New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-21
LOSING HER RUDDER AT SEA
ACCIDENT TO THE CITY Or BERLIN
,roJGur SAFELY BACK TO THE rc8r Dl TIE III
IN ,-IIrsT-E

BROUGHT SAFELY BACK TO THIs TORI ID INA
or CHESTER 49,.
The Netherlands st,anshlp Amsterdam, "i'io"
arrived on racsdsy night, reported an acc''''
tbs y.mau Steamship CITY o! Chester Inc arc
rca ly be.cll the City Of rim, OF the sa",e III,
which ssiled fiom this port for iverpooi on
her o. She had stormy weather ana nc"' '''' 81
Tuesday, the 10th, whel sho I'D,
80 co,o which became teiriho
Lurl icane with tcmpcs uois an" mr. -,
,4-;1;obt an Tuesday there was terrible erasl
-,' nv, 49, r,d.lor and the ruddcr-p0s wee carried
- Iaoving Tie vessel ie'plcs;ly tossing ao""'.
rho n,sscngers sprang from their BERTHE III sle''.
o1oi,au,ert. and collecting few vsinGole' rn"ien
- I'll IN tol; 70 the boats. Many cieV'0 '"at
ealii.iop had occurred, aud that tho YES q was
con to founder. It was two or ,hrec loars
before they found out the real exc /
~ to damage In the meantime tier
fears were aliayed by assurances that the Ye"seI
was IN no dagger o! sinking. lei;ch SCI his
officers to work rigging jury rGd cr 10 SER by 80
that he could 10y the vessel il the course o. tn
Cit OF Chester, which he loGlY cXpec ed to meet
The accident occurred on the Banks OF Ncwfouhd-
land. about OF miles from SANDY hoo@
The weather continued bad on the following day
but moderated on thursday. he ship role! aoou'
uneasiIy and many avy seas broke over the ccchs
remained on tho bridge day and might until the
vessel was picked up 10y the CITY of Chester direct
irq The management OF the vessel. Winnie on nc
bridge heavy sea broke over the side and to3h tle
captaip off his feet he saved hiuisa from gong
overheard BIZ clin2iug TO one o; the srars ~ /
WAS prt on the vessel 10 81 in keeping her on hcf
eastorly course The vessel made ~ miles duilng
the twrnty-iour hours euding on December 10 I;
ulncfv-fve miles in the twcnty-four hours, ana
foitv-t1ree miles more before The CIty OF Chester
picked up The CITY of Berlin on the night o. tie
1Ih. When the City Of C:e,ter was sighted she
Law by until the next morning. Wien sac was taken
in tow. So that she could be used as rudd r. Got1
vessels then came on their course toward Nv Nv
York, arriving here early yesterday morning IL"
Two vessels made remarkably gOOl speed.
Tie Kew Father N. L. stanton, one OF me pas
.cugeTs, sand ID relation ne accacn we " c,
countored a moderate gllc. ms increased ~
"a VI hurricane force and gu seas ca''slos tle
ship TO roll heavily. We turned into our herlhs 20
tine Il nal time and exp ced To get monelHtc S'cep
SudlcnIv about midnight, We we've aroused ny Il
sudd II and loud crash. followed lew seco s
af crward by Qno her eOucIsslon. 1 SHdhg lIohi
my berth, and quickly slipping on my, trousers,
slices and an OvCrcOat. rushed on dctk 10 iciIh
wat the trouble There were various sur
,,iSes some believing that the shaft had broken.
md others that there had been collision. We
found Captain Leiicn with MS officers lOOki.g !or
tue damage which seemed TO be at the seem ne
due time apprlhru us llhl INC iu'iu'l lfu "''H
svcpt away, anu ter assuring Us tIat
there was no danger to be appr hcnhed - to IN
suctv OF the vessel, We TetuIned 10 onr JcrINB 10
rest but not 20 sleep Al toe tine II the accldehi
here 81 as great excitement among The pdsHrng rs.
but lie women setmel 10 be ma! tOiN COOi ana
collected. Captain LCitch sald that he W0uld
keen tie vessel OH The course. where lie expected u
meet the City Of Chester cue abou' th3t tine' ne
10 loving DAY the weather confined bad and he
sea was heavy. We kept on our tas'elly course,
hourly hoping meet some friendly vessel Dut our
Zones were ocierrcd. SO we kept on Wednesday
ulgllt and thy following day, when the weather
moderated. We SIGHT a sail, cut the vessel was
so far away that We could not Ii II her. Finally
abou midnight of Wednesday, when many OF US
were in the saOking-rt ON, steamer was slghicd.
rocket signals were exchanged and wien II was
learned tina it was he city OF Chester cur enthusi
asm was uubOuudcd
George ". Roosevelt, United States COnsu, at
Bor,cajy wa ass pass niger. In addition to the
statements made 10y Father stanton, &c sad that
ne ste, rage Passengers were r.: lalkably cool al
tine time O! tac ACCIDENT aud that on day about
soon "a heavy sea bIOAc over forward and sweeping
{. T. cross, cabin pass niger Iroui Eis ctcarrled
Lin aUoui Ioriy f-et along lhe deck. lie s-sialued
slight injuries only.
Tn agents OF the line were az the steamer last
night aid made pro, isious .or The care ANA MAIN
tsIiance of the PASSENGERS until Saturday, when
tie. Will be loiWarucu by tie City OF Chester 10
Lily rpoo'. Inc .ity O" DeflIh VIII ne pat mo one
OF CraInp & Sons dry-dOck Tor repairs to-day.