Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23

miss the tuuaIu Ah' o'''
,,-,bria. which left this port for
sNP -, time six months ago, and is
W' 5..tlned for the scrap-heap. II Is
n' n. f,r such as these TO believe
... rat beautiful fabric Of steel ana
'N'' .5 wood. which once suggested
l' .tame of marine construction ana
I" and grace and safety, has been
fl. iron-mougcrs for paltiy
aud that within very short
tre ,omponcnts Of her hun VIII
U' .,.rsl ln one form or another all
he British empire. ...... ,.,.
..t 3d. as the super sl'uous W.. .'.i
N ... believe elements OF met 'i
o. ...T merged into one hulh per
th' . uelr after year a SET tdrh
fr. luimatiug impulse of gre 40
running engines. drNtl"p a F"ui
'.,r. soul pt tne SNIP D, wv
cham the hammer and chlsel uI lhr
I"' . o.. eliminate the Jmbria from
VT rr any event, scutinentausm
iNt ...u,nrias of her VIII abide ds
a' humankind have minds aituhe"
l'"- ...Yuea of the sea. The WINDS
u ....u ar. said to whisper uf good
q. '. .... after those ships have gone.
-.I .I whisper off the Dmbria surely,
.. r.ar as older generations 1--WE
of tne day when thr 'h''il"
Oh. EuurIu were tearing '.t'e7
Atlantic With records under theI
49, rW stu Doe told.
.r. DAVIS to come readers OF oil
~, artiuu already old, 40 fact-Nil
minded of her constantly. for no
,.r was so popular with writer's
l t4 tbp.r day won popular appeal
-,.r, stories 600 the late eighties
tr.. early nIuetes began, lh'
81. ...- trmuria WIS pioughing her
a-hc was seated On a steam
WA 4lIr upon the hurricane deck of
r.. 1-mbria" etc. For many reasons
~ vessel dlcd the mind and inspired
y, ..rarIuation. and so she will live. IN
sfst uay. 40 least.
80. r-rbri4 was among the first OF
modern liners. Both she and the
s,r,r, we're built and launched I'm 1851
- tsgln their successful war for SUI
.v,ac, with the proud vessels Of the
r.ior and Inman lines. From the first
-. rfriIria was Just a shade faster
al eventually succeeded In bringing
~. time OF passage down 60 almost II
rot exactly. six days.
A RLUE-RIBBoN BOAT.
pu, the Umbria few the blue ribbon
sror her mast In 1857, at least with n
record westward Of six days four hours
and o. minutes Compared To the per-
s,-,1noa of the Mauritania. the Lusi-
,srIa. or even boats Of the early nine
~ the Majestic. Teutonic, the city
N New York. and city OF Paris. and
eventually the Campauia and Lucanid,
tts mace which the Umhri3 set was
that Of the sluggard. SulL il must
n remembered. times as well as boats
were slower I'm those days. and the
performances Of the Cunarder created
Z. much. n not greater, furore as the
crack grevhounds Of today
She was large, too. for those days
lev.athan as well as speed boat
she was 50i6 feet long $40 feat beam,
:, feet draught, and measured SIPS
tons gross.
{ The vessel will chiefly be remembered
because n the breaking Of her shaft
while bound from Liverpool TO New
York ln 1892. leaving her a log on the
sea Mr several days while steamship
men on both sides Of the Atlantic and
friends and relatives OF the passengers
about gave her up for lost. There was
ro wireless telegraph system In those
days and news OF marine disaster or
se.ieut worked its way dilatorily
ashore through the medium OF vessels
happening tO bc In the vicinity. II
seems entirely improbable, in view OF
The system OF ethereal communication
now n general use on the sea, that
sIch on incident as that Of the Umbria
could ever occur again to a prominent
transatlantic liner. and hence Il de-
serves fresh attention II only as sug
i gesng the improved conditions under
which travellers journey across the
OCEAN today
HER EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
The Umbria sailed from Liverpool. at
}goock. on saturday Dec. Il, 1892. She
vas The tuuard lines Christmas ship;
that Is 90 say she was due In New York
he day before Christmas, and her
Passengers were eager 20 join their
hyed ones IN good time Tor the festal
aay ln addition great mass Of
pan bad been held for this vessel with
no dGIyls as "a record breaker stlll
mesh. She had 13l first-cabin passen-
gn l-' Don the second saloon, and
pore Cham 200 immigrants. Counting
%. crew there were 600 persons ON
bard
She had taken go sacks Of mail at
liverpool, and arriving at Queenstown
~ zine O'Clock. the vessel was held FOR
ne lrlsh mail l,0iO bags, until = o'clock
81 NI' all'inuon, NO sooner hau the
ls liner passed Daunrs Rock than
'he thrust her shapoly bow into "a
Streaming Northwestern which instead
y lyng OUT proceeded day and night
WV force SLOWLY cumulative. But tho
Il lmula pounded along despite the adj
1gse elemental conditions. logging l0J
..g The first day 400 the second. and
" lho third. On December g. heading
'a'' wet nasty gale, she steamed io2
Moh. which SO pleased the officers
~" ihcy were not lodth 10 prophecy
. quick voyage, blow high blow low,
Il run lnc seas as they might
ana me passengers thus made happy
la'a'd tlc tumultuous hours pleasant
~ 'he saloon, the drawing room, the
~Nail OBJ the smoking compartment.
holiday spirit was ON them an, and
a,n hundred miles which the black
's cut through the great waves
",el but 90 add to their Joy
"Nt capt Horatio Mckay. with
apunt nt Hpllntercd waves glisteu-
~ h DTS beard, stood on the bridge,
lau nee fOmlinson, the chief en-
l,eF remained ever among his en-
eIgs For headwinds and seas are
.aue 10 take their toll OF engines driv-
great hull al top speed, and
t5It was need OF the closest scrutiny
some undiscovered flaw suddenly
os'.lop ana bring all hopes and plans
everyone aboard TO naught
ENGINE-RooM TROUBLE.
u Was about o'clock ON tho srtet-
lH.I WI december g. when the prac-
~ can of Tomlinson caught "A dis
sr in the sweet harmony Of his