Evening journal., 1896-10-16
INDIANA IN THE STORM.
Big Battleship's Turrets Broke
From Their Locking.
WHITE SQUADRON OFF NEW YORK

Euture Movement Is secret-onlcers
and Men Speculate on the Possibility of
Going TO the Levant-Twould Please
"ihe Jolly. Jolly Aariners.Y
NEW York, oct. 16.-If the coming Of
tho White squadron into New York wa
ters at this particular time for the purpose
OF taking on oal is due in any way to the
ordering Of the Bancroft TO Constantine
plo, no enc IN service with the squadron,
whose opinion is entitled 10 consideration,
knows TO- At the same timo thoro is not
an officer or seaman on any Of the six
ships that are lying at anchor of the
Staten Island shore who does not wish
that the squadron we're going to Turkish
waters provided the going meant that the
docks Of the ships would bo cleared for ac-
tion and that Yankee gunners would get
a chance to practice marksmanship on the
Yildiz palace and few other ornamental
thlngs In tho Ottoman capital.
The Washington dispatches regarding
the mission Of the Bancroft were almost
tho sole topic Of the squadron after their
arrival hura The consensus Of opinion
among the officers was that whom the
next important news of the Bancroft
reaches the United States it will he TO the
effect that she has dropped anchor off Con
stantinoplo They believe this because
thoy believe that American interests re-
qulre a guardshlp In tho harbor Of Con-
stantinople
"Howoyor, " said Lieutenant Osterhaus,
flag LIEUTENANT to Admiral Bunoe and the
admirals representative, In an interview
with press reporter yesterday, There Is
no likelihood, from the present outlook,
that the White squadron will have part OF
lot in making American history in Turk
ish waters. There is absolutely no con-
neotion. as far as we know. between our
coming hero to coal at this time and the
Bancroft incident. Our coming here is
simply part Of the squadron's regular
programme. Indood, it was known many
weeks ago that we were to come here to
coal about Oct. 10. We shall discharge
our oinders and ashes, take on coal and
be ready to sail week from now. Where
wo shall 90 ] don't know and l don't be-
love anybody knows. / don't think it
has yet been decided. If 1 were to guess
our destination, I would guess that we
were to return to Hampton Roads, Va.
II we are destined TO cross the ocean, /
venture to say that no one knows 1t but
the president
From an absolutely trustworthy source
it was learned that Admiral Bunco has re-
celvod no intimation where he shall take
his feet when the ships have finished coal
ing. 1t would be possible for the entire
fleet to coal in as hours, but the work Will
not be hurried one reason for not hasten.
ing the work Of coaling is that the bat
tleshlp InSlana must go to the Brooklyn
navy yard for repairs before she can coal
and sail away.
The Indiana Injured In She Gale.
Soon after the squadron left Hampton
Roads, on Tuesday morning, there were
signs Of rough weather ahead The wind
rapidly Increased in forc0 and tho sea ran
higher and higher as the squadron pro
oeeded The Montgomery made the best
weather of it The Indiana made the
worst, rolling 80 degrees. When about 4C
miles east Of Capo Henry between II and
/ 10 o'clock on Tuesday night the ardoil
signals flashed ont over tho waves from
the Indiana When tho signals were read
aboard the New York, Admiral Bunce'
flagship, there was keen excitemant. They
said that tho forward turrets of the In
dlana had swung loose from their locking
devices and were beyond control. That
meant that the forward turrot containing
( two l3 inch guns, and the two turrets,
each containing two inch guns, had
broken loose from thoir locking devices
and were revolving In a semioirolo as th,
ship rolled. OF course, rs the great guns
rolled from ono side Of tho ship to th'
other with the motion of tho vessel, they
made it all the more difficult for tho In
diana to right herself, often going dowi
into n trough of tho sea.
Admiral Bunce Immediately signalet
back Co the Indiana to put her head 90 th'
sea and lash tho guns with all possibl,
speed. Tho ship was Immediately headed
/ up, and after q littlo the inch guns wert
made fast. Every attempt to lash tho /;
/ inch guns faird. Every rope that wal
thrown about them and made fast wa
snapped as if it had beon thread Al
night the sailors worked, trying to maxi
FIST the big guns Finally, just bcfor
daybroak. O inch hawsor was passo,
around the guns and made fast to th
ships rail- In this shape the indiana
came into port.
This morning the Indiana will be tnkei
over to tho navy yard, and hor three tur
Tots will bo fitted with new looking dc
vices. The locking devices wero not com
pleted when tho Indiana was first sent t
sea. Had they been, the trouble of Tues
day night would have been avoided