The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
The PASSENGERS.


NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The cabin
passengers of the st. Paul were landed
in this city from the tug George Starr
at the American line pier at 7 O'Clock
tonight. They looked a cheerful lot
Notwithstanding their experiences.
Those who were interviewed by the
newspaper representatives We're 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. Bourke Cochran. who looked the
picture of health. He said that the
Campania and the St. Paul had not
been racing, at least the latter had
not.
at was early Friday morning when
we sighted the Campania- The latter
appeared to be nine or ten miles be-
hind US. The st. Paul continued ahead
all day Friday. At supper time the
steamers were abreast, but so 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 Of
fcers. I believe it is the duty of the
steamers to make the best time posi-
BILE in safety. AT the time the steamer
grounded 1 was in my state room.
There was
NO GREAT SHOCK
or 1 should nave gone on deck. There
was a sort Of stop and then a go-ahead
motion. No one was thrown out of his
bunk. No one rushed on deck. I do
not believe that outside of the officers
and crew of the steamer any one on
board was aware we had grounded"
! William Heap, of Muskegon, Mich,
thought the vessels were racing all day
Friday, and that the race was a good
one When the fog came upon them
on Friday evening both vessels began
blowing their whistles. A gale was
blowing and the sea was heavy before
| the fog came up.
| At 2 O'Clock. or whereabouts, was
! awakened 1t seemed as if the bottom
| of the ship had struck something. a
second later the ship seemed to strike
{ again It was not until o'clock in
the morning that knew that we had
! gone ashore"
THE MAILS
were brought up from the st. Paul on
| the tug Louis Pulver. In all there was
! POI sacks. The Pulver got to the dock
! at 6:10, nearly an hour before the
| Starr.
Soon after the cabin passengers had
| been landed at the pier, the Storage
passengers were brought up on two
tugs. They were given accommoda-
lions for the night on board the Red
Star steamer Nordland, which was ly-
| ing at the other side of the dock They
/ will be taken down to Ellis Island on
Sunday.
None of the passengers had any COM
plant to make.
Vernon H. Brown. the agent of the
Cunard liner tonight issued the fol-
/ lowing statement:
1.-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 in
correct and untrue. Captain Wilkers
saw no signals and was never nearer
the shore than where he anchored, up
wards of two miles from the beach.
1.-THE Campania ran into the fog
shortly after o'clock Friday evening,
and Immediately slowed down, run
ming
AT SLOW SPEED
until a. m Saturday, when her en-
gines were stopped, the ship remain
! ing in that position until $50 a. m,
when, there being no indication of the
fog lifting, she anchored. At $3.50 it
lightened up, when she got under way
and came into port, reaching Quaran-
| tine at noon.'