, 1880-02-01
Per1ls Of the Deep-Winter Voyages OF
; Atlantic Steamers. I'D.

1oI1 1,oe
steamer endangered py stosns plox.aeu ~ . nea
know how to handle their vessel: The expe-
riences of the last few weeks will, however,
.t,;,sa +orrar W +hosa uho bava 1aarned tn
strlhe tettor " ttoso WY y; na.S - .on oI.,s1
place too much commence In LIE glaaual
paciication of old Neptune. ,..
When the steamer Batavia arrived at this
a~+ ~ tho ,.or,,;,,rr ~ cundov Tan 10 II
port on tne lnolllils ~ ouuu"y' v"n. .~ ";41, ~
was after one OF the stornllest passages "41ii~
in the recollection of any Of the ships Of
fcers. When the ship left Liverpool, on the
n1th - noao.,hor thars 1,,oe , ctrono hraaze
S1th ol Decemoet, u4eie "as " stlons p1es-o s,
blowing, but NOT s4ch IS 70 OCCASION wy
speclal aIal III tiiH a1ee.nooa tue e.aa manu ond ~
creased to gale, Win coniHSea seas,, a41o aaln
the Weather was very rough gu tne May uoWn 1
the Ch2nnel, with strong, heaa-winas saef a4;i a4a
logs queenstown Was Hot. te1Gneu ILL.,
late IN the evening, seven OF elgns louls w. ~
hind time. When the vessel !eIt tnat port' ~
day {Sunday) there was a strong 9s We9ssteriy 1y
wind, So that fastnet was passed at 1ait-pasL past
Il. On Monday ne storm began, and oulins nin
the night there were tnrlous sluaHs' ,, ,Ialn,
this time until ian. there VAS nSo,l ht1le t5e
cessation IN tue grim succession. Inen Inc
weather moderated, put only Iof new
though soneWhat1nllder edition OF tne e,a storm IN
Banks, there were light head-Wlnds; ana
finally, as the sighted Fire Island Llgnt, tlle
SHY cleared, and she came IN, the storms le1t
behind her, and me Weatnef iAr. D4ling
southwest to westnorthwest. The barometer
ranged from $3.50 to 2o.o0: and the tempora-
tuIe ran down to q deg. Fahrenheit
The experiences OF the passengers ana crew
ant character, There was not only snip,
wreck to fear, but discomfort OF every KIND
to endure: Nothing in the way Of amuse-
meRf @ se5e b M ana At
one another day in aud day out In sort OF
| hopeless misery. =. :. ~,
The experiences Of the Britannic, q vessel
OF the Wllite Star Line, which arrived some
| not quite as severe as those Of the Batavia
| There were strong westerly gales, but the
| vessel made her usual time, and the officers
were disposed to make light OF the storm.
| reporter Of one of our daily Journals, said:
"1t was tempestuous weather all the time,
| but we took no special, count of it, and were
not delayed BY .1 it What is very sSystre sstf
| Gle to the Britannia. We came right along,
but we did NOT have q single; clear day until
erly gales, and thatis all there is to be said"
! A gentleman who was present spoke Of the
splendid sailing qualities Of the ship, and gave
! as an instance gale during passage he had
made recently. "Ahl but this was much
the one eonnua
| blow all the way to the Banks, and we did not
have single clear day''
The steamer City Of New York, Of the In
man Line, occupied nineteen days on her
VOYAGE from Liverpool BY way Of Queens
town. The officers soy that for eleven days
| they ran through q series of very heavy
| gales, during one Of which a tremendous sea
| broke, over the bows: carried away the port
cathead. and split the breakWater. Two sea
men on the forward bridge were dashed to
deck and severely Injured.
The experiences OF. the passengers and
crew of lie Araeon present a most appalling
nictnre Of ocean travel This vessel sailed
from Brlstoi on the 10th Of December.
| Twenty-fonr days she was tossed about on
! the OCEAN hv the stoTm. and several times it
VA vas renorted that she Ind gone down with all
on hoard. Cant. Brown. Fer commander, III
fei1inp the stnrF of the yoyage. said:
| then women-in the steerage. and a full
| CARGO Of freight, The first daY out we struck
| fha Storm .cOmIng from The northwest and
| varying All times to southwest. Day after
| ~