The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-09
CAN'T BUDGE PRINCESS IRENE
A BEGINNING MADE or TAKING
THE CARGO OUT or HER.
Hoping for an Onsh0re Blow to Deepen
the water About Passengers
Land All Happy. and All sorry for the
skIpper's . Dad Luck baggage Comes.

SkIpper's . Dad Luck Baggage Comes
The stranded Princess Irene, caught
on the sands of Lone Hill bar, on Fire
Island. lay last night in practically the
same position. Some observers thought
she might have worked inshore a very
little. The wind last night had got around
to the southeast and the sea rose slightly
under it's influence. Those having the
safety of the big liner at heart were hop
ing that the breeze would freshen con-
sderably and even that there would be
pretty good blow from offshore to-day.
While there might be some danger in
such blow it nevertheless would raise
the water about the Princess and loosen
her bed and would make by so much the
easier the task of pulling her from her
bed in the soft sands.
| The s,ewardesscs were transferred from
the steamer yesterday. The real fight
has begun for the life of the vessel on the
part of the owners. their ships crew. the
wrecking force Of about 200 and as many
more in the. Government uniforms from
the revenue cutters Mohawk and Seneca
and the Point o" Woods. Lone Hill and
Blue Point life saving stations.
| The cutter Senecas valuable hawser
lies on the bottom, having been cut adrft
by her wheel in the first nights work.
The wind was fresh from the east at
midnight last.night and heavy sea was
making
An effort WAS made at high tide yes-
terday afternoon to free the shiD. Two
hedges had been planted astern of her.
then hawsers running to the after cap
stan of the Princess Another hawser
was given to the wrecking tug Relief.
which took up u position ALMOST directly
astern of tho Princess. The wrecking
tug l. j. Chapman took another hawser
and moved to point little TO the south
Of tho Relief 40 that the hawser she held
pulled quartering. The John j. Timmins
went over behind the Relief and a line
was passed from the Relief to her, SO that
she and the Relief could pull tandem.
Then the Princess Irene started her own
engines and everybody pulled. From
the shore the water could be seen churn-
ing up around the propellers OF the ship
and of the tugs but SO far as could he
seen the Princess did not move an inch.
The effort was kept up until the tide be-
gan 10 fall and then was abandoned until
high water this morning.
LITTLE CARGO TAKEN oFp.
Early yesterday morning lighter went
a. alongside the Princess and took of the
baggage. The baggage disposed of. the
cargo booms were rgGed to the forward
mast and matches were removed. wire
less message was sent to the line in New
York: Please send lighters rs quickly as
possible. Position favorable At 40
O'Clock yesterday afternoon another
lighter pulled alongside and some cargo
was put of. but the work was delayed
by the frcshening breeze. The lighter
started for New York at 10 o'clock with
only & partial lond.
Reporters from the beach were able tn
get aboard the Princess Irene yesterday.
Capt L. A. Kuwnick, pier superintendent
for the North German Lloyd. spoke op-
. timistically OF the ships chances. Her
position was favorable. he said. and he
thought she could be pulled from the
sand in three days at the latest.
INsHoRE CURRENT SUSPECTED.
Albert Ketcham United States Coast
4 Inspector for this district and himself
former coas,ing captain. had talk
with Capt. Petersen. Capt. Petersseh
=. said he had been in touch with the Nan
tucke, ligh ship on Tuesday. This light
is s77 miles from Sandy Hook. The Lone
Hill light is. roughly. forty miles from,
= Sandy Hook. Somehow. in covering
n that $500 odd miles. Capt. Petersen said
! ! his ship had got half 4 point off her course
= After hearing Cap. Peterssen's story
Inspector Keicham said he could not
lnder,t and how the Princess Irene hac
II found herself where 6he now is lying.
One Of the possible explanations sug
: gessed by Inspector Ketcham was thai
a stiff. uncharted current setting inshort
had forced the ship from her course.
y Lieut. Atlee. inspector in charge OF tbs
!, Long Island life saving district. cruisec
: around the stranded vessel yesterday
afternoon in the..derelict destroyer Senecf
getting line on the lay of tho vessel. auG
h. men in boats from the Seneca and from
the revenue cutter Mohawk took sound
ings TO determine the exnct position ano
extent of the sand spit. Peter Ritter. 1
member of the coast survey. came OF
= and took measurements showing thu
T post ion OF the ship. He found it jus
1 ,0ai feet from tho ships PROV to thu
o flagpole at tho Lone Hill station.
g ANOTHER PULL THIS MORNING.
Another Try at releasing the imprisoned
!, ship will be made about 4 o'clock thi
t morning. If this is unsuccessful it i
feared that il will he several days befor
she is freed, unless a really stif gale help
out tho work. Plans were made yester
:, day for getting down to business to-da.
in tho matter OF lghtering the cargo
Until the cargo is taken Oft those pullin
:. az the ship scarcely expect to bulge hel
- A considerable amount Of the cargo ha
>, - been brought UP from below and pile
!" " on deck ready for the lighters to-day.
~ Meanwhile the officers and men OF tn
Ir Princess Irene are still on board. Whe
l. the life savers returned 10 shore from tn
ship yesterday they brought with thei
~ n line on which n breechcs buoy can b