The New York herald., 1876-12-22
THE ATLANTIC GALES.
Extraordinarily Rough Passages
by the European Steamers.
THE CITY OF BERLIN sTILL oUL
Story OF Midwinter Trip by
Scotch Captain.
BLOWING BIG GUNS,

The persistent nprthwesterly gales and heavy seas
that have prevailed for time past have delayed
the voyages OF the ocean steamships almost un.
precedented extent Steamers that due last week
arrived yesterday, and several yet TO be heard
from.
The Rhein, Captain FRANKIE, OF the Bremen line,
rived Wednesday afternoon after passage OF four
days and twenty hours. Yesterday there arrived
the steamships Wyoming. Captain Jones, from Liver
pool Lotns. Captain McNab, from the Mediterranean,
and the Tyran, Captain Murray also from the Aedter
Lato last evening the steamships City OF
Berlin, Captain Kennedy, and the Labrador, Of the
French line had not arrived and were considerably
overdue.
WEATHER
All steamers that have arrived report exceedingly
rough weather. Some of tho captains state that the
and gales they encountered we're the heaviest
their experience. Tho steamers show the roughness
OF the voyage by their generally rusty ard ap
pearance The smokestacks covered with the
salt the dashing spray has left upon them and the
sides look II they had not been painted In fifteen
years Not alone have the steamships suffered, but
the sailing vessels also present the appearance hav-
ing experienced stormy season Those that have
arrived during the past week coated with and
ico, and the we'll the ships appear havo
bated severely with tho elements. representative
Of the HERALD yesterday visited several CT the
ships just arrived and the prevailing opinion seemed
bc that the last voyage the toughest in years
STEAMSHIP rYRrAx
The Tyrian, Captain Murray, Of tho Anchor limo,
arrived at this port last night from tho Mediter-
rnnean, by way Of Halifax, N. s.. whore she put in
short coal after the long trip of twenty-eight days
from Gibraltar. Last evening HERALD representa-.
tive boarded her at pier No la North River and found
Chief Officer Hasscnsten, who gave the following in
ter
.;rhe Tyrian = said the chief officer, sshas behaved
spendidiy and proved herself once a first class
sea boat. The experiences we have gone through
would have trod 10 her core any ship not thoroughly
scaworthy We left Genoa at tho end OF October, and
after calngtt number Of ports for cargo left Glib
raltar for this port on the 23d OF November, with
2sth OF November. when in 81 deg So min
north latitude and % deg. west longitude, say about
bad weather. BY this time we had mado
about one-third Of our run. On that day
M the souhwas Seorns 10 Se Sey
the vessel shipping immense seas fore and aft. This
weather continued up to the I'd inst, when It i'm
proved somewhat Tor twenty-four hours, but only to
blow harder, with heavier seas, succeeding days
illustrate It better than by saying that from the
twenty-six miles progress You can imagine that it
blowing pretty big guns al this time. On the 18th
we had a few comparatively good hours but on the
following day we again had terrac gales, shipping
fore and af but in spite Of all the Tyrian behaved
splenddly.
should 60 to HALIFAX, rs we had only four more
days coal on board, and our course was altered TO
that port. We had now been out twcnty-Onc days.
usual from Gibraltar 10 New York Is fifteen 10
seventeen On Friday, the 16tn, at two o'clock IN tho
morning, arrived at Halifax and left on the Sunday
morning following, al nine O'Clock for New York,
with ample supply OF COAL Our Captain believes in
anns Saye nc 10 como on o New YosH
but II we had bccn caught in a gale on
as as Il coal Hsss the wSac
peraturo thirty degrees below freezing and when
left there cold, cutting breeze from the north,
and the vessel was soon mass OF ice from stem 70
stern The all frozen hard and could not be
Tho following day, last Monday, the wind blew
from the west TO southeast tho ship
still being in ice and still unable to
handle the sails. On Tuesday had southcrly and
the ship On wednesday we had fresh brcexes from
the northwest and clear line weather, when OFT Nam
tucket with sea moderatng. TINS morning a. nine
heavy storm. We have no casualties OF any
kind 10 passengers or ship to report''
The steamship Wyoming, OF tho Williams 4 Guon
line, arrived in this port yesterday after terrible
passage of fifteen days. having encountered north
westerly gales during the whole Of her passage
and high head Her last passage to this port
contrast to the tmo employed on the present trip
She left Liverpool on the same day as the steamship
City Of Bristol, which was dismasted lost her second
bed TO Queenstown on the 10th inst. Captain Jones,
OF the Wyoming, who has been in the employ of WILL
sailing ships and steamers informed the ycstcr-
day that he never In all his experience, rccolocted
worse passage
SAID ne 1--WE left Liverpool on the 7th, with the
Egypt, OF tho National line and kept side py side with
her Tor days. after which lost sight Of her and
didn't sec her again during the voyage. She took
more southerly course than we did. During the voy-
age the was worse II anything, than the wind,
which would suddenly SHIFT from northwest SOUTH
east The weather continued about the same TO the
Cape tRacc when had two days snow which
covered up, and we could SEQ nothing during
the storm We had no canvas set during the voyage,
as nothing would have held have been mastcr for
experienced IN Z steamer The smallest days We
had was l10 niles and the greatest 270.''
To the question OF the writer as TO whether there
was fear for the Egypt the City OF Berlin
and was freshly painted and ought TO be in by this
time" The City OF Berlin did not leave until the day
amer tho Wyoming.
THE STEAMSHIP RHEIy
The steamship Rhcin was lying at her pier nt
Hoboken last evening, taking in cargo, when the
writer boarded her. She had arrived on Wednesday
evening and preparing to leave next Saturday
her regular time. Captain FRANKIE, her commander,
very courtcously told the story OF her voyage The
steamer left Southampton the 9Th, and account
OF the westerly gale was compelled to go out around
the Isle Of Wight instead OF the rcguar passage.
From the start heavy gales were experienced.
so heavy they that l: was found
necessary heave to twice-the first time account
or the wind the l4tn. The regular kept
as possible For eight days IL was impossible 10
take observations There was very little snow during
the voyage.
ALONG
The CrcassIan, cast ashore at Bridghampton, l. l.,
is rapidly going to pieces
EGYPT REPoRTFD.
Tho steamship Egypt is reported In the Bay.