Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-15
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SAFE in PORT AFTER
ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
Battered and Disabled, The Steam.
er Earl Of Carr|ck Is lowed
From cspss.
SKIPPER TELLS graphic STORY
When ship Was In Mid.ocean Her
Engines Broke Down and For Three
Days and Nights She Was Buffe.cd
by Wind and Waves-coal supply
Exhausted.

With her main engine disabled,
her supply OF bunker coal exhausted
and her deck fittings battered and
twisted as Il result OF the terrific
pounding Of mountainous seas. the
big British steamer Earl of, Cnrrlck.
Captain James ID. Stevens, arrived at
this port about noon yesterday from
Middleshoro, England, with a cargo of
5000 tons Of pig iron. Tho steamer,
had an unusually perilous voyage
across the Atlantic and when she fin
ally hove in sight of the Virginia
Capes there was general rejoicing
aboard, for on moro than one occa.
sion during the trip Captain Stevens
and his mon had never expected to
see land again.
Al Mercy Of Seas.
The steamer left Middlcsboro for
this port 22 days ago and all went
Well until she was near the middle Of
tho Atlantic ocean, when tho main
engine broke down. Soon after the
accident n terrible storm arose and
for three days and nights the help.
l6ss vessel was rolled and tossed
about by mammoth sens. The seas
rolled over the ship with tremendous
force, tearing away tic deck fittings
and batterlng the deck houses.
AT times the captain and crew
thought II would be impossible for
the ship to withstand the pounding
or the seas and more than once it
looked as fshe must surely go down
with all hands aboard, but bravely
she rode through the tempest while
the engineers. forgetful OF all dangers,
worried heroicly Mt the disabled en-.
G,ne deep down In the ships bowels.
els.
Enslneu Finally Repaired.
The pluneing and pounding of the
shin at times made It almost impos.
stble for them to stand on their
teet hut after "a hours of hard labor
the disabled engine was repaired and
the voyage resumed.
me storm continued with undated
Jury for several days. but with the
engine working fairly we'll the steam
er was able to keep her nose into
well.
In repairing the engine, which Is of
tile triple-eXpansion type, the engi-
neers were compelled to convert it
into n compound tyne. After being
repaired II required considerably
more steam to run tho engine than
before the break down occurred and
long before the trip was completed
the supply OF fuel coal aboard was
rapidly diminishing.
Coal Supply Exhausted.
The fires were fed slowly. but
barely enough coal then remained to
run the steamer to the Virginia
Capes and had she encountered an.
other severe storm like that which
struck her in mid-ocean she probably
would have been doomed The wealth.
or moderated II few days ago, how.
ever, and the vessel succeeded In
reaching the Capes late Wednesday
evening"
Just as she passed Cape Henry the
main engine again broke down and
the vessel was compelled to anchor
In Lynnhaven Bay, where she re.
malned until yesterday morning.
when tugs went to her rescue and
towed her safely into port.
The Earl of Carrick was built about
Two years ago. but Judging from
her present appearance she might
have been travelling or the high
seas for forty years. Her hull.
deck houses and deck fittings
are badly battered, while parts of her
ueek furnishings arc entirely missing.
me steamer will discharge her
cargo OF pig iron at Chesapeake G
ONO pier No S, and while that work,
IL IN progress her engines and deck
'itungs VIII be repaired. The yes
sci VIII then sail for the Pacific
coast, where She will load n cargo.