The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11
THE ALPHA TWICE AGROUND.
The Captains ana Pilots Licenses
suspended by the Inspectors.


The belated steamer Alpha, with her
800 eXcurs!onists, who spent Tuesday night
In Romney marsh, reached Thunderbolt
at $50 o'clock yesterday morning The
Coast Line railroad had a train of cars
in readiness and the excursionists were
at $3.50 O'clock
1t was a sorry crowd. The excursionists
We're mostly women and children Some
of them had managed to put in a few
hours sleep on mattresses and life pre-
servers and some had not slept at all All
OF them were heartily glad to get ashore.
Inc Alpha succeeded in reaching War
saw at 8 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Her
troubles began early In the day She was
to have left Thunderbolt at $50 o'clock
in the morning, but was delayed and
did not leave until 1880 O'clock. She went
down warsaw sound to kill time and
stopped an hour at the entrance to the
cut through Romney marsh waiting for
When half way through the cut she
grounded and in backing to get off twisted
her rudder post so that the boat would
steer but one way The tug Three Links"
was secured and the Alpha was towed to
warsaw. There her broken rudder was re-
paired and after two hours on the island
the eXcursionists started home at s O'Clock
The steamer worked her way through
the narrow creek until she got into the cut
where she again grounded and stuck fast
from TO o'clock until $3.50 o'clock Yesterday
morning, when she got off on the tide
4 H..
Links remained by her during the night
to render assistance If 1t We're necessary
me night was q cool one and the excur-
sionists We're made as comfortable as nos
slble. Mattresses and life Dreservers were
spread on the cabin floor and fer,nora ~,
| hunks were made up. Those who could
sleep managed to get a few hours rest
| but 1t was a tired and worn out lot of ex-
| cursionists that came off the steamer in
the morning.
A lack Of water was complained of on
the way down. Agent Medlock said
that the steamer had plenty of wafer
| when she left Thunderbolt but that three
/ barrels or III was wasted by the turniDe.
| OF the spring faucets i'm the water bar
| RES before they reached Wilmington
| nled there, and also an extra barrel. The
/ excursion committee had about three
huhdreu pounds Of ice, which was soon
/ used up, and three hundred pounds more
/ was furnished from the refreshment stand
/ on the steamer. Most of this II is cIairnei
! by the boats officers was used M m
! packing the Ice cream churns and was
/ wasted IN other ways so that there was
/ very little left when they reached Var-
/ saw. There was no lack of water they
/ say, as the steamers tanks were fun.
{ Inc steamer was so disabled that sbo
! was unable to make her regular trim yes
/ terday. The inspectors of steam vessels
I Messrs. Lee and Fitzgerald went down fo
/ Thunderbolt In the forenoon. ana AFTER
/ hearing the statements of the officers Of
/ 7. H. Haddon and Pilot Caesar single
] ton for lucompetency and unskilfuIlness
/ i'm handling the steamer. and for failure
/ 10 have the proper equipments on board
/ and in place
The steamer was repaired during the
day. and VIII leave on her regulaT trip
/ this morning. Capt W. r Bailey has
! been put in command.