New-York tribune., 1881-12-15
SEVERE GALES ON THE ATLANTIC.
ARRIVAL OF SEVERAL OVERDUE sTEAMsHPs-IHE

ARRIVAL OF SEVERAL OVERDUE sTEAMshPs-ihE
BATH CITY GIVEN UP AS LOST.
A large fleet of ocean steamships arrived yester-
day. including the overdue steamships Canada,
Somerset, Peter de Conlnck, switzerland anu Lake
Manitoba. The Canada sailed from Liverpooi Oh
November 23 and had succession OF gales ana luI- @
ricanes, with tremendous seas interrupted aU long
intervals by calms for few hours and then Tesuii
ing with increased violence. On November o. ln
latitude 4Sc So north. longitude ~ 90 west Ile
German bark Anna from Pillan for this poTt, was was
sighted with signals Of distress flying. Inc Calaua
bore down upon her. and upon the request OF oap
tain Robinson for volunteers to attempt tne @
of the shipwrecked mariners there was genera res
pOnse. The boat lowered and III nan 1Otu Iio %
crew of the bark, ten in all was rescued. captain
Stewards of the Anna, said that ms VesSei but
leak in terrible hurricane on N0vemoer ~ l ouU
the men managed to keep the vessel anoat ny , I'm
tiuuOus working of the pumps, and on the Gay t1GS
were rescued the rudder was carried away. AS the
Canada's boat came aongsIde with the rescued
people she swamped, but all got saiely oh
board.
II and encountered severe hurricane TWO dayS
afterward. The vessel encountered terrible WeaiGr
for the next sixteen days. On the nght OF tne Zoih
heavy sea swept First Officer James rom me
bridge he received serious internal injuries ana Is
now confined to his bed. Two sailors were aiSo
badly injured. The saloon doors were broken III,
the cabin was flooded, the skyllghts We're smashed;
and the bridge broken. The wheel-houSe anu
the steering gear were also made complete Wr'ch'
The vessel put into ST. johns ~ r., oii Dccli"Ji .,
for a supply Of coal ard sailed from lhoTe wv" '"l
afterwaTd
The Switzerland. which sailed from Antwerp on
November % also had a perIlOus voyage. On the
3Oth II. staff seaman, thrown down ny
heavy sea and had hls skull fractured. lie died a
few hours afterward. On December D a severe hGr-
ricane was encountered accompanied ny ram ana
tremendous
November %, and h1ve-tO th:ty-SlX hours III
the English Channel with a terrific hurricane. THIS
was followed with eleven days OF bostcrous weather
and tremendous sea.
The Lake Manitoba, fourteen days from Liver
pool had similar experiences, and arrived WIN
some damage about the decks and scme of the sail
OTs injured.
Arkell 4 Co, agents of the Bristol Steamship
Line have given up hope that tie steamship BAN
City which sailed from Bristol, England, ON No
ve1nner 10. will ever be heard from. The last seen
of the Bath City November &c, whcn she
was sighted 250 miles east of st, Johns NcwiouHd-
land, py the steamship Marathon. she haa
broken her ruddeT head, was leaking about
the stern AID had lost her ioTemast. Nj. AIkcil
critlcIseS the conduct of the captain of the Mara
thon and accuses him OF negleytlng to gave assist
ance at a time when IT was needed. lhe Baih CiiN
had on board thlrty-tyc days supply OF coal. Nh
Arkell thinks she was lost IN the hurricane of De-
cembpr 30 She was commanded by Captain lNcy,
and had crew of tbiTty-tour all tOld. she had no
passengers. Her freight consisted ~ l,1G0 bales o
iron rods; 1900 boxes OF TN Iiaie;
1914 tons of steel blooms; 1000 boxes
of raisns 43 casks OF cacOthea Is oaieS 81 gram
bags; / 100 empty oil barrels; -hccp, anu
several packages of miscellaneous goods, the Iotai
yalued at about $150OJO and fully insured. he
vessel was built of iron, IN MddlesDro, England, III
1880 was 270 feet long. and OF 500 tons capacity
She was valued at $l500O0 and was insured.