The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-30
Terrific Gale on the Atlantic.
rrxAsp STEAMSHIP cALABa!A IL a HURRICANE
FEARFUL VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO LIVER
rrol--A PASSENGERS STORY.
fErnm thn Lsvcrllonl phst.l

On The 18th Of November the Calabria
Ioo>cd from her moorngS ut Jersey City.
SWING out into the river, and commenced
mr. yoya,rr across the trcacherous waters.
Shaui y O'Clock on Sunday night the 18th
,,nn nf the ticrcc>l hurricanes that ever swept
,r-o>s the Atlantic (aS attest the numberiess
,yrrck,} burst upon lis. was awakened 10y
hrns, icrked halfway out OF my berth by the
,rreh ortGa vessel Igianccd out OF the port
hole. The scene was trighttn!. The sea, winch
a tn,y hcurs before was 50 calm, had risen in
It's awful height. The waves. running noun
t,;n. nieh. were lashcd into fury by The wind,
which hl,w with violence perfectly !ncon-
,,,i,3IIc, roaring round the vessel and
.hropyA The rLging with the noise OF thunder.
~. .nfa AZ, dashed from side to side as
,,l,h the force Of an earthquake. ca,ccnng
n,,r mill the Sra washed her decks. She
,,,nid ri,sit herself with \ hound that made
every timber crack, then mounting the crest
cr , nr.,r wave she would plunge down.
,r.~1 -, Il >crmcNto the bottom of The sea.
Ne nrIt on Tor our very lives. Many of
~, ,,...rn..rr> ran from their rooms with
hrn'hc5 faces. md hlaccd themselves IN
I'm. .%rgw&v. Expecting every moment
fh,. distraction If the vessel. The dishes
and g'2.>c> in the Saioon came down
with :, crash from the racks, and were
1r,krn into thousands Of pieces. The pitch
RS w.!>.-huwl>. watcr.iU">. and glasses IN
40 .,,trrna,ls were torn from their fa>t"n-
in.,s qnl dashed 20 atoms. The staterooin
doors were hurled open, and trunks, yaIiSe>,
c'n,hin-. &C., thrown Clear across The gang
,ylv, On. Vow we l0ngcd for daylight. so
rlr,on> was the dlshiNs Of the vessel that ii
y,.,s aIgao,, imna>>iul"i 10 maintain an upright
,.a,i,on. 1t was Only by hracing my back
a,gia>r the side Of IN" Staicr00ln. with my
Ice: azr,inSt the berth, | could save lny>cii.
ThcS.. vino ATTEMPTED - move about were
dashed from side - side in imminent Tx OF
their lives Meanwhile the hurricane IN
creased. We attempted t. ran nciore the
wind. The rl&jn-,orSli! WAS torn into rih-
Icons and csrricd away. The very cAaln
which held il 10 the yaldarm, with links
n"rrlv quarter Ct AZ inch .hick, was
snapped Ike y toW->triu-. Having n"
all, the engines alone were unable 10
carry rs out OF IL" way Of the trench
d,Gs waves which swept upon us. The time
came when every wave burst over the stern
Of the vessel, striking her under the quarter
like Titanic sl"dgchamm@rS. 1t seemed mn
l0->lh!c tor her 10 withstand the blows. N
every stroke we could hcgr the sharp ting
tn. Of the Si4Gal. showing that our brave
,qiraiD was on the wutrh. and from his
irtJi-c VA, tclhCg the men at tic wheel to
hold her steady Directly n'tr my state
rroa. On dcrk. rope had been stretched
from unn rating 70 another for HE men 10
l0lI by. - keep them from being swept over
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