New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-13
PERILS OF OCEAN TRAVEL.

WORK on rIE MISUNDERSTANDING OF IN,
CREW or THE ISLAND BELLE.
The cargo of the stranded steamer bmprior.
stu continues arrive here by lighter ami railroad n
was stated the cOmpanys Office yesterday that n Ia
weather continued favorable the vessel wOnd be- enev
unloaded by tonight. The Coast wreckng Co,upsnv,
steamer Relief to the city Last evening with ,v
fighters ,o,dcd with the cargo. The coal "a sso si,.
taken from the vessel and landed tho beach II wa
stated yesterday by an agent VI the company Ina,
attempts would probably he made at high tide tonorrov
to noat the vessel Off
The steamship California, which arrived yest4r3av
from Glasgow, reports having faoa IN win sehoe,
Leland Belle, Of RockIand Maine jan T. In distres.
and brought from her 10 NcwY0rk tie wife and child a,
the captain. Martin Woodnap who in q feeble en-
dltion The California provided the schooner with ,,o
visions. coal and water. Mrs. woodman makes The FOL,
lowing statement: 1--WE left 81 Johns n r., On Dee a
and on the sixth day out when absnt nine miles frm
Halifax, Wa lost 0ur sas In o heavy gale Of WIND.
We encountered five heavy gales Of wind. During III.
time the cabin was repeatedly filed with water On,
sails were all blown away, with the exec ption Of for.
staysa and Jib aud the schooner at tho mercy O.,
toe violent owing TO not having enough canvas 70
lay to- We lost ali wood and COAL and All the water
which deck and not able TO get suy water
out the Eod could not take OF the hatcher Va
obliged 10 live salt beef for ID days The
weather jnsuferaby cold, and two of tie salsr,
were badly frozen The mate. Eldfidge Dean died fnm
cold and exposure on Dec %" when Mrs. Woodtn1n
left the schooner she sailing under 4 &c sisysaI
and tib used nainsa. The captain int, ird " mi
back ST. Johns n r.. for repairs from which port he
WAS Ito miles distant.
dispatch was received yesterday from Panama stat
ing that tho steamer Wilmington which vas engaged In
trying float the sfFand'd steamer Georgia Of tue
Pacific Mail Line ashore In the straits OF Magellan, had
arrived at Valparaiso Dec z, whittier she had gone
for coal. she reported that IL sufficient Guanary OF
cement had been Supplied sicCess would have attended
the efforts To at the GeOr,il. The Wilmington vas 70
return to thu Strars Of Magellan on Dec. IL
The brig q. g. 5tIIman, from bay OF Islands, Dec Is
for Liverpool, experienced terrific gales and bosn
back among the islands, where she Wa driven sshoc
out atisrward succeeded IA getting Of, and dfed
HaTbor Island, where she hes frozen IN. AID vii
probably remain until Spring The vessel was LEAKING
but her cargo Was al saved.
The brig Stella, which arrived here yesterday from
New Orleans into Jan. Ivy the vrdish bsTk
Fr-;ntdeB from Hampton Roads. TIE stella had her
hUwsprIt and HTeDead carried away, bat received
further serious damage. The freDtidrn had her forward
buiwars stove IN and Obliged 10 put back TO am2
ton Roads for repairs.
Tire strip Altoona, which arrived hero on Jan TO-
picked mp Of the lost steamship Montgomery lie
boats Oh JAN about 30 miles southeast VI EsrBesgt
Light IL was null Of water, and there were hat ard
two odd boots IN II.
William Sinclair Of New York, the
Mary A. WiJnan, fell yciDOard jan. ~ wne
vessel was voyage from st. Marc 70 this port, aid
lost.
The crew Of the schooner Ania which arrived here on
Thursday afternoon. suffered Intensely lrO cold on thsr
passage from 81. IAOnias Thc hands ana leet Of tso
badly frozen and they TO the Long Isatd
College Hospital