The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-05
BLAZING DERELICT AHEAD.
MIG kAISERS PASSENGERS SEE
SIGHTS IN MIDOCEAN.
French Schooner. Deserted and Afre.
Turns Turtle in Her Path, Sea Putting
Out Flames Like a SnuTer-P. Cooper
Hewitt and a Parson Lecturer Arrive.

Turns Turtle In Her Path. Sea Putting
Out Flames Like q SnuNer--P Cooper
Hewitt and q ParsOn Lecturer Arrive.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse Of the
North German Lloyd Line, in yesterday
from Bremen. Southampton and Cherbourg,
found several varieties of erratic autumnal
weather lurking in the lane Of westbound
packets. There was only one day OF sun
shine, and that was yesterday. The rest
OF the trip was record Of gloom.
Fog oppressed and overwhelmed the
ship on Thursday, and for fear of running
into something, or being run into, she
slowed down for four hours. On Saturday,
just before sunset under q leaden sky
which was dripping fine rain smoke was
sighted of the port bow. Capt Cuppers
thought at first it was signal from q vessel
In distress, and headed down toward the
murky column.
1t was Just before meal time, and, al
though large part of the ships company
had decided to give up eating for the day
because of the roughness of the sea. nearly
every passenger aboard, including the sea-
sick, decided to come up on deck to witness
sea rescue. Capt. Cuppers headed the
liner toward the smoke, which, in the
breezeless air, went up like a sluggish
fountain.
Presently the men on the bridge, who
had marine glasses, saw the three yardless
masts Of schooner. She seemed to be of
French build. On getting closer the
ships company, with or without glasses,
marine or otherwise, recognized that she
was derelict on fire. She apparently had
been burning long time. Two OF her
boats were intact aft, and almost amidships
there were the carcasses Of a dog and pig.
This seemed to indicate to the officers
Of the liner that all hands aboard the
schooner had been rescued in strenuous
weather, which prevented her crew from
taking off the pig and dog. 1t was riddle
whether the animals died Of starvation or
were suffocated in the smoke Of the fire,
which doubtless was lighted by the crew
just before they abandoned the vessel
to remove her from the track Of navigation.
While the Kaiser circled around the
derelict to find out whether or not she had
life aboard, all hands on the liner, includ-
ing most OF the e29 steerage passengers,
crowded to the port rail and scanned the
derelict After Capt. Cuppers became salts
fed that there was no life aboard the burn"
ing craft he stood on his course and the
seasick returned to their berths.
When nearly all had gone below the
derelict suddenly capsized, according to
the official report Of the purser turned
in at Quarantine Some Of the passen gers
say she sank stern first, and that seemed
to be the general impression Of the pas
sengers who gazed at her from the prom
enade deck. II was then turning dark and
the wreck seemed to be burned afmost
to the waters edge.
It was said by some Of the passengers
that the gigantic wash Of the liner had
upset the schooner, but Capt. Cuppers
doubted this Passengers saw water rush
ing over the schooner's stern. The fire
went out as II snufYer had been used.
Where there had been lofty column Of
fire inwoven smoke an instant before
there was merely a crestless pulse Of sea.
The object of the men who had fired the
ship was frustrated. As an overturned
wreck the schooner will be much more
dangerous than a drifting craft with masts.
Some of the Kaiser's passengers were
Chester II. Aldrich, Willard Parker Butler,
Lieut. F. A. Barnard of the Seventh Regi-
ment, Regimental Adjutant W. C. Falls
Of the Seventh Regiment, who has been
viewing the French Army manpuvres;
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, f. A.
Crowninshield, Gibson Fahnestock Col.
William Mayer, Fraulein Hedwig Won
Ostermann. the German actress; r. V.
Pollock, the American tenor; Col. H. A..
Dupont, John Zimmerman, the Rev. DR..
w. j. Dawson, author and lecturer, and
Whitney Warren.
Peter Cooper Hewitt has been abroad
with his wife for three months. chiefly
Oh a trip Of recuperation. He takes a vaca-
ton only when he is tired and not on
schedule. He said he had devoted himself
entirely to pleasure. but that incidentally
he had looked at and bought some instru-
ments serviceable in his electrical work.
He spent most Of his time in France and
Italy automobiling In 40 horse power
machine which he sold afterward on the
other side.
Mr.. Hewitt said he would 60 to work
right away continuing his experiments in
vapor conductivity. He was inclined to
minimize the value Of the delicate nstru-
ments he has bought. He said that, after
all, the best way to find out things was by
the more subtle mental instruments with
which nature had fitted experimenters. New
York, he said, was not good place in which
to use delicate instruments, because Of the
Migratory influences. Mr.. Hewitt may
attend the Mineola automobile races.
The Rev DR.. Dawson was met at the
pier by DR.. Newell Dwight Hills OF Plym-
outh Church. DR.. Dawson is to lecture
here on literary. historical and religious
themes He is the pastor Of the Highbury
Quadrant congregation in London. He
has written many essays and volume Of
poetry, and is regarded as one of the best
platform speakers in England.
FIREMEN AND COPS.