The New York herald., 1877-01-16
PERII.S OF THE SEA.
Forty seven Days at the
Mercy Of the Waves.
THE MODESTA'S TRIALS.
yafe Arrival Of The Anglia, Of the Anchor
Line-L LAmerique in Danger.

party OF seventeen Portuguese immigrants arrived
N this city yesterday morning. aftcr long and tenn
pestuous voyage from Fayal OF the Azores Their
irals which ended fortunately without tho loss of
lie, make interesting story.
The bark Modesto, commanded by Captain Diaz, was
about $50 tons register She lett the last OF the Fors
bound for Boston, on the 18th OF November, Win
sbout l25 emRrants, somc OF whom had iriends IN
This country, while others were going 10 seek their
livelihood IN some Of the Western States The bark
carried also about is. 900 barrels OF Whale OIL She
was manned by Of eight men before the mast
and her officers. For the first six days of her pas
sage, heading up TO the northeast as she was,
he winds hight and variable. At the end ofthat
time, however, they were overtaken by gale from
bhe westward, which played sad havoc with the nun
Of tho vessel The formation OF the gale was noticed
by the Captain and watched in its progress. Being
thus anticipated preparato made for H. SO lar
could bc in rigging and spread OF canvas. The
wind camo up with terrific velocity and continued TO
blow five days Before its termination the sea
running in waves twenty or thirty feet high.
Every stitch OF had been taken in. and Tor
nearly two days and nights the vessel was scudding
sndcr bare poles. In the afternoon Of the tenth day
out when the bark almost directly in The trough
u the sea- an enormous struck her on the port
sas completely under water, and when her decks were
naly cleared damaging effects became at once apparent
Alter the subsistence Of the wind The bark was found
be leaking badly, and upon investigation IL was
discovered that her sterppost had been started "a
boe to use the words OF the captain OF the steamer
Gamma, ''largo enough to drive team OF horses
through" had been made her stern, aud that her
bow had been in by the great sea The hole was
stopped up with blankets and clothes well could
be- Soon after the gale moderated and the bark made
considerable headway during the following two days
A TERRIBLE GALE.
Tho lucklcss vessel doomed TO more misfortune
However, and again hurricane burst upon It, The
royal yards were sent down, and the vessel tried TO
mako its way in the teeth Of the powerful westerly
wind under main topsaL Even this small spread of
yalety under the increasing gale, and once
more the vessel reduced 20 bare
poles This second blow was Of much
longer duration than the FIRST and for about fifteen
days The sails set consisted only OF the f0retopmast
staysail, mansaysail, foesail, malnsa and spanker
One day, about three weeks after this "unpIeasant-
ness began the oresail was blown from the yard and
the taysail torn from is stay. The passen-
gers became very much frightened and demanded that
the captain should wear around and allow the vessel
to back before the wind 10 the western Islands.
Tue bark was, this zine, about 200 miles from the
Bermudas and over 1000 from The Azores. For this
reason CAPTAIN DIaz decdei TO make st. Georges OF
the Bermudas and announced his refusal 10 comply
Hith the demand OF his passengers. At this the Por-
luc ucse showed signs Of Insubo rdinaton and tho
saptain threatened to arms ii necessary pre-
orner and keep the peace. This de-
rIded action had the desired effect, aud the
excited crowd qulccd During this gale part of
the cargo between decks where the provisions
shifted, and the OIL o' several barrels, which
were broken open by the rolling OF the vessel mixed
with and spoiled great part OF the -four, beans and
other food. Owing 10 this disaster the ratons
meals day we're served The pumps were called into
requsition every hour and worked for fifteen minutes
nj time, the passengers being made TO do their
share OF the work. On the iorty-scvcnth
day out from Fayal the Modesto reached
81. Georges and thence the passengers were
Transferred TO the steamsh Gamma Captain Lddc-
coat of the Quebec and Gulf Port line which conveyed
them to New YORK. They took the boat Boston yes
tcrday afternoon under the charge OF Mr.. De Soto
who has their conductor since they lett FayaL
Captain Liddccoat said yesterday that lie considered II
almost miraculous that the old bark got through the
gales, and that 1t is probable that she will be
aemned where she now lies at ST. Georges
AMERQuE
Captain Merritt announces his intention to make
Immediate enort to pull the steamer OFF, that he will
eiiher 'pull her of or pull her IN two." HIS ability
1ho know the Jersey beach better than the alphabet
II is MOI probable that as the ship now lies she
be strengthened up and hauled OIL There is no bar
outside OF her. but strong unertow, and will be
dangerous experiment to try to get her in position
be pulled from her deep and tenacious sandy bed.
Tho main chance for In this is
considered be, at least, weeks
distant, and the meantime, the event
OF severe storm, the already strained vessel
would be weak resist the immense force OF the
sea- she is lying broadsdc on, and must take the
full OF the waves and wind. While the Coast
Wrecking Company Will make every effort To the
vessel she Will, IN all probability, be abandoned by the |
owncrsi aud they will rely upon the underwriters to
pay the insurance. She Is now virtually beyond
iro OF the steamship company, and Captain Merits |
sspulDg her two' will DC tue probable result of the
attempt to gel her off the beach Another cable and
heavy anchor laid yesterday with the intention
ol making the trial at high water, when the cables
yhall drawn taut but there is no faith In the
pertinent by those who know that the ships
cargo is all out and the vessel In as good condition
she will ever be to stand the test
Tho steamship Anglia. Captain Mackay, of the
Anchor line arrived last evening and IL lying ut
pier No. As Norm River Sho had on board thirteen
saloon twenty stcerage passengers The cabin
passe ngers landed last evening and those Of the
Etecrage Will be landed today. The voyage OF the
Anglia OF the longest record She left London
on the 10th OF December, the voyage Occupying
lorty-six days. The vessel almost IRON the
however, kept steadily on her course
until the morning OF the 21st. AT eight O'Clock on
mat morning one Of the cylinders blew out and tho
ship came standsuiL The weather mad cleared
fore the break could be remedled, and during
that time the ship driftcd several hundred
miles out OF her The engineers how
ever, equal to the OCCASION and the ship
md halt speed, from tho disabled engines.
Every day Two the engines would stop, but
the officers persisted and fixed them up again. The
Captain nnay decided 10 put into Halifax, and under
sail with occasional ala from the engine port
was reached on the 7ih OF January. The ship she
appeared last evening, looked n she had been
pleasure excursion TO sandy Hook. Her SIDES, smoke
stacks ana rigging were clean and not rope seemed
out Of place The passengers were cheerful alter their
long voyage and presented testimonial to the Captain
before leaving the ship. The Anglia Will sail Satur-
day next for England.