The sun., 1902-11-14
CRASH ONGIANT DEUTSCHLAND
AT SEA IN THE EARLY MORNING
AND 1T SCiRES PASSENGERS.
Liner IN Lame After toughest Passage In
Years-Poundch by Heavy Seas TIL
holt In the Crank Shaft Bearing
Snaps -Starboard Engine Disabled.

The Hamburg American flyer Dcu, sch
land. from Hamburg. Southampton and
Cherbourg. was more than an hour in dock
ing at Hoboken last night. because she
came into port with her s,arboard engine
out Of commission, it having been disabled
forty miles this side of Nantucket in
placid sea at $50 oclock in the morning
She had an exceptionally rough pas
sage, which her new commander, Capt.
II. Barends, said caused most Of her 43i
cabin passengers To miss meals. II Il
thought that her long battle with heavy
head seas may have weakened the part
Of her machinery that gave way vest orday
morning
Nearly all the passengers were asleep
when there was a whr and a great thuup
and then a stiffness hat had almost a.
mich 10 10 with waking folks up "a the un
expected sounds A bolt of the third crank
shaft bearing Uhat is the way the official
report put IL broke, and. "a a consequence.
the low pressure cylinder cover was cracked.
The engineer In charge Of the main steam
valve instantly shut on steam and there
was no further damage.
The shock OF he accident and the sudden
shutting of of steam caused many awak-
enod Passengers 10 rush from their borth-
Pat Sheedy said h. thought the ship had
struck on "A shoal, and he Immediately
began TO dress, desiring to die, II he mad 10.
with his clothes on. Stewards ecnt around
the ship assuring the passengers that there
was no danger, and within a few minutes
the excitement had dieu away.
The port engines were STOPPED "A moment
after the ,tarboard, and the big liner lay to
for an hour while her engineers made "A
careful inspection of her machinery. Then
she proceeded at thrce-quartcr= speed under
port engine. only. General Passenger
Agent Meyer of the Hamburg Line. who
boarded the liner at her pier, says she will
be able to sail for Hamburg a. scheduled On
Wednesday. The cylinder cover will b.
replaced here.
1no first three days Of tho Deutschlaud's
voyage after she left therhourg were
ton npestuOus. In pleasant weather the
ship can reel OF $50 miles without supreme
effort On Sunday lat, in high breaking
~oa-. which the skipper, who has mad"
los wound trips in IN" Atlantic trade, pleas
aUtlv referred TO merely a. "a dusty road,
the Deutschland covered only 4G7 miles
Two towering combcr, Numbered aboard
over the starbDard bOw IA she pokcd her
colossal prov down into hollow about
y b NIib'h 'lll N'il.NN.N ilill lllIs ll' 'I'N'-
lcaped across the ship and smashed forward
port rails and bulwarks on the promen-
adc deck 4 part Of Ia" sea hit tn. crows
nest more than sixty feet above the water
line, bending IN" cage in. 4 vcutiiator was
also carried away.
Pa--cng RS who have boon ing the
Al liant iC for many years. including the bas~o,
Eduuard d" Re sG", sav il was the rpughcst
voyage in their experience, Nobody was
hurt, but everybody except the veterans
vas sick
The Deutschland has not been here since
April On her last trip To Hamburg she
encountered stormy weather and carried
away her ruddor and stern p s., steering
into port with her twin screws. t1p'
Alters, her commander died just after Size
reached haven. li,- death was attributed
partly TO the shock of the accident to lis
vessel
For six months ~" Deutschland las
been undergoing repairs, alterations and
an OV"rhauhug. \ low fvd'urc Of tho
ship is n Vienna cafe, which was formerly
the Childrrn'- room Du IA" boat deck for-
ward. Turkish COTE" Il served there Iy
"a c1Fro-crlored Turk in what Pat Sheedy
calls "valicr lluOm"rS" and i"I
Edoujrd de Ee-lkc, who, with his brother,
Je"u, has n racing stable near Warsaw,
said that they had come ont even in last
seasons races. II" said he would sing here
in ~Giocouda and ~Ernaui," and that hi>
brothers voice was better than ever. Tlis
is iouard de Rcszhe's tenth visit To
America.