New-York tribune., 1896-02-03
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THE STRANDED ST. PAUL is A DRAWING
CARD.
EXCURSION TRAINS RUN FROM NEw-YoRK AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EMPLOYEES OF CHAS'i'
sHIPYARD AMONG THE sIGHTsEERs-Vlsi-

EXCURSION TRAINS RUN FROM NEw-YoRk AND
PHILADELP1IA-MANY EMPLOYEES OF CRAMPS
sHIPYARD AMONG THE sIGHTsEERs-v1sl-
TORS HAD TO HUSTLE FOR FOOD.
The fleet If tugs which have been IN at
tendance on the st. Paul ever since she went
aground. made another effort to get 'he III
starred vessel out Of her sandy berth yes.e'ua'
morning. but the attempt was disn'"i '"'
ure At low tide there not over hNe iec'
Of water on the bar. Sixteen feet OF tne ieu
water-line Of the vessel showed. indicating tna'
she was in the sand and clay TO a depth VI a.
least six feet The wind was from the HUI y"
west, driving the water out to sea- anu i'"N''s
the precarious position Of the big liner more
apparent than at any time since she went o' ~
the beach.
The St Paurs mshap Of decided auN an
tage to the people of Long Branch seS'e' '''
for the city was fairly overrun with 81 ""e
who were curious to see ocean liner aS"o'
A conservative estimate places the huiD
sightsee,s at 25. 900. The Pennsylvania H
ran eight excursion trains from fh''a'''
but these could not accommodate '"o ~
who wanted to see the stranded s'ehN'e'
fore noon the Phadelphians ana '"o''
had been picked up where stops "e'e 49,.
were on the beach gazing at the ouee,
sea Among the sightseers were h"'.
the employees of Cramps shipyards' WIZ" -.
St Paul was built The CHIEF ehs'"ee'
yards was one OF the number vo~,
Two special trails were run rfo'n ,..,,oh,
and the troley-cars from Asbufy i"'N - -,
thousands of passengers Farmers h,rad
the country liverymen had all the'' 100 u,
out and bicvcle riders were out IN iaree "''''
bers. .hor,nv
Long Branch did not expect such ga'he''''e'
, 90 rosul, tho accommodations were eN %
ceed,nglv moor Restaurants ran OUT vi ,yrn
before ! o'clock, AMI were compeie' ~ eight
thousands away hungry. SOM ntrcS y, with them.
seers had wisely brought their lunrh VIZ" G,r nm
ard IN Some ases they shared with N"ei' N"ia,, H
fortunate friends. The law rega'uU!hhe +, was
liuuor selling was well obser 'ed' ,,,id not
cen however that the restaurants ~ n',a-,.
on.or.ain the visitors the bakeries hilu s,aa
stores were thrown open ana HlG on "' whom
business selling cake crackers anu anu 1o,nq bust
the saloonkeepers saw these plac'S .n.sr 1oors
rcss they were disposed - thro" tltn -,
omen hut were restrained by some oi 'he N'O"
in. ones. .ho c, PAM coined
,,nncy professiona crooks mingled WIN Wv
crowd on shore and got away ui'ii., ,ocl.,
eral persCns reported he loss ot "a.vn'e br,a,
hooks ard jewelry 10 the police NJ " ,,
bad been charging fifty cents head TO ~" '
mersons around the ship. but an enterpi'S'ns
Swede cut the price 10 twenty-hV osi1'' go 49,.
my oe Luz 40 high az 81 II they could get them
-, horrd but this was impossible. s,ric' oiue.
,reyauing agains, any one being alo"eu va
hoard except on official business -
message was received curing VI. q -,
-. ,nord tho st Paul from the Weather bur'al
4, washington 10 the effect that the wihH Wl@'..' @
ma becn blowing m shore at the rate ol loi
miles an hour. would probably shii, 70 ".rtn I'LL
.asterl- and incr-as In force to-day ms
vjv give the vessel more water ana hh"'h'I
errort will be made to float her to-nisht
falling barometer. which was noted ihsi nisn'.
Indicted that the predicted storm IL unaer way
nrd tho local observer" who is w"ll-known
weather shark declares that the ~. faui Will
no of the bar by tomorrow at the latest