New-York tribune., 1881-12-13
FIGHTING WINDS AND WAVES.

fxPFRIENCE OF THE NEDERLhND AND OTHER YES
Sells AT SEA.
Six of the Overdue steamships from Bprope
arrived yesterday-the Nederland, Lake Champlaln,
Persian Monarch Suevla, Egypt and Vile de Mar
seilles No steamship which has arrived heretofore
has had such terrible experience since the
recent tempestuons weather began as the
Nederland. Sailing from Antwerp on Novem-
Der %, she encountered a strong westerly
gaze thrse days afterward, which increased
IN severity until the &C. when 1t developed INTO o
terrific hurricane with tremendous nigh seas tand-
Ing on the stern, the could be seen rolling up
ahead over the topsail yard One after another the
seas broke over the bows, sweeping away deck
houses bursting in the wheel-hOuSe and severely in
turing sailor; the sails were blown from their fast;
enings and he rqdder was disabled Inc vessel ssd
and il seemed tha she wOuld soou become victim
of the elements Captain Ueberweg, with his oihcers
and sailors, however, succeeded after 1orty-elght
hours in making temporary repairs. While the re-
pairs were being made, the chart-room was swept
away the saloon cOmpanlonway was burst IN; SIX
of the sailors were injured; Boatswaln Hermann
Gockstock had his left thigh broken; the engine
room skylight was broken, and other serious dam
age occurred The cabins and steerage were Hooded
with water most OF the time 1 IGr nVe d Jays, & great
made in the skyhghts and companion
ways The water also put out the fire in the galley
and for two DAYS no food could be cooked During
the five DAYS that the hurricane lasted no person
went on deck excepting the lookouts. The officers
took their turns OH duty on the bridge, and were
lashed during the time they remained there. The
Passengers were in despair when the water made its
way below decks; mothers cried and prayed with
their children clasped 10 their breasts, ana no one
expected that the vessel would live through the
storm Miss Anna &. Dycllman, Of Antwerp, cab
ia passenger, died from asthma and exhaustion on
December q and was buried az sea, and Two OF the
steerage passengers died and were buried at sea.
Two of the children IN the steerage also died Upon
the arrival OF the vessel at Sandy Hook the pasen-
gers presented to Captain Ueberweg formal eX-
preston Of their thanks.
The steamship Lake Charnolain, Of the Beaver
Line arrived, eighteen days from Liverpool.
Although she met with serious damage, for
eleven DAYS after passing Fastnet she encountered
severe gales and hurricanes with very high seas.
The waves made a clean break fore and aft, and
life-lnes were stretched to prevent the sailors and
officer from being washed overheard. The barOmc-
ter fell as low as 27.70 on November 26 at which
time there was a raging tempest.
The bark Alpina, tiftyNnine days from Hamburg,
had continuous westerly gales and hurricanes from
November S to 24 On November she was hOve-to
under bare poles and ali hopes that the vessel would
live through the tempest vanished. The seas broke
over the top OF the masts aud ia one instance sea
broke over the main rigging bursting IL the cabin
aud filling it and tue tOrecastle with water and
washing away the alter-hatch. DnT11g the bad
weather most of the sails were lost split and the
rigging was badly broken. The last lower tOpsall
was blown away on November 10.
The Sueyia, of the Hamburg Line, also arrived
by way OF Halifax, which port she put into for a
supply Of coal. The Persian Monarch sailed from
London on November 23, and aside from the ex-
perlence of fierce hurricanes and dangerous seas,
met with no serious mIshap, excepting the in
juring of some of the sailors and the loss of sails