Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-22
PARIS WRECKED
Continued from page 1.)

officers ana crew and declare that II
was due to their smartnesS that no ac-
Cident occurred TO any one Perfect
discipline. they say. was maintained
throughout.
IL is said that those in charge OF the
Paris were SO perfectly confident that
th,.> weru pursuing the proper course
.hat lhe vessel was steaming IS or IL
t,uots and hour when they struck.
Though the steamer ran into fog.
about midnight nevertheless it is said
eha was running full speed when the
accident occuCie ed
There will 4 little danger to tht
steamer if a long calm continues. but
should the wind veer to the east or
southeast the consequences might be
serious. The tugs left the scene, at
sr1ut . o'clock.
In connection with the accident to
nv Paris Il will be of interest to mar
iners and travellers to hear that per
Si-t,.nt agitation since the wreck of the
Monagan has at last induced the Trim
ity Ercthren 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
to 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.
Mrs. Batchelor, a sister of United
States Senator Vest of Missouri. who
embarked al Cherbourg. says that the
weather was damp and nasty when
they left port. She retired early and
at about o'clock was awakened by a
tremendous crash which at first seem
ed to arise from the machinery. Then
eyeTything became so quiet that she
did not leave her berth. Soon after
ward however. she was aroused by a
steward who urged the passengers to
Immediately dress and go on deck.
Putting on a few things. Mrs. Batchel-
lor hurried above and found hundreds
of half dressed passengers there before
her
The officers were buSily engaged in
preparing the boats for launching and
calming the passengers although there
was comparatively little excitement as
it was evident that the ship was not
sinking; and that daybreak all were
assured by glmpses of the shore
Mrs. Batchellor said that some of the
passengers asserted that they heard
capt Watkins say: Il am unable to
understand how this happened" There
was no fog when Mrs. Bachelor went
on deck hut only a misty rain. The
worst trouble, she says. arose in trans
| ferring the passengers in smaller boats
| to the tugs. The officers and crew ="
she observed. worked like Trojans in
getting the old people and children off: :
and they certainly deserve great
praise"
! Fl. W. Southworth. one of the pas
Sengcrs. an Englishman. says:
The Paris had good weather most
Of the evening. the moon being about
/ threc-uuarters full and at the zenith
at o'clock. The weather was misty.
but not foggy. When the vessel struck
most Of the passengers were asleep.
! She seemed to rise. then quivered
grated over the rock and stood still.
with a slight list to port The shock
suggested striking direlict or small
vessel: and the possibility of being on
I tho rocks was not suggested until the
4 Nlf-N al hS were HtdTu NtlllIiS All
! hands on deck: captains orders"
1 "Many came on deck in their night
clothing. Cue man wore his drawers AMI
| his wife's tdr cap but his appearance
caused 50 much smiling that his wife sent
I him down 70 dress. which he did in the
music room, to the equal amusement Of
7 Htl concerned. There were no signs of Z,
P1nf,. The SOundingS made showed nine
! I'lhnms al water forward ard Il aft; but
ne snip rested on n fiat rock, while the
rocks. rising on each side. held her al
most erect.
( The officers log determines the posi-
| ton Of the Paris, and the position of the
wreck of the Mohegan shows that the
! I'GriS was even more out of her course
4 than the Mohegdn. she having passed BE-
! tween he Mohegan and the shore ana
/ then when the mistake was discovered
! having changed her course in the nope Of
clearing The rocks. thus mIraculously es-
/ Gaping the Manacles."
Capt. G. w. McCalium of Pttsburg.
! -ay7: Il heard tremendous crash, and.
4 as steamboat man. knew we were on
| the bottom and that if she slipped from
I'M rock we would be in queer street
! ttWriedly putting on my clothing. | went
mp stairs. where ! met the steward. VINO
WI shouting: All hands on deck As
! reached the deck | could just make out
the masts of the Mohegan. Officers and
| crew worked to restore confidence ana
The men As soon as the tugs arrived we
! know We were all safe. as the sea was
| calm and there would be no trouble in
| transferring us.
; Capt. Scott of the ship Kinross, saws.
- was bringing my vessel into Falmouth
| harbor when the accident to the Paris
occurred St. Anthony light was clearly
| visible for five or six miles and | heard
! the hell Of the Manacles buoy as we
/ passed. The possibility of mistaking The
81; Anthony light for the Lizard light is
ridiculous. as the former is revolving
Oh light. low down. and the Lizard ligh2
Is Two fixed electric lamps on a high
Henry Wi'ding, managing agent Of the
line. who arrived from Southampton. this
\ afternoon ~