The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-06
DEUTSCHLAND OFF AND GONE.
~ HOURS LATE FOR HER STAY
IN SANDY HOOK MUD.
Stuck Again After Being Pulled on Once
hut Three Tugs Hauled ana Three
showed, and the Giant slid Out Ocean
ward-PassenEers Cheerful Over IL.

showed, and the Giant slid Out Ocean
ward-PassenEer Cheerful Over H.
With a fleet Of tugs pushing and pull
ing. and her screws churning up the muo
and water, the great Deutschland OF the
Hamburg American Line, which went
aground on the north side Of Gedney Cham
mel on Thursday afternoon, was freed
At 4:35 O'Clock yesterday afternoon and,
uniniured, continued on her way across
the Atlantic, one full day, less thirteen
minutes, behind her scheduled time
As the big liner edged off the mud bank.
messengers cheered and waved their hand
kerchiefs and the band played. Them
escorted by the tugs to the whlstllng buoy
A mile and half beyond the bar the
lsviathan disappeared oceanward IN a
blanket OF fog,
She was float,,d at food tide after she
had been pulled of once and mad PoKeo
her nose into the mud a second time.
The yoyagers, from the distinguished
personages IN the first cabin down TO the
S1,erage passengers. seemed to take the
Aelay phiosophically They were good
natured enough as they lined the rail-
and watched the putting and straining
tugs In their united effort 10 bulge the
big liner. They We're compensated ior
the delay by getting three extra meals
mt the expense OF the company. lhey
shouted TO the marine reporters that the
captain and ships officers had vouchsafed
no explanation Of the accident and capt
Barends and his officers discreetly kept
from view. No amount of hailing could
ret them to send message ashore.
Capt. Schnck of the Hamburg American
Limo who, with the Chapman Merritt wreck
ing people. superintendent getting the
Deutschland off, said after he returned
to Hoboken that the pilot was not to blame
for the accident. Owing to the fog and
smoke it might have happened to any
pilot.
When the vessel went aground she was
headed east by SOUTH and was one point
OF her course She had missed her bear
ines In the bend Of the channel and passed
between the gas buoy on the port ana
the spar buoy on the starboard side. in
stead Of taking the starboard side OF the
spar buoy, as she should have done. She
slid along into the mud until her full length
rested in six inches of it. The Deutsch-
land draws 81 feet of water. and she was
wedged fast when the French liner La
Savoie, passing out, noticed her plight.
That was how the news came TO town.
La Savoie received a wireless message
from the Marconi operator on the Deutsch-
land, saying that she was aground.
La Savoie communicated with the Maroon
station at Babylon. L. l.. and from there the
first news of the mishap was sent by land
wire to General Manager Boas Of the Ham
burg American line.
The wrecking tug |, j. Merritt was sent
down the bay at daybreak, BY that
time there was swarm of tugs around the
big ship. The Merritt threw out astern
Of the Deutschland six ton anchor
with 200 fathoms Of ten-inch hawser, which
was attached Ia a winch on the liner The
idea was to pull the Deutschland back into
the channel. but nothing was accomplished
until about O'Clock in the afternoon.
Then the giant began to move. AZ she
swung clear she started ahead again, and
showed her bow into the mud until she
rested on what the pilots call the tail OF
Romer shoal. She had backed of about
1000 feet. and when she stuck for the second
time her nose was pointed east by north
east. and she was three points on her
course.
This time she stayed fast little more
than two hours The passengers. OF course
had been watching the operations with
interest. The band was on deck, and the
musicians were playing such cheering airs
as Down, Down Where the Wurtzhurger
Flows" and Amt it a Shame?' No one
seemed to be dismal, The operate stars,
Edouard de Reszke and Nine. Schuma mn
Heink. paced the deck uncoIlcerned. Charles
7. Yer kes leaned over the rail smoking a
long, black cigar.
Kocian, the long haired fiddler, seemed
disturbed because no one paid any particular
attent ion TO him, He waved his arms,
shouting to any one who cared TO listen.
Il lofe New yor X and I'll come back" The
big boatme'. who got She full blast Of his
shrieliing looked bored.
Prof. Felix Adler declared in mcgaphonio
tones that he didn't care how long tn" boat
was st ick 50 long rs the stewards depart
ment wasn't exhausted Mrs. y. Ogden
Armour called ont that she wished she was
ashore and tossed n bunch OF roses Ia the
reporters boat, but her ain was poor and
the flowers dropped into the water The
avidity with which the passengers grabbed
newspapers which were thrown aboard
might have conveyed the impression that
they had been out on the ocean for weeks.
When the tide had risen a little higher
the tugs f. J. Berwind, Guiding Star and
the Lewis Puver jammed their noses
agai INST the starboard bow of the Deutsch-
land. A long line was strung from the pilot
boat New Jersey to the liners port bow,
and the tugs John X. Gilkinson and Cogan.
tied tandem fashion, had another hawser
from the starboard bow. With the last
tITtt ptllilIlk tIc 81 'iHtt
pushing against her side the Deutschland
gradually edged off the mud and into the
channel, With a mighty swish her pro-
pellers, one backing to starboard and the
other going ahead to port, sent her over the
bar and out to sea, the tugs, which had
been lowering close by scurrying to get out
of her wake.
The pilot boat New Jersey kept ahead
OF the Deutschland until the whistling
buoy was reached, when the Deutschland
stopped and her pilot was taken of.
Pier Superintendent Schuck said after the
liner was on her way:
@The Deutschland has not been dana ged
a bit, She is as good as when she left tho
ways"
The Marconi people tried during the day to
establish communication with the Deutsch-
land, but were unsuccessful Finally a
rug with operators was sent down the
hay to see what was the matter with the
wireless apparatus. But the Deutschland
was of and away before the tug with the
operators got to Quarantine.
On the Deutschland there is S1.2l3.O02
in gold bars, consigned to European bank
ers from local banking houses, including
Won Hoffman Co. and Barring, Magoun
4 Co. At the rough rate of per cent
interest, the stea mship's delay Of one day
has cost the shpper about siOo.
SlITOR AND SUED on 4 JIRY