The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-22
SHIP MAY BIZ T0TALLOSS
Passengers Safely Landed at Falmouth.
Excellent Order and Discipline British
Admiral Sends Gunboats to Rescue.
Near Wreck of Mohegan- Tales
of the Rescued Passengers.

scene Of the wreck at a moments mo-
tice.
News of the disaster to the Paris
spread rapidly in London, and great
excitement and alarm was felt until
the arrival of the information that all
ON board were safe. The company's
ofncers were besieged with inqufrers.
anxlously asking for news regarding
friends or relatives on board the
steamer.
Further details of the disaster show
that when the vessel struck, the crew
were summoned on deck. The pass,r
gers, upon appearing, were met at the
companionway with comforting words
ana assurances of their safety. Excep-
tional GOODNESS was shown on all sides.
the stewards distributing coffee and
stimulants to all who desired them.
Captain Watkins had his Gig lowered
and rowed ashore to ascertain his
whereabouts and to telegraph to Fail
mouth for tugs to assist his ship. In
the meantime rockets were sent up
and signal guns were fired
When dawn broke every one on
board was relieved to find the ship On
one side and lifeboats lying near by
on the other The vessel lay with her.
head to the southwest, the reversing
OF her engines having put her broaG-
side on to 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
strtkingly brought home to the PAS
sengers and crew by the masts Of the
wrecked steamer Mohegan, which are
sucking out of the water, and by 4
miserable bell buoy which tolls almost
constantly, as though sounding a death
knell.
When Captain Watkins returned
from his trip ashore he learned that
there was already considerable water
In the hold; and the tugs, which had
arrived, stood by in readiness for any
emergency. All the passengers were
transferred to the tug Dragon; but
beyond the clothes they wore, they took
nothing with them. They We're landed
at Falmouth shortly after Z O'Clock, the
local agents of the American line meet
ing them and providing them with
every care and quartering them at the
various hotels and Sailors home
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 passenge rs
are lavish in their praise for the adj
mirable behavior of the officers and
crew, and declare that it was due 20
their ability that no accident occurred
to any one. Perfect discipline, they saw,
was maintained throughout.
1t is said 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. Though the steamer ran into a
fog about midnight, nevertheless it is
said 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 con-
sequences 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 mar
liners and travellers to hear that PEI
sistent agitation since the wreck Of
the Mohegan has at last 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 to the stranded
steamer to take of the belongings OF
the passengers. 1t is reported that two
forward compartments of the Paris are
full of water.
Mrs. Bachelor, q sister of United
States Senator Vest Of Missouri, VINO
embarked at Cherbourg, says the wea-
Their was damp and nasty when they
left port. She retired early, and at
about / O'Clock was awakened by
tremendous crash, which at hrst
seemed to arise from the machinery.
Then every thing became so quiet that
she did not leave her berth. Soon al
terward, however, she was aroused by
a steward who urged the passengers to
dress and go on deck Immediately.
Putting on a few things. Mrs. Batchel-
lor hurried above and found hundreds
Of half dressed passengers before her.
Mrs. Bachelor said that some OF the
asserted that they heard
Can't Watkins say: Il am unable 10
understand how this happened"
Capt Scott, Of the ship Kinross, says;
Il was bringing my vessel into Fal-
mouth harbor when the accident TO the
Paris occurred. st. Anthony light was
clearly visible for five or six miles, ana
1 heard the bell of the Manacles buoy
as we passed. A misty rain was fall
ing, but there was no fog, and we saw
the coast line nearly all the way from
the Lizard It is impossible for me to
how the Paris got into the
position any better than the Mohegan.
The possibility Of mistaking the st
Anthony light for the Lizard light IL
as the former is a revolv-
ing oil light, low down. and the Lizard
light is two fixed electric lamps on
high cliff"
Mrs. A. G. Spalding Of Chicago.
says: Il was well forward and felt the
shock. When aroused my colored
maid. she insisted upon staying IN bed.
exclaiming, If we must drown. let We