
ease.
One Of the passengers shouted: "Dld
thoy feel alarmed ash0fe2 Did they
give ~ uu2"
They were told that Il was thought
tue ship WAS making Tor tho AzJres.
lie replied; "Wr we're making for the
North polo inslead.n
"Did you have enough 10 eat2"
Yes" came tho answer from the
Gascogno.
ave had plenty all tho time and
they gave We an especially line dinner
today"
The passengers all united In saying
they were not alarmed and had good
time aboard. Tho ship wEs.out eighteen
days In all, and both coal and pro-
visions hold out 20 the end. on Sunday
tho GnsoOguu passed tue schooner
Georgia McFadduu, which was report
ell on Sundey by tie Umbria. This
would indicate that the Umbria must
have Just missed eoning the GascOgut
aud bringing the news OF her safety IN
u day earlier.
Tue Gaacogno picked up her pilot
from No. - pilot boat ON Sunday after.
noon. On tho trip ir5m thctboat 10 the
hhlp he was quite badly fr1st.bittun,
Tue pilot told tue newn OF the disaster
10 tue Elbo and TO the passengers OF the
Gascogne, who, forgetting altogether
the danger thoy had been In for six
teen days, were sorely griovsd by the
sad news, and probably the more by
fact that they almost met the same
fate.
Daring tho storm last Wednesday
and Thursday tho captain gave ofdoIi
that none OF the passengers should be
allowed on decL, The matches wer,
battered down, anu except for the In
tOlcrable pitching and tossing and the
confinement 20 the saloons and STATE
rooms, the passengers suffered little
They were all we'll behaved and there
was nothing that might DO called a.
approach 10 a panic, but some Of the
women, Of course, could not be made
10 believe that they were not doomed
but their friends Of the opposite sea
united with the ships officers, who
acted with tho greatest coolnesa ant
decision 10 quolling their alarm.
CURIOUS 10 ZEE the STEAMER.
NEW York, Feb. i2.-Although 1t
6ascOguo was not expected az ia,
dock before q or O'Clock. thousand
people were nj the pier by 9 O'CLOCK
this morning struggling for admit
lance to the landing. A special de-
taohmont OF policemen formed n line
across the entrance and had all theJ
could DO TO keep back those who had
no business on the dock.
TRiuupIfAL pR0auEsg-