New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
PERILS or VESSELS ATSEI.
THE DISABLED EDAM's EXPERIENCES.

The Dutch steamship Edain was towed Il? the
bay yesterday afternoon ny the tug tycl1pS. cap
tam l. II. laat Tie commander OF the steamer,
looked weary and exhausted as he related to
Tribune reporter uie story of the Sl"cpleSs ana
anxious five lays and nights that he spent upon
deck, directing the management OF ms YeSsci so
that she might not I've wrecked upon the da, gcTous
shoals too close proximity to her tie
gave much cTcd: 10 the assistance given him by Or.
l. :. =. Gramberg rate of the bellevue Hospital
Medical College, Iii Keeping the passengers from
cre1tirGa panic. The following d the captains
story:
from the first encountered westerly winds, winch
gradually increased until the 18TH, when we had
perfect hurricane. The vessel pitched, tossed and
scarcely keep on feet. In the afternoon one OF
the blades "t our propeller was broken of. This
night, aud on the following Gay inc
were broken off, and we were. LETT
with 10 other means Of propulsion excepting our
sails. The vessel also leaked slightly, bat we kept
her dry with the pumps constantly going. We laid
our course toward New-iork under sal and made
tUde 10 IS north Oh the morning OF January Il,
sighted tue steamship Calico. his vcssCi
arrived a. tins port from Hull on sunday she
was about clTht miles oil ad we could plainly DIS
tlngulsh the people on deck. We showed our dis
trcsS signals ANA fired several gus bat no attention
was paId 10 thcm as Sic RAJ. OF to the mort invest to
pllOt-bOat. she reported 10 those on She piO-bOat
that we Were seen and were apparently IL distress,
bdG ii was thought that we had a pilot on board
Monarch, winch came TO our ass stance. After
much difficulty carried 4 tow line 10 ina
vessel III one of our boats, and after
making fast she tOWed lis toward port.
} asst before daylight on the following morning the
tOwiIme parted, but the Persian Monarch steamed
around Us until daylight when, coming within
twenty feet Of rs threw lines To Der attached To
life buOys and one OF their sailors jumped 0ycrDDaid
and picked them up 1t was ike towing us up mil,
and the cables soon parted for tac second time Ill
the midst OF binding snow-stor:n and high run
mug sea. Signals were made, and II was mutually
understood That the Persian Monarch should Keep
near as until the next morning and make another
attempt 10 take Us III tow. BuC the thick now
storm uade II impossible lor us TO see caca other
long, although we Inauv times exchanged signals.
We saw the last signals mide BY the lcislan
Monarch, out an mana, were zoe busy ""ihlhS the
vessel 10 keep her eli shore 10 answer ti.om.
After parting company with the Persian Non
arch found ourselves close on Nantucket
the breakers. We could not prevent the
vessel drifting along the side Of tho shoals and
through thc hgcaEcis. We also duitod inside OF
one 81 the sJoa4s ana when We shlppct ucaNy sea,
winch nearly caused The vessel 10 breach O, We
recognized our gcrIlUUS situation. II was intensely
cold and he decks and rigging were covered Wlth
ice. &c made or MEL oats ready follower, passed
ntc-PeScIycs among thc cabin lassrng +, ana had
hic-rTcscTycTS ready 10 distribute among thc @Oo
s,ccIaSc passengers; but we Uld not intimate 10
them tue pcIlS were III the midst Of. Had
We done 50 nothing could have prevented pane.
ihe EIa-pie>crvtis could have been dis nUuleG
within nve minutes. We put the sails &uack,
although there was great danger If losing them ana
asttrn lntO deep water. HE DeXt day, about p.
HI we passed close to the iight->np on New DAVIS
S0Gth ShoaI, and rain close to a large
shOal outside OF lis that We could have jumped nom
he vessel 10 il. Had gone closer The vessel
would barely nave escaped becoming total wreck.
As 1t was the keel ScFdped on the Sh0Jl, and The
rocks could be heard humping along Ter bottom,
We would have Kept further out to Scd, but we
wanted TO remain N the aCn Of vessels coming IL.
However, stood out 10 and found 1t SO rough
that We shipped great deal Of water. On tuesday
morning the weather moderated and we had nVht
uorhcriy wInus which enabled us 10 max" about
two knots an hour. We were then about $50 miles
casG o! Sandy Hook. and. although 1t was hay, we
saw q bTE-TIggcG steamship heading toward sandy
Hook. We hoisted signals OF distress, and began
firing our cannon. Noticing that no attention was
paid to us, We put IN heavier charge with shots
and fired several OudcrTepOrS. tlnnh tHOs on the
steamer must have heard our gus, but they paid no
attention u.s. and the vessel kept on her course.
" e remained in about the same Locality, ana on
Wednesday morning sighted the steamship Napier |
of the Arrow Steamship Line from Ncw-Nork on
tuesday morning iog North Shields. Our signals |
were responded to. bat Captain AHdcs wanted 10
tow Us TO Halifax lustc al OF coming 10 NcW-l DIRK
/ insisted that, as Halifax was 1870 mile, further
away than NeW-logh, | wanted to be toWcd |
to Ncw-lor Lines were then given 10
us and arrived OF the Highlands abou Ocloc,
last night We KEEP. OF until this morning when
We came into port
The Napier Will take i'll coal and resume her
voyage to-day.