Evening star., 1896-01-27
Where She Lies.

Jersey, and walk through the parlor OF the |
Grand View Hotel with 10000 horse power. |
The st. Paul struck the beach head on, |
coming straight in out of the gray blanket |
Of fog. She pushed her nose into the soft |
stopped easily and smoothly. It is remark !
able that in mile stretch Of the Long |
Branch beach, the st. Paul could in no |
other spot have found so safe berth, safe |
In comparison. Within a few hundred |
yards to the north of her is reef Of ugly |
rocks, upon which she would have pounded |
her bottom out in the heavy sea of the |
night on which she landed To the south of |
the st. Paul there is long. ugly line of |
rocks, that would have "gored her sides |
like the horns Of an angry BULL Between |
these ledges there is path of open water
trending northwest. along which the St |
Paul plowed, and through which opening
she must be worked back to deep water.
What Might Have Been.
An impressive Illustration Of this bit of
fortune was shown last night, when the
British ship Foyle. from Calcutta for New
York, ran ashore on the beach less than a
mile from the st. Paul, and stove hole in
her bottom. She was pulled off by a wreck
ing tug, but filled and sank inside Sandy
Hook. When the st. Paul was beached she
rested her enormous weight amidships with
her bow and stern unsupported. This
dangerous position aroused the gravest
fears that IL the sea kept high she would
buckle and strain her hull. But as the ship
settled In ner SANDY CfaQle ana worked
into the clay bottom. she lay with the
length Of her keel resting soidly on the bot
tom. 1t was feared that she rested on
rock amidships. but the model of the st.
Louis hull gives her slightly "rockered''
keel, so that she would naturally lay with
the greatest weight on the midship sec
tions. However. the danger of straining is
over, IL the weather holds fair. Lighters
were taking the baggage and cargo off the
st. Paul all through the day, and she was
lightened considerably.
The Spectators.
The New Jersey beach has never been the
scene of so much excitement over a marine
disaster through yesterday and today.
The population Of the adjacent country for
twenty miles around focked to the ocean
side today, until there was not a corporaIs
guard left in a town or hamlet within easy
distance of Long Branch.
They came in every sort OF vehicle ever
fashioned by hand of man. sherlock
Holmes would have distinguished the mud
on the boots Of citizens from score of
towns. The trains from Trenton, Newark,
Elizabeth and New York brought down
hundreds of sightseers, and the trolley
from Asbury Park and beyond could not
handle the rush. For half mile the bulk
head and beach swarmed black with hu-
manity, and Of bicycles there was no end.
| The vacant lots round about were filled
| with vehicles, and the shore part of the
| scene was like huge county fair.
| The same fog which caused the st. Paul to
| go ashore came near producing a similar re-
suit with the Cunard liner Campania. At
| daybreak she was seen at anchor between
| Asbury Park and Elberon.
Later it was learned that she came very
| near going ashore, when, fortunately, her
| officers were warned by the coastguard.
| The big steamer backed into deep water and
| cast anchor. At 1919 o'clock she passed the
| Atlantic Highlands, bound in.
| A report reached Long Branch that the
French line steamship La Bourgogne struck
| the bar off Seabright early Saturday, but
| Immediately backed off. She then dropped
her anchors and lay waiting for the fog to
lift The life-saving crew from Seabright
put off to her, but were informed that no
| assistance was needed.
The ship Foyle of London, from Calcutta
for New York, struck on the Shrewsbury
Rocks at 9 o'clock Saturday night. After
| the ship struck. some of the crew, suppos-
| ing that she would remain there, got their
| traps ready and abandoned her. but the
| vessel floating off the rocks they returned
| again. The ship was towed to an anchorage
In the Horseshoe by tugs. There was about
seven feet of water in the hold, but other
| wise the ship was in good condition.
Pilots attempt to explain the accident to
by saying that the bottom of the Atlantic
off the Jersey coast is full of deep holes
| which deceive the man who is taking sound
ings, and causes belief that the vessel is
Doesn't Think They Were Racing.
Ex-Congressman Bourke Cochran, who
was on board the st. Paul, denies that that
vessel and the Campania were racing He
says: "It was early Friday morning that
we sighted the Campania. The latter ap,
peared to be about nine or ten miles behind
us. The st. Paul continued ahead all day
Friday. At supper time the steamers were
abreast, but am sure that so far as the St.
. Paul was concerned she was merely going
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
GERS. I believe it is the duty of the steam
| ers topmake the best time possible in safety
Regarding the report that the taking of
| soundings was neglected on the ST. Paul, he
said: Now know that soundings were be-
ing made every minute or SO Friday night,
and Captain Jameson and his officers were
most cs reful. No one is to blame for the
accident. 1t could not have been avoided -
When further questioned about the prob
ability of the accident having been caused
because the vessels were racing, Mr.. Cock
ran said: "Oh, that is just nonsense. OF
course, they were close on Friday. but they
, | were on the same course, and would have
| kept within sight of each other unless one
or the other had gone down."
St. PauPs nl-Luck.
The st. Paul has been unlucky. 1t will be
, recalled that when the attempt was made to
, launch her, March 25 last, she stuck on the
ways and the most powerful tugs at Phila.
delphia and all the force of hydraulic jacks
could not bulge her. She was finally
launched on April 10, the event being wit.
. messed by 200 people
: The St. PauPs experiences were similar
to that OF most other ocean liners until De