The sun., 1901-03-18
THE NEW YORK MET MISHAP
A SHAFT BROKE AND AMMONIA IN
yADED THE STEERAGE.
Two Deaths During Her Belated voyage west.
ward steamship Reached Her Dock Here
at 1880 O'Clock Last Night -Conssi Nav

labOriously into her dock al 1880 o CLOCK last
might with only her star board engines In COM
mission and fifteen of her steerage passengers
and ten Of her stewards recovering from
injuries caused by inhaling ammonia liberated
by the bursting Of the bonnet OF the con-
denser connected with the refrigeratinS
apparatus aft one OF the stewards. John
X tent, died thirty-six hours after the accident
OF pneumonia accor ding 10 the diagnosis OF
the ships surgeon. DR. n. G. Hutchinson. due
partly the doctor added, TO Inflammation OF
the respiratory tract steersge passenger.
Carl Engkvi.t. an American citizen living In
this city. died Of heart disease Immediately
after the OK plosion Of the condenser.
'rhe surgeon says Engkvcst's death was
partly attributable TO the inhalationo NJ the
ammonia fumes The only man in the hos
ptal y hen the liner got ~ her pier was a
siaerage steward, + Cols,on, who vas SUI
fering from inflammation ~ the eyes and tbs
rasriratprv organs He was sent 10 hos
pi,al in this city All the rest of the injured
stewards and -tcerage passengers were
able 70 he about This is M" substance OF
the story Of the ships mishep a. told by
yice-President James A wright OF the Inter-
national Navigation COMPANY.
The condenser which caused the fatalities
vas in a compartment on the after part OF
the main de,k on the st1rboarj side. Sons
Of the stewards and n number OF steeraSe
passengers were IN On adjoining compart-
ment at. supper when lho bonnet blew on.
None of the fIrst or second cabin passengers
heard tho explosion and few knew OF 1t until
| they were told by the ~J.u'~ officers
Many Of the steward, ahd Storage pas
seugers we're made unconscious or mo-
uentarly blind by the b'sterng fumes.
IL was all over in few INMATES SAILOR
! men and stewards who had aot been over
come helped 10 drag tho helpless ones out
of the compartment whore they lay, ana
the ships surgeon gave them attention.
The bodies Of Kent and Engk'ist we're buried
at sea
The after refrigeratiRg plant Ia used N
cool n cargo compartment with capacity
of about two hundred and fifty tons on the
deck below the condenser. The fresh meats
of the ship and other prrshnbe stun are kept
in the compartment
Tho tail shaft of the New Yorks port en-
gine broke in the tube a. II IS o'clock NJ
on Friday. when the liner was on the Banks
The sea was smooth.
boat was lowered and engineers made
an examination of the outboard part
t,e shaft tube and the propeller. which wa
appareutly about 10 drop into the sea. stee
hawsers we're passed under the propeller.
hauled taut and made fast on deck. The
| shin was stopped several hours, after which
she proceeded at three-ouarters speed under
her starboard engine.
| She was less than n day late, considering
| the heavy weather she encountered on the
| first half Of the voyage She will not sail
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answer u was me- h"W'f-'' NnV u
the information mat 'he eAp'oSo" spo',"
ship and the breah'he OF 'ne smut n'u mum
| 'nH 10 oo "''' ea'n ''"''
The port shaft, he said broke onfriuaY'
II was Just before the noon hour' ihs "e"-
thor was good at the time ana tne sea "a'
| comparatively smooth Many OF me pas
scngers were on deck ana oi course we al
knew that something wes wrong because
| oi N" Jar 'ha' was Pe'oep''p'c '"'"uHNo"'
the ship. but there was no scare not even n
| little ono. We all learned from the on'cer
just what happened within few minutes
| after the accident. Then We had the diver
sion Of seeing a boats crew lowered In mid
| ocean when the men went 10 lash the brok' n
| shaft. The work of the officers and mon
was ma ugnincent and worth going voyage
| to see
How about the explosion"
oh that was another story altogether =
said MIR Hay The explosion had nothing
10 do with the breaking Of the shaft IL
occurred the evening before An ammonia
tank in the ship's refrigcrating plant wnv
aft exploded Nothing of that was known
in the first cabin until the excitement was all
over and We heard that one Of the steerags
Messengers had been killed There were
several injured and ono Of the steward.
died the next day We had two burials at
go, That's all know about the incident
of the trim"
| so,.body then asked Mr.. Hav IL he would
| mt cav someibine about South Africa
Not n word. he replied laughing Y left
there on Jan. 81 and am only home on leave
| of absence just how long the leave will bs
d.,ards on what | learn In Wgshin gton in