| Show l ASY L1TES IN PERIL steAmer Hiwre Goes Ashore Jfortli of Ccilncy I Uvml New York March 7The North German Lloyd steamship Havel went ashore on the north shore of Gedneys channel early tonight while entering the harbor Most of therpassengers were asleep and no excitement prevailed At the time of the accident Pilot Conner was in charge The engines were reversed when the buoy marking the entrance of the channel was observed ob-served alongside the vessel whose stern fell off to port and before her headway could be stopped she ran aground on the bar north of the outer buoy which Indicates the entrance to the channel The ice In the harbor had again made useless the electric lamps and the buoy not being lighted was not seen until too late to prevent the steamship grounding The engines were at once reyersed at full speed but failed to m pr e the vessel When the tide began to fall the Ravel listed heavily to the starboard Eight tugs were soon alongside the steamer in readiness to assist In floating her at high water There were 185 cabin and J 1 r I J 271 steerage passengers on the Havel The steamboat George Starr and another an-other side wheel steamer took off some of the steerage passengers during the afternoon One of the crew said that the Havel lay in a very bad position laying northeast with her bow towards Rockawak At low water her bow below be-low the water marlc showed ten feet of water ind her stern propeller was half out of the water At 430 this afternoon af-ternoon when it was high water the tugs repeatedly pulled on the steamer but their united efforts with the assistance as-sistance of the steamers engines did not succeed in getting her off At G p m a dispatch from Sandy Hook said the position of the vessel was unchanged un-changed and that the tugs were leaving leav-ing her Among the saloon passengers on the Havel are twelve officers of the Japanese Japan-ese army who have be ordered home by their government They have been studying the tactics of the German army In Germany for some time past Francisco They will start for apan via San |
