The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-22
discipline, they say, was maintained

discipline. they say, was maintained
throughout.
1t is stated that those in charge of
the Paris were so perfectly confident
that they were pursuing the proper
course that the vessel was steaming
eighteen or nineteen 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 be
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 or
the Mohegan has at last induced the
Trinity brethren to act, and last week
automatic sound-producing buoy on
the Manacles in place of the useless
bellbuoy 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.
Thomas Allen of London, a passenger
on the Paris, on his way to New York,
said:
All Hands On Deck.
81 was in bed when the accident
happened. I heard a grating sound and
then several hard thumps on the
rocks, which shook the ship. The YES
sci then. seemed to stop dead. A few
minutes later 1 heard someone calling,
'All hands on deck l reused my
chum, who was still asleep, and we
went on deck. We were told to secure
our lifebelts, and we returned below
and got them. We were not allowed
to return to the deck at that time. All
-,
summons few passengers appeared
in their nightclothes, but as soon as
they discovered that there was no dan
ger, they returned to their rooms and
made themselves ready to leave the
ship. The passengers all behaved in
the best possible manner. There was
no screaming on the part of the women,
and the most perfect order was main
tanned. 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 Fall
mouth"
Among the passengers Of the Paris
were many poor female emigrants,
mostly foreigners. All have been safe
~ housed in the Sailors home here,
One Of the women describes her ex-
perience as follows:
A Woman's Story.
h
| heard dragging sound and felt
shock; then the engines. stopped.
went upstairs TO find out what was the
matter. l could see the land quite
plainly. ! thought the ship had stopped
TO take on passengers. 1 did not think
there was anything wrong, and l re
turned to bed and stayed there half
an hour. Then steward told me to
get up. l said, There's my baby;
don't wake him. The steward replied,
If you want to save your baby get
up l got up and dressed myself and
the baby and went on deck. We We're
much frightened. but there was no con-
fusion. They treated us in the kind
Hest manner, and finally brought Us
here on a 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 a tremen-
dous crash, which at first seemed to
arise from the machinery. Then every
thing became so quiet that she did not
leave her berth. Soon afterwards, how
ever, she was aroused by a steward |
go on deck Immediately. Putting on a
few things, Mrs. Bachelor hurried |
above and found hundreds of half |
dressed passengers there before her,
Was No Excitement.
The officers were busily engaged in |
preparing the boats for launching, and !
calming the passengers, though there |
was comparatively little excitement, as |
it was evident that the ship was not |
sinking, and at daybreak all were as |
sured by glimpses of the shore.
Mrs. Bachelor said that some of the |
passengers asserted that they heard |
CAPTAIN Watkins saw am ma hla 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, |
arose in transferring the passengers in !
small boats 10 the tugs.
The officers and crew." she OBJ |
served, worked like Trojans in getting |
the old people and children off, and I
they certainly deserve great praise