The evening world., 1909-01-07
When Propeller Blade Broke
Liner Acted Like a Dog
Wagging His Tail.
ADVENTURE IN THE FOG.
Grandniece of Noted Father
Matthews Arrives to Make
Lecture Tour.

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liner making motions like a dog waggIns
Its tail
n That Is what the oceanic, Of the
\ Waite Star line did in md-ocean last
I Sunday evening according to the pas
sengers who spoke OF the incident when
N the vessel locked here to-day.
IN The Oceanic. which left Southampton
X ION Dec. 90 was steamng at top speed
through bolsterous seas Sunday evening
H at 40 o'clock, when one OF the blades
of her port propeller snapped Off and
dropped to the bottom of the sea or
course this destroyed the continuity OF
THE propulsIve pressure and the Oceanic
proceeded to cut up the most amazing
antics.
To the passengers. who were Jus. fin
tshns dinner. 1t appeared as though the
long, towering hull Of the ship had be-
come flexible and was doing a cork
screw twist, The peculiar motion lasted
for only a few moments, until the engi-
sneers shut off steam and stopped the
engines
h Regulated the Engines.
/ Their trained senses had already told
them what had happened. After twenty
minutes OF work hey so regulated the
engines that the full-bladed starboard
propeller and the short bladod port pro-
peller exercised equal power in the
water. After that the oceanic moved
smoothly and evenly, but with slightly
diminished speed
Late Yesterday afternoon the Oceanic
off Nantucket ran into the thick fog
which the cold wave from the northwest
drove away from these parts in the
morning. The mist was 50 heavy thai
the engines were slowed down. sud
denly the sound of fog norm and a
bell was heard.
The sounds grew louder and louder.
but no one on board, from the officers
on the bridge to the passengers grouped
along the rails. could tell from what d.
rection IL proceeded. Finally, when the
unseen horn and hell sounded so clear
Aly that they seemed to be almost on
the Oceanic's deck. the engines were
stopped entirely ana the gigantic steam
ship stood motioness, blanketed in i'm
penetrable fog.
There was not sound on the liner
between tho regular signals from the
siren whistle When all was still and
the mysterious bell and foghorn were
silent, the sound Of the mems voices
sifted through the fog II was uncanny
--as though men We're walking about
on the sea close by the vessel.
Lghtsnp Close at Hand.
Then the passengers felt an icy breeze
come over the bows. The fog was dis.
slpated az II by mage. Two ships
lengths away and dead ahead was the
Nantucket lightship. As speed was
made and the Oceanic passed, the liner
and the lIghtship We're so close together,
that the proverbial biscuit could have
been tossed from one craft TO the other.
Commander Edward Higgins Of the
Ialyation Army, bound for Jamaica,
brought late news or Gen Booth. He
said the aged head Of the army had
cataract removed from his left eye a
few days before Christmas and will
soon undergo an operation for the re.
moval Of similar growth from the
other eye. Nevertheless, Gen. Booth is
planning a big personal missionary cam.
paign in Scandinavia and Russia
IT. Kathleen Mathew a grandniece OF
Father Matthew, the great Irish temper.
ance advocate, came 10 New York on
the Oceanic TO start on a lecture tour
Of the United States She Is a talented
woman and will talk OF Irelands great
1 men
Y lrelands Great Men.
5 "Are there many great men in Ire
land?" she was asked by reporter Of
Irish descent.
Sure" she replied "the woods are
full OF them-and great women. TOO.
am told that the women run this coun-
try, but l anticipate that the statement
will not be upheld by conditions, when
j have a chance to Investigate them"
q. Other passengers We're Mrs. John W
Ferris daughter Of the late Claus
Spreckels. OF S'U Francisco, and her
husband; NJ P. FelXotto of Paris; Sven
1iarald Ponse,te, military attache ~
the Swedish Embassy at Washington
The Is trying to Interest American .4p-
iial In g rAMlh fLle gl-nL AND SllnnN B