The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-25
Two German Ships Also Had
Game of Hide-and-Seek,
With Kaiser "lt."
WENT OUT TO GET IN.
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Got
Aground as Prinz Barely
Scraped Channel Shoal.

There were strange do,nss under the
cover Of the fog down in the lower bay
yesterday. according to Capt. Cuppers,
Of the North German Lloyd liner
Kaiser Wilhelm H., which reached her
Hoboken pier to-day AFTER lying out
side the hpbor twenty.four hours,
waiting for clear weather The Kaiser
went aground yesterday morning In
Gedney Channel while trying to make
her way into port. and, after getting
off, was run outside and anchored.
Capt. Cuppers says he was driven on
a shoal near Buoy No. 7, In Gedney
Channel, by the Prinz August Wilhelm.
Of the Hamburg-American line. He
was greatly surprised when told that
the Prinz August Wilhelm arrived
safely from West Indian ports yester-
day and locked in the afternoon
Was Going Wrong Way.
When l met the Prinz August Will
helm,p declared Capt. Clippers, she was
bound out through Gedney Channel"
This statement shrouds the movements
NJ the Prinz August Wilhelm with mys-
terry, for when that vessel reached Quar-
antine yesterday afternoon she. was
boarded by an Evening World reporter,
who questioned the captain and the pilot
about the Kaiser WILHELM H.. which
had been reported aground. They said
they had seen the Kaiser through the
fog, but she was not aground.
TAe pilot said he had started IN
through Ambrose Channel, but the fog
got so thick ne could not see the buoys
and the ship crossed bar, scraping the
bottom with her keel. The inference
gained BY the reporter from the CONVEX.
sa.ion was that the Hamburg American
liner bound in, had passed the North
German Lloyd vessel
But Capt. Cuppers declares that wher
he encountered the Prinz August VII
helm the latter ship was headed towart
Sandy Hook and he supposed she wa.
bound out Hence his surprise wher
told she had locked yesterday.
Collision Was Averted.
We we're anchored between .Ambros,
Channel Lightship aud the falrway buo!
| from ~ O'Clock Tuesday night until I'll
Yesterday morning. At that hour ",
started up, The fog was heavy. but
could see at least two miles-suficlen
to allow OF navigation into the harbo
by daylight.
I'VE steamed slowly up through Ged
ney Channel. past Buoys Nos. /, 3, ant
!, When Buoy No. : was off our por
beam the fog had thickened until w
could not see more than three quarter!
OF mile 1t was ;hsn 100 o'clock
THE Prinz August Wilhelm appeared
on our port bow. half mile or more
away. We blew one whistle. slgnlfyint
that We meant to clear him to port. HI
answered, and we exchanged the SAM
signal three different times, While III
must have known that We were right VI
against. shoal on our starboard side. h
did not change his course.
IN order to avoid repetition Of tn
Republic collision. we put TO starboar'
| and ran aground. The Prinz Angus
Wilhelm had stopped her engines. 0u
there would have been a collision Aa'
we held to our course. At about tn
time we found We were aground tn
prInz August Wilhelm disappeared II
the direction OF Sandy Hook and "
thought, OF course. she was going on
to sea
Called Tugs by Wireless,
Il sent wireless message to Oelrich
g. Co, asking for tugs, but Just then tn
pilotboat New Jersey came along an
offered me a tow. ! gave her bowln
but she couldn't bulge US. Then sh
took stern line and. with the aid o
our own engines and the rising tide
pulled us off the shoal at lOli o'clock,
ut was too thick then to make on
the buoys. Coming into the harbor wa
out OF the question. SO we went outside
guided by the pilotboat. and anchore
at the very point we had left about 81
hours before.
How the Prinz August Wilhelm &c
in is a mystery to me. The last time
saw her She was going out. There is n
doubt aoou, her Ueng the ship this
forced us aground. read the nan
plainly on her stern as she passed us.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II. was not dan
aged in the least by her adventure. 81:
WITS aground in soft mud and slid o
softly.