Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-07
GREAT VESSEL STRIKES
GRAVEYARD OF ATLANTIC.


New York. April 6.--All efforts to
free the steamship Princess Irene
from her stranded position today on
the sands on the edge of the Grave
yard of the Atlantic" on the seaward
coast Of Long Island, having proved
futile, the LEO passengers. although
within sight OF their destination. re-
malned on board tonight. They were
In for sleepless night. owing to
heavy ground swell, which began bat
tering the vessel, to the full height OF
the superstructure, as night fell. She
lies within fifty miles OF her pier at
Hoboken.
After running into the sand in the
fog early this morning, the liner lay
helpless throughout the day sur
rounded by tugs and revenue cutters.
Efforts to pull her free at afternoon
high tide failed, because OF a rough
sea no transfer Of passengers was
| attempted pending renewed attempts
TO draw. her clear early tomorrow. m
these fail transfer will be made to the
rrinz Friederich Wilhelm OF the same
line, which will be sent to the scene
from her dock soon after daybreak.
AT low water this evening the stran-
| ded liner lay with her length OF 525
feet broadside TO the beach. The In
coming tide. urged on with wind
which had increased to nearly twenty
miles an hour, rocked the vessel visl.
bly, as seen from shore and every
other swell rolled up her Sides and
spat about her surerstructurc.
AS the night wore on life guards
patrolled the beach with surf boats
and hreeches buoy In readiness for
any emergency. They pinned little
faith In the efforts of the tugs to
pull the liner off
They recalled the grounding of the
st. Paul some years ago. and how she
was stuck fast for three DAYS In Just
such sandy bed. The big wreck
Ing tugs. however kept their lines
to the ship, and reinforced by the
derelict destroyer Seneca, waited for
the further aid of the tide after mid
night.
The acene of the grounding is about
ten miles east OF Fire Island. The ves-
sci Hes 1000 feet from the beach OF
the treacherous sandspit, which
skirts Long Island
Creeping carefully in the murky
weather, the Princess Irene did not
| strike hard and few of her passengers
2Sb of whom are In the cabins real
lied what had happened until they
arose for breakfast
And although two-thlrds of the
"A nQcat, n
migrants unable to understand the
assurances Of the officers. they were
reasonably calm, Captain Goddard
and six veteran HE guards, who went
out to the Princess Irene, remaining
aboard all night to help reassure the
more nervous passengers On the
beach Captain Charles w. Baker re-
mained with six men ready TO put out
llfeboat or to shoot a breeches buoy
line II conditions required. He said
II would be easy to cast a line to the
stranded vessel
Although the increasing breeze
came from the most undesirable quar-
ter-the southwest Captain Baker
doubted II 1t would develop into a real
storm and he assured the few on
lockers that the liners water tight
compartments would keep her dry.
even " the strain sprung some Of
her plates.
After eighteen hours the steamer
had been fast, up to midnight she had
suffered no apparent damage. al
though from bow to amldship, the
hun was caught in the sand with
considerable lft Ia mort
Although several boats maneuvered
about the Princess no attempt was
made to board her. A visiting card
was cast upon the beach tonight
bearing the name of Mrs. Monroe r.
Ellis, and written on the back were
the names of Mrs, Anna Wey and Miss
Taft The identity of these passeng-
ers was not established.
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