New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-04
uAPnsutPS OF SAILORS.

ARRIVAL OF MANY VESSELS THAT HAVE BEtN
DRIVEN OFF THR COAST BY THE RECrNT CALLS
very largo number of sailing vessels arrived IN
mort Yesterday when bad been driven of the coast,
when about entering the harbor, one or mole times
N the past three weeks by the severe gales and the
dense SHOWS which made it impracticable TO at
tempt to make harbor until clearer weather. The
sailors told tales of suffering from cold and expo
sure N the management of the vessels; climbing
aoft over snow OF recovered rigging, and furlng,
reefing shaking out the reefs bending new sails
in place of those blown away. Even those VINO
remained on deck suffered from the heavy volumes
of cold water winch broke over the vessel WIN
great force freezing almost as soon as IL stIuGk.
Many of the sailors complained OF being 9adIy
frostbtten. and nearly every vessel was enveIopeH
i'm ice. Several captains complained that athOugh
they were of Sandy Hook Saturday, they we're
unable to get pilots and had to lie on uhtli pilots
came to them. The great quantity OF ice IN tue ay
makes it a harvest season for tOwboats. as theY
can command almost auy prico for towing. zap
tains know that 1t is impossible to max" any heau-
way against the floating masses of ice under SAIL
and that il would he unsafe 10 anchor in the Lower
BAY: hence they are obliged to employ tOw-h0atS.
and cases are frequent where from 300 To F2OO 10
charged 90 tow n vessel up the bay.
The captain OF the German bark NouVerg, from
Hamburg. stated that his vessel was about twenty
two miles OH the Highlands Christmas Day, aud
the following day she blown abont ninety
miles to the eastward. December y Fire Island
was sighted. and shortly aiterwaul anoiher gaIe
sprung up and the vessel was again blown OF tho
coast Inc lOllpWlUL uh3 Ilib lHlaHi NtAn 'H'
sighted, and an attempt made to reach poTt' bht
the bark was driven TO sea again by the gale. and
great suffering caused among the sailors from
the severe cold the temperature being 10 peio"
zero The vessel was Oh Sandy Hook saturday
night and was not able to get pilot untll sunday
The bark Idaho. from Cieninegos. winch was
driven ashore at smiths Point. l.. l.. IN th" severe
weather Thursday last, was Heated OF sunday nv
Merritts Yrockng Organization. and arr'o yes
terdav in good condition Of hull. December -, IN
latitude SO north, longitude ~ Wet inc
schooner John l.. Tracy, from savannah I"r new
York, with "A cargo OF lumber was SIGHTED as
masied and otherwise disabled. Captain y. J..
Brown and his crow OF seven men were clinging TO
the rigging almost exhausted and hali-lrozen. me
vessel had been dismastcd tho day before. and the
crew had been in tine rigging thirty hours ana cOud
not have endured the exposure much longer.
The schooner Alta V. Cole. from Cape llayuen
on December 81. latitude ~ 90 north long
tude - west. communicated WIN the Lark NC
Gilyery, from BARROW for Ncw-lO" and nihciy-slX
DAYS at sea. and finding her shou Of provisions
The bark Arlito. from Limerick. arrived vestcr-
day. She had been twenty days north OF HAT
teras, with northeast aud northwest gales ana
thunder, lightning. and snow-StorIns; some oi the
time the vessel was scudding under bare Iolrs anu
the weather was 80 severe that several OF the
sailors were trosi bitten.
long passage. and had been fourteen days coming
from Cape Hattrras. She had a succession OF
heavy gales. snOw-stOrms and intense cold sew
oral sails were lost torn INTO ribbons, the cargo
was shifted. and TWO men were frost bitten,
The schooner Jennie Sewers from Port PaualX.
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gales December 2B and 20, several sails were lost
ana split and the cargo on deck was washed over
hoard.
The bark Chagnccto. from Liverpool. had a sue
cession OF heavy gales the entire paSsag' and was
blown OIL the coast three times last week seaman
Fan Thomas fell from aloit in a gale and was lost
overheard. -. IT.. -,
Tie bark Atalanta, from the West Indies also
had stormy voyage; On inc outward pa:satp' ~
Trinidad she was dismasted and went into ST.
Thomas FOL repairs. iii.
Inc bark E,thcr.. from ProgresO, was within
eigLtv.two miles Of Sandy Hook December 2l, aud
was blown back to the Chesapeake IN heavy gale;
December 20 she met gale in which she lost and
split a number Of sails and twisted heT rnnd9f-heh1
becemher % she spoke the bark w. +. Hartford
which had lost is maInmast, and two days later;
she exchanged signals with ship, the stem oil
winch was broken in and covered with canvas.
The brig Julia Blake had been twentyfnnr days
north of Hatteras and met with heavy gales. she
los. her ibbo0m aud everything attached TO H.
and her fnretOpgalanJ mast; sails were also io6i
aud spill and part of her deck load was washed
away.