The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-04
CONJUNCTION of Two Storms on the
North Atlantic.
A HERALD PREDICTION VERIFIED.
Rough Experiences of Vessels Caught
Within the Stormy Circuit

cable sent Saturday apprising Eng
land of the coming of the storm. which will
reach there week hence. The cyclone was
formed by two storms originating IN the Northwest
region and the Gulf region. The storm from the
Northwest travelled over the lake region the 26h
27th and 2Sth of October and moved of the coast
early on the 29th. On the 10th disturbance was no
ticed over the West Indies. moving in a northeast
early direction the 9th and passing east of Cape
Hatteras the 2Sth. This evidently merged with
the other storm on the 29th between longitude 90
deg and 60 deg and latitude 80 deg and 45 deg north
The storm ex eeded almost anything ever witnessed
by seafarng men. and sturdy steamship captains say
that it was the hercest that they ever travelled
through. One captain said yesterday that ne hao
been in cyclones in the East Indies and typhoons IN
the China Seas yet he never met anything like 1t.
The wind was so hard, this captain said ana
the changes SO rapid that there was no chance for
heavy rolling to rise but the water appeared as
one large. bulky confuesd mass. The storm from
the South passed from the coast much quicker than
the one from the Northwest and both met in the
ocean in the neighborhood of Sable Island meeting
the ocean travelling on the northern route
and increasing in fierceness as it passed
The steamship ALBANIA. Captain Newell from Car
diff, arrived in port yesterday. in ballast, to G.
Bentham Rae and now lies at the New York Central
elevator. taking load Of corn and cotton The storm
her in the vicinity Of Sable Island. and Captain
Newell said to HERALD reporter:-"We had quiet
passage till noon the 28th of October. We were
standing down the coast ninety miles from Sable
Island, and heading west. southwest the Georges
Shoals. with the wind from the southwark striking
us ON our port bow. The ship in latitude Al
deg. IL min. north and longitude 81 deg. 81 min.
west. and the barometer indicated 3o17. The wind
was light and the calm. The evening was clear.
and not cloud was to be seen. The barometer
began to fall the night on. and at
midnight stood at $3.50. with increasing
breezes from the South. On the morning of the
29th at four A. NJ heavy gales Of wind from east to
south began to show themselves. the rain poured in
torrents. and the barometer stood at % inches We
unable to manage the ship, as she did not
her rudder account of the force OF the wind.
The storm had backed to the cast at seven
o'clock. and from till half-past eight
The wind was blowing a hurricane, increasing
with terrific force. and the barometer falling
gradually to $3.50 and dropping another $40 IN
twenty minutes. At forty minutes past eight it be-
suddenly calm for about fifteen minutes.
The ALBANIA was on the east northeast course.
the wind on her port bow The stiffness
The water was oppressive and the darkness
mingling with the expanse OF water hid all the
latest phases of the disturbance The wind. which
had been coming from the east, now began to blow
from the west ana with increased violence The
gale blew SO hard that it took the tops Of tho
waves and drove them through the air, and
no object could be at a distance
H twenty feet. The ship was unmanageable
being blown broadside to the wind and lay per-
fectly quiet in that position for hour COM
pletely enveloped in the driving spray. The wind
changed to west southwest. blowing still heavy
gale. and the ship continued in her position in the
trough of the sea.
HAVOC AMONG THE RIGGING.
/ endeavored to bring her to by setting the reefed
mizzen trysall and main staysail. The main stay
sail stay carried away and the mzzen trysal
split. and We were finally compelled to allow
the ship to remain i'll her position while the gale
spent its violence. am almost sure that were in
the middle of the storm, for my ship was facing
the wind aud the storm centre ninety degrees
the right. On the passing of. the storm centre,
and when the wind went round to the west the
barometer began to rise rapidly. In an hour and a
half it up $40 of an inch The wind continued
from the west southwest till =. NJ, when it
hauled around again to the west, the barometer
having reached 1920. The gales from west to west
northwest continued with heavy until seven
A. NJ. on October 80 We then managed to
it there running the engines very slow
on account of her racing very bad
all through the 3Oth and 3lst and during part of
November /. The barometer rose steadily until the
noon Of November 2. when it reached 3O.45. We
then had steady westerly. gales and improving
weather. The storm played with our big steamship
like toy. and pity any sailing vessels caught in
the storm / would much rather lie safely at
anchor. concluded Captain Newell, ethan encounter
such another storm OF wind and rain
BRISTOL wEATHERBEATEN
The steamship Bristol. of the Hull line. was warped
into her dock at pier IL East River. Mt half-past
six O'Clock last evening. Her decks were strewn
with evidences of the heavy storm that met
them at Sable Island. Captain Symons stood among
the knot Of passengers and stroked his heavy black
beard. 1t was some time after the vessel was put
into her berth that he related his experiences to
the reporter He then called In Chief Officer Lovett
The following is their statement
I'VE started on the 18th of October from Bristol
ana soon we got to sea experienced strong west
erly gales These continued from October 10 to 23.
and II moderated on the following days. On the Goth
were struck by a revolving cyclone, coming from
southeast. and changing to southwest. 1t continued
for about fourteen hours with intense violence. 1t
then died away to a heavy gale from Wednes
day till Saturday When first struck
by the cyclone were standing down.
the coast, thirty miles off sable Island.
the ship steering west southwest On
Tuesday it was exceptionally fine mp TO midnight.
On Wednesday. the 2Sth The barometer stood at 30
inches AT A. NJ. there were light southerly winds.
At A. VI. the wind was southeast and accompanied
TO the southeast blowing hard with the Their thick
aud rainy. About quarter to ten A. NJ terrific
storm OF rain and wind hauling to the southwest
compelled us to slow our engines on account OF
heavy seas sweeping over our decks. On
DO southwark. We hove to all night. Our
starboard pnnace was carried away by the strong
gale. which was stl blowing to the south. This
day. whom heavy storm of thunder and tightening
burst. On Friday furious gale ragged. aud
drove the sea mountains high. II broke
over our decks and many Of light sails
carried away. On Saturday and Sunday
we had steady gale with a high Yesterday
there thunder and tightening. What a grand
pyrotechnic display that was. why. 1t fully an
hour before could get my sight"
VOYAGE or THE BRITANNIA
The White Star line steamship Britannia, which
arrived AZ this port on sunday. encountered un-
usually severe weather on the voyage, which was
made without damage. however. to tho ship acct
dent TO any of the or passengers. The
reporter on boarding the vessel yesterday afternoon
found First Officer Mason charge, who, referring
to the log book. gave the following particulars of
the trip
with a strong wind which increased TO u moderate
gale with high seas. On the next day ana mp TO
Wednesday we had better weather. Then the
wind freshened until midnight. when we
had u moderate gale This was followed
on Thursday Friday and Saturday by strong gale
aud very high sea- We did not. however.
suffer any damage. IL hard voyage. the
weather being unusually severe Tor this time
of year; but came through IL successfully and
without accident of any kind. The seas we're tre-
nendously high We due here on Saturday