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Show ON THE OCEAN. The Experience of the German Lloyd Steamer Spree. SUAl'T ItltKAKS Till-: STKllX. Great Panic Among tlu rasstnScrs a3 tbo Water Rashes In. inonv on noAitit Tin: tLiri The l.alir III. eon Tntirs Hie rtleamer lu Tow In IMierlK- lux II. Iiivrnfoot, Doc. 3. Tho Bpreo which arrived at Quoenttown tbli aftcritoou, had bar main shaft broken early on thu morning of Xovimber Will, llefors the engines could bu stod the broken ahalt pounded out a portion ot the stern and part of thu michlncry went through tlio bottom under tliorccond cabin, which Immediately Imme-diately filled with water. Tho passun gars thought Iho veel wo going to the boltoruacd rushed on deck. For n tlmun terrible anlo provallud, and tile oillccr wero helpless. Tbe terrorized terror-ized passenger could hear tho water rushing through tlio holu In lhe bottom, and luu fhott tlmo thu vessel began to settle. Thu wildest conlurlon eiieuotl, but wheu It waa discovered that thu vessel was not Immediately golnir to tho bottom a aemblancu of order was restored. Novertheltea tbo fnoni,ers wero anxious, and kept .thu ilia preservers clotu at hand. Thu boat crew were sunt to their station, and every thing was placed lu luadlueta for Iho abandonment uf the vessel. It was toon found that tho water-tight bulkheads were answering Iho purposo for which they wero constructed, and though the water was pouring Into thu compartment beneath the second cabin, very llttlo was reaching tho other parts uf the cssel. Tbe captain In an Interview i)'s ho Dover licforu had suoh au eventful vonic. Tho weather wai lav-vrablo lav-vrablo and splendid progress was mado until the accident occurruJ. Immediately alter Ibu crash tbo car tain and crow took strong ima-turcs ima-turcs to prevent tbe water entering other than the damaged compartment. Alter atrenuouieiroits, their meaturea wiro cruwucd with success, and nt 1 o'clock lu tho atternoon, seven hours uilur thu ucclient, the captain waa able to announce to tho passenger that thu water was under control and would undoubtedly bu confined to the damaged compartment. Urave fear still existed for rloui consequences should bad weather bo ex'ierlouced. When thu accident occurred tbe Hpree was about a thousand miles from (Jueonstow n. Two anxious daya wero iwsed and thu Dako Huron took thu disabled vessel In tow on the Sdtli, Theru weru 25 'laateuger on board. Among Ihem were General Howard of thu United .States army, Mrs. Adelaldu Howard and child, Dwlht Ij. Moody, thu evangelist, Mr. I.ela llrach and family of Milwaukee, Dr. Bldney tjuh of Chicago, and other. A second class passenger named l'aul Kelson was so badly frightened after thu accident that he Jumped overboard and wai drowned. Theutnerpaiscn-giraaruall Theutnerpaiscn-giraaruall well. Borne of lhe passenger unil a portion por-tion of the Hpree' mall will bo forwarded for-warded by thu l'.trurla tomorrow and thu othe rs by tbe North Oerman I.loyd steamer Havel, which will loavu Dromon Dro-mon tomorrow fortiueenstown to embark em-bark them. Throughout Baturday and Hunday the crew worked hard and secured the bulk head In such a manner that thu vessel was considered sate. Bho drilled southward, and then the wind cbauged and It took a back track. The steamer's fires wero kept burning during thu nlghtund Hag during the day. The wildest loy prevailed when the Lake Huron was sighted Monday morning. Ahcuvyoea was running, and It was noceisary to wall for full daylight before be-fore n lino could be paiscd between the two vessel. It was auccefsfully accomplished, ac-complished, and then, amid rousing cheers from tlio passenger, tbo two ship wero gotten under way at 0 a.m. for liuoenstown, 723 miles distant. Thu port waa reached without further Incident. Dwlght Moody pro-sided pro-sided at thu prayer mooting Bunday, and all the passenger petitioned thu Almighty to preserve, them. Tliauktglvlng services weru bold Aboard tbe Bpree after arrival here. A meeting of tho rutscngora was also hold, atwhlchanaddrisiof Ibarikato the captain waa unanimously approved. A collection wa also tikon up for thu crew. Tim bti:ami:ii'h conditio. Quki.nstoww, Dec. 4. Thu Brroo now lies at her moorlDgs In the outer harbor. Blie draws thirty fret of water lilt and ilftteti feet forward. The pumps are kept constantly working: Iho bulkhead of the third compart, ment is badly strained. Until the divers report on thu condition of the veuol's hull.lt cannot be decided what course will bu taken. It 1 bollevcd that tho walur will bu pumped out of tho Hooded comt artments. A number of tacks of mall are villi aboard. They could not bu recovered In time to meet thu "Ktrurla." |
