New-York tribune., 1907-12-09
BIG SEAS TOSS LINERS.
LCSIT4NIA IN HURRICANE
Ocean Greyhounds' 7,467 Passengers
an Fear During St0rmg Passage.
KING OSCAR.

Scared and battered. the superstructure dent
ed and generally showing the effects OF q ter
rife battle with giant waves and head seas, the
Cunard liner Lusitania. the record holder for the
fastest transatlantic passage, arrived here yes
terday. far behind the time of her slowest run
TO this port. She was delayed by fog in Liver
pool and did not get under way until Sunday.
and after doing her best to land her passengers
early yesterday she was held back by fog
blanket and the last OF the Saturday fleet
to get up TO her pier. Captain Watts, her
commander, declared that in all his experiences
at sea this had been the toughest trip.
The big turbiner, however. not the only
steamer that fought her way over mountainous
waves, through terrific gales and weathered
hurricane powerful. enough to send small
coastwise vessel to the bottom. The entire fleet
of six liners expected here at least by Saturday
afternoon, anchored of Sandy Hook early yes
terdav and all bore marks Of the storm. The
six steamers brought 10 port 1,467 passengers.
Isis of which were Of t:-e cabin. the remainder
being steerage This was record for this time
OF the year. The steerage passengers had no
friends to meet them. and kept the story Of
their experience with the storm to themselves.
but those Of the cabin had exciting tales to tell
of the trip
The Lusitania barely sixty miles TO the
westward Of Daunt's Rock when light gale
that had been blowing from the southeast
changed suddenly to northwest and kicked up
a choppy sea The big liner pitched heavily. but
kept on at fairly good speed until the combers
rolled so high and broke in such rapid success
sion on the bow that Captain Watt was forced
70 reduce speed On Monday. at p. m.
great wall of water broke forward, sending a
culver through the steamer that was felt in tpe
staterooms well aft.
The wave held it's shape as it curled over the
how and broke with powerful slap against the
curved steel plates that form the front wall OF
Can,ain WATTS cabin The was dented into
a roIvgon. and will require new plates before 1t
cap I,e restored 70 its former shape. The water
of the first comber had hardly rolled over the
side when another broke over the bow knocking
over the double boom crutcb ana breaking from
their lashirgs three forward boolns ihes'
ouod ,bout the deck and fearing they might
cause further damage. the Lusitania move 10 tor
three hours while the booms were lashed pacA
in place The storm increased in fury through
ont all OF Tuesday. and the big steamer Whlch
,.s aasiIv made over 900 miles days
run logged only 2SS miles for the day. On
Friday the Lusitania ran into a hurricane
which caused much uneasiness among the pas
seneers. but resulted in no damage The Lust
tania,e average speed for the run of days -
hours and o5 minutes was 1882 knots.
THE American liner Philadelphia. which lett
coutbampton on Saturday, was far pehind the
amerika and the Lusitania. but crept up
through the fog to Quarantine and was on her
,z-av nm to her pier long before the ether steam
ers had passed Sandy Hook.
ca,.,ai., Mills of the philadelphia said the
massage fro.c Southampton was the r0dshSs'
The steamer has ever been through. Her decks
1rere awash throughout the greater part Oh 'ie
excaedingly rough weather, and seVerai waves
, that broke over the promenade deck sifiasheo
.anpwav door and damaged two h.epoats- oh
,,orday she pitched SO heavily thae she hdu ~
-, o,ted iuro the trough of the sea unti the
weather moderated. When she was s''i'e' -
,,;. nos;tjon number of passengers tnousii'
- ,,as not II: der control and were greatly
alarmed
The Au,erika. of the Hamburg-Amerlcah h'he'
had a rough trip across. but sustained no cam
J s The other sto-ntossed steamers WHICH
,r,,,y.a Yesterday were the Russian inner horea.
ne runard liner siavoh.a and the Cre'ie' oi
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