The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-12
RECORD SURE
TO Be ESTABLISHED
Steamer LuSitania Flowing Her
Way Across the Atlantic on
Maiden Voyage.
DUE IN NEW YORK FRIDAY
VESSEL MAKING BETTER THAN
20 KNOTS.

Cape Race, n. F.. Sept. 1.-THE
Cunard line steamer Lusitania, whose
maiden voyage across the Atlantic is
expected to eclipse all ocean records.
came into touch with the wireless tele-
graph on the American continent early
today At $50 o'clock this morning,
message was received from the steam
er saying that the vessel was 225 miles
southeast of Cape Race at that hour.
The indicated position of the Lusitania
is about 1,125 miles from Sandy Hook.
so that if the big steamer can maintain
the rate of twenty-five knots. with
which speed she is credited, will reach
the entrance to the port of New York
about 1 a. m. Friday, which would
make the time of the voyage about
four days and eighteen hours, more
than thirteen hours better than the
record trip between Queenstown and
New York, five days seven hours and
twenty-three minutes held by the Gu
harder LuCania.
Would Beat the Germans.
Such time. if made. also will wrest
the best Atlantic record from the Ger
mans, now held by the Hamburg
American steamer Deutschland. When
| heard from this morning, the Lusi-
| tania had Travelled about 1865 of the
/ 2,7S0 miles between Queenstown and
| New York i'm approximately seventy
| hours. This would make her average
| speed up to that point a trifie better
/ than tWenty-thTee and One-half knots
| per hour. 1t is known that fog ma
/ terially interfered with the speed of the
Lusitanis for many hours after she
/ left Queenstown, her speed at times
/ being reduced to twenty knots. and
/ that since then she must have steamed
/ much faster than twenty-three and
! one-half knots to secure the average.
/ The run from Cape Race down the
! coast is generally made at top speed,
as conditions are favorable, so that
! shipping men who learned of the Lusi-
tania's position this morning, conf
| IDENTIFY predicted that, barring acct
| dents, the Lusitania would be hailed
as queen of the seas, when she reaches
port early Friday.
Due at 4:30 q. m. Friday.
A dispatch to the Cunard company
/ from the Lusitania received this morn
! ing stated that the ship was LOO miles
/ from Sandy Hook. and expected to
reach Sandy Hook at 4:30 a. m. Friday.
/ If she does arrive at that time, she
will have averaged about 23.6S knots
per hour, and will have broken all
| trans Atlantic speed records west
bound or eastbound. A dispatch of the
| Associated Press correspondent on
/ board the Lusitania. by Marconi wire
! less reads as follows:
| ION board steamer Lusitania, via
| Cane Race n. F.. Sept 11=Associated
! Press, New York; Tuesday noon, LBS
miles from Queenstown; fog: rain:
northerIy winds. Lusitania marvel of
| construction. comfort. luxury. steadi-
ness. No seasickness. All enthusiast
| tic" a
The distance covered by the Lusi-
| tania between Tuesday noon when the
| above dispatch was sent and the point
1 at which she was reported to the Gu
nard line at . o'clock this morning, is
about 455 miles, which distance was
made in seventeen hours. indicating
that she was making little better
/ than twenty-six knots per hour at
/ that time