Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-08
Stranded Steamers Passen-
gers Landed at Pier.
VESSEL SHIFTS POSITION
Wind Swings Her Bow Off Shore
During the Night.
CARGO IS BEING TAKEN OFF
Dredging May Be Necessary to Re-
lease the Princess Irene
From Sand Bank.

NEW YORK, April &.-"All safe
ashore was the message flashed by the
commander of the steamer Prinz Fried
rich Wilhelm to his owners as the big
liner with the 1.7aO rescued passengers
of the stranded Princess Irene warped
into the North German Lloyd docks at
Hoboken this morning
After having had all the Irene's pa..
sengers put on board her in the clean
cut work by wrecking crews and life
savers off Fire Island yesterday, the
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm steamed into
the harbor and up the bay to an
anchorage of the Statue of Liberty,
where she lay at anchor until 5:2I
o'clock this morning
Friends Crowd the Pier.
Groups Of relatives and friends OF the
passengers stood on the pier calling
messages of greetings to those on board.
for no one was permitted either to leave
the steamer or to board her until the
customs inspectors arrived. Shortly
after o'clock inspectors boarded the
vessel, and within short time the
hand baggage of the passengers-all
they had been allowed to bring from
the Irene-TaS set out on the dock.
The steerage passengers had to go
through the customary examination by
the Ellis Island inspection force before
being permitted to land.
Saved Her Easter Hat.
A touch Of humor was lent to the land
ing by one young woman who carried
ashore hatbox with at least twenty-seven
cubic feet Of space inside. She got the
privilege Of salvaging her hat from the
Irene by substituting it for one Of her
suit cases. 1t was too near Easter to
take chance Of leaving the Paris mil
linery creation down the bay. she de-
clared.
LONE HILL LIFE-SAVING STATION.
L. l., April S.-Daybreak today showed
the wrecked steamer Princess Irene in a
position which varied only few degrees
from that Of yesterday. The efforts of
the tugs at high tide and the action of a
veering wind had swung her nose a little
further OF shore, SO that she presented
less Of the broadside to the watchers on
land.
The changing Of the wind into the
northeast and the appearance Of grayish
clouds on the horizon were the items that
attracted chief attention from the life
savers as they took their early morning
observations through the lifting haze.
Signs Of a Hard Blow.
Although the wind was scarcely more
than a breeze. there were indications
which the weatherwise regarded as om-
inous. "A northeaster and a hard blow
coming was the way it was interpreted
by surfmen.
However. with the passengers all safe
ly landed and the keel of the big ship fat
in A bed of sand. blow of moderate in
tensity will not have the terrors for the
captain and crew which it would have
had twenty -four hours ago. The fleet
of tugs anchored hardly insured ample
wark Of sand piled up on all sides Of
the liners keel was regarded as a pro-
lection from sudden disaster.
Taking OF Cargo.
The work of lightering the cargo began
at o'clock. The cargo will be an .easy
one to handle. consisting for the most
part of lemons, macaroni and similar prod
ucts of the Mediterranean. packed in
small cases. Only one lighter was avail
able for the work when the transfer was
begun, but two more were on their way,
one from New York and one from Boston.
With fair weather it was expected that a
considerable proportion of the cargo could
be moved in forty-eight hours. Experts
on the shore We're OF the opinion that
dredges would be found necessary to
shift the sands from about her keel before
she can be f1oated.
The customs authorities sent Inspector
Dunbar out to the Lone Hill station a..
daybreaS with orders to board the Prin-
zess Irene and superintend the lightering
of the cargo.