, 1908-10-17
HURRICANE OF 9-1s SEPTEMBER.
Nv Y. Herald, 90th Septem5er.)

All of the twenty liners that arrived yes
terday brought tales of danger and disaster
dine to the hurricane. They were all belated
and sea-swept.
The Mauretania ran squarely across the
entire width of the hurricane belt and paid
the penalty in the form Of a broken propeller.
With 1887 passengers, 457 OF whom were
first cabin, the biggest ship afoat struck the
path OF the storm at noon on Thursday.
Despite the tremendous seas that swept over
her docks She Mauretania was making fair
Roadway when there came q sudden shock
that threw passengers from their chairs, Jam
med them about the cabins, tore the carpets
loose from THAR moor ines and smashed giles
and china ware. The big ship seemed to
leap from the sea and then fail back The
vibration became terrific.
Passengers rushed from their staterooms
and tho cabins to the decks, and many wo,
men tainted from flight. John w. Gates
who, with Mrs. Gates, were among the pass
engets, was one of the men who hurried to
the bridge to find out from Captain Pritcharl
the cause OF the trouble, Captain Pritchard
said a propeller had been broken.
UNDER Two PRopELLERs.
For five minutes succeeding the first great
shock the ship continued on her way. IN Il
the engines were brought to full stop aud
the Mauretania was allowed to WalloW in the
trough. When the engines were started the
terrific and frightening vibration was again
experienced. Then the engine driving the
broken propeller was detached and the ship
proceeded under the power of only two pro-
Peie.s S, the port propeller aft ard the star
board propeller forward. Necessarily tha
speed was much diminished, but the vibration
was greatly reduced.
Az cOnn 90 tho ET,rro+o1;o rrco l;OJ -, Jor
Sip divers were sent down 10 ascertain the
exact extent and cause of The trouble. 1t
was found that q blade had been lost from
the propeller. There was no other damage,
not TIL slightest leak having resulted from
the awful wrenchjng the ship got when the
blade broke. This leaves the Mauretani9
with only two propellera, auother having been
broken previously.
Vernon H, Brown, New York agent for the
Cunord line, said yesterday that the ship
would be sent back to Liverpool on her reg
ular schedule and would be repaired in Eng
land.
Passengers who were experienced ocean
travellers said the Passage was the toughest
they had ever experienced. Everyone spoke
IN the highest praise of the manner in which
Captain Pritchard met the situation
In the Mauretania's mishap there was
seeming justification Of the"thlrteenth" super-
stition.l 1t was Captain Pritchard's thirteenth
trip as the ships commander, and the Maure-
tan;a left Queenstown on September 18th.
at thirteen minutes after ten o'clock. Cap
tain Pritcbard's wife vas buried in England
the day before the Mauretania left on this
trip.
William Handles and Jchn McSves, fire.
men on the Mauretsnia, were injured on the
trip and were sent to st. Vincent's Hospital.
SAW SMOKE 100 MILES AT SEA.
Captain Scott, in command of the Mineola,
a steamship chartered to Colonel r. M.
Thompson as q yacht, said yesterday that
the force of the tremendous seas in the hur-
ricane's path was greatest on the edge Of the
Gulf stream; and that the optical effect seem
ed to be that of a squarelv cut wall of water
defining the boundaries of the ocean current.
Captain Scott said also that the pail of smoke
that hung over New York yesterday was OBJ.
servable lao miles, at sea.