Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-28
TT1IINPAGNE IN PORT
,..,,A Liner and lis Precious Burden Are
W Safe.
,,.rD INTO HARBoR BY THE ROMAN


ffsn'n .,ndly than they have Tor zen
more sour, Thursday two weeks ago.
days ,,t.n time they have drtfteu
aN me Atlantic, the days anu a., n, ,sa,r
"a W. s,sn filed with anxiety Tor theii
ha'e ~ ", safety, but tonight they sleep
Ff'o"n and comfort, safe in the mar
in Pe''' ,1alitax. their fears and cares
~ , W of danger being dissipaae -
y ,se happy knowledge .ha ", 'n ',,, INV
By W. W at the mercy of the STORMY
| e,ean. ,,r five days on the
Ai'e' MI hanks, with her engines
NeN ,,"1 and the screw shaft shattered
'aA, '.'si bound freishter no
us ann Liverpool, came ATOMS
nan her up and brought her lh,o
lichv' .,,nt further mishap OF con-
Sequence. ,,a inv on board the big
~, ub steamer when the eiou 49, ~
is morning broke WIN tne ,no ,yord
DAY m stia ni sight and the WoIu
Nl'a svo.i" mat Halifax would DC
rs plsIhe efore dark. Port was reached
naeaeu lime. Three or four steam
iu'l u 49, at sea, caught In dark ana
as Meie ,,eht with thick snow falling,
spii? ~ 7,nipht have been compeiIeu
Aha W. s,hnnt and put OIL shore 10 Keep
g lu'n, he coast until day broke. q,
e.sll VI ti.rrssuoudent of the Associated
luz haa,ipd the La ChampnSe
Hsss III, anchor was dropped. Inc
wv s' ,,ssented an animated scene, as
~ nassenrers were eager 10 learh
We panxioiis friends in New York mad
.t na' Of the detention of the steam
'.''s an wished to tell the story OF the
,v,srience adrift In mldoceah. 4SoM
~, they were safe In port they as
claimed any fear Dut soiile pl .iaei,,
tould not conceal that they h''u
through a trying ordeal r.. ,,.,....
-. - rabruary 18th, with fine clear wea-
:. ~ which continued for two days.
~, tbe wind freshened and gale
. I.sr mn blowing with moderate
~ An went well until the 18th. The
.1,sergers had settled down and were
t.ss.,rs The time pleasantly. The ship
- stasminr fast against the head
' ,y,olo o ISlJu '&lu9ppns 'u9uM sBSs
tremendous crashing sound was heard
|, the engine rooms.
IN an instant panic seized the pas
,,srers and great excitement pre-
ana In the saloon and among the
ceunants Of the steerase. The ships
f,,saga was stayed and heavy pound
ms shook the whole craft. captain
p,iro, quickly Gained the passengers,
arS soon after it was discovered that
,bs taIl.screw shaft had broken. The
erg,ne was running at high speed and
he engine few around like Lightning
when Inc resistance Of the screw was
removed, and before they could be
,tonped much damage was done In
the engine room.
The wild racing Of the big engines
mad, G great noise, and the terrified
PASSENGERS thought the ship would bt
smashed TO pieces. Finally the engines
stopped their pounding after the pistoI
and connecting rods had snapped
Capt Poirot announced that the intur,
could be repaired and the ship would
proceed at O'clock next day. She wa!
put about. but after further examina
lion It was found that the damag'
vas lreparable. Nothing renamed
to be done but anchor.
ID Champagne was then In lati
tuie G3S, longitude 41.23. Just In tn
track Of outward bound steamers. Tn
PASSENGERS and crew We're hopeful o
being sighted by some passing steam
Ct, but a thick fog sprang up, blightlni
their hopes. The ship was shrouded II
fog, and nothing could be seen oil
either side. The steamer kept up
continual fire of guns and discharge o
rccks,s but no answer came to thei
signals, and on Friday the captain dis
PATCHED boat containing eight mel
and the third officer either to max
land or to sight passing steamer.
n hnauU
archor-chains strained and swung tn
shlp, which tossed about like fea
thr. After midnight the gale in
creased in fury and at o'clocl
Saturday morning the anchor hawse
Tartsd with a snap and the ship drifte'
southward. The situation was critica
Ia the extreme, Passengers We're ter
lae1 at the thought OF their helples
condition, adrft on disabled steame
n ndOcean. The current drove Their
pgthward at the rate of fifty mile
dally yeering again to the southwest
All the while the steamer kept shown
h, signals of distress. but in vain.
La Champagne drlfted In this con
Gton from Saturday morning, Febru
ary 18th. until Wednesday. the 23rt
Nos, Of them had retired to thei
sAieroOms, when near midnight tn
Welcome cry "Sail-ho" was heard.
ieechoed from the lookout to cabi
,ld storage, and every soul on tina
w snip reloiced. Two steamers weI
.sa'ed ten miles away, one directly be
1Ne La Champagne and the othe
~ me port bow. La Champagne
.ls belched forth and her rocket
lg-lly
ne steamer in front gave answerin
,nsaas and bore down rapidly upo
r. " .namnagne. She proved to be II
, rs'teh liner Roman, hound from Ii,
Xxx y, 70 Boston. The Roman stood b
~. N-.hanlpagne, aud at once Cap
.HlW went aboard and made n,
uNsements with Can't. Robests TO To-
~ 70 the nearest port, Halifax. TT
cslnan passed steel cable to I
.r ~. at noon Thursday. and n
A., ''ssaners started for this mort. II
A.. esy the towlng-hawser parte
ans ., umes' but little delay resulte,
Sslo,s se s'ass was finally made at
laiI,r,e "ailpagne was picked up
irOr \. "2S. longitude 4l.23 mr.
M v, unl point onward nothing not,
Ana Ss.sSperiencel. The weather w;
va,.s lI Today, when a snow fur,
tsI ,Sy snd the steamers had to pr
for d. s'I was made up on boa,
tie It.b KIT who had so bravely mann,
and SN1" and left In search of hel
isd ~" francs was quickly rea
. most s s,S,uent to La Champagne is
! The shln roIs one and will necessita
> were labSsas INTO drydock. Her mai
with the ssIohe mere tonight, and the
Naided 10 Nh e, passengers, viii be 70
IN Nas on as officials az H.
vhereshiionlk heard OF the steama,
TO send ,v,s on Saturday thew bostnn,
s' steamers to aid her.
, Na,, ''n Of the Llfcboat Crew.
,, re NEW YorkFeb g7-omoo.