New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-31
GROUNDING OF THE PARIS.
RETURNING PASSENGERS PRAISE THE
EFFICIENCY OF THE OFFICERS AND
CREW OF THE SHIP.

CREW OF IHE SILL
The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser vi
helm der Crosse brought TO this port yesterday
ffty-two passengers who were on the American
liner Paris when she aground near the Mana
cles off the Cornish coast. a week ago Sunday.
The pier In Hoboken was. in consequence. more
than usually crowded when the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse arrived and the cheering and waving OK
handkerchiefs and hats she was warped III
made such sight Hoboken seldom sees. " NJ"
the ship came enough for faces 10 ne u'S
tinguished the knowledge OF what the Paris pas
sengers had so narrowly escaped inspired theIF
friends TO Wild demonstrations Of Joy, and as one
face after another VS. recognized from the pier Il
seemed as though the exuberance would precipita'e
some overanxious persons into the water. When the
passengers came up the gangpank the greetings
were ELUSIVE.
praise OF the conduct Of the Paris's officers and
crew. and they say that the discipline could not
have been better. The stories OF the running
aground agreed In almost every particular.
F. e De Wolfe. who came over with his wife
and is going Bristol r. l.. in describing his ex-
perience. said:
u was awakened by the ship striking the rocks,
and Il seemed hardly a moment before the stewards
were going along the passageway telling Us TO put
on warm clothes and come out on deck. As soon
as we were out hot coffee served. and the re-
assuring effect OF this fine. We knew That II
the Paris were sinking no time would be spent III
serving coffee. I saw no panic at all. although
some people had in their haste donned some queer
combina tfons Of clothes. When my wife and ! had
dressed we went up the saloon stairs and found
the door at the top locked. This. we learned after
ward was 10 keep the passengers from sWarmihs
over the deck and impeding the lowering OF the
boats I asked the chief officer why we had stopped
and he said: Well we're on the bottom, ana we
can't 20 any further: that's all about IT, When
asked Captain Watkins how we happened 70
run on the rock he said: I m sure don't know!
Israel J. Roe, diamond dealer OF this city sald
that he was first awakened by the sound OF the en-
gnes being reversed.
When I reached the deck" he said. i noticed
that It was dark, cloudy and rainy. so that /
could not see far from the ship. saw TWO I'M
mense rocks rising nearby out Of the ocean, one on
each side Of the Paris. and IL seemed TO me that
the boat was on a shelving rock. She lay on an
even keel and there When we all
had breakfast and the boats had been lowered r
wrecking tug which had been working on the MO-
hogan came alongside. and also tugs from al
mouth The whole thing took place in such an
orderly way that could hardly believe we were
aground"
Mrs Caroline Miller. a sister OF F NJ Baker
who is one OF the Railroad Commissioners OF the
State Of New-York. said that she was awakened
by A grating rumbnng noise. and that the thing
she remembers most distinctly was the even voice
Of the steward crying. All hands on deck! All
hands on deck" She decided not 10 make herself
ridiculous and dressed eisurey. She says that all
were not so deliberate however. and that she no
ticed one man running about with nothing on but
a feather mattress which he had wound about his
body like a sash
Morris Green vho does business in this city and
lives at No 25l Hewes-st Brooklyn, thinks that
the accident was caused by a defective compass
and by the peculiar currents about the Manacles.
tive
he said and this especially true in the dis
ernbarkation Of the passengers. The women were
all lowered from the side OF the ship nearest the
shore. and the men from the offside. The one
infraction n discipline that saw was by man
who refused to be separated from his wife. and
insisted on disembarking with her from the near
side Of the ship The other passengers and Captain
Watkins demonstrated with him. but he was OBJ
durate, and finally he was allowed TO 60 with his
wife He the only that dlsembarked with
the women
Samuel PearsaI broker OF this city. spoke en-
thusiastcally u the GOODNESS shown by the women.
They were perfectly calm and orderly" he said,
"and am the more proud OF that because almost
all the women on board were Americans. They
acted finely. and We're A compliment 10 their sex
and country. Among other things I noticed one
VINO. In his haste In dressing. mad merely
thrown womans cape over his nightshirt He
remarkable sight Another man was pranc-
kid gloves. carefully buttoned He wore nothing
else. but the gloves looked smooth and tight as
though they had been drawn carefully and la
boriously. We were treated royalty In Falmouth.
and the agent q The company who met US in Lon,
DON dld eysrything for US
John F. McClaln. who lives in Paris said that
though some one were throwing chains about in her
hQld He was enthusiastic IN his praise OF the
officers and crew. and said that although ne felt a
little shaky when ne stepped deck and saw the
masts OF the Mohegan sticking out OF the water
close by, the officers treasured him completely
If anybody lost any property" he said 'it was
turned % US. and was treated with the greatest
care Why, know Of one woman who remembered
dropping a package Of ha!rpins on the floor as she
was dressing ana seeing them scattered about the
carpet by the fan When her property was re
turned 10 her she found this package intact Every
hairpin had been picked up and reinserted. That
was the sort Of they took OF US"
one passenger said that he and others were Of
the opinion that Captain Watkins was not on the
It was raining and that the captain had just gone
below to get his rain clothes when the Paris
Captain watkins, however. and the passengers were
united IN Draislng his efficiency.
Wilhelm Der Crosse were az follows. Mrs. " Ash
for9 agd Miss MaTy ashford d; Miss NJ Howard
lor, Morris Green and Miss Carrie Green Mr.. and
Ms. =. Goldberg. Mrs Caroline Miller Mr.. and
F smcad M4 e0 aSd Mrs. 4p'fF!n s. DewS Ma MTs o.
A Washburn. Mrs NJ r. Sioley. II. Cotte. O.
Ft f04 :! |n Henry a Ievy S Pes Tsa
Roe. ". X Remsen. Mrs = = Garden and The
Frank c. Phillips. Mrs Il Rau!eft. Mrs w. II
Churchill, ". b. Hart. jr.. Mrs. Lawrie VI
Earl W II. York l. Karnasch. Mss J. Kaspers.
Mrs c. Melssner ana child the Rev J. Rosenberg
and Mrs; J. ROsenbers Miss c. HupPin and cap
tain 4. Frost.
among i5e other passengers, on the Kaiser WI
Minister 10 the United States. the Duchess Of
ARGOS Edward r aver " n Bowlby. 2 G. ; John
r. Drexel, Arthur W Dewey. Charles S Francis
" ". Woodrich. Miss Julia Dent Grant John
Harper Durchaucht Prinzessin Iynar the Countess
Lynar Potter Palmer. Mrs. Potter Palmer. Baron
Cf-.ra hat uafi I.
Juan Riano secretary Of the Spanish Legation az
Washington: General George b Williams Colonel
James y. Wheelan and Lieutenant g. II. Hazeltine.