The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-07
MAURITANIA MADE
DRAMATIC VOYAGE
Crossed Atlantic In Four Days and
Ten Hours--Passengers Are
Alarmed at Her Speed
(py Associated Press)

Halifax. NJ. S., August Com
pleting In four days and ten hours
her fastest and most dramatic voyage
| across the Atlantic, the mammoth
Cunard liner Mnuretania, from Liver
pool for New York, arrived at Halifax.
today with 2.400 passengers, mostly
Americans, fleeing from war-ravaged
Europe.
Passengers and mails will be landed
here. a,'.et ~
At 1880 o'clock Wednesday night
while of Sable Island the Mauretania
Was warned blythe British cruiser Es
sex to- change her course without de-
| lay and head for Halifax. The helm
was shifted so quickly many passen-
gers, 5olted by the shock as the shin
heeled. believed the steamer was turn
j Ing turtle. ,51.,s-
Under thes highest pressure of her
turbine engines, With, all. ports blank
eted' and Aot a Ilglla iAhDwing, the YES
sci sped over the LAO miles that lay
! hetweeh her and sssst5 from German
cruisers. Behind her cams the Essex,
whose searchlights at night could be
seen flashing across the horizon as
she scanned the waters for the enemy
The Mauretania passengers were
not officially informed OF what had oc-
Cured. They. had received no intima-
tion Of the declaration, 6f war.
The Mauretania sailed from Liver.
pool at 4:55 p. m. August i, amio
great excitement. From the moment
the big liner left the officers were on
the alert, and Halifax was held in
mind as an alternative port.
When In the midst Of thick fog off
Sable Island Island "a wireless mes
sage from the Essex gave urgent
warning to make full speed for Hail.
fax. the Cunarder was $50 miles from
New York and lao from this port.
Lurking somewhere iii the fog was q
German cruiser. but guarding the
lanes Of steamship travel were British
warships.
The Mauretania made the marvel.
GUS run OF q 1-2 knots during tbs
early hours OF this morning. Her av-
erage speed was 2606 knots.
When the purpose OF the change Of
course was learned there was wild ex-
citement among the pasengers. Among
the 500 frat cabin passengers many
are prominent in business, profession
al and church life Of this continent.
| A report went the rounds OF the
ship that hate last nightSa flash Of light
was seen over the stern of cruiser,
followed by the reportof q gun. Many
belieye some warRhip had fired on the
liner, Officers could not substantiate
this report but several believed It was
true. t,,. ~. s.
Neither, oftlcers OF the ship nor Of
flcials of the company would say what
would be done with the, Mauretania.
but It was beloved by the former that
she would be taken to New York nn-
der escort and thence to Liverpool
where she, would be used for transport
service: within the lines. I,
DIR. Charles H.. Mayo. ,of Rochester.
Minn., who was elected .Pref;dent OF
the congress this year said there was
tremendous excitehen Mt all through
the, voyage The Matiretania was es-
cOrteds out of fQueenstoWnsb by British
cruiser and there had been nothing
but Tlmaors 4, Of inpen dtnE character
commissioner, Lamb. Head OF the
| Salvation Army Immigration Service,
a pasengef., safd that when the liner
headed aronnd last night and started
racing Tor Halifax. the Vibration OF
the, ship convinced those on rSoard
that s0methihg unusuat was taking
/ place. 81 ehss.a 4 e. s -. -i
Nearly exhausted from three days
spent nearly continuously on; duty In
1.-The engine room, Chief Engineer Jas.
lCarTuthers Of the Mauretania. declar-
! ed, the ship .could have done several
knots better than she did had there
been any real urgelcy.yy 49, J. }. u. s:
Captain. Charles kept constant vigil
during almost the entire night For
three days he stuck to the bridge OF
his vessel. getting not d wink OF sleep.
IN the 22 hours. Twenty three pas.
sengers will be held Sin Halifax as
prisoners Of war. & Thes fare Germans
and Austfiahs who could snSt furnish
snficient proof % their hsing Ameri-
lcan citizens, 5 iss,