New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-22
NEW-YORK TO REPLACE HER
WILL TAKE THE PARIss TRIPS WHILE
LATTER is UNDER REPAIR.
MR.. WRIGHT HEARS THAT THE GROUNDED
SHIP Is IN FAIRLY GOOD CoNDI-
TIoN-PoINT WHERE THE

SHIP is IN FAIRLY GOOD CoNDi-
rroN-PoINT WHERE THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED
James A. Wright. second vice president OF the
American Line, at o o'clock last night. gave out
the latest information he had obtained with re-
gard 10 the Paris He received series OF dis
patches late in the afternoon from Henry VIA
ing the agent of the line at Southampton who
proceeded to Falmouth by special train as soon
as news of the grounding Of the Paris reached
him. He was on the scene yesterday. and when
he returned 10 Falmouth he cabled to Mr.
Wright the result OF his investigation.
Mr. Wright said last night: u am sorry TO say
that the Paris is not so good bottom as
hoped earlier I'm the day. She ran onto ledge
Of rocks. and there are several holes In the Tor
ward part OF the ship The forward compart-
rrents are filled with water. but the after COM
partments are intact and there is plenty OF
water under the stern. The prospects are re-
ported as good for saving her provided the wihu
continues favorable. That means. take H. IL
the winds continue from the west or nortn. IT,
however. the winds should shift to the south OF
east II would be decidedly bad.
divers have been sent for and after they
have made an examination the extent OF the
damage will be known. All the passengers
the cargo is being unloaded into lighters. The
passengers will be sent on the St Pau next
saturday unless they desire to come on some
other line II they do. they WILL OF course
have every facility for doing so.
ORDER AND DISCIPLINE
There was no confusion when she grounded,
and everything was managed with perfect Or
der and discipline. She ran ashore at 1oO a. m.
l,,,tn Il
which is about one mile southwest of the Man
acles She was anywhere from eight to eleven
miles out of her course. Besides there being
fog. a heavy. drilling rain prevailed, which Is
even worse than a fog. The passengers were
taken of in our own boats to the tugs soon AFTER
daylight. In round numbers there were 10 flrst-
class. 10 second class and 200 steerage passen-
gers The crew numbered about 80 al told.
The vessel is insured TO a considerable ex-
tent of her value, large part being taken %!
ourselves. and the rest by the underwriters
The place OF the Paris will be taken by the
New-York which is an extra boat, ana IS IN
port now Her cabin arrangements are ioeht'-
cal with those OF the Paris and passengers VIII
get the rooms on her corresponding TO those
they have engaged on the Paris
Mr.. Wright spent the afternoon at the lines
offices at No. 6 Bowling Green, and gave out
there the following dispatches, received early In
the day:
Paris went ashore 100 m Sunday off Low
land Point; ship resting easy; smooth water
Watkins"
The Lloyds agent at Falmouth cabled:
Paris ashore near Manacles weather foggy;
water calm"
Another dispatch from the Lloyds agent read;
''Tugboats alongside Paris, landing passengers
IN the course of the afternoon two inquiries
were made at the Offices. One man had reia-
tives on board and the other wanted to know
what ARRANGEMENTS were to be made for taking
the passengers already booked on the faris TOT
a week from Wednesday.
THEoPoINT WHERE SHE GROUNDED.
Lowland Point s not quite halfway from
Falmouth TO the Lizard, between which two
points the distance is sixteen miles. so that the
Paris went ashore about seven miles from Fall
mouth fo in
The Paris sailed from Southampton Saturday
afternoon al 80 o'clock, and after touching at
Cherbourg France. about o p. m. continued on
her voyage After running into the fog she
probably got into one of those treacherous cur
rents for which that part OF the English coast
is famed, with the result that the navigator lost
his bearings slightly. The Cornish coast is
dreaded both on account Of its rocks and It's un-
certain currents Under certain conditions
dangerous set Of the current 10 the northwest
prevails and on more than one occasion has
caused shipwrecks. the navigator losing his
bearings.
Only mile northwest OF where the Paris ran
ashore is the most dreaded place on all the coast
Of Cornwall-the Manacles They are the most
dangerous rocks in the English Channel. It was
on the Manacles that the Atlantic Transport
liner Mohegan was dashed TO pieces in twenty
minutes on the night Of October IA last year.
Out of fifty-three passengers and a crew or
ninety Eight, all but fifty were lost. 1t was a
clear night. with the weather fair, when the
Mohegan struck, and II has always remained
mystery how she ever got so far out OF her
course There is a passage about two hundred
yards wide inside the Manacles. but no liners
ever go through IL. only small boats, and even
they never attempt 1t in bad weather. The
rocks are about three-quarters OF a mile from
shore, and all but one are submerged at high
water A black beli-buoy with a staff and bell
marked "Manacles' shows the outermost Of the
rocks, which Is called Penwin.
1t was on Vase Rock. near Penwin. on which
the Mohegan struck and only two fathoms Of
water covered II at the time. Scores of vessels
and hundreds Of lives have met their fate there.
and fortunate indeed was the Paris to strike
where the coast was not so dangerous
EVENTFUL LIFE OF THE PARIS
SHE WAS THE AUXILIARY CRUISER YALE
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