The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

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Of ship 10 take his aand off hi.
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h4 rrtn '4rpose ~ the voyage
va g. taas l.ft Cte.ho-S ov4k troops
: ''iu ]! l!EC Trieste, Itliy, ate
t'eir 'ong ia q tta sian campaign Thr
was ny; .litg on her way over.
however. flr . he q slowed away N
lei at old 100 tons OF steel rails
f@ams ANA plates wlicn she was carry
- fot the Shipping Buaid to Japanes'
r.
Fin weather ard smooth seas attend
The y g OF the PISS ee down the
Am rct cast to Co Oh at the entrance
ty- Parama Caral The port was
ed ftei run u light days anu
tfe BIZ ioComO tlves pulled the ship
.4#oa p the w *. md Uut the other side
-u hours and tsge We minute7
days and 81 ven hours more OF
ruiue al tbs IN ps regular gait.
Nhi-u WIS almost al ys betwe u
co on Washn ton ri thda Feb %.
even and tw We knots brou hit her
60 the colder Gate al san F an
TWO Men DE in Fire.
AFTER rive days. here to take on coal
ard supplies the Pres Npnt Grant
=
She swung out uorthward toward colder
climes on the northern great circle
route. Before she 81 hted land she en-.
countered three very heavy gales dur
ing which from ships all about her she
heard profane radio comments on the
wea ther which was forcing them to He
to or steam off their courses. The Pres
ldent Grant, however was liner and
she kept right ahead on her eleven knot
speed regardless of the big swells of the
misnamed Pacific. Twice she halted for
short periods for Chief Engineer Brooks
men IN make repairs in the engine room
While far from land a fire. one OF
those mysterious conflagra tons which
break out occasionally at sea. developed
in hold No. l. forward. There was only
a quantity Of life preservers in this
hold, but the dense smoke that beloved
out made things look bad. In fighting
this fire Blossoms Mate Edison was suf
located in the hold Ordinary Seaman
Pay went down through the choking
fumes in a sallant effort to save him.
Both men We're stifled to death II was
one OF those swift tragedies which
neither steam nor electricity can pre-
vent while the sea is still the sea The
hold was flooded and the voyage re-
sumed
Chance 90 See Strange cities.
on March II the President Grant
dropped anchor In Yokohsma Roads. af-
er crossing the pacific in seventeen
days nine hours There the liner Law
twenty-one days discaarsng cargo and
here the crew rec ived generous shore
'eayc as they aid averyrhcrc else
hrous out tho vosa@e. enabling them to
ttsi, many cities and localities rarely
seen hy soamcu on the long DAYS ar
sea. moreover It was not all work for
-hey were given instruction IN navisa-
zion and many other subjects by the
hip's officers. Capt. Chambers had ed
ucated himself as a man on many ships
70 a degree rarely encountered among
men on sea or SHIRE, and was sympa
thetic toward the ambitions of the sail
ors to advance themselves.
More cargo was discharged at Kobe.
the next Japanese p'rt Of call, where
the ship stayed eight days. After pass
ing through Tsugara Straits in foggy
weather the ship came safely to Vladi-
vostok, arriving April %.
Here the President Grant took on
board 5,4S7 troops and sailed for Trieste.
ploughing through fog and rain to
Hongkong where stop was made for
coal and supplies. SINGAPORE was
reached MAY IL, and after sldrting
Sumatra and entering the Indian Ocean.
the President Grant stopped at Colombo
on the island of Ceylon. stay of
i've days was made here, and the deck
and engineering departments improved
the opportunity by staging a baseball
yame for the instruction of both the
Czecho- Slovakian troops and the Cey-
onians The Czech ldlers were
fine lot. the officers and men OF the
President Grant reported.
There was fine weather and CLASSY
seas on the trip across the Indian
ocean. but in the Red Sea the tempera-
ture rose 10 lO2 degrees and the uni
form of the day in the fire room was
one pair OF light sandals.
During the voyage one soldier at
tempted suicide by ieaping overboard'
but changed his mind when he struck
the water A life ring was thru wn 10
Tim. the ship stopped. boat lowered.
the man picked up and steam on again
I'm n space OF twenty-nine minutes
Ride on the Camels.
Al 1925 A. NJ on June the ship
entered the Suez Canal and reached
Port Said on the Mediterranean sea
the next day While in this part OF the
globe members OF the crew had an OPP
nortunity to try out the camel as
means of locomotion. In Ceylon they
had tried elephants, and In CHINA rich,
shsws and at Venice which they visited
after the ship reached Trieste, they
triad gondolas. The arrival at trieste
was on June IL. more than four months
after the start of the voyage.
A. Trieste orders were voting 10 re-
turn TO Vladivostok for another snip
loa1 of Czech soldiers. so after twelve
DAVIS in port the transport steamed On
he hack trail At Port Said she caught
the United States Army transport
Crook. Just sailing for Trieste and hast
ilv transferred to her five stowaways
who had crept on board at the Adriatn
port a. ...o-
Colombo was reached July 10, after
nassing through southwest monsoons
-.nd heavy seas In the Indian ocean
On July 81, after five days at Colombo
for repairs TO be made and supplies
taken on, the ship steamed eastward
and Ave days later anchored on very
dark night at the entrance TO the mar
row and crooked Singapore straits. Next
morning the ship preceded toward Ma
Mia hugging the coasts OF Borneo ana
Palawan to avoid typhoons. Manila
was reached August I. with the crew al
very busy painting and cleaning the
shin In preparation for her next load OF
~ the shin