The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-26
VOL. LXy.-N0. 10.
SAW LACHAMPAGNE ATSEA
-rxcH LINER WAS IN MIDooEAN
LAST SATURDAY, DISABLED.

,,,u .r Head to tho seas. ana Seemed to Have
pr.r ont-Mnde Ne signals when the OIL
r.ru urem srha,en Passed Hsr-Haust Have
..vo, Down several Days Before That.
r,. rr.nch limo steamship La Champagne.
Iourteen days out from Havre. was passed
49, o and 10 o'clock last Saturday night,
-, $50 miles cast Of this port and l.600
-, from uayre, by tho oilcarrying Dutch
,a.usbin B;emerhayen. which arrived yester-
~. from Antwerp. Capt. M. w. MINES Of the
n-.m.rhavcn. which was in ballast and pre-.
..n,,d , lofty broadside TO wind and sea on her
ssnch massage, was on the bridge when the
,soto,t shouted back from the crownest to
a.oond Officer Bateman, who was In charge OF
,ho bridge. that there was q light on the star
ho,rd bow. Capt. MINES got his glasses and
ID NIT that the light was the green. or star
hoard. lamp OF a liner. which he thought at hrst
.,snne was bound east. She wal apparently
proceeding slowly. A few minutes later Capt.
Ninnes ana Second Officer Bateman decided
that the stranger had stopped. They snapped
onipiops on tho subject and finally concluded
ina, there was something the matter with the
liner.
9Th, nirht was very dark and cloudy" said
,hc CAPTAIN, land the wind was blowing half Q
r,ls from northeast We wero heading about
uss,.northwes est, and making about ten knots.
There was a pretty good sea on tho starboard
quarter. and the screw raced whenever we rose
nm A crest. We had tho green light Of the
stranger In view for ten or fifteen minutes. We
tried TO keep this light on our starboard bow SO
abe might pass us to tho northward IL she
were under way. Then we saw her red
IIvht. showing that she had swung around. We
k..ro M rpuraa stRArinR IN n mora north
erly direction. intending TO go to the north
OF her. We passed her about a mile to the
Sny signals set. She had her white steaming
ilghts set on her fore and main. and her side
lights were all right She apparently had moth.
ing the matter with her steering gear, for she
aid not show the white lights set vertically in
her rigging which mean mot under con-
tTSl.' ,t think KS she ,a had way SSrs GR' b. but s II was "a 70
seas were TOO heavy and e was very dark. lam
q, ,TFs sp ssS ss S1 Close a t enonsh t 10 note eee exon t hnoS co ioe
finer tunnels. which showed up In the glare
from her saloon s~kylight. She kept her head so
well up in the sea that l thought that she prob
ably had a drag out. ! am almost sure that she
was able to keep out of the way OF othor vessels
or she would have set tho signals showing hat
The point where the French ship was passed
by the Bremerhaven Is about ninety miles south
q the course prescribed by the H~ydrographie
100 miles south OF the route taken by boats from
Queenstown. The nearest port is st. Johns, N.
f., which Is about $50 miles to the northwest.
TIP to Feb. ls the tank had strong west, north
west and southwest winds. with head seas.
Under these weather conditions La Champagne
sailed from Havre at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
otFeb. IL, and would have covered between six
teen hundred and seventeen hundred miles by
the night Of Feb. 10. 1t seems likely that she got
into trouble ON the night Of Feb. Is and that she
had spent three days making repairs when she
aha had rQn nlatat them md yvhAn Nnnt Nfnnna
down the signals that showed that she had been
disabled. He spoke with some certainty about
her engines being in motion.
Agent Bocande Of the French line had a long
talk with Capt. MINES. Afterward he said that
heSss sure that tho ship that the Bremerhaven
Dad passed was La Champagne. and that he
believed that, there was something. the matter
with one Of the cylinders Of her engines. ,There
was nothing to indicate that her hull or her
steering gear had been injured. He said he ex.
REected her to show up at Fire Island or Sandy
hSok to-day or tomorrow. II she had not been
abe 70 make complete repairs she might not be
heard from before Monday.
The Bremerhaven was lambasted by q mighty
Poriheaster on Sunday. the day after she passed
La Champagne. On Monday it was blowing
Win hurricane force. and the tanks propeller
,whlrled In the air almost as much as 1t did in
the seas. La Champagne in her crippled condi-
ton probably hove TO in the two days of rough
weather; With patched machinery she would
nor DC able to make more than about eight knots
an hour N good weather. Allowing for the de-
lay caused By bad weather. she may not be re-
ported until Tuesday night.
M;' bocande received yesterday by cable from
the nome office Of the line the annexed list OF
ner hrst and second cabin passengers. The
names o. ten other passengers who were booked
on BOARD the steamship just before she sailed
VIII not be known until she arrives.
beckman, Mrs. and Miss; Berchem. Mrs; Berchem,
n's' Anurhn; BtZancon, Georges; Rirker. Miss; BOIlau.
~ boilal, Mrs; Bonino, Giuseppe; Brayuer, Miss;
htrsaId, f. ;Brlnkman. Miss; Butter. Fritz.
yEGtiu"y' Ii Chri'ten, Miss Emma; Christensen, o.
liam met. Nj, Cncnari. Convert. g. Bonettl.
upWuh' Nr. - Drume, Mrs. i. l.; Dunuae, Mr., and
Mr.; Dnval, Miss.
Er.NIS. Engert, Mrs. G. A.; Euvent. Mrs. p.
ddok, NJ Charles L.; Francois, Miss T..
hIcoemans. Mr.. II. j..
yhachr' Miss Suzanne; Harlamb, Mr.. Hess NJ,
tIIs''asr' Herman; Herbert, Rev. Josephi Hugenholtz,
~ y ~. T.; Huutin. Mr., manager Panama Canal
!Ariuot, Rev. Paul.
hauther, Michael; Kantzer. Mrs, and child; Kava.
BAN Mr.; kellogg, Miss Nina; Kptten. Maurice.
SSSUppPPe'' Mr.. Mrs, and child; Kornfld, Mrs. and
,Labaime, Mr. Lascarls, Nicolas; Lee, Miss Grace;
~ MSS fh'Iomcna; Leuenberger. Ernest; Lohrer.
Wages, Miss; Mcllassoux, Edward; Miller. Miss J.
" mCrelllen, Mr.. WI Moser. Miss; Murphy, Miss.
DE- "'"'h"ahder. Mrs. Marie' Nitray, Baron Liebert
unmstfde, Mr.. j.; Oustry, Mr.. H..
har NJ, Shsries, and Mrs; Pasquier. Mr.; Pervil.
ppisnt rrenyeille. Thomas.
ssbii1iSmnrs ss K2thkopt. Samueli Rushauser. Fl.
Roh.,,,, MI. A.; Schillinger. Mr. c.; sohorer,
q 'snrtG, Scnweizer. Jacob; Sello, Emile; siepert. Mr.,
Or. II, n'l hI 4, o. Smith. Mrs. b. Frank; Soualle,
To mo m,Ish1t,,i Spencer. Miss q.
Father. ass 'aishne' mr. MT 'ignon, Rev.
N,meI Mr.. and Mrs, Emile, and child, Widhaber
So.s SGoettei ,Wildhaber, Miss Ida; Wilson, Mrs.