The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-07
Princess Irene Stuck Fast
Far IN; Another Liner
Ready to Go to Her
TO GET HER 1920 v0YAcERS
Tugs Moved Her . Little Early
This Morning. Rough Water
About her.

The North German Lloyd's big Medi-
terranean liner Princess Irene with 2ioo
people aboard was stuck all day yester.
day and last night on Lone Hill bar, a
mile and half east Of the Lone Hill life
saving station on Fire Island besoh.
Wandering toward this port in an i'm.
penetrable fog, she got far of her courss
and struck bottom at 4 A. NJ. Not long
afterward Capt. Won Letten Petersen
Was waking the Long Island coast with
his whistle. In . few hours the Lone
Hill surfmen were aboard the liner ready
to work the bresches buoye, but that
wasn't necessary. The Point O. Woods
men were waiting on shore to take care
of Passengers should they be ferried
across.
In the afternoon two Governmen.
vessels and two wrecking tugs tried to
haul the Princes OF. but they couldn't
nudge her They tried again early this
morning when high water came again
and the latest wireless message received
ct 1880 A. NJ. said:
They have moved hec around II de.
greee and are still pulling on her."
The life savers said at / o'clock th;s
morning that the tugs were pulling Their
hardest but that they had not shifted tho
liner materially
The last news received before this va,
that although the sea had risen and i.
was impossible to remove the passenger,
BY small boats. the Princess peopls
were comfortable and under perssc.
discipline The ship. although bansei
about BY the waves. was In good condi.
ton and not leaking She was lying with
her bow toward the northwest. about
$50 yards Oh the Lone Hin bar, 10 close.
indeed. that the eurfmen could readily
distinguish yesterday afternoon the pas
sengers. who waved handkerchiefs and
hats from the port rails. According to
the Weather Bureau there 10 no likelihood
OF heavy weather increasing the Prinzess's
troubles. 1t was bright and sunny in the
late afternoon and evening. and althou gh
the pessimists on the beach frowned when
they looked at the sundog the prediction
was for a clear morning and light sea
LINEA TO TAKE OFF THE PASSENGERS
The North German Lloyd liner Prin,
Friedrich Wilhelm will start at 7 o'oloos
this morning from Hoboken to take OF
the passengers and their baggage II the
Prinzess is not then adoat This will be
an unusual trick in passenger transfer
ence. The line is Of the opinion that with
the heavy swell that made the smaller
craft roll and plunge yesterday it would bc
risky to bring them to harbor in such boats
and for their safety and comfort the big
liner will be utilized. She has much
larger capacity than the Princess Irene
The customs men will practically take
charge OF the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
and with several of Health Officer Doty'a
assistants will expedite on the way up
the examination CT passengers and their
baggage. II the sea gets rougher this
morning 1t is probable that only hand bag
gage will be taken by cabin passengers
The transfer OF passengers cannot be
made directly to the Prinz Friedrich
Wilhelm. as it would involve running her
too close to shoal. The revenue cutters
Mohawk and Seneca probably will take
the passengers from the stranded ship
and put them aboard the other liner
Coming back the Prinz Friedrich can 20
directly to her pier in Hoboken without
I.A> n,,. l.
sickness to prevent it.
The line decided to send of the Prinz
after the revenue cutter Mohawk and
the derelict destroyer Seneca and two
big Merritt Chapman tugs had given up
the job OF loosening the Princess from
the grip Of the bar. They tugged hard
between 4 and p. NJ. without effect
The sea began to rise as the tide lowered.
so they slackened lines and stood away
to keep CLOSE lookout.
Last night the surf was so heavy that
the lifesavers said II would be impossible
to transship the passengers. as boats
could not get near enough to the ship
without risking a smash. It was a Job
that would have to wait until morning.
Long after it grew dark last nigh.
Capt. Goddard Of the Lone Hill life saving
station. who went aboard the Princess
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and
stayed Aboard with his crew Of seven,
flashed light signals to his lieutenant. Ed
Baker. which gave pretty cheerful
report Of the attitude OF the passengers
and the condition OF the ship. The lights
told Ed Baker that the passengers had
been calm all day and didn't seem to bs
worried over their annoying predica-
ment. The Princess was standing up
stanchly under the hammering OF the
seas that southeast wind drove against
her. She wasn't leaking and her officers
had no fear Of her plates giving way unlsss
heavy storm arose.
j CODE o. WHISTLE SIGNALS.
They weren't taking any chancea
though. especially after the wind freeh'
ened and a sundog indicated that there
might he heavy weather by morning
With the Mohawk and the Seneca Capt
Peterslsn arranged n code OF whistle