New-York tribune., 1909-11-08
LA SAV0IE LIMPS In
SII-TON SCREW FELL
OFF At SE.1.
La Lorraine in Collision in
English Channel-Both
Liners to Lay Up.

Two disab bled steamers of the Com
pagnie Generate Transatlantiqus were
piloted into the ports of Havre. France.
and New York yesterday, and both we're
in such condition that their passenger
bookings for the next trip had TO be can
celled
The crack fyer La Savoie. whose star
hoard propeller dropped off in mid-At-
lantic on Tuesday, managed with great
difficulty 10 get 10 her pier in the North
River yesterday. She had hardly en-
tered the Ambrose Channel when a cable
message was received by Paul Faguet,
the local agent Of the line. announcing
that the company's steamer La Lcr-
raine put back TO Havre after being IN
collision with the steamer ST. Barthel-
envy in the English Channel
The accidents here and abroad will
eliminate from the New York and Havre
service for at least month two OF the
finest express steamers of the French
Line. It was recalled yesterday that the
Tourains was recently put out of COM
mission for several months by the burst
ing OF her main steam pipe while she
was leaving this port. the accident re-
sulting in injury to two men and the
death of one
La Savoie, which arrive yesterday,
left Havre on October 80. and was due
here on Saturday morning. on Novem-
her . az s .. m. when 1.515 miles from
Hsvre. she became disabled. She was
running through moderately rough
A,,s
clear Many OF the passengers were at
dinner and some were walking on deck.
Captain Tourrette was in his room for
ward preparing for dinner when the
shock came. but he did not feel II.
ONLY SLIGHT SHOCK.
Charles Levee. the aviator. who was
on the Cunarder Msuretania when that
flyer had a damaged propeller. observed
a sudden and unusual vibration tdenti-
cal with but less severe than that felt
on the Mauretania. He said yesterday
that he knew in an instant that the pro
peller had either dropped off or had been
broken. The trembling lasted only an
instant. and few passengers gave 1t any
attention.
Henri Hermitte. the chief engineer.
made an examination of the starbOard
shaft. and man was sent over the side
to look at the starboard propeller Later
the chief engineer found that the entire
manganese bronze screw of four blades,
weighing six tons, had dropped into the
Atlantic. carrying with IL about three
feet OF the shaft. which had broken off
about seventeen feet from where the
stern tube projected from the ship.
When the nature of the damage was
learned Captain Tourrette posted notice
in the main companionwsy, explaining
that an accident had happened TO the
propeller, that there was no danger. and
that the only inconvenience would be the
curtailment of speed to about fourteen
knots. The passengers accepted the de-
lay good naturedly, and there was no
alarm or concern apparent anywhere
aboard the steamer.
The great task that lay before the
captain was that of entering port Navi-
eating La Savoie in the open sea was
not difficult, but it was different mat
ter when she entered the Ambrose Chan
mel. Mr.. Faguet sent a wireless mes
sage 10 Captain TOurrette, SAYING that
he had sent a tug down TO Sandy Hook
to meet him. and advised him TO wait
until the tug got there
La Savoie came abeam the lightship
at $40 a m, when the ebb tide was at
its lowest mark She took on a pilot.
and after a conference II was decided 10
wait until higher water and come in on
the flood. The tug Louis Pulver steamed
alongside on the starboard quarter. and
helped overcome the tendency of the mort
propeller 70 shift the steamer TO star
| board.
The disabled liner started for Quaran-
tine at 1905 p. m. and steamed so cam
! ttously and slowly that she did not dron
anchor off TompkinsviIle until Los n m
She put up two black balls on a line
from the foremast. indicating that she
was not under control. and then steamed
slowly UP to her pier.
DOCKING TOOK AN HOUR.
She headed upstream toward the Man
haitian side and then swung down. with
the assistance of four tugs. to a position
in midstream slightly above her pier.
e.
\ small boat then put out 10 La Savoie
with line from the pier and her heavy
steel cable was soon hauled ashore and
made fast With the assistance of the
cable and the tugs she warped in and
pivoted on the corner Of the stringpiece.
The docking took more than an hour.
/ La SavOie's bookings for next Thurs
day consisted of thirty-fve first class.
sixty-five s md class and four hundred
/ third class passengers. The second
cabin and the steerage passengers will
J be- taken to Havre on the Floride, now
/ I'm port. while the first cabin passengers
will have the alternative of going over
, on another line or accepting a return Of
: their passage money.
I According to the cable dispatch re-
/ ceived by Mr.. Faguet from the home Of
I fee in Havre. La Lorraine's passengers.
( which consist of . first cabin. PA sec
! ond and go third. will leave Havre on
/ November 10 on the extra steamer La
J Gsscogne. II is doubtful IL La Lorraine
or La Sayoie will be ready for service
before the end of n~-ember. No one on
La Lorraine was injured.
L. Percival Rossesu. a painter OF hunt
ing scenes. brought over twenty pictures.
which he will exhibit in New York this
week
( Mrs. Roberta Hslsey Corwin Hill. ac-
/ cornpanied by her sister. Miss Ruth
/ Menges. was a passenger on the Savois
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