The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-22
STEAMSHIP PARIS GROUNDED
ON THE MANACLE ROCKS
The Ocean Greyhound Ashore Hard and Fast in Sight
OF the Wreck Of the Ill-Fated Mohegan-Lost Bear
ings in Fog-Not Life Was Lost-N
Panic Among the Passengers.


| the Paris We're SO perfectly confident
| that they were pursuing the proper
| course that the vessel was steaming 18
| or 19 knots an hour when they struck.
| There will be little danger to the
| steamer If the long calm continues, but
should the wind veer to the east or
| southeast, the consequences might lie
serious. The tugs left the scene at
| about o'clock.
In connection with the accident to the
| Paris, it will be of interest to mariners
and travellers to hear that persistent
agitation since the wreck of the Mohe-
gan has induced the Trinity brethren
to act and last week they promised to
erect a gas lighted automatic sound
producing buoy on the Manacles in
place of the useless bell buoy now
there. Gangs of men on lighters have
gone on the stranded steamer to take
off the belongings of the passengers. 1t
is reported that two forward compart-
ments Of the Paris are full of water.
A Passengers Story.
Thomas Allen of London, passen-
ger on the Paris, on his way to New
York, said:
Il was in bed when the accident hap
pened. 1 heard a grating sound and
then several hard thumps on rocks
which shook the ship. The vessel then
seemed to stop dead. A few minutes
later l heard some one calling All
hands on deck l reused my chum,
who was still asleep, and we went on
deck. We We're told to secure our life
belts and we returned below and got
them. We were not allowed to return
to the deck at that time. All We're kept
waiting below. At the first summons
few passengers appeared in their
night clothing, but as soon as they dis
covered that there was no danger they
returned to their rooms and made
themselves ready to leave the ship. The
passengers all behaved in the best pos
sible manner. There was no screaming
on the part of the women and the most
perfect order was maintained. We were
kept waiting below for an hour. Coffee
and biscuits were served and then we
entered the ships boats. Steam tugs
brought us to Falmouth.
Among the passengers Of the Paris
! We're many poor women emigrants,
mostly foreigners. All have been safe
ly housed in the sailors home here One
of the women describes her experience
as follows:
Il was awake when the vessel struck
heard dragging sound and felt a
shock; then the engines stopped. I
went up stairs to find out what the
matter was. I could see the land quite
plainly. | thought the ship had stopped
to take on passengers. l did not think
there was anything wrong and l re-
turned to bed and stayed there half an
hour. Then a steward told me to get
up. I said
There's my baby, don't wake him.
The steward replied: IF you want to
save your baby. get up. I got up and
dressed myself and the baby and went
on deck. We were much frightened
but there was no confusion. They treat
ed us in the kindliest manner and final
ly brought Ills here on tug
Mrs Bachelor, a sister of United
States Senator Vest of Missouri, who
embarked at Cherbourg, says the
weather was wet and nasty when they
left port. She retired early and about
l o'clock was awakened by tremend-
GUS crash which at first seemed to arise
from the machinery. Then everything
became so quiet that she did not leave
her berth. Soon afterwards. however.
she was aroused by a steward who
urged the passengers to dress and go on
deck Immediately. Putting on few
things Mrs. Bachelor hurried above
and found hundreds of half-dressed
passengers there before her
The officers We're busily engaged in
preparing the boats for launching and
calming the passengers, though there
was comparat lively little excitement. as
it was evident that the ship was not
sinking and al daybreak ali were as
sured by glimpses OF the shore
Mrs. Bachelor said that scma of the
passengers asserted that they heard
Captain Watkins say: II am unable to
understand how this happened"
There was no fog when Mrs Batch
elor went on deck but only a misty
rain. The worst trouble, she says, was
in transferring the passengers in small
boats to the tugs. THE officers and
crew." she observed, worked like Tro-
jams in getting the old people and chill
dren off and they certainly deserve
great praise
H. w. southworth, one of the pas
sengers, an Englishman, says:
Passengers Were Asleep.
"The Paris had good weather most
of the evening, the moon being about
three-quarters full and at the zenith
at o'clock. The weather was misty,
but not foggy.
when the vessel struck most of the
passengers We're asleep. She seemed to
rise then quivered, grated over the
rock and stood still with a slight list
10 port. The shock suggested striking
derelict of small vessel and the pos
sibility of being on the rocks, therefore
was not suggested until the stewards
were heard crying:
All hands on deck-captain's or
ders.
Many came on deck in their night
clothes One man wore his drawers and |
his wife's fur cape, but his appearance
caused so much smiling that his wife |
sent MN down to dress, which he did |
IN the music room, to the equal amuse- |
ment of all. There were no signs of a |
panic. The soundings made showed |
nine fathoms of water forward and
fourteen aft, but the ship rested on a |
fiat rock, while the rocks rising on each |
side held her almost erect.
THE officers log determines the DO |
sition of the Paris and the position of |
the wreck of the Mohegan shows thai |
the Paris was even more out of her
course than the Mohegan, she having |
passed between the Mohegan and the |
shore and then when the mistake was