The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-22
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IN. tA-tan,a. whom she started On h"r
VOYAGE home Yesterday afternoon At a.So
o'cIo~k. vas cheered heartily nv crowds
~ ~sh,.~-r. 4 few minu,es before she
cast ~ from the pier the engineers turned
the turbines over for a moment ~ " Just
10 So II they we're working we'll and the
huge steamer jump~d ahead 80 that -h"
parr-d a bow ha 49, and bumped INTO the
pier. The bump WAS n hard "ne and som"
of those On the pier were fr~'ghtened'
No damage however wa- done AMI
M one wa- hurt. Once away IN"
steamship drlfted slowly out into
the stream and then. assisted hytue-, swung
around n headed toward III" -"a II
was a slow job turning the hug" vessel
and she was IN Christopher street before
she was headed In the right dir'stion. Then
she started and very slowly picked her
way down the North River, greeted bv all
pa-sing craft as cordially a. when she
arrived.
1, was long after Z O'Clock when tn"
crowd along the Battery wall sighted her.
and while they had been waiting ugly
clouds had been gathering in the south
west. The storm held on until the steam
ship had passed.
Just as she reached the Battery the steam
yach, Vitesse. a % knot boat owned by
Gen. Rrayton Ives. ran alongside the
Llsit a mia. She looked like "A toy boat.
Another steam yacht, the Felicia. also
passed close by the steamship and saluted
with a gun. The peak Of her mast did
not reach 20 the upper deck OF the Lusltania'
The steamship carried the United states
aag at the fore and under this was the
! United States mail flag; on her stem fiuttered
tho knsiish Jack. Her house flag New
! from the main and over her stern dropped
| the blue ensign indicating hat she De-
! lonss TO the Naval Reserve. The crowd
ON the Battery wall was n large one and
the tons of all the big buildings we're
populous.
on Liberty island the Lusitania slowed
| down and stopped. This time she IL draw
ing much more than when she passed
through the harbor before. She has some
cargo ON board, which has set her deeper
In the water and the scale on the stem
OF the vessel a. she left her pier IN
Dictated Is feet. For this reason Pilot I'd
ward Young thought il better to wait until
nearly high tide before v%enturing through
the Ambrose Channel. The Lusitania got
| on Quarantine at SOS O'Clock. IL was full
| high tide a few minutes after o'clock
at Sandy Hook. and she moved slowly
ahead in the storm. picking her way
through the new channel and passed out
TO sea without a mishap at 6O6 o'clock.
United States Senator Hale OF Maine IL
on board. He has one OF the best suites on
the ship. Miss jean Templeton Reid,
daughter of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid.
| and her friend, Miss Helen Miles Rogers,
occupy another OF h fine apartments.
Col. James Elverson and Mrs. EMERSON
Of Philadelphia, MIR. and Mrs. Francis
Carolan Of San Francisco. Mr.. and Mn.
J. C. Eaton OF Toronto and Clement March
Of this city are among. those who have
suites on the ship. Frederic Thompson 70
on board. He Ia going to make a motor
car tour Of Europe. and while abroad will
look for attractions for his shows. X:
". Emmons. the yachtsman and owner OF
W C. McCloy, Charles r, Miller, Miss Miller
and Hoyt Miller are among other pas
sengers on the ship.