Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-11
THRILLS IN THE VOYAGE /
FROM SUBURB TO CITY
Climax Comes In Latitude Il Street,
Longitude 18th Street,
--'- Northwest.

Thrilling ~ IL the yarn Of those who
go down to the sea in revenue Guitars
In the winter time: nerve-wfacking as arc
the narratives OF members, Of the life
saving crews along tho storm-swept At
lantc coast. and as full Of thrills as Is
the description OF . voyage IN stormy
weather, and among uncharted reefs
would be the log Of car No. 10 in the
Georgetown line Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company on the trip 10
tried to make cityward shortly before
$50 O'Clock this morning. BY the time
the car reached latitude H street iongi-
tude 18th street northwest. the members
Of the crew were climbing into the rig
.ging and the passengers. panic stricken.
deserted the Inflated craft for the nfe-
boats block away on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
The iuckless craft sailed deceptfvsy
along after leaving tho port At Wis
consin and Dumbarton~ avenues, the pas
sengers being lulled to a sense Of falso
security by the sea songs warbIed by the
pilot up In front and the captain on the
bridge But, hist! Breakers ahead!
Comes a Stiffness.
At the narrow channel at csth street
the craft The pilot went down Into the
hold. showing the steerage passengers
out Of the. way In order to open the
hatch. which he promptly dropped on
about two dozen toes, and emerged In q
minute. saying tho fuses were burned out.
Just then. another craft appeared In
the ofang, and needing the s. o. g OF
No. 70. rapidly drew near enough to
heavs line Then No. 70, showed ahead
Of fhA Ill
ward. But trouble had just begun. -
At Dupont Circle the disabled, YES
sci. unable to make her signals. heard
by the rescue craft. sideswiped q north
scraping of about nineteen square feet
of perfectly good paint from tho side
Of that vessel But what cared No. 20
for mere gallon or SO Of paint IL II
was scraped OF somebody else's side?
sped DOWN Connecticut avenue. heed
less of the signals Of would-be voy-
ayers marooned. In the snow that was
beginning 70 come down just as IL COM
ing down was its sole object in Life.
= - Sail Round the Point.
With a fine burst of speed the cripple
and the rescuer rounded the point at
automobile crossing the path of the
a mighty narrow-squeese. but got by.
the lookout up forward in No. 10
changing his fog bell until It sounded
like an alarm clock
AS the Cosmos Club hove In sight q
! nice red wagon disputed tho right OF
| way with No. 20 and its sister ship.
Did the wagon VIM II did not.
The starbuard bow Of No. 10 bit that
nice red wagon 4 belt that CAUSED the
audacious, but much itEhter crsft 10 make
an effort to swap ends. Over the bow
| Of the wagon dew Morgan Kehoe, pilot
and crew Of the craft that had the hard.
| hood to dispute the right Of way 1t
twin craft like No. 70 and her rescuer.
Morgan landed on the back Of his neck,
his shoulders and his head doing . bead
spin out Of the danger that would hAys
done credit to Joe Turner.
Commotion Fore and Az
| The engine Of the nice red craft.4in the
form Of q sorrel horse Of antique Gothic
| architecture-was racing: that ID, It Wal
racing a. fast Is 1t could. -Wh1ch wpm't
any terrifying, rate, Of speed. 7Asdy ths
passenksfs and crew or No. 70. md also
OF her sister craft. were halfway up the
weather shrouds. shrieking for help.
Everybody but the members q MGcrew
deserted the doomed craft at PORT 6hore-
ham Many Of them had. ridden - slAr
rs they meant to. anyhow. while the
others had braved the dangers OF the
| voyage as far as they cared to. The crew
had to stick, however, sbec1use the hofne
port was away out at the end Of East
Capitol street. and they didn't want to