New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
sTORMs AND WRECKS AT SEA.

rbo ooos,,vise steamers seem 10 have had worse
cxner,ence in the recent heavy storms lnan those
c1ossing the Atlantic The City OF AeXandrla, OF
H,ox,ptre's Line arrived from Havana ana Mex
lean ports yesterday morning, ana LOT Ihe lst lIno
since she was built she was twent{-lour h9uIs oHet
dine When size didnot arrive on Neuhesua! hlTTIt,
friends of the expected passengers fet uneasy lcr
delay was explained by Nh sanchez one OF tle pas
ser GERS who has made more thaI nitl Sof"so 49,
Hatteras n GOOD many times, but | never encOnn-
fered such a teu,pesiuous sea as we hau on lhis
VOYAGE. Tbs day after leaving havana We rio S "a
severe gale and the sea ran ieaTiulN hlgu anu ~
seemed Sometimes that the ship must succup 10 II.
But she came right through IL with no more ua9nSe
than to tear away about forty feet oil tho netthg
and rail on the port bow. The seas Wllicn DloA9 I'M
over hrr would rise mp in an unoi0Keh NoIuno "nu
come down on The decks with terrific force.
The Citv of Alexandria brought among her passeIIII
,o-s I,onta,n Edward Armstrong Flrst Mate A. CatI
ana eight seamen, who were wrecked on tle A.IGi
can bark Sadie, on October ~ anout OH niiioi
south OF tie Island of Cuba Inc SaGle nau sai i,
from Pedro Caves near the island OF jamaica WIN
a cargo of phosphate guano Tor Hahp,oI ho"1S Ui
October = huTrican9 was cAeonHt I. boNrs Ibe
sails rigging and spars were blown away untI
tnere was nothing above the deck 10 seV canvas
upon. he vessel was helpless ana sno sp' ~
leak In spite of the on>tant working Oh the PuuiPs
the vessel had settled TO the waters euse ou my
secOnd day and the crew took TO the snalI ooat anu
abandoned her. The captain took his Chrohomeler
and N chart. but the crew saved little more lHdn
what they had on their backs. Tossed ABOUT III an
open boa for twcntyfour hours, in the violent sea-
Cscmonchie which Landed them at Campeche'
where they secured passage on the cry OF Aie1 IAN
dra. The Sadie was owned ny II d. Ddiie9 " Oo'
of this cltv aud registered OIL TONS
The British steamship Gloucester, which arrived 1
from r.stol net with violent gales and hgh hea1
seas untIl after crossing the Banks OF Ne"louanu
land The weather so Dolsterous that Ior T rNe
DAYS the vessel kept barely steerage way on ! ne
stcamshIp New Orleans from New Orleans, and the
steamship Cimbrla fom Hamburg, were also de'
Ia, ed 10y the stormy weather. " IL,
The british steamship Virglnian, which sailed
f,ou, here Tor Liverpool on Tt esday when Oh Nan
tnck.t broke her main steanpipe, and other parts
of her machinery were derauged she returned 10
New-York Yesterday for repairs, and anchored near
Bedloes Island. NJ, /, T
The schooner Pennsylvania, from Bristol K. l.,
for New-YOrk, with vegetables, mostly carrots,
went on the rocks near Harris Island, on Wednesday
n;pbt and Immediately filled with water
Tho stean-tug Vim caught tro at Northport' j.. l.;
on "Wednesday. from some unknown cause ana
burned to the waters edge. Captain Murphy ana
the rest of his crew were at the NorIhp0rt hVuse Nv
The tme of the fire. The tug wa- built at Mystic,
Conn, in So. and was owned in jersey City.