AN ATLANTIC STORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 7

AN ATLANTIC STORY.

LINER'S -SEE-SAW ON A WAVE. NOVEL EXPERIENCE OF A CUX- ' ARDER. London, February 15. j A magnificent triump over moiiii- i tainous Atlantic seas, during a gale which blew at the rate of a hundred miles an hour, was the thrilling accomplishment al. the Cunard liner Mauretania, which arrived a day late at New York on February Bth. During the voyage from England she w-as lnuidi-' capped b.v terrific' storms, which buffeted her at times -like' a-mere cockle-shell. When half-way across the liner's wireless, rigging was blown away In leeward and 'the .Mauretania was listed just, as a {rale bends a .tree. .In the middle wak-li of one night the Cunarder literally seb-sa>wed on a wa.ve,- the first time hi ocean-steaming-aimals that such ah engineering and navigating possibility had ever been practically demonstrated by experience. This, strange l.itiiation," which is regarded as a'splendid, jest, of the con- { structive unity of 'the vessel," was absevved bv Mr. 0. B. Hunter, a member of the firm which bnilt 'thrCnnarder. The ship;.. Raised on-the, crest: of ; a.sea. mountain.' both how and st'erii in the air. .the four .propellors turning above the water, and she .conquered' every combination of the warlike elements. Not a rivet.started. saVs' Mr. Hunter, and ,the ship' 'was as lively, 'solid, and spontaneous. pfi a' single jilank, 1 yielding' gracefully and.Mine.vnntlvi to the forces of Nature. Theii'she. dived bead under. -her • 'prpj>enoVs ■spinning'-'/out' : 6f thn. .water. ' The next 'wa'Ve'brOke'-ail ■• the | windows out- of ■• ! the vdheelhoiise. smashed the forward' windows- in' the > lounge, burst in a -opening into the J lounge oil Sidb; enrrwd' a-.wav the J entire length ; ! ofi:rcil"-oii and'tore;.- off - ttau'smuitf Ihhffard. - r.eili.ig from tilts'. ovejhKJig of* ithv ■ ivd?e?iUjoi,se exteiulingnovftKitihci Jio.a/'-ichyck,,,, , ; . ■ : ';'-'-Ax-'-o(dfayx nmAT'K-j'-:--j -•».•.■' ' When ' l : li'e^ciiln{| ,: '\\ipH faff "e]«ctfic' Avh'es Mushier :ft—tjie ; nVe'ahs-'pf "communication' •{fotw'ctij frhe • -the engine'-vdcHii w , <'ve' < Svfi , ied 'a'waV; rind' .^ignallni'g' - trf '.'IW° D h MVt* of-•' tih<e } ' steer' to bif'(■a'MeM' i 'oi]'bV' ; m'eans: of speaking t-i'ilje! ''-'TlnLish'kd 'bulwark a'tliwart: 'tne-li'diiU-dft'-k "'foVivaMyiajjaiii.-rt'. which'' rest- ! ' ''•t4ie ; 't'i|fisWiq't'lie '.-derrick.' booms;- was I 'a st'Tctcli'oi.'Jwut'ann l-rokcu ban'ie l r'.'"' l T't 'wasii.jimrjlnL'Hciiiiaiidr punc- \ tared bv- t'keJfflliUnfliTfng- .wliK.li., rjpt,. ped : the' l tank iftim its tofii NQ;©:.ie, was >>i Jis! :u. -ir.ifl.'; ,\ < ■•/. 1 While!: -•itjhfi---!ni!sMp-:'^-».i\l4flii[infli 1 0iiBing-. limlerrtlis n.<saiuj;ti& wjSßw fend.. -and,- w.a ve,:! .Viol-ct.-'ißit-lwrdstrti, ; tte'rovdind .a' ; Iralfjj years old. an ill with diphtheria, iUld ..Utf- .slijp's. surgeon decided to perfornllliFliJizardo is operation of trayl|,(?otonifV. .-Mux to the ship's ' dl'.'rt'-'from shock. The girl and her moth-r, Mrs. Julia Richardson", were" 1 oil "JTi"'v" *w«v I'id-n Hothertliam fo .join Mr. Richardson ;at- Carbonado. Washington. -The steerage.. jiassi'ii,'. l '; v s wire, moved bv the death of the iitlle .'d'U to' contribute the mother's fare to Washington, whither she had tn ''i;il ( . ')j"i ; ' nine-month's-old baby, Connie. The svm--pathy of (he 'steerage' passengers spread to the second. cabin, and nltimatelv £(10 was raised '..for the' mother. Violet's body' was sewed' in' canva ■. to'i which were attached 'white lilies from the ship's conservatory, and around all 'was' wralined the .Union Jack; f-itafT Cinvt-'in II: own read Hi" burial service, itndifhe body was slimicd from []\? rrrating info the sea, ~T]ie . ship reduced .-i'l'.'cd for ilu Ir.irial. -