The sun., 1896-02-05
ST. PAUL AGAIN 'AFL0AT.
STEAM CRAFT IN THE BhY GIvE
HER A MOIST GREETING.


hoated at exactly 9:54 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. She gllded as gracefully OF the bar MS II
slipping OF sand bars were part Of the work
she was built TO perform. As far as any one
afoat or ashore could discover, tho vessel was
IS tight and as sound as when she went aground
eleven days ago. She drew away from the Long
Branch coast under hor own steam, and made
Quarantine ut 1915. She was detained there
only about ten minutes. and she reached her
pier at the foot OF Fulton street at 80. Several
days ago Capt. Merritt, who las had charge or
the work of floating the ship. said
"when we get a northeast wind we shall get
q sea- and when we get sea the St. Paul will
20 Oft this bar"
The northeast wind began to blow upon the
Long Branch beach early Monday morning. and
It soon blew n high sen before it, All day Mon
day the white-capped waves beat against the
stranded vessel, and the dull red strip of water,
extending from the ships bow quarter of n
milo down the coast to the southwest, told that
the sand and clay around the liners keel were
being washed away. The broader that strip Of
water became the more the vessel rocked. Two
high tides flowed and ebbed and yet the grip Of
the sand had not been entirely broken. But the
coming and going Of Mondays tides did not
stop for n moment the bomhardment of the
waves against the seaward side OF the vessel
That bornbardment was still going on when
the last of those interested in the floating of the
ship gave up their vigil and left the beach,
about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Only tho
,,. ,rrI ~ ,,o ne. soxors ona tb,so -,
s..s ~. .,in .o,r tho furv n, N. sso so dow,
C,, h.,,vsw., roI,.d ogai,st ,bo stnam.- at
dayhreak when the asbermen came ont Of their
huts along the shore to have q look at the sea
and to learn what change the night had wrought.
They saw that the st. Paul was still rocking,
but much further out to sen than she was when
.h- hod t,ro, th. l.st dnvlybt loot n, b.r
rbose nm hoard the shin may have silent on
Mona., r,.h, hut - thew did they w.re I'm m
ns,cons Tho dawn When the earliest NJ tho
,,io,. ,o,k ioinsd tho fishermen m the beach
III honasho1 ovid,n,lv hoo, mustercd IN tho
M ,a"u. ia" ',', 80 ..,, wy
ST. Paul's deck. ana everybody apparently. had
eomethjng to do, Two tugs were then lying
boIfa mile astern of her TO tho northeast. and
two others were lying OH her port quarter 10
tho east Each pair of tugs were Joined to-
uetb.r tandem fashion. but the hawsers con.
Meeting them with the ship were slack. So
ver. the cables running to kedge anchors 700
feet astern.
At o'clock the st. Paul gave three blasts
from her whistle. This was the signal for the
tugs u oes'h 'uss'ns "' 'ho '"o'''' noso o''
shore were surprised when they heard the sig
attempt would be made TO get the vessel OIL un-
food until very nearly noon. But the veteran
H-.a,,a, ~. ,;n.-,s All, ,n.,, ,rho, -. ,,...
loing The wind had been veerng slowly TO
he northwest. 1t was the change in the wind
W., ,ad sai,T.r ,has con Can, Narri,, tn.rs
Na' nau '"'''.e" ''ie se"' >"I'' .hei III. MIC"
that hign tide without n sea could not be re-
lied upon to float the ship. and lie was tax ing no
.,
chances.
At $3.50 the tugs and the winches on the
ueaner beran working together and bawsers
:,
Anu caoies were Erauua''S H''"ieo 'au'. Alter
half an hour of pulling it was noticed that
from the shore. II was lust o'clock when the
nrst movement was noticed by n driver q; oie
Of the Long Branch hurdy -yurlies that have
brought more dollars TO thcir owners by plyinr
between tie village and the beach since the st,
The same length OH Of lime Ectnrc '''' e"4 "'' al
There She goes ~ cried the ichn
the cry bmt Il exnressed the fcclim..s az ey.rv. w
body along the beach who lad something ioEiSe
4 eSSsI;rnss for ID a"la5s ; H. strsnai.i Of the
Visited long Branch to- see the the steamer ''I Few
Of them caInr and wen, witEout leaving con.
Siderable money. Tha; has helped amazingly
to nil up the waste time tetwctn tw, seasons,
other and trust 70 ProrIdence TO send Them n
proti,able SIMMER. A !"
no,ir.d ,hr M :, an cri't,rc ~ r"w IN va.
straivht line lin. in ~" !" ,hr nrti,n.t IN The.
tLr ,rincies .tnmneI' l,,T ,r IN il. ,rchor
cables Which Were cast on .,ii allowed tb Loaf.
held i'm hv their huov. ''h. tu,-. ,stern rn n s.i
to churn the water Mex, iLc t,yo iuus to Tho
east Of the stcnrnr hcrnn ,uilinp IN Tie hnw
ssrs oyer rho n"rt oisrtnr rhe .t,.rt vas 10
null the stern of Tho res.cI aroimd unti he .h in
wps M riyht angles n ,he tracb At nreci. ciy
10 O3 O'Clock the ,to rhonrd pruueiler OF lie sh in
hepan rryolvinv ond thr h,,ys.r. ieadip,r tn thn
tmSs immcd iatsiv sia ackenrd m. II PAM was
afiont out uf he Jersey vInycrard" The
American liner had been resurectcd.
The hnwsers To- the tugs were cast off. and
slowly and mniesticailv lie great shin hacked
out into the q. can. leaving he bar in tho dis
fnnre A. N ,,u u,sn ~. v,S - mil. iron,
shore tie steamer sIn,yiv .,.nnv aroumd .o that
her Nose S vas nninied ,nS,rI W. YnrG han
ho,, nrnreII.rs u.ra s,, !" ,n,tio n,c ~, 'I.,r
her own Steam with pilnt to direct the man At
the whnel shn n,,..i ~, r tho ,cn.t 6no ~ H..
Merritt tncs L.nt IN rn,pnanv wi,h thr s,ea,nsp
"A LONG ~ no'sjil. " Viii nn,re,.r ,ynsn,t Imng
A snnn Nc ~ i;,,r .aa @ " ,nir,, ,,r ,r,v H ~.
feS, tha tm ne .uv ro d 1ir h, ~, uuef &c "y sn,o
~,vin e nS ttr P,hs t, vr,'. H. ; a. ae ,I ~
har ,xhiI " aa " 4 r,n nna Tnrorrai t ~
strand tbnt lad hrii Sor rr n,ud,, '''' " ''''
tha .rs ,,o, u AZ nv 80, 't pr,, I, o -,
nnnhm tne why M Wy rr"hd Sunr,'ne S H. % WINS r ",
iarea and sma, ~ ,ba, ,,I & us;:,, hier - "
th am ny ta. @ ,.,t @ m','snre N o,uw ~. Nu