Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-07
Over 17o0 Passengers pf Steamship Prin-
 zess Irene Pass Sleepless Night
SHIP STRANDED OFF LONG ISLAND
Efforts to Move Her Unsuccessful and Sea Rough to Permit Trensfsr Of Passengers Life Guards Go Aboard snd Psupl Shore il Anticipation of Finer sency-A Bridesport Doctor Aboard.

New York, April g.. Seventeen hum dred and twenty paSpenEers within sight of the mt Of the bfg lights which marked tlIeNQutsh of their trans on the ersst sfssmsjfip Prinzess Irene of the North German Lloyd line, fast in the sands oK tho seaward coast of Long Island, on the edge of the graveyard of the Atlantic and less than nfty miles rom the ,i harnor {, q, Gs ground swell was b6tterfhg the full height of the ve(sers Superstructure.
 Lay tssIplsss AN Day and Night.
 After running her nose into the sand during the fog early this morning the liner lay helpless throughout the day, surrounded by tugs and revenue cut terg; efforts to pull her freo Tt after noon high tide failed: and because of a, rough sea no transfer of passengers was attempted. The decision was then reached to 1eevO all hands on board. pending renewed attempts to drag her clear carly tomorrow morning. If these fail. transfer will h& made to the line, which will be sent to the scene from here soon after daybreak.
 Tide RscI<s ths vssssI.
 At low water this evening the strand cd liner lay with her lenxth Of 525 feet brOadside to the beach on the one hand and the sea and wind on the oth- CT. The incoming tide, urged on. with q wind which increased durinx the evening to nearly twenty miles an hour. rocked tho vessel vistbly, as seen from the shore, and every other swell rolled up her hack aides and spAt about the morning had been blown away ana her white superstructure- Tho fog of . wisp of moon lithted the scene.
 Lifssusrds nsady for Emsrosney.
 As the night wore on ltfeguards pa- trolled the beak4l with euf1boats and 9mergsncy, and put 1Ittle faith In the oturdy efforts 6f the tllgs to pull the liner of. They recalled the grounding of the. St. Paul some years ago and how sl1e was stl1ck fast for ten days in just such . s.ndy bed Two big lines to the stern 0f the veesel and. TO- lnforced bv the d4ro11ct de1trcyer Sen eca, waited for t11es further aid Of the tide after unidnfYlf SsSs4
 Isnsnier.pte ueesuaIiy Calm.
 =; The ,;;,;s: scene ss; q s4s sessa1E E .ssp. simately 4s miles from ths attefy and Sreac,lefos,s sand spit, which skirts tf4 outer edge of Long Island x Creepine carefufly in the murly Neqtner, the Prinxess Irene did not stfike hard, and few Of her p0S1en4efs,4 x3bg of whom are Italian and Greek i1nxni6 i6ranfg,t un- happened untf1r they rpee tor break fast. And th6uEh two- tnird8 of them are Italian and Green immigrants. ur- able to understand the 4Asuraucee of the ofncers. 6afey were reasopably calm. s 4 -il
 Life savsrs Hsnain Abcsrd.
 csptain Goddard and six veterans from the Lone Efill life sayinE station, who went out Ito the Pfin<ess when they sfslted hef In the for thte morn fnr. decided to Tenain aboard all night to do what they might to reasstre the more nervous pnsseQgers On the bes<sf, Captain Gharleg W.. Baker, with c5 yearp' experiences behind him with the freacherous sand bars, remained in