New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
MAURET ETAN|A TO SAIL
FOR LIVERPOOL TONIGHT
Interest in Attempt to Make
Round Trip in Twelve Days
Becomes International.
COALING AT RECORD RA|E
Cunard Officials Rush Work al
Pier to Insure Return IN Rec
ord Time - Heavy Mah
and Many Passengers.
C0ALING AT RECORD RATE

With he~ coal bunkers reflled. more than
five thousand sacks OF ohI
a,,oard and fun cabin passenger list. the
- f,,,,a~d riner SIauretania will be.
ra.dv 70 STAT for merry old England al
6 o.c,ac,, Tonight on Ter record breaking
,,o,;sov trin of twelve days from Liverpool
"a ratnrn Captain Turner said last night
that the Yuletide voyagers Who are ee
e,,.o,,s of ,eaci,ing the land of fnistieioe ana
,,o,,,-. h,- a comfortable margin for Chitst-
..,,,,ar. xyoi,ld not be disappointed ana
ii' ,.hiro would be shipshape for saiihs
tonight. +,ar,s
o4,a,,.;c trim Of the christmas snip OF t"o
o-,+inerts as the Cunard ofhciaiS cdlieu
tho hig liner Yesterday, has assumed III
terpational proportions. There are "ase
~, both sides of the Atlantic as to "hetnel
sbe will be able to accomplish the t"eNe
40, ro,,nd trip through the winter storms
THE news of her arrival here and tue III
cidents of the eastern voyage were
hack to England and received there III 'iio
spirit of sporting event III the Nc"
tania keeps up her schedule she Will idiiu
her mail next Thursday night ana uoeh a.
LIVERPOOL on Friday morning
T., tho teeth of a northwest gale Whlch
blew at times at the rate OF slNty iiilieS "i
-, +be Mauretanta reached the AMBROSE
Channel L.ightshp al / o cioch Aes'eiuo1
morning having crossed from Queenstown
in days 20 hours minutes, over the snort
course of 2,7So miles. Though she ehcouh-
tered heavy weather at various times III
the VOYAGE the liner maintained an ave.
speed of 2S94 knots for the trip oie
glided up the bay by the HSht OF tIie
H.. af II
moon disSorging great stacks OF 'hiIst-
mas mail into the mail boats alongside on
the way and was warped INTO her doch
at the foot of West 18th street shoiuA
after 4 O'Clock yesterday morning
The towering sides of the ocean flyers
Inn we're incrusted with thick ice and a
elistening coat of frost covered her deeHs
and railings.
Evidences of Stormy Passage.
Tho Nauretania showed signs of the
beavv- seas and high head winds encoun-
tered. Monday afternoon huge wave
smashed off section of the teakwood rail
on the, promenade deck forward. The force
of the wave bent in the steel bulwarks- for
some distance and. leaping higher 10 the
navigating bridge, smashed heavy plate
glass window of the wheelhouse.
The company officials here had made
elaborate preparations for receiving tie big
vessel and facilitating her departure
There hasn't been a scene of greater. &C
tiyity around the Cunard dock for years
than that which started after the Maure-
tapia was made fast. The gangplank was
hardly down before a swarm of men
rushed ashore. each bearing on his shout
del, !, large white canvas bag. A drowsy
Englishman who had come on deck for
a constitutional by moonlight turled III
,,ild surprise TO steward and asked II
the crew were % lifting. the boat
No replied the steward: that's the
soiIed linen. sir. and it's got to make a
record too this time.
The same hurry and hustle followed with
the baggage and cargo. The baggage was
o,,ickIv arranged under the proper letters
on the pier and when the custom officials
came at $50 o'clock. and the passengers
bapsn TO appear half an hour later. every
thing was ready for inspection and quick
dispatch.
Ret,Iling the bunkers with $500 tons Of
oo,, was the biggest task confront the
eic,als II was expected IL would not lie
oor,n,.ted until within an hour or two OF
sai,in. time. Long buffers We're used 10
s,acE the liner OFF from the pier and let
,b,. waiting coal barses come alongside. ua-
der the bunker traps. There We're thirty
such barges and a gang of two hundred
italians 10 load the coal into the big shoveis
before they were swung up to the traps and
,,ntted of their contents. which another
CONC stored away In the hold Tugs took
orr the ''empties" and brought full barges
in ON both sides. The grimy work went on
all day Yesterday and last night
The MauretaHia returns TO liverpool with
,rac,icaliy full cabin list and about a
tbousand sIeerage passengers. Several hrst