The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-01-27
THE ILI.-HATED ST. PATL
The Big American Liner Stranded
at Long Branch,
SHE GOES ASHORE DURING A FOG

Passengers All Safely Landed and tho
Steamer May BE Pulled off i'm a Couple
Narrow Escape from Going Aground.
LONG BRANCH, Jan 27. THE great Amer
lean line steamship ST. Paul, which went
ashore off East Long Branch about 3
o'clock on Saturday morning during a
dense fog. was moved about l50 feet fur
ther off shore yesterday afternoon by the
wreclling tugs which are still working to
get her off the bar. Tho passengers were
taken off by the lifeboats and conveyed to
the tug George Starr, which took thum to
New York The St Paul has passenger
list made up of sixty-hve first cabin, seven
ty-ave second cabin and 1875 steerago pas
sengers
President G. A. Grscom and all the
other representatives of the International
Navigation company, popularity known
as the American line, have taken decid-
edly more hopeful view of the situation of
the stranded steamer St, Paul. They
place great reliance on the Merritt and
Chapman Wrecking companies, who have
charge of the pulling off the big steamer,
and they hopo to have the st. Paul at her
berth at the foot of Vesey street, New
York, before the end of this week.
President Griscom remained on board
yesterday, and was visited by some repre-
sentatives of insurance companies and un-
derwriters, who were Interested in the
safety OF the ship. Two of these gentle
men, who refused to give their names, or
the companies to which they belonged
told the reporters that they believed the
accident was due to the mistake of the
man who was making the soundings with
the lead, having mistaken the mark for
seven fathoms and announcing it as seven
teen fathoms.
1t is safe to say that there is scarcely a
person who resides within twenty miles
Of this place who has not come to see tho
big ocean racer lying in her helpless state
within a stones throw of the Grand View
hotel veranda. When the trains arrived
from New York yesterday they brought a
host of Gothamites who were anxious to
see how the big liner looked, and the ma
jority of them wondered how on earth she
could possibly have reached the spot in
which she is stuck hard and fast.
The press representatives were not al
lowed to board the st. Paul, but one of
their number managed to elude the watch
full officers at the gangway and succeeded
In making his way to the captain cabin.
Captain Jamison, he said looked rather
blue when he spoke to him. In response
to the reporters inquiries the captain said:
"It is not true that any Of the plates are
sprung and the vessel is all right. There
is no sign of leaking. The Chapman and
Merritt people who are in charge of tho
bringing off of the ship are sanguine of
success, and 1 am confident that she will
move off very soon, perhaps after couple
of tides
President Griscom sent word to the re-
porters that Captain Jamison had made Il
statement as to how the accident occurred
and he (Mr. Griscom) expected that it
would thoroughly vindicate the st. Pauls
commander.
A report is current that the st. Paul
and the Cunarder Campania had been
racing, and the latter nearly went aground
but was warned off,
Borden A. Jeffrey, wrecking master,
who lives at Elberon said today that nc
matter what the Cunard people say to the
contrary he is positive that the Campania
was aground at 2:3O o'clock in the morn
ing for fully half an hour right back Of
the late George w. Childs' cottage, at Eel
/ beron. He says that his wife also saw th'
| Campania, and they were both attracted
| by the steamers warning whistle, whicl
/ signitied that she was in trouble. He saiC
there was little or no fog at the time anC
/ after the Cunarder, which was head on
had backed off, with the aid of her pro
| pellers, she anchored outside until
| O'Clock
When asked if it was positive that ther
could bo fog at East Long Branch suf
ficient to confuse the st, Pauls captain
and no fog two miles to southwark Jeffre
replied that he could not say, but he wa
steadtast in his assertion that there wa
no fog off Elberon, and that the Campani
had run aground there
The st. Paul was built as one of tn
first OF two Of a fleet of fast first elias
ocean steamships which should fly tn
American flag, and with special referenc
to naval service in case of war. The othe
was the st. Louis Both ships were bull
in 1894 by the Cramps, of Philadelphia
for the International Navigation con
pany, Of Philadelphia. They are tn
largest vessels ever constructed in Anne
lea. Each of the vessels carries 800 frs
class and 200 second class passengers an
800 emigrants.
The st. Paul has been the victim of SCI
eral minor accidents. Even before she &c
into the water she had one. When til
launching should have taken place ii
great ship stuck on the ways, and stage
there for week or SO. Only a week b,
fore Christmas last an accident occurre
which resulted in the death of several {
her crew and delayed her trip across I'll
Atlantic for several days. twas on We
nesday, Dec. is, early in the morning
when the main steam pipe supplying OF
of the engines burst in two places, AM
filing the engine room withsteam, ,scaldS
to death six men and badly injured fol
others. Three of the latter have sim
died.
Attacked by Hog.