New-York tribune., 1874-09-11


A TERRIBLE TEMPEST AT SEA.
pRRIIous VOYAGES OF THB OCEAN srkAMshfS-
INCIDENTS OF MONDAYS STORM.
Tho terrible storm in which the French
steamship vile de Paris injured, of the Banks Oh
Newfoundland on Monday last pronounced by expe'
rienoed naygators one OF the most violent tempests
experieuced that section for several years. Inc
storm carried away portion OF the bridge Oh INC
French steamer under captains feet with part OF
the upper cabin, shattered two OF the boats' prohe
the arm OF the first officer, and swept over
board one OF the crew. Tho Vile dc Pafis
weathered the gale however, successfully, and en-
tered the harbor. on Tuesday with flying colors.
At meeting held on board the steamer Vile
dc Paris the Rev. silas Ilslay OF this city was
chosen Moderator aud James jackson OF Paris secre-
tary Toe object Of the meeting the Moderator said
was TO pass o vote Of thanks TO the cap
tain. officers, and crew of the steamer for
their gallant behavior during storm on
sept7 1t was resolved that committee OF five should
be nominated by the Moderator for the purpose OF
drafting resolutions expressive Of the gratitude OF the
passengers for their deverance AT subsequent Vote
it decided that the names OF the Moderator ana
Secretary should be added those OF the following per-
sons who were nominated members OF the Committee;
Ant Carrien of New Orleans f. Cousnery OF Ncw-York
Urbaiu Ozanne OF sardis, Miss Capt Mullins OF Paris
f. E. de spilker OF San Francisco. Az the adjourned
meeting the Committee read the report whlch was
adopted. The presented the report win tue
signatures the passengers to the captain Inc loo"
| ing is the report -
We sailed from Brest board the Vile de Paris Aug
% 1874 and after having passed the Banks OF New
foundand encountered most Vloeh. gae, rs nno,e
than any hitherto experienced Dy the passenge
or seamen board. The storm, which Taged ABOUT ~
hours, carried of parts OF the bridge Inc tap'a h
cabin on deck thrown up against the captain hih
SELF inurng him severely In spite OF his wouhu ne nc
continued 10 command dne sea Ts h hnss and dsmar
ing another; breaking the arm OF the nrst t "
owe our salvation, under God to the bravery and sK
of Capt. Daure and his officers ana 10 the eherons Vi
eanuot leave the ship without giving them this puDhc
| expression OF our gratitude and thankfulness'
The steamers which followed her yesterday all bring
reports OF fierce battles with the waves None escaped
the gale but nearly every reached port compare
lively uninjured The State Line steamship state OF
Virginia was voyage from Glasgow TO this port
| She had made excellent passage and on sunday
afternoon had approached the banks OF Newfoundland
| Early Monday morning there were indications OF
coming gale and 10 o'clock the wind was fast resh'
enipg The State OF Virginia in latitude fS',
longitude co., At half past 10 the wind had increased
| 10 a gale and was coming from the southeast
| From this time forward its fury Increased steadhy
until noon, and then it veered Slightly to the west Al
O'Clock violent hurricane was blowing; the stesin
| ship was hauled with her head to the wind aud the
| engines were running at only half speed Ihe winu
again yeered westward for moment losing force'
and tremendous sea swept the struggling vessel
amidships The steamer, which had been on the port
tack from the beginning OF the gale went on tng sa
board tack at $3.50 u. Half an hour later the hurI
cane AT It's hight but for several hours its violence
was undated At p. IL. the wind was mederatlng anu
and the wind was blowing steadily from westIsoqth-
The received no serious injury the ioSS
| OF "A yentilator being the extent OF the damage - .
| The Anchor limo steamship Australia, IKE the stare stare
OF Virginia on her voyage from GLASGOW 10 Nv Nv
York The gale struck her at about O'Clock on Mon
day morning and increased seadly. Inc Steal'I Il @ S'
It's sharpest fury between and IL a. ~ Before moIn
t,o uinhut
M and at y. was raging with all the Jury Vi tno
ton va taken The only disaster was the OF
canvas which impossible to save Ia the' No oho
The second mate of the Bolivia. belonging to the
Anchor Line. by TRIBUNE reporter last nght
aud gave a graphic account OF the Storm De sald IL
could net be called cyclone because 1t did not blow
from all points of the compass put only GOVERN Ia ap% h
half. "At about o'clock IN tue morning saiu NE,
the gale struck us, although IL was not unusuy
| violent at that time. 1t increased, however, Win
many years on sea, and at IL o'clock 1t was posi-
TsT maintains hiep the blo%s great rolling masses
OF foam which broke with almost deaienlng roar:
a slight haze obscured the sun from view Among Tue
have never witnessed sneh = ne
less vestige of the work OF the waves could De seen
il was far difereut for they called upon The Officers 10
save them, and were crying and praying irahcay ior
| saloon, some with hie-preservers buckled ON.
and their small valuables attached to-, 10 thgr he
| persons, when tremendous sea sTuek tne
side of the vessel, suashng all the windows OF the
saloon and ullng the mouse WIN water
thought we had started by the quick route Tor the DOT
tom and for a few minutes the scene was one that
battles description. As as they recovered from
their fright however, they were glad enough 10 seek
driver quarters below SOon after this occurrence an
other terrible swept u.s. smashing TWO OF our best
lifeboats Another carried away our entire Ount
of twelve in all At about O'CLOCK IN the
| afternoon the gale commenced TO moderate ana In
short time we enabled 10 resume our course. L
have been through avge humber OF storms on the Az
aptc but witnessed sueh an appalling scene III
| INV nle" - ,,,--.,.. -, .
gale on Sunday night striking, but that up 10
| O'Clock on Monday morning the water was smooth,
and there scarcely breeze to be felt Tne sun rose
clear and red and shortly aterward stif and lnereas
ing breeze In The barometer which mad remained
high up TO that tme suddenly fell ahd almost as SUD
denly a tremendous gale struck the vessel me sea
oucky under the influence OF the WlndI ana was
soon running terribly hgG We kept on our course Tor
some time after first felt the gale, but were hnaly
forced to turn head TO the storm, which position we
held until subsided. Our passengers were somewhat
frightened at rse, but when reassured DY Inc ouceIs
they became calm. and remained. The wlnd Dew so
strong that could stay on deck, and II was even
impossible to retain hold on the bridge Ihe paesen-
gers were kept below at the captains orders ana so
escaped the OF tho gale The sun shone through
| out.
| LAWYER CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Jerome B. Frazier, the lawyer at No. 1913
| Broadway who was arrested Wednesday a charge