The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-27
ST. PAUL AGROUND!
The American Liner Narrowly Escapes
Destruetion--P aAsenger Safe.

The American Liner Narrowly Escapes
Observation-Disclosures Safe.
LONG BRANCH, Jan. 26,-In hea-
Wy fog, with the wind in the northeast,
and the surf running far up the beach.
n few minutes after O'Clock yesterday
morning, the American line steamship
st. Paul. bound In. went ashore In front
OF the GrRndvlew house. All OF the 700
passengers were transferred to land.
At no time were the passengers In dan
ger, Strenuous efforts were being made
10 pull the 81. Paul from her dangerous
position. She Is in about twenty feet OF
water, Just in the outside edge OF the
breakers. about three hundred feet
from the shore.
Life.Gunrdsman Joel r. Wiley. OF
lIte-boat station No. I, was the first
man TO discover the st. Paul. While
patrolllng his beat he saw the signals OF
distress. Wiley hastened TO his life
boat house and aroused Captain Null
gan and the rest of the crew. Captain
Mulllgan and the life-Davers lost no
time In repairing to the scene. and in
less time than II takes TO tell II the little
mortar was loaded and life line sent
athwnrt the bridge OF the st. Paul. The
"hreechcs buoy" was then rugged UP
and Captain MulliEan pulled aboard
OF the ship. He was assured that every
thing was nll right on board. and he
came ashore with some messages for
the International. Navigation Company.
which owns the vessel. and assurances
from the prominent passengers that
they felt perfectly safe.
When MulliEan returned he found
Captain West and his crew from life
saving station No. 3, Seabright, hard at
work The two crews combined worked
like TroJans, but they could not launch
the boats in the face OF the heavy
breakers, which threatened to swamp
them Mt every attempt, Seeing that
nothlns could he done until da":ight
came, the llfe-savers stood around and
talked OF past experiences. The brooches
buoy on the st. Paul was kept busy
bringing messages ashore from the cap
tain and the passengers
Shortly before noon u number OF tugs
hove In sight and by O'Clock the st.
Paul was surrounded by more than u
dozen small steam craft. including the
revenue cutter. the Chapman and Mer-
rltt wrecking boats.
The Hfeboats. after few trial trips
from the shore 10 the St. Paul, made ar
rungements TO transfer the nails and
passengers TO some of the steam tugs
which lay around. After the mails had
been safely slowed away and headed
for New York. the crews, In command
OF Captains Mulligan, West and War
dell. turned their attention TO the first
and second cabin passengers. Il just
took twelve bOatloads TO exhaust the
supply OF first and seconds. In the
fourth boatload one lady tainted after
she had made the jump from the little
platform to the boat. They were all
transferred to the sIde-wheeler George
Star. which left at 3d5 o'clock for New
York. The steerngc people were then
taken of. All the passengers were TAX
en- OF the steamer before $50.
NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-The cabin pas
senEers from the st. Paul were landed
In this city at I O'Clock last evening.
W. Bourke Cochran, one OF the frat to
step ashore, denied the rumor that the
ST. Paul and Campania were racing.
The two steamers Were in sight OF each
other all day Friday. first one and then
the other being ahead. but he did not
think there was race. When the acci-
dent occurred the st, Paul was not go
ing more than three or four miles an
hour. having been slowed down. There
was no shock when the steamer struck,
biUuHB kHN HAASatu-
gers. When further questioned about
the probability OF the accident having
been caused because the vessels were
racing. Mr.. Cochran said:
"oh. that is Just nonsense. OF course.
they were close on Friday. but they
were on the same course and would
have kept in sight OF one another un-
less one or the other had gone down"
ceteorh econda w-e(kaf ytw
William Heap. of MuskeGon. Mich,
thought the vessels were racing all day
friday and that the race was n good
one. When the fog came upon them
on Friday evening both steamers began
blowing their whistles Another pas
senger who believed THAT the steamers
were racing was a. c. Hodges, OF Cali
fOrnia, and OF the same mind was Chas.
Aids. OF Torrington, Conn.