The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-12

0I-Ise sufficient TO cause alarm We leavnod
tbat the piston of one of the intermediate
cylinders had been broken, thus incapacl-
tatine the entire machinery. We lay TO
for sixteen hours, while the full corps OF /
engineers worked on the fractured cylin I
dor. a brass sleeve was slipped over the
/ fracture and boltcd In position, and in TINS |
yvuy che engineers were enabled to again
! start up the engines.
! "The broken cylinder and its companion
could not be used however, and as steam
was cut off from the boiler of the engines
the speed was reduced one-half. Even at
This rate we were further Handicapped by
being compelled to stop every twelve hours
To replace the brass Innings, which were
continually wearing out under the strain.
"All would have gone well but Tor
terrible strain which beset the dlsapleu
vessel on the 4th of this month 1t struch
us while we were lying to making repairs
g The vessel pitched and tossed trlghttully
in the gale, and for the first time since Uhe
breakdown the passengers began 70 leel
8 uneasy. The engineers were unaple 10
1 1yorl, because of the violent tossing OF the
shin 1t was impossible to handle Vn'
ia heavy pieces of machinery. For torty-on'
~ hours the vessel lay to, while the engineers
In did their utmost to make temporary 10
pairs again 1t was impossible TO MAKE a.
ne perfect Job as at first, and we hao 10 10
duce our speed to 200 miles day.
"This made progress exceedingly slow
n. and we were further impeded by the con
.rs stantly recurring gales. The weather wa
IT. friphtful. A gale burdened with sleet an
ON snow came out of the west with terrln
m force and the vessel pitched and tossed
al the ferment Passengers and crew ain
pic realized our serious position then, anu ;, ;,
he the first time signals of distress were oil
of played. We also indicated by signals Uni
ich we were disabled, but it was not until ye
the terday that we signaled vessel 3 3
the was an English st',,eel ,,,,i,+,,d tI,o+
:. GeNi GSg fired assist.Sce. But for the stor
iuf the passengers would not have expe
ties enced any anxiety"
Ter A Hearty Welcome TO New York.
eat It was after midnight when La Gi
on cogne reached the bar, where she anchor
nlr for the night. This morning the YES
was towed TO this city by the tug Hustl
'ere reaching her wharf shortly after o'clot
ela- AS she passed up the bay the steamer
jled ceived a noisy welcome from the whist
gnu of vessels in the harbor, and as the passC
ost. gers landed the welcome was repeated
was the cheers of waiting thousands.
IN La Gascogne left Havre on the morni
M of Jan. 20 There were 30 passengers
M the first cabin, II in the second and 1l0
#M the steerage.
M The officers of the steamer La Gascog
III are: Baudelon, commander; Blanqt
M second captain; Gontier, first oflic
MI Pitou, second officer; Landegren, tn
officer; Martin, chief engineer; lie BIT
\ second engineer; Gouverne, third er
.s1n neer; Hamau, fourth engineer; Jape
g purser; Darandeau, assistant purser; G
AZ vais, doctor
IA La Gascogne is a two masted, steel, SCI
& steamer. She registers 4,3l1 tons net {
= 1890 tons gross Her dimensions are
@ feet length, 523 feet beam and 34
ss$ depth of hold