New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
LINER R'SEXTRA FARE
PILOT STORMBOUND.
The MauretaRia an 4 fter Her
Worst VOuQge.

The difficult problem of getting gratis d
round trip between Europe and America
in the cabin of a first class liner has been
solved. Thomas Martin, d veteran pilot Of
Queenstown, put the Q. E. D. after the
solution on his arrival yesterday on the
Cunarder Mauretania. For years men and
women on both sides of the Atlantic have
pondered over and attempted many schemes
for getting a free trip across the ocean
Those vino have managed to get aboard
and prevent discovery until well out at
sea have arrived at their destinatio
either as coal trinlmers or potato pealers.
Thomas Martin, the Queenstown pilot.
came over in the first cabin of the Maure-
tania as a passenger, and he viii have the
same accommodations going back TO
Ireland. His recipe for getting a free trip
is: Learn TO become a pilot; pick out a.
good ship to take into Queenstown, ana
then pray for bad weather
The Mauretania, which left Liverpool on
Saturday evening at $50 O'Clock, got off
the Irish coast, where she was to take the
mails, in a terrific gale. Captain Turner
said it was the worst weather he had en-
countered since he had been on the Liver
pool and New York run. The big liner came
of Queenstown at 5:57 a. m. Sunday, and
for eight hours she battled with wind and
wave in an effort TO take on he-passengers
and mails there. While hauling in on her
port anchor one of the huge links snapped
and an expensive anchor and hfteen
fathons Of chain rested firmly over the
locker of the late Mr.. David Jones. Captain
Turner 1nandeuvred carefully after this
n1ishap end drove the big turbine flyer into
the storm and headed for the open sea.
Martin the pilot was on the bridge when
she passed Daunt's Rock, and he prepared
20 leave the ship for the pilot boat, but
Captain Turner said may Mr.. Martin
didn't, like the idea of coming to Ne"
York He had been out in bad weather be
fore, and didn't see why he couldn't just
drop over the side and get back to Queens
town.
Man alive" said Captain Turner. you
couldn't be lowered in weather like this
The safest thing for you to do is to come
onto New York with US. In fact you will
have to come"
That settled it Martin became resigned
and then contemplated the changes that
surely must have taken place in New York
since just such a storm as this over 4
score of years ago, had made him an un-
willing passenger on the old Cunarder
Aurania.
This was Martins fifth free trip to New
York credited 10 the account of Storm
The veteran pilot mingled with the passer-
gers and spun yarns Of the deep, but If
gossip be true he became seasick later and
kept in his stateroon1- This he denied yes
terday and seemed content when he heard
that the storm had forced the steamship
Haverford to carry her pilot across the Al.
lantic to Philadelphia.
The passage OF the Naurelania was q
stormy one throughout. At times she could
run only at half speed, and from Sunday at
3:25 o m to noon On Monday she logged
only three hundred miles. In nlid-Atlantic
her bridge was hit by two great walls Of
water which smashed seven thick windows
in the chart room Several lifeboats were
loosed from her chocks and the jackstsn
was snapped off by a big following sea.