New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
,TCHING FOR THE PARIS.
, AMERICAN LINER OVERDUE AT
SOUTHAMPTON.

~or-rD HAVE BEEN IN IONi w "HD''i-''
'' -, WEATHER THICK OFF THE SOUTH
COAST OF ENGLAHD--A TUG WAITS
At THE NEEDLES.
...on March l1.-There were many in
to-day at the Office of the American Line
e'nsrs of the American liner Paris, Captain
10 .rrs which sailed from NeW.York at 10
"s m March .. cleared Sandy Hook Bar at
soa n the same day and due TO arrive
-. Needles at 9:33 a. m. Wednesday last
= or6er 10 equal her best record.
vessel supposed to be the Paris was sighted
..s,erday in fos of the Lizard, but the
,r,er,can Line people are now convinced this
..sarer was not the Paris.
southampton March IA tug has been sent
=. the Needles. TO await the arrival there o.
10 American Line steamer Paris. due 80 have
,.ssed that point at about 9:53 a. m on
Wednesday last TO have equalled her record.
The weather continues thick.
orr1cERs OF THE LINE NOT ALARMED.
-,rv RELIEVE THE STEAMER Is DELAYED By
roG-HER COLLISION WITH THE TRINIDAD
ox LEAVING THIS PoRT-THE
PASSENGER LIST
-. oroers Of the American Line said last night
Ss,ov n the steamer Paris in reaching Sonihamp-
- They are confident that the dispatch received
yesterday sayine that q steamer had passed ''e
Lizard al : a. n. Thursday had reference 10 'ie
pa-ss and that her delay in reaching southampton
:. ays entirely to the fog and heavy weather no"
nrevail.ne along the English coast.
r.. Paris sailed from this port az noon on MarCn
, and I'm ordinary conditions should haV" reac"+'
soytsanpton on Wednesday Afternoon '4S'' -"
p,s,arne which IS considered one DAY So"g' ',"-
The Paris left here a. the same time ahU' az
travelling over nearly the same co"'S''
Eavre al Z p. m. on THURSDAY 100
r.. par,s was making her first trip after some
-s,e-s n her port thrust shaft, which was 'oU',N
,rr.4rfcct she had remained here over one "'p
ourg 10 the discovery Of this impeI4eoD'"'
had been repaired at Jersey city l"e I''I'u.1 49,
hound for Bermuda left her pier a. The same ''''e
a. The Paris on the day Of sailing. pass@a '"r0"hl
.ba chin channel 10 the point where Il cohHeC'"
win the swash channel and then she tuiI'u NV
the latter. As she did 50 the lafls ''"S.',N .,
her The course Of The Trinidad was "c'oS' ',',
how Of the Paris. and when her plot "a" '"a' '1
could not make the turn withou; being run o0""
nv tho Paris he pat his wheel hard over 10 Po' /
7, was too late however and the big liner crasn'u
The Paris slowed down her engines, ana ll'a'';
and Z, was some time before she was re'easea'
The aPr.s slowed down her engines anu "'''''
proceeded on her trip 20 Southampton.
The Trinidad returned TO this port on NeD"esu'''
hut nothing in regard TO the collision coua pe
learned from her officers. With the Tetuf" oI VI.
steamer from Bermuda. however came
letters from passengers who had gone tI''0 ~
her and one Of these persons, in dcSCI-"'HH Wv
accident said: Just hour after we 'ell oU
,,o- We were run into by the Paris. was JuS'
coming on deck from the saloon When "0l'r
commoton. l looked up and saw IN" 80. -
steamer Paris bearing down upon US In'"
came a crash and our boat gave leo' "a -
The engines stopped suddenly. and then 'heIe Oa
ss,ond lurch which threw every passehsei ga
dsck from his feet. Every person "HS 'y
scared but there was no outcry' ln IaV' ~ 70,
fear Of going down that Kept US shehr N1 i
va cabin passengers on board. ana il seei''u %
" al Of them were on deck ot'''"' va '
tainted but soon recovered. .,,
A, me office OF the American Line tne ioIo"."b
statement as 70 The Paris was given Out l"S' me-
We feel no anxiety over her delay, as We .''''
that she Is held up some place between me i1
s,5 Southampton Sic was thoroughly iAsp'c'e'
re-. leaving here on this Trip and everything
sbo,, her machinery was found to be IN sooH con-
6tor on her return 70 this side she VII be sen.
again 10 Newport News 20 have her caoi"s 'e''''1
and painted"
The record of the Paris is six days sixteen AouTs
ana for.y-three minute. She is practically ne"
vessel. having been thoroughly overAaulea al New
port News two years ago al an expense OF ABOUT
$4,000 The vessel was uu..t In Glasgow 'n l''' ana
"a sister ship of the New-Nork she met WIN
serious accident on March -. 1880. on an casterly
PIN ZIG miles west 90 Fastnet TIE cylinder Of the
starhca-d engine broke and flying metal dis
sbl-d the ether engine \ hoe was broken IN neT
bottom and she drifted about for sixty hours. the
water gaining on the Ttlmps contnuolly Ste was
towed 70 port hy the steamship Alleiseato. Two
years aro one Of her engines became disabled
through prir.ing and sne arrived here a date late
Iunrlns under cUc screw. on october lo 1896. she
broke hcr star5oard tube shaft when 220 miles east
0. sandy Hook. but managed to reach port unas-
is.c3
Captain Frederick Watkins IS the commander Of
tae IaIis. a. r. Graf the surgeon w. g. Bairu
tor .~rser and Walter Harris the chief steward
NeF.a4u NdiAluS Is thc senior captain ~ tne
A..tllc4. A-lnr. arC has sailed between Ne"-l OK
an antwerp aHG NeH-fo.k ana sou hampton iOI
years. Ht was in the service oi the Olc luiHan
Lie. commanding the Richmond aud the Mon-
has been tn- commander of tre Berlin tn" tnes-
it. me EcW-lork ana thc Paris. or tWo torme:
Occ- 1ns De- has brought the Paris irJugn all
ll1- Woru t.e vcsse. was severely ctipp"t. and u
. -e4.tvet that Ae Will De- able 60 do tle same
ta.f. fl.s trp. D. there is anything tae matter
WI ger machinery r~sulf OF her collision with
NE Trinidad, or l.om any other cause.
TIE rev o; the Paris consists OF about three
hundred and df't men az this season 0C the ycar
although she usually carries over four hundred. az
tod. She mas board seventy storage passer-
&C.. and The following frst and second cabin pas
sengers
FIRST CABIN.
BELL Mss Helen. lPAGE L
COIN. T. PALLET. AGsuste
eolEI.L. r. r. ItAYNER. Arthur
CRAIG Hf~h. ErTHEhFiRf W.atrrop.