New-York tribune., 1881-12-12
TO q Iernon in New York, who returned IN anS"ei
thyourIl the Western Union Otnce.
TALES OF THE GREAT OCEAN STORM.

TALES OF THE GREAT OCEAN STORM
ARRIVAL OF TWO OVERDUE TEAMsmPs-oTiiERs
FOR WHICH FEARS ARE FELL
Four European steamshIps-the Britanic, MAN,
St Laurent and Gellert-arriyed in port YESTERDAY
Tie first iwJ only one day overdue lne 90 &C.
Laurent, from Havre, had stormy passage OF nlt
severe. On the latter day much damage was Vas
done by, the heavy seas, the punwaLgs martinIIy
being broken n a. t the foSo,ts GGlase demosRed
The bad weather continued until Dece'hoel % III
Gcllert eighteen days from Hamburg, arilfru w
way of Halifax. which port she pm Ii'o 0tuSa
coal The Orinoco, from BeTnIda IN ioIgtHuo Ty;daV
go so West latitude $50 30 North. on fpi"ao. co.
passed the brig Alruna, from St. John n: d.. ior
Martinique. dsmasted and steering lor befhuu ia
There remain nine vessels tram Europe silil over
beginning to be fit about sGme eI,l;el @rllsn
have been ont so long that their surpIes
of coal and provisions have become nearly, II hot
quite, exha sted. In such an event theI muAt ue
pend upon the good fortune ot inee'hg soulo
friendly seafsrers who Will supply theh VII WIZ pio
visions; but in case they are short .,r o,
fuel. IL at great distance from poii, lily lHeg
cannot expect any ld Ienet ,oI from but p"i mnst
do the best they can IN ler sail one 1act, WH,Gl
does not give much hope to owners or agent" o' tLe
few vessels referred to, is that, excepting III ,he
case of the Bath CITY, none of the lon9-overtne ,,
vessels seems to have been seen ny lcr oCvai'
steamships which have, arrived. ia. bat thnr, ia,s
probably is due 20 the tact that thrv s,y
have been driven by stress of weather iar
from the regular course which ocean steamships
The Citv of London. of the Centaur Line, freight
steamship ony is now twenty-oight days from Lon.
don and has not been seen Slce he pasSe'l pta ou
November ~ eight days at o sailing a tdDmal Ua r" Hnf
IN SIX water-tlgbt compartments IT GlaSgow' Vi
1868 She was lcngthencd in 1867 anl was re-
paired in 1878 Her agents consider her one of th'
most strongly y-but vessels in the ocean carrying
from Bristol on November TO- and was s"olleu on
lpsp at nF j
ruddrrhcad broken an 0thcrWiSe slightN, n:,lh,
aged. She bad plenty "f coal ana He'll@i He,i
no assistance. Since then nothing has been heard
from her. although her aeeuts stil horc inI ,lcr
sa ETY.. + Othelo sailed from Hull on November
Is, and passed Dover on the foiIowing ilaY; Nlrce
then nothing has been seen of her. The nsleidihi
sailed from Rotterdam, aud tho Ne lerlau from
Antwerp, on November 10, and both are sui 10 NC
heard from. ,:
A storm OF such severity and of so long duration
is not within The memory of seafarrc men, anu
while no sriOuS al a>ters have been reported up 10
the present, the following details Will glye some
idea of what might have occurred TO poorly
equipped steamships. The Br0Ofiy iyn. from montreal.
arrived at Liverpool November - with the loss OF
TG .sDs saGGs 1@ 9% Hdaburs M head F' IT,
land. ten days afterwards disabled. The
81 Gcrnain from HavTe, November II, for Now
York put into Halifax on the 29th short Of coal.
The Alemluia from Hamburg, November IL. tor
! New-York. was towed into Queenstown December
) with her shaft broken. The Bolivia, lr"n Lon
don, November 10, for New-York put INTO Qlrees-
town fifteen DAYS aterward disabled: The
Castor, FROM Amsterdam, November 10 i"r
Nev-York. put mo Plymouth December | VITA
cargo hficd and disabled. The Erin. from
Liverpool November %. for New-YOrk, was t0%ed
into Queenstown December with the loss ol her
prop lor The Glamorgan, from Liverpool, NoVein-
ber H. Tor Boston, returned to Queenstown Decem-
Der short of coal aud disabled. he ia's,. from
London November Is for Boston. put inro Quecns-
town December | disabled. ih, HERNIA, from
fIayre November 90 ior New-Ygrk., ut INTO
Queenstown December 3 III abled. The hurWoIth'
from Montreal November T. for Rotterdam, was
abandoned at sea December /. The Daniel stem
mann from Antwerp for New-YOrk, November 80
pat into Queenstown, Decen.ber 10, di,aO!eL
The Cassius, from Hamburg November 26. Tor
New-YOrk. put into Falmouth. December ., dlsa-
bled The British King, from Liverpool. l)rc'mDef
l. for Philadelphia, put INTO Queenstown, December
8, with her propeller Oroken.