New-York tribune., 1903-01-16
ST. LOUIS NOT REPORTED
Statement Of Line Says Not to Worry
Ocean Storm Lashed.
LAURENTIAN IN-HAD FINE WEATHER.

The overdue American liner St Louis was not
reported yesterday. and no incoming steamer
had sighted her Friends of her passengers. ana
steamship men. as well, continued to ask for
news of her yesterday. At the office of the COM
pany the officials said they were not worried at
all. and hoped that the weather would remain
clear so that she might be reported at the
earliest moment
The Anan-state Line steamer Laurentian.
which arrived here from Glasgow at midnight
last night, reported fair weather her entire
voyage She had seen no sign of the missing
st. Louis
The Atlantic Transport Company's steamer
Manitou passed Nantucket yesterday three days
overdue from London She sgnaIled all well
and made no signal of having sighted the st.
Louis
Clement A. Griscom jr.. the manager Of the
American Line gave out the following state
ment as expressing his views of the delay:
In response to inquiries about the ST Louis
the officers of the American Line state tnat they
have no apprehension Whatever ABOUT tne SNIP
as several causes had contributed to her de-
layed arrival She did not leave Cher6ourg
until Sunday forenoon, nearly seventeen hours
late and. according to her average speed Tor
the last few voyages. was not due at NeW-fork
until Tuesday afternoon Furthermore, all IN
coming ships have reported very heavy westerly
weather and are from twenty-four to thirty-slx
hours late: and the ST. Louis. at the reduced
speed at which she is running. would De re-
tarded much more than usual by bad weather.
1t is known that the ships boilers are not in
good condition for fast steaming, as she is to be
withdrawn at the end of the present voyage to
be reboilered 1t is not even believed that she
has met of the mishaps which frequently
lengtheu an ordinary sea passage by several
days such as a broken shaft or lost propeller.
The company expectsi6er TO be reported at any
time.
The friends of some of the passengers criti-
csed the line for dispa tchng the steamer with
leaky boilers. James A. Wright an officer of
the company. when asked in regard to this.
said that. while the boilers were leaky, that did
not affect the safety of the ship. When asked
if the passengers had been informed of the
condition of the boilers before the vessel sailed
he replied that he could not discuss that.
The Atlantic Ocean has been storm lashed for
q week. This is indicated by the stories told by
the officers of incoming steamers The Spanish
steamer Monte Video. Captain Grau. which ar
rived here yesterday from Cadiz with ~ cabin
and 100 steerage passengers, showed the effects
of her stormy passage. One of the passengers,
Merli Francesca died from heart failure. which
the ships physician said was doubtless brought
on by terror The ship fought gales from the
day she left Cadiz. December 80. On the fifth
day out the starboard deckhouse was stove in,
section of the starboard rail crushed and the
starboard lifeboats lifted from their chocks. two
or tnem Delng le1t aWdSn on the DECK attached
to only davit, the other having been car
ried away.
Among the passengers the st. Louis are
Mrs. Able, wife o. DR.. Robert Able, professor
of surgery at the Post Graduate Medical School;
c. W. Bonynge, said to be of California; H.
LansdeI. who is thought to be the Rev Henry
LansdeIl a well known writer and chaplain
of Morden College Blackheath and T. ]. Cotton,
who is said to be connected with a large dry
goods store in this city. j. NJ Orllin, of Mon
treaI. has been at the Broadway Central Hotel
in this city since Sunday awaiting the arrival
of the ST Louis. His wife is passenger.
The St Louis and her sister ship the st. Paul.
were the first transatlantic steamships to be
built in this country for period of more than
twenty years They were constructed as
result of the action of Congress in 1892 in Civ
ing authority to the International Navigation
Company to place under the United States flag
two of it's fastest British built ships-the New
York and the Paris. now the Philadelphia-if |
they would build two others of equal higher |
class in this country. The St. Louis and the |
St. Paul were then ordered from the Cramp /
wards They were launched in 1895.