The herald., 1897-02-10
THE BATTERED BATTLtSH|PS
Lie at Anchor Off the Carolina
Coast
THE BROOKLYN'S BRUISES
Cause Wonder That the Vessel Did
Not Sink
The Monitor P.rtn'5 Machinery B,diy
Damaged bv Carei ness in Setting W.
More u;ts Of Ilqu.r:
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CHARLESTON, S. c.. Feb. 9-Further
particulars Of how the North Atlantic
squadron weathered the fierce gale Fri
day night state that the flagship New
York Jared better than either OF the
others, although the turbulent seas
tossed her so that it was feared the big
eisht-irch gurs would run away, and
they were lashed in the turrets with
heavy hawsers. once a mountainous
wave dashed over the stern. Hooded the
after companionway with water, and
rushed in torrents down into the Off
GERS quarters.
The water also came in through the
gun ports and torpedo tubes. ard the
turrets were flooded William Anderson
while standing on the forward deck, was
struck from his feet by a wave and
badly injured by being cashed against
the steel sides. The sounding apparatus
was knocked to pieces and washed over
board
Admiral Bunce's gravest fears were
for the monitor Amphitrite. sitting low
in the water with her heavy superstruc
ture. 1t was feared that she would roll
in the trough of the sea and turn tur-
tie" From what can be gathered and
from her appearance as she lies an
chored in the harbor, it would appear
the monitor rode the gale more success
fully than others of the fleet.
THE BROOKLYN'S BRUISES.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.-The big
armored cruiser Brooklyn was success
fully placed on the dry dock this morn
ing at League island navy yard, and for
the first time since she ran afoul of the
rocks on Schooner ledge, over week
ago, the full extent of her injuries were
made known. For a distance of nearly
ITS feet her bottom on the port side is
bruised and dented and torn, while on
the starboard side her plates are punch ID
in, but not broken. The greatest dam
age is on the port side, where there is
one hole large enough for a man to
crawl through. and number of smaller
holes caused by the. straining of her
plates.
One of the blades of her port propel-
Ter is slightly bent on the end, and a
small section of the end has been brok-
en-. The propeller is otherwise in good
shape. The other repairs will cost con-
siderable money and will take about
six or eight weeks of steady labor.
The work of repairing the damaged
cruiser Is lSlt III the ndHuS OF the cramps,
ly seaworthy at no other price than tha t
who nave promised to make her entire
of actual cost. This firm also looked
after the details of docking the vessel
A MANGLED MONITOR.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The work of
repairing the damage to the engines
and hydraulic apparatus of the monitor
Puritan. now lying at the Cobb dock at
the Brooklyn navy yard, is being hur--
ried, III order to get the ship ready to
join the squadron off the coast of Char
lesion.
The damages are more extensive than
were at first supposed. Besides the
valves being in a leaky condition, the
journals have been badly burned at
the recent dock trials of the engines
and the propeller shafts have been found
to be out of alignment The vessel viii
have to go into dry dock. One of the
officers on duty in the navy yard said
"On the trial last Wednesday the en-
gines had been running only about fif-
ten minutes when the journals became
heated and the shafts pounded. 1t was
then discovered that they had not beer
correctly put in place. There is no doubt
Il court of inquiry will be called to in
vestgate the matter"