The sun., 1900-11-23
BIG KAISER, LAME AND LATE
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/ spar Huoy chain Usd Lost = Propeller
Blade on oct. - and Can. over at -
Knot. through T-rrinc weather 900
Passengers spent Last wight Aboard ot Her.
,ftor defying the ,rmpcst4 II succession
I Of tho most turbulent days ever entered In
/ the lpg ot u liner tho Kllser Wilhelm der Crosse
: colossus ~ the North German Lloyd feet, stuck
ngloriOusly yesterday afternoon at the very
gatc ~ the harbor, circumvened by the anchor
/ chain of a spar buoy OF the Southwest Spit
! and didn't get away until nearly II o'clock
! last night. The chain was wound about one
! Of her prppellers When she did get loose she
/ came mp to Quarantine where her passen gers
spent the night aboard. She will dock at
4 the tunard pier NJ o'clock this morning.
lost propeller blade and the bad weather made
her late. She has Gi3 first and second cabin
passengers and 67S IN the steerage.
The time Of the big ships voyage was days
% hours and 10 minutes, over course OF 3.O52
knots. at an average speed Of 10 % knots This
was travelling more than a hundred knots less
than she usually makes in day. When she
was two days out from Cherbourg. on Nov.
~. the worst day of the phenomenally bolster
! ous run, everybody out the officers and crew
being on the cheerful side Of storm doors
tho ship began TO yibrate from side To side.
Ii was about 745 O'Clock In the evening. and
only veteran sea crossers were at dinner. They
were the'only passenger. that took much note
Of the trouble The weary majority. in their
brrths did not enter IL In their private logs.
The diners were startled
Capt. Engelbart knew what had happened.
as did the men in the engineers department.
The ship was stopped and she rolled In the
trough bit while the engineers found out that
"A blade Of the port propeller had been twisted
oT. probably bv an unusually heavy sea that
slapped her under the counter.
II was decided to proceed at a speed that
would lessen the vibration and the starboard
engines were slowed down TO suit tho speed
develoTed by the two-baded propeller In
this way the Kaiser made the rest Of the trip
through seas that old travellers on Atlantic
routes say we're the loftiest that they ever
run across or that ever ran across them.
Sometimes the ship was almost buried in
white cres,s ana s{oondrtt TIE top Of
while and rails were smashed or twisted
Nearly all the deck fixtures that were not
Thereafter there was nothing but weather In
"a" course Of the ship. one day was pretty
nearly the same a; another sometim.s the
which means eighty knots AZ hour or
chiefly more on The dav that the ship
lost her port propeller blade she made only
isl knots or about eight knots an hour, which.
tramp steamship. Charles r. Tripler. the man
who experiments with liquid air. says the air
port or got a chance 10 see things out on the
open derk The waves reared Themselves a.
| high asthe three etowernsfpnnels.
on "Wednesday morning last Coal trimmer,
Giss isted with the weather and the toll below
decks in the bowels Of a pitching and rolling
ship. threw himself overheard He was q
4. about old named n nick and
was not used 10 his work
There were several hours OF fog on this day
and the Kaiser slowed down To less than half
speed II was possible to be out in the open air.
as the gale had sbated somewhat. although
there was still heavy swell on. Passengers
say that the Kai.er narrowly missed running
down deeply laden oil tank In the mist They
looked from IN" lofty decks II the liner plumb
down on the decks Of the tank and saw men
had been aboard the Kaiser
As the kaser passed Fire Island Yesterday
afternoon she signllled 10 the marine observer
there that she had carried away one screw blade,
Her agent here, Gustav n. Schwab. concluded
from This that there was nothing serious the
CURED later. when the Kaiser was coming
into the lower bay through th" main ship chan
tTadc. trad Bcnn, Reardan. Just afte- she Tas,eG ~ ,
the nsht-hp at $50 i Vi. The tide was at
snip channe marked by Ruov u, Of the SOUTH
west SIn, which Is about two miles thus side
n.
wa was WORKING on the fJur-stored starboard
bow of the liner. The Kaiser Is more than
go feet on the water line, and, in rounding the
thousand feet wide, II was necessary for
the pilot TO shave the shoal pretty close. The
lurI.hinc tide doubtless helped the way Of the
staIm-aip and before she could be checked
she had put her nose into tie mud
She stuck only a momont Ten she backed
say and sh" refused 10 answer her helm That
i, a peculiarly II hi. and little SHY. in shoal
water The broeze worked on her s,arboard
bow and drove it around to port Then the
tide got under her port quarter and slowed II To
-lrboard She fouled n spar buoy and ono
Of hcr rropc!.ers picked up the buoy's anchor
slc was o'r the mud, but she was in worse
ricRlc than before Her engineers feared
10 attempt starting her enyir"s again They
did not know which propeller the chain was
wound around, So 1t was decided to drop anchor
down 10 the disabled ship and later the Nlcr-
Iitt-t Chapman Nrscling Company sent down
the Isaac } Merritt and the powerful ocean
aboard Mr. Schwib, who was among those
who boarded the ship. said later that she had
struck - lightly on the Southwest Spit and
hal come on so eas y that he did not think
that she was dana god
Wien it was learned at Quarantine that the
Kaiser was aground Deputy Health Officer
Sanb"rn boarded the revenue cutter Man
haitian. went down to her. examined her pas
20 her dock. without having 10 stop NJ Quarnn-
tine The Manhattan put aboard the Kaiser
q stan oi customs inspectors and number
~ the friends Of the passengers who will come
ny 10 the city with them this morning The
big ship got loose later and came up To Ouaran-
tine. where she anchored Among her pas
sengcrs are Harold Bauer. the pianist. who
has never been heard here and jean Gerardy.
the e lst vino has not appeared here for
three years, tho baron de Chanbrun. Baron
Non H"l"ben: the German AnbasSador 70
Washington. 7 X Hostetter. Gen Thomas n
Hub ard, the Marquis de I.nrrinaga. the Baron
dc Montcbello. II {. McNickar Consul Thomas
Millirg Peters. Gen Edward II Rpley. l. II
Srnr-. CnnsulC Il schumann, L F Sheedy and
i Tod Sloan tho Jockey