The herald., 1896-01-26

the little platform to the boat. They were
all transferred to the sidewheeler George
Starr, which left at 8 :45 for New York.
good deal of baggage was sent after them,
and it was the general impression that the
steerage passengers would not be taken oil,
as the wrecking companies intended to
make an effort to pull the st. Paul oil dur
ing the afternoon. This was bound to be
impracticable, and the boats fastened to
take off the steerage passengers. All the
passengers were taken off the steamer be-
to haul the st. Paul off up
to IL o'clock tonight, but the
wrecking company will probably make an
effort at high tide between and o'clock
in the morning. Captains West and Null
ligan said this evening that everything was
quiet and orderly on board and that Capt.
Jameson blamed the man who was throw
ing the lead for the mshap. as he claimed
the man called out seventeen fathoms inn
mediatey before the ship grounded.
At midnight the vessel was lying practi-
cally parallel to the beach with her bow
heading south.
Messrs. Chapman and Merritt, repre-
senting the wrecking companies, are on
board the st. Paul, comforting as to the
expense and probabilities of getting her
Off, and late tonight Captain Wardwell, of
the West End life saving station. said he
was pretty sure the steamer would remain
in her present condition for many days to
come.
"As long as the wind is off Shore" said
he, "she is all right, but if a gale strikes
her in the opposite direction, have great
fears she will succumb to its influence like
other iron ships.
At o'clock (26th) the st. Paul was lying
in the same position and the breeze, which
was blowing due north, did not affect the
ship. Tho breakers are still high.
CHEERFUL LOT
New YORK, Jan. 25.-The cabin passen-
gers of the St. Paul were landed in this
lean line pier at o'clock tonight. They
looked cheerful lot notwithstanding their
experiences. Those who were interviewed
by the newspaper representatives were di-
vided in their opinions as to whether the
Campania and the St. Paul had been
racing, as at first reported.
Almost the first passenger to step ashore
from the tug boat was the Hon. w. B.
Cochran, who looked the picture of health.
He said that the Campania and St. Paul
had not been racing, at least the latter had
not.
ut was early Friday morning when we
sighted the Campania. The latter ap-
peared to be nine or ten miles behind.
The St. Paul continued ahead all day.
but as far as the ST. Paul was concerned
she was merely getting along as it was her
business to do. Of course she was not
holding back. I saw no betting going on
among the passengers and heard no racing
talk on the part of the officers. l believe
il is the duty of the steamers to make the
best time possible in safety. At the time
the steamer grounded l was in my state
room. There was no great shock or l
would have gone on deck. There was
sort of stop and then goahead motion.
No one was thrown out of the hunks. No
one rushed on deck. do not believe that
outside of the officers and crew of the
steamer anyone ON board was aware we
had grounded"
r. Another who believed that the steamers
were racing was A. C. Hodges of Califor-
mia, and OF the same opinion was Charles
Adds of Connecticut.
The mails were brought up from the St.
Paul on the tug Louis Pulver. In all there
wers 201 sacks.
The Pulvor got to the dock at 10 d. m =.
nearly an hour before the Starr. Soon
after the cabin passengers had been
brought in two tugs. They were given ac-
commodations for the night on board the
Red Star steamer NoIdland, which was
lying at the other side of the dock. They
will be taken down to Ellis island on Sun
day. bst.sss3
None OF the passengers nau any cOm-
plant to make.
Vernon H. Brown, the agent of the Cum
ard line, tonight issued the following state
ment:
"The sensational story published in some
of the evening papers alleging that the
Cunard steamer Campania was in close
proximity to the Jersey shore and was
warned off by lights of the life saving crew,
is absolutely incorrect. Captain Wilkers
saw no signals and was never nearer the
shore than where he anchored, upwards of
two miles from the beach.
1.-THE Campania ran into the fog about
3 o'clock Friday afternoon and immediaty
slowed down, running at slow speed until
a. m. Saturday, when her engines wer g
stopped, the ship remaining in that posi-
ton until 8 80 a. m. when, there being no
indications of the fog lifting, she anchored.
At $3.50 it lightened up, when she got
under way and came into port, reaching
Quarantine at nOOn.'