The New York herald., 1872-12-23
PERuS OF TEE OCEAN.
The Terrible Voyage Of the
Steamship Adriatic.
HURRICANES AND HEAD SEAS.
Her Propeller Blades Carried Away at
Midnight in Mid-0cean.
SHALL WE PROCEED Or RETURN?"
Fear and Anxiety OF the
Passengers.
A MARVELLOUS RESCUE.
Falling In with the Wrecked Ship
Allan, Bound to Liverpool.
ALL HANDS SAVED.
Particulars Of the Foundering Of the Steamship
st. Louis-Arrival Of Her Crew
at This Port Yesterday.
Fear and Anxiety OF the
Passengers.
A MARVELLOUS RESCUE.
Falling In with the Wrecked Ship
Allan, Bound to Liverpool.
ALL HANDS SAVED.
Particulars Of the Foundering Of the Steamship
st. Louis-Arrival Of Her Crew
at This Port Yesterday.

1T. Louis-Arrival OF Her Crew
at This Port Yesterday.
The tidings that have reached us within the past
month fr0m the broad bosom Of the Atlantic have
been filled with tales OF fierce storms and merciless
huFricanes-news OF wrecked vessels, shattered
bulls. hairbreadth escapes from starvation and
death; the suffering Of crews and the terror OF
helpless passengers. Every fresh arrival brings
IN addition to these stories OF disaster, making
the year 1872 as memorable in the history Of such
heart-rendin2 narratives. These tidings do not
possess much OF the pleasant and poctlcal tinge
20 often given to the pictures OF the sea in her calm
moments; but they bring so many tales of priva-
tson, exposure and escape, frequently OF death,
that they keep al in painful suspense tnat the next
dash may not be news OF the unwelcomc climax OF
4 greater ocean horror than yet has marked the
Winter now upon u.s. where brave men and cOur-
age0us women wife, husband, brother, sister,
the child and infa nt-are engulfed by the in
satable sea- over which the "waves alone can
chant requiem" How many anxious hearts are
now throbbing In anticipation of the next news
from the vast deep but He alone who rules
THE HUNGRY, WASTING SEA,
can know, but they arc many and from pure and
stern hearts go up petitions that what is to come
may not be 30 fearful as that which has already
reached them. The terrors of the ocean, with Its
privati0ns and disasters that at the lot Of
those that go down to it as matter Of business or
pleasure yet fearing the stirring majesty Of its
deep waters. have vivid realization in the perils
Of the steamship Adriatlc Of the White star Line OF
Transatlantic packets that arrived in this port
from Liverpool and Queenstown on Saturday even.
Ing, after voyage Of little over fifteen days. and
greatly more as, In the hours when accident first
Oefel them. they met and rescued the crew Of the
sinking ship Allan, from Bathurst, New Brunswick,
Tor Liverpool
AT NIGHT, IN MID-OCEAN,
when hideous death was staring them Ia the face
and no help at hand to answer their prayers The
Adriatic mad before buffeted the wild waves, but
the story her commander, Captain H. II. Perry,
tells Of the late voyage robs the vividly colored
picture OF the seas serenity Of much OF It's spark
ling character. What they experienced and what
storms and accidents were their portion, was told
with earnestness, yet with glow Of satisfaction
mat once more they we're safe.
The Adriatic left Liverpool on Friday, 9th inst,
with forty-seven cabin passengers. eleven OF whom
we're females and 14l in the steerage, the sexes
among these being about equally divided,
making 2ss persons in all She had full
cargo. No more pleasant company ever
gathered in the salon Of any ocean
friends goodby, while they turned and gazed
toward and In imagination over the distant sea,
shiuking OF the time when they should be gliding
ap the magnificent bay OF New York, and through
its deep and rapid pass, the Narrows, on towards
the end Of their voyage. Little did they then think
pf the anxieties and sore misgvings then in store
Tor them. Down st. Georges the Channel the good
vessel steamed with ordinary weather, reaching
Queenstown in excellent time and receiving addi-
fional passengers leaving that place in excellent
trim for the work to be DONE At twenty minutes to
four p. NJ OF the 7th Fastnet was abeam, and all on
board settled down to take matters easily and plan
how they could best pass the time that would hang,
1t the best, heavily upon them, however proptious
were both wind and weather. Strong head winds
were experienced all that night, with head seas,
and these seemed not to surprise the passengers,
but gave
zEsT TO the EXCITEMENT,
always noticeable at the commencement Of such o
soyage. From Fastnet up to noon OF the sth 1917
miles had been recorded. The next twenty-iour
hours was worse than the preceding furious gales
rom the northwest, with heavy head seas, that
portended mischief and SO retarding the vessels
progress that only l66 miles were run up to the
ph The ugly gales and still ugler seas which they
caused made the experienced officers believe that
The passage would prove tempestuous ana oflonger
auration than ordinary. That night Neptune was
ioss wrathful, and the morning Of the 10th broke
with more favorable prospect the gales moderat-
Ing but leaving an unpleasant reminder OF their
violence In heavy northwest swell. which had
the effect Of rendering everybody uncomfortable,
and making II decidedly clever matter ior one to
remain on deck 10 the noon OF this day
26o miles had been run in the twenty -four
gratulations by the passengers Shifting winds
from north to south marked the next day, when,
mp TO the 18th, at noon, in the tweDty-four hours
the distance marked was reduced to 173 miles. The
terribly high head sea almost staggered the enor-
nous steamship, and the
BLACK WAVES BROKE OVER
her bow angrily. Now the conviction grew upon
every man and woman at all gifted with ordinary
rejection that bad weather aud a passage Of more
than the usual stormy nature awaited them. All
e SIDES OF e w
force that awed all on board at the majesty OF ex
c,ted s nature, nature; This was but the iorerunner OF
seamen alert to obey such orders as the nature OF
darkness OF pitch, and the wind tore through the
rigging with roar and whistle that was
appalling Approaching ag midnight the waves
and one O'Clock on the morning OF the 18th, one
more angry sea tnan all the rest swooped down
two and part OF the third Of the propeller blades an
injury so irreparabe that the officers for moment
when learning Of it, stood aghast. 'sT6e propeller
disabled and what will become OF usYu cried many
while the stouter hearts thought the same, with
out utterance, If they had not more serious reec-
lions The loss sustained was instantly discovered
by the engineers on duty Ia
THE JERK AND TWISTING
OF her machinery, when the vessel was slowed and
morning awaited with great anxiety. The dawn
oi the 18th showed the extent OF the damage to the
Onicers, as from the stern windows, when the ship
was lifted out OF the by the SWELL the propeller
could De seen Even this observation was accom-
panied with peril, for a man caught with his head
out OF tnese openings when the ship was stern
e down was likely TO have his head chopped on by
the sea as clean as the guiotine could perform a
like job. The fears OF the passengers were at once
partiaHy afayed BY Captain Perry who at once
called council OF his officers, when the great