Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-03
New York City, July 16, 1898

New York City, July 16, 1898
On board $. S. Campaina.
We sailed this p. m. at 2.l5, passed
Sandy Hook at $40 and Five Islands at
4 p. m, where the pilot left us, and the
order given full speed ahead. Had
supper at 5 p. III. and at 8 p. m. had
lunch. The weather was fine and clear
but very warm, stayed on deck until
midnight when went to bed, after
passing an outbound steamer who ex-
changed signal. Got on deck next
morning at 7.30, weather still fine, sea
smooth, had breakfast at 8 a. m. Pass
ed another sailing vessel and at noon on
Sunday had made 396 knots from Sandy
| Hook
Sunday, July 18th, '9o.-The weather
continues fine. have stood at the stern
of vessel today several times watching
the effect of the turn screws churnlng
the water into foam and leaving the
wake of vessel visible as far as the eye
can discover. We passed another steam
CT on the port side going in the same
direction. As usual services were held
in the saloon in the morning and in the
evening a crowd got together and sang
some sacred selections. | ate my three
square meals today and lunch at 9 p. M.
and at / p. m. retired for the night hay
inc passed very quiet Sunday.
Monday. 1Slh.-l was again on deck
this morning. The sea was calm and
serene as could be, and the good ship
forging ahead at Or nearly 81 knot
Gait having logged 400 knots in the last
"a hours. We have two of the survivors
of the La Bourgogne on board. | was
in conversation with one of them who
kindly gave me his autograph, viz
Charles Liebvi, as we'll as his expert
euce on the ill-fated ship. which was
very sad indeed having lost two chill
drcn aged ) and years respectively,
his wife having died Only short time
ago. Retired again for the third night
at p. N.
Tuesday 10TH again found myself
! on deck this u. m. at o'clock, the
: weather had changed from the calm of
> the previous days to that of cloudy
| and sullen aspect with sharp breeze
J enough to cause swell on the ocean,
. although not enough to cause any un-
pleasautness. have just been inform
ed bv one of the officers that the con
: sumption of coal to run this ship is 5OC
! tons in "a hours and sometimes over
: hardly ever less. TO verify my infor-
= matiolr1 enquired OF another officer ant
| vet another with the result that they
, each told within % tons, which is but
mere fraction of the amount. AS the
coal is being consumed they substitute
: IN equal weight in water thereby keep
l ING the ships drau9ht in the watel
t about the same, otherwise she would be
| lighter in the water by 5000 tons in he
a usual time of crossing from shore t(
9 shore. In the evening listened to al
Il address by fellow passenger who will
t some others had recently visited Palas
f tine or the Holy Land, his subject bein!
e chiefly on Jerusalem, the people an'
!. their customs, ETC., the saloon being fill
o ed with an apprcciative audience, VIII
It aftcrward sang "My Country It's o
Thee'' and "God Save the Queen
o After pacing the deck for an hour after
. | "turned i'm for the night. The ru
d for the "a hours was 800 knots.
it Wednesday, 2O;h. - After goo
J. nights rest was again on deck at Il Il
n m. to find the same tranquil sea, and tn
|. ship still forging ahead towards the eas
e and the first thing one usually does is t
scaa the ocean from horizon to horiz0
J. TO see if there is any thing in sight.
t discovered a streak of smoke rs fla
le ahead as the naked eye could gaze.
X knew the smoke was not coming from
/. wavside inn where one might expect
v rest and refresh himself, 50 to aid m
ID optic orb | brought pair of glasses
n bear on the object, when found it to b
n steamer heading for the Old 500
al One and half hours later our shl
is overlook her and passed only Il littl
T. WAYS off when she turned out to be on
5. of the ships of this line plying betwee
ID Boston and Liverpool, having sallo
is three DAYS previous to our derartul
H. from New York. Only four houl
m elapsed frcm the time we first saw h'
1t on the horizon ahead of us until she W;
ty again lost to view ON the horizon b.
he hind. The log for the II hours endn
h. today at noon is 50l knots.
ok Thursday 2lst.-On reaching the II
per deck of the vessel at 6 Il. m. | -four
the weather had changed, being cons
crably squally accompanied by hea,
rain storms which bas prevailed all da
and quite little sea running. At
+ln J;ctnnnn noyaral ,ync II
'r- knots, leaving distance OF 800 kno
'or to Queenstown, where we expect
m reach shortly after the noon hour tome
-. row and Liverpool late in the cvenin
y" disimbarking early Saturday mornin
when the passengers will make the
ft- bow to the coed ship far al least Il she
to time, if not forever. ann crcdiably
,r formed that this floating hotel has
less than 1900 souls on board, includi
III the crew. We have received the best
treatment at the hands of officers II
crew, and would recommend any of t
vessels of this line sailing from Nc
l. York rs Il means of conveyance from [
New World to the old, and vice-ver.
The daily routine on shipboard has be
on promenadng the deck, playing chct
o, ers cards, singing, speech making, e
0''' Friday 2nd,-Wc are now on dc
me and looking for land but there is ii stro
uk, northeast wind blowing, with what Y
AN might term Scotch mist, so that {
view is obscured. There is an II.
cross sea running and that is causin.
considerable amount of sea sickne
-- SO far the voyage is without incident