The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
BRITISH SHIP LET GO
BY GERMAN CRUISER
Byron in Grasp Of War Vessel,
but Allowed to Come to
Port. {,

Three steamers arrived yesterday. two
Britlshers from South America and on
French liner from Msrssilles, with tales
OF British and German cruisers huntinG
for each other in the South Atlantic.
The French liner Germania. from Mar.
seilles. Lisbon. tho AIores-8nd Providence.
WAS not stopped by u war vessel In her
voyage, but there were German cruisers
lowering about the Azores while she
waited there for two days for orders to
proceed and auicted restless mcmbers Of
the crew who wanted to return to Franco
20 fight.
The Lamport q Holt liner Byron. which
docked In Brooklyn about o'clock last
night from South American ports, brought
a curious story Of being stopped or Triu,-
dad by German cruiser. believed to
have been the Dresden. merely to find
out " the Byron had any news of tho
conditions in Europe. When Can't Nor
man said he had mona, tho cruiser, which
had come up close to tho liner Just be-
fore dusk on August 5, left at once and
proceeded eHst. Perhaps the most dis
turbed person OH board the Byron was
tho chief engineer. II. selby. who said
no could tell by the way the German
~ tlS'l NSt mat tES fdCKe0
coal and feared that she would demand
part Of the Byron's supply.
within Grasp 81 Geruaps.
The Byron left Buenos Ayrcs on July
90 before war had been declared with
about thirty saloon passengers for Nov
York and about 100 In the second cabin
and storage. Capt Norman. young
but able skipper. was proceeding With
no lights except his running lights when
the Byron was sighted by the Dresden
which some OF the passengers remembered
having seen at Vera Cruz. The Byron
is vessel which flies the British fisx
ordinarily. hut Capt Norman knew the
cruiser was faster than his own vessel
and slowed down, veerins toward the
cruiser, which sisnslled her 20 stop. Tho
cruiser then asked II tho Byron had ans
news ana WAS told No"
Several days later. on August II, when
the Byron was about fifty miles north OF
the Barbados, she passed the British
cruisers Lancaster and Berwick. Tho
Lancaster overhauled the Byron and asked
II tho skippsv had seen or heard from
the kronpril Wilhelm OF the Hamburg
American Line. which left New York on
August 8 with only her officers and crew
aboard. Tho Byron had not seen any
thing that looked line the German liner
The Byron Ind left Bahia on August
and did not know that the German army
had started into Belgium.
one Of the passengers on the Byron
Nas the Countess IIoy1s, who was Miss
Norma Madeline Townsend Of New Yorir
before h'T marriage 10 Count Franz
lloyos If Austria.
Tho French steamship Gormsnia
reached her dock yssterday morning with
eight cabin passengers, having discharged
more than 200 Al Providence, where shs
stopped before coming 10 this port.
Tho British steamer Condor from tho
west coast of South ANerics which ar
rived early yesterday morning, told OF
being stopped In Sombrero Channel OF
St Thomas, nv q war vessel which ran
up close 10 the Condor and ordered her
TO stop mmediately." Tho cruiser -aado
every effort to Disguise her identity. she
had four tunnels. two centre ones larger
than the others, an. two small masts
with small wards for signals. II was
thought by those on board the Condor
that 1t waR french war vessel.