[MAB Notes: 1. "Wednesday" was 21 June 1882. 2. According to a reported court decision, The Daniel Steinman, 19 F. 918 (E.D.N.Y. 1884), the two captains agreed to a £10,000 ($50,000) salvage fee, but the Steinman's owner, the White Cross Line, would not honor that agreement. White Cross offered only £1,500 ($7,500), while White Star demanded only £5,000 ($25,000), which is the amount the court awarded.]
The New-York Times, 25 June 1882
A DISABLED STEAMER
The steam-ship Republic, of the White Star Line, from Liverpool, was
sighted off Fire Island with the Belgian steamer Daniel Steinman in tow
yesterday morning. Shortly before sunset the Steinman anchored off
Quarantine and the Republic came up to her dock. Capt. Cattoor, of the
Steinman, reported that he sailed from Antwerp on the 7th with a general
cargo and about 250 steerage passengers. All went well until 8 o'clock
last Wednesday morning, when the propeller broke. The weather was fine
and the sea smooth. No alarm was manifested by the passengers. The
Steinman was immediately put under sail, but little progress was made.
She was then in latitude 41° 16' and longitude 59° 10', off Cape Sable.
Shortly before sunset Wednesday evening the Republic hove in sight and
took her in tow. The Republic averaged 10 miles an hour with the
Steinman, and in the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday she accomplished
258 miles. Capt. Cattoor said that this was faster time than the
Steinman was In the habit of making, even when her machinery was in
perfect order. She will be towed to the foot of Twenty-fourth-street,
North River, to-day. After her cargo has been discharged she will go on
the dry dock to be measured for a now propeller. The salvage due the
Republic will be considerable, but the amount has not yet been fixed.
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The New-York Times, 25 June 1882
A DISABLED STEAMER
The steam-ship Republic, of the White Star Line, from Liverpool, was
sighted off Fire Island with the Belgian steamer Daniel Steinman in tow
yesterday morning. Shortly before sunset the Steinman anchored off
Quarantine and the Republic came up to her dock. Capt. Cattoor, of the
Steinman, reported that he sailed from Antwerp on the 7th with a general
cargo and about 250 steerage passengers. All went well until 8 o'clock
last Wednesday morning, when the propeller broke. The weather was fine
and the sea smooth. No alarm was manifested by the passengers. The
Steinman was immediately put under sail, but little progress was made.
She was then in latitude 41° 16' and longitude 59° 10', off Cape Sable.
Shortly before sunset Wednesday evening the Republic hove in sight and
took her in tow. The Republic averaged 10 miles an hour with the
Steinman, and in the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday she accomplished
258 miles. Capt. Cattoor said that this was faster time than the
Steinman was In the habit of making, even when her machinery was in
perfect order. She will be towed to the foot of Twenty-fourth-street,
North River, to-day. After her cargo has been discharged she will go on
the dry dock to be measured for a now propeller. The salvage due the
Republic will be considerable, but the amount has not yet been fixed.
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