The sun., 1902-11-16
LUCANIA FAST 5 HOURS ON MUD
Anchored ~ THE FOG. SWING
AGROUND WITH THE TIDE,
Just Outside sandy Hook. Al q O'clock.
Yesterday Morning. and Had to Wait
tor the Late Afternoon Flood The
philadelphia Passed Her There.


pick. d up Pilot +. T.. Mitchell of the Sandy
Hook light-hip yesterday morning the
vista harhorward was misty. but the pilot
could s.r the buoy- Of Gedney's Channel
Swiftly there was weird sea change.
A curtain of fog fell down and shu, of the
world afoat and ashore. The ships spec d
was reduced to minimum. She merely
had sleorage way.and her new commander,
Capt John Pritchard, taking the place of
Capt. Mckay whose eyes are out Of com.
mission, simply had to grope.
Groring isn't safe even with experts at
the helm. and in few seconds after con-
suitat ,on il wa- deemed wise To drop anchor
n the gloom and wait for the sun.
I, was about o A. NJ. when the tide had
b, en- running out an hour, that th. liner =
nuuhook~ went down. She swung around
on .he abbng tide and her stern uoise!essly,
bu, frrnly. imbeddcd itself in the mud on
tae southern edge of the channel.
There wasn't passenger who knew
that anything out of III" usual had occurred.
1la engineer guessed when he got the
signal 10 go ahead The engines made
several turns. but the grip Of the mud was
too gopd
!nl minute, later n warm sun diS-ipated
the .@i,t and the IiCania'S 1913 abin and
400 storage pa--engerS saw. close al hand
the dim out lines of thc buildings on Sandy
Hook.
Word OF the liners mi-hap was sent to
the city from Sandy Hook 10y IN" marine
observers. and Vernon II Brown the Cunard
agent. sent down the Merritt I Chapman
wrocliing steamer |. j. Merritt Later
the tug v L. Chapman. the John Nichols
and III" krKham Joined rhc Merritt. They
made fast To the ri = stern and prevented
her from backing further into the mud
Mcanwhilr. the aiter-ballast tanks and
two boilers were pumped clear of water,
! con-l lerahly II ghten lg the liner aft. The
r"Ne1ue cutter Gresham. on sea duty,
| We I llongsi e and ,und that il could do
not ing for the big ship.
The Lucania simply had to wait until
the tide was high enough TO enable her to
get free.
In the early afternoon the American
/ liner Philadelphia from Southampton and
! Cherbpurg, steamed =, renely past the
| grounded colossus, expressing sympathy
! with bunting.
About t;iO o'clock the bow Of the i'm
! pri-oncd ship swung round. This gave
the impression to folks ashore that she
wa- clear. and It wa SO telegraphed to the
| city She really didn't get under way
until o'clock, just eight hours after .he
had struck and stuck.
The sea was of the mill pond sort and the
| passengers We're all a. comfortable as If
! they would have been IN a bls hotel ashore.
They merely OBJECTED 10 the delay in getting
| where Their. were kecle-s hotel. without
mud foundations. But they We're happy
when they came ashore at last. at = o'clock
last nj ,ht rcCei. in -re"tinSs somewhat more
| i"ryent than passengers get who don't
have misidventures
Agent Brown said The ,,ilo, isn't 10
blame, nor ID" captain. It. just a case If
a sudden, drn~- fos. The ship isn't dam
aged a bit. She's Just the same she
would have been II -he had never touched
mud. She came up under her own steam. :
III" Lucania and Phltadep both had
rough weather on the iir-t half Of the voy-
age. Madame Bauerm. is'er. the singer,
, no came on the Philad. lphia ard " no ia
called by Manager 1rau the Little
standby, because she can hll almost any
part. thus expressed hcrSel' about the
voyage, the lnoauia and other things:
What voyage. am still upside down.
II wa- rain, hail and snow all the time. Yes,
yes. | was s"asick. always ain, alt hough
! have been hero sixteen times. II was
81 terrible that thought ! hadn't said
enough goudhys when left he other side
! feared ! never should see my friends
again. All. that l. what ] fear always.
But one soon forgots it when one lands,
Wa> very tGu, some on tn" voyage.
All my friends WHO sing were OH the Lu-
Cauia. There was Mancnelli. the con-
drctor All, you bnow him He is cele
bra,edN NJ beautiful Mephi-topl eles was
stuck III the iuuu i,s, had the advantage
of him. | felt very lcne>oine, indeed. but
| was not stuck in the mud | am really
sorry for nv friends on the lMcania
Signur Manc'nelli, who has for seven years
been first conductor at the metropolitan
Opera House said Wien he landed from
hp Lucana
Il hay" just come from Warsaw, where
| | conducted w concerts Of my works at
the Philharmonic Hall, also directed the
rehearsal- Of my opera, Fro Leandro.
| which j. To De sung next week. The day
| sailed from Liverpool received a tele-
gram from Warsaw saying that the opera
would bc sung ON next "Wednesday night.
, | would have stayed there to conduct the
= first periornAn"" had not been compelled
to com" here. | have almost completed
my opera Francesca da Rimini.' which
will hc ready tor performance next season.
| am row AZ work on the orChestration
but a. yet have made Eo definite arrange
'n"nt- for ia" first production. Last
winter conducted my OratorioS in Milan
and Turin, and ~ Rome ! gave a series of
symphony concerts.
With La 1oura ne, sighted late last night +.
will arrly" Emma fanle~. Albert Alvarez
Tho1ds Salgnac. Antonio Scotti. Philippe
flon aud Frederick Latham.
Mark Hambourg, the pianist, who will
play IN concert, arrived by the lucania.
-, ! eco Strach"v of the London Spectator
sad he was glad the Lucania had been
delayed. since IL gave him a chance TO see
the wonderful clectric-liphtcd towers Of the
town a. he came IN. He was met at the
pier by norgla- Robinson, President Roose-
volt's hrother-in-law. OF the blazing win
dowcd tall huildnRs Mr.. Strachey said;
"Ncnic. is skinned to death | never
behcli such a sight. ! had read about it.
but never believed II could be- true Until
! | cane up the bay. I'm here for three
weeks. chiefly to sec the town, It's great!
Aiterv ard shall go To Washington"
W J Bishop, 10, kk.cIer erd cashier
for ) II. u -. G. NcCoLLon. harn. - manu-
calin passenger by the Lucaria He was
in charge of Detective r. b Seamais of
Rurr gtUn. lie wGs arrested in London
for embeYzng from his employers. He
left Burlir gton two months ago. short
about s7,Ow in his accounts. He was
lock ked up az Police Hci quarters and will