Show THE ANCHORIA How She Fared After She Broke Her Shaft in midOcean ST JOHNS N F Oct nThe steamer Anchoria Captain Small left Glasgow on the 18th of September bound for New York She had 700 souls on board including the passengers and crew On September 22d four days after she had cleared from Glasgow Glas-gow a strong gale sprang up during which a heavy sea struck the ship and in the lurch which she made the shaft of the propeller was broken At the time of the accident she was reckoned about 120 miles west of Ireland Ire-land The shock occasioned by the breaking break-ing of the shaft threw the ship on her side Many of the passengers were frightened but upon the officers assuring them that there was no danger or sinning u panic wan averted and order restored In a short time the sails orer and the ship become somewhat some-what steadier but the rudder gear bad been rendered useless and she drifted about at the mercy of the waves from the 22d of September to October 6th Efforts in the meantime were being made daily to repair the broken shaft On October 6th the engineers effected a temporary repair and the ship was once more under control The sea was now comparatively com-paratively smooth and the ship moved slowly in a westerly direction She made fairly good time till midnight on Thursday of the 7th when the engines stopped suddenly sud-denly Fears were entertained by the passengers pas-sengers that the shaft had again broken but they were assured by the officers that such was not the case and that the engines would be started in the morning At 10 oclock on Friday the engines were again started and when the hundreds of anxious passengers on board heard the propeller move hopes were entertained that the tdiou voyage would soon be over by reaching reach-ing land But these hopes were not soon to be realized for after fifteen revolutions the shaft broke again this time beyond all prospect of being repaired A consultation con-sultation was now held by the officers and the exact position of the ship ascertained I was found she was eighty miles off the coast of Newfoundland As mies provisions were running shortall on board in fact for some days previously having been placed on an allowance of two meals per dayFirst Officer Maofarlane and seven others volunteered to launch a boat and make for the coast The boats crew manfully man-fully took their places and the boat was lowered They took on board a quantity of biscuit in tins and two casks of water The sight of the brave fellows as the boat put from the ships side affected many to tears and silent prayers were sent up for their safety At first no word was spoken but the pentup feelings of the 7CO persons per-sons on board found expression in loud and long cheers and heartfelt cries of Gds Gd-s eed as the boat disappeared from view The first officer was instructed by the captain cap-tain to secure the services of a steamer if the boat reached St Johns On Friday the ship made but little headway The expected I steamer did not come to her assistance on that day nor during the following night On Saturday afternoon however the glad cry of land rang through the ship Another volunteer crew were quickly enlisted this time wholly of ssen consisting tme wholy passengers passen-gers sistng pulled toward the shore I subsequently ger sub-sequently transpired that the first boat arrived at St Johns at 2 oclock yesterday afternoon and the second boat reached afteroon ind Pouch Cove a settlement near Cape Francis TTonfw milpct north nf St Johns at 4 oclock in the afternoon of the same day On his arrival here the first officer communicated with Sir Ambrose Shea the agent of the Allen Al-len line at this port who immediately negotiated with the local agents and the steamer Miranda of the Red Cross line was I dispatched in search of the Anchoria at 6 p m The steam tug Favorite left about 10 p in and though she left four hours after the Miranda she succeeded hoos in coining up with the disabled steamer about midnight The Anohoria was taken in tow and arrived here as stated above There were two deaths and two births during the voyage One of those who died was a Polish Jew and the other a Scotchman Scotch-man They were buried at sea The newly bom infants and their mothers are doing I Pouch well The passengers who landed at Cove arrived here at 130 oclock this morning I morn-ing and were heartily welcomed by their friends on board the steamer |