The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-06
DEUTSCHLAND IS FLOATBD.
PULLED OUT OF MUD IN GEDNEY
 CHANNEL.
Puts Quickly to sea-GOt Or nOnce Before but Again Got stuck-FIeet of Tugs and Her Own Screws Used in the Final Effort to Free Her-PasseDgers Not Much Excited Over Delay.

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 New York. June 5.-The Hamburg American line steamship Deutschland after being stuck in the mud off the Hook for nearly twenty-four hours was worked free at high water late to-day and proceeded to sea. It took the com bined efforts of seven vessels and her own powerful screws to get her into deep water, and once back into the channel she headed for the sea and crossed the bar under the escort of small boats. She was not injured and it is expected that she will make her average speed in crossing. The pas sengers did not appear to be very much excited over their delay, and those who were able to shout to the tughoat men were anxious for the latest news and seemed to regard their experience with good humor.
 The Deutschland goA off earlier in the afternoon but owing to the condi- ton oS the tide she went on again al- most immediately while trying to turn her bow toward the entrance of the channel The vessel was finally float ed at 4:35 D. m.
 The vessel sailed from Hoboken with many passengers shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon. The first news of her going ashore was received xry;ro faIa f,.OY1 ing French liner La Savoie. As soon as the news was received here the I. J. Merritt, big wrecking boat, was sent down to try and get her off. The Deutschland went aground on the north edge of the Gedney channel about quarters of mile inside of the bar. She was said to be drawing 31 feet of water and apparently ran into the mud half her length,
 The Merritt lowered ten ton anchor and then passed a steel hawser to the grounded vessel. This was wound on her steam wench and by this means the vessels stern was pulled round so that she was lying with her nose pointing east by southeast
 Preparations were made to get her off at high tide about o'clock this af- ternoon. The passengers watched the 4 wreckers working with interest. Cap tain Behrens would allow no one to get on board. Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs. J Ogden Armour and Kocian, the violin ist, were among the many who watch ed at the rail.
 The final effort to pull her off, an6 the one which was successful was made about APO, and at 4:35 the big liner be- gan to slip free Of the mud. Three tugs worked at her port bow while or the other side of her bow the pilot boa New Jersey and two more tugs puffet and snorted. The Merritt was at hel stern. The big vessel worked hel screws and then with mighty effor1 began to move and was soon free. Cap tain Behrens at once started for ses and the fleet of tugs, blowing theil whistles, followed the Deutschland unti she passed the bar, the passengers lin ing the rail and waving farewell a! she saded into the mist.
 The Deutschland went aground in thu thick fog and mist. The La Savoie which sailed at 10 a. m. Thursday morning picked the Deutschland III when one hundred miles out. From her she received word of the mishal and at once communicated with Mar conf station at Babylon, L. I. They sent the first word to the city.