The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-20
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Steamers on Handy Hook.

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NEw YoRx, October lO.--No sooner did
the fog lift this morning than sixteen In.
coming steamers wero sighted OF Sand !
Hook, making ready 10 come into port,
many Of them overdue, but detained prin-
clpally by dense 10y, which had prevailed
for thirty hours. Among these steamers
were the Baltic, Wyoming, City ol Para,
| Wlcland, Ethiopia, Alpine, Saratoga, Rio
Grande, Colorado, Peter, DO Contick, Gu
acas, Jan Breydol, City Of San Antonio,
and the Guyandotte! T.. tsAIli nyi
Two ot the steamers from the south. the
Alpine and the Colorado, had fearful ex.
perience In the Gull Of Mexico during tho
recent hurricanes, but escaped without dis.
!, Tie steamship Colombo, fof slallory's
line, from Galveston, by way Of Key West,
was three dAyst behind rker schedule t;,no
on reaching this port. Captain Cromwell
said last night: "Wc had m experienced
which strpasses anything in my seafaring
career and had not tho Colorado been tho
staunch seaworthy vessel that she is, wu
must have ,succulnbeli to the terrible hur-
|[ieane We encountered lin, the Cult soi
Mexico. We sailed from Galveston on
October ., and had m casterly gale Of wind
up to the Sth, when We ran into violent
hun iricane that lasted 4S hours, during which
tue vessel wins hove 10 forty hours withithC
Acas running tremendously high. The
pea almost boiled, and was covered with n
white foam. The wind during the hurri.
cane 'vecrcd from the east 10 sou,Lward
and TO the west, when the gale broke and
the vessel was put on her course again.
We reached Key West on the morning OF
October. ! !, and sailcd agan on the follow.
ing day. AS soon as We cleared The capes
Of Florida we took hard northeast gale,,
with tempestuous seas, which continued
until we reached iBarnegat, when the
weather became more favorable. 1t is re.
markab]e TINT through this entire experi.
ence the vessel did not suffer the slightest
damage. We arrived OF Sandy Hook
early yesterday morning, and were detain..
ed thirty hours by the tog." r; !
! Capt. Moran, Of the Spanish steamer, al.
pine; OF the Atlas line, said: ave left Port
Antonio on October 9, and had good wealth.
er until Oct. u; when We were TO the south.
ward Of ilatteras, and then we encounter.
Ell terrific cyclone. The wind blew from
every direction for six hours. TWAS per.
feet tempest, and the scas broke over thc
vessel with tremendous iosce, doing great
damage. Our engines Aure small and with
Our trim screws we had not force enough to
keep the ships head 10 the sea. Aheayy SEA
broke over the ship abreast OF my state.
room, tore away the railing and did other
damage. The cnbin was filled with water
several times; We had only one passenger
on board andhe waaemployed with sailors
in baillng out the water from the cabin.
Finally the gale abated, and we came on
our course. AS our hatches 'were bat.
tened down we Z lost / Eve Thousand
punches Of bananas from decay.
We arrived oil Sandy Hook on
Monday night, and we're detained until
this morning by the fog. While drifting
about in the log Yesterday our vessel mar.
rowly escaped being stranded near Long
Branch. Coming up the bay this morning
one Of our engineers, Mr.. Tiercc, was bad:
ly injured. A piece Of the machinery be.
came loose and struck him in the fucc::: He
was sent to the hospital alter our arrival"
All the Sound steamers bound TO New
York anchored iii Flushing Bay on Tues
day night until the 0glihed. Ihey were
several hours late in reaching this city
The Hudson river boats were -a!so delayed
by the fog. The. Mary Powell, bound ,tc
Albany, anchored of Poughkeepsie and
returned to the city this morning, her pas
sengers having been forwarded by rail.