The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-22

| when the vessel struck the crew were
summoned on deck. The passengers
upon appearing were met at the COM
| panionway with comforting words and
| assurances of their safety. Exception
Al GOODNESS was shown on all sides, the
stewards distributing coffee and stimu-
lants to all that desired them. Captain
Watkins had his gig lowered and rowed
ashore in order to ascertain his where
abouts and to telegraph to Falmouth
for tugs to assist his ship, In the
meantime rockets were sent up and sig
nal guns were fired.
When Dawn Broke.
When dawn broke every one on board
was relieved to find the shore on one
side and lifeboats near by on the other.
The vessel lay with her head to the
southwest, the reversing of her engines
having put her broad side onto the
rocks. Happily the sea was smooth and
there was no wind. Otherwise there
would probably have been a different
tale to tell. The dangers of the vicinity
were strkingly brought home to the
passengers and crew by the n1asts OF
the wrecked steamer Mohegan, which
are sticking out of the water, and by a
miserable bell buoy, which tolls almost
constantly as though sounding a death
knell.
Passengers Took Nothing with Them.
When Captain Watkins returned from
his trip ashore he learned that there was
already considerable water in the holds
and that tugs which had arrived stood
by in readiness for any emergency All
the passengers We're transferred to the
tug Dragon, but beyond the clothes
they wore they took nothing with them.
They were landed at Falmouth shortly
after Z o'clock, the local agents of the
American line meeting them and pro-
viding them with every care and quar-
tering them at the various hotels and
the Sailors home.
It'd. Nearly High.
When the Paris struck the tide was
within an hour of the flood, and this
proved insufficient to raise her off the
rocks. Hundreds of people visited the
scene during the day. The passengers
are lavish in their praise of the admira-
BILE behavior of the officers and crew,
and declare that it was due to their
smartness that no accident occurred to
any one Perfect discipline, they say,
was maintained throughout. 1t is said
that those in charge of the Paris We're
so perfectly confident that they were
pursuing the proper course that the YES
sci was steaming eighteen or nineteen
knots an hour when they struck. AL
though the steamer ran into fog about
midnight, nevertheless it is said that
she was running at full speed when the
accident occurred. There will be little
danger to the steamer if long calm
continues, but should the wind veer to
the east or southeast the consequences
might be serious. The tugs left the
scene at about o'clock.
Vessels Position Last Night.
Tonight the Paris lies in much the
same position as when she struck, her
bow being about $50 yards from the
shore, and her stern about 200. Almost
in direct line and about mile ahead
lies the wreck of the Mohegan. Just
outside the bows of the Paris Is a great
ra eged rock: and a ridge of rocks pro-
iects into the water 200 yards ahead.
There is about sixteen feet Of water IN
the three forward compartments, but
the engines are apparently unnarmed.
1t has been decided to await Specldl Sal
wage apparatus and the next tide to-
morrow. The sea is still smooth ana
The work of lightering proceeds. Gangs
If men on lighters have gone to the |
stranded steamer to take off the belong
ngs of the passengers. 1t Is now re-
ported that the two forward compart- |
nents of the Paris are full of water
To Place New Buoy.
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- !
san has at last induced the Trinity !
brethren to act, and last week they
to erect a gas-lighted auto
natic sound producing buoy on the
Manacles in place of the useless bell
luOV now there,