Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-28
BAD WEATHER OUTSIDE.
Victoria Coloai,t. Dec. III

biCsofId Lcto1Gts Lee. a.
Considering the fury of the storm on
Saturd ~ night ana sunday morning, II
Is sur prIsing that 50 little damage, As
far as Ii yet reported WIS done. either
afioat or ashore. The ieyeiilng Of f.~
fences and the breaking of a feS shut
tets and windo 3 IL the outskirts of tue
city Constitute the sxtsns Vt tbs mis-
chisf done about town.
The tnTesrnss,sd schooner Marie Z.
Smith caught iss full forcs while close
10 Race locks. In attempting 70 wear
she missed STAYS and fell OF ~ near the
rocks that the captain and crew could
have Jumped ashore. she was then
driven between tue Kaee and kosedaie
rOck. After missing q sys Sns second
time, tie captain had n other alt rua-
tive bus ~ run tor sleitsf, and In doug
~ lost several Vt her sails, sotne VI t1en
being literally blown ~ atoms. Even
tuaiiy sue reached tnis b ,roor and came
~ anchor on the custom house without
furt1er inisnap. Sne nss about GU tons
Ut o4h francisco freight on board ana
Is bound for Seattle. Captain Jonnson
- rcp .irlnx DAMAGES and Will leave
| shortly for his destination.
BARK Beividere bound for Departure
Bay, took refuge Ia ClAilan Bay ana
Arrived AZ her anchorage III Royal no d.
On Sunday afterLoon. Captain Jordai.
repOTto1 "a three ulasted vessel ashore Vi.
| Observatory fUint, below Port Angeles,
With ner sails Set aud Sue sea making a
complete breach over her.
Iue steamship Volmsr, Capt. Heint-
zlemau. which left this port ou Alonuas
18th of December, with 3l1 Cnlnose anu
| u cargo Ut coal for Hongkong met Will
such neavy weather that she found her
self Obliged TO put back again. On
| tuesday AZ commenced 10 blow from >.
3. T.. to East, aud the barometer Well
down ~ about Z7.l0. On tuesday nigh,
the matches were bxtLensd down. lhe
weather durinR tuesday moderated foi
| q short time, the WIND being NM :, buI
| 1t afterwards went back to south, rain
lug and blowing very hard, the barOIDc-
ler going down 70 Z1.5r. On Nednes-
| day ILS storm again rose TO a Leavy
gale, ana tue sea washed over the deck,
| carrying away the passengers galley,
when IN going overheard caiue lii COZ
| llsiOn With a seaman and broke his legs;
another man was also hurt In the chest
nut not seriously. The matches were
kept bxtteped down in all fer couple
of days. On Wednesday tho sea still
washed heavily over tns deck and struck
| the boats and dislodged the two boilers
Of the cooking apparatus on deck, which
We're Carried aft and smashed tue caDlil
| sky light, but they were ultimately ST.
cured. Inc BOBBY heads were also par
TALLY carried away. On Friday the Sea
continued still washing over the deck
and carried the hospital overheard,
which III its departure struck he oon-
denser, and twisted and dlsarran9ed the
| pipes. Tho wInu now turned to the
west and blew another hurricane. On
Friday night the captain commenced ~
put back, but had to lay to tor about II
hours. starting again at ) O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon. In the meantime
tho Chinese passengers had become IN
| easy and dissatisfied, and had cut holes
in the tarpaulins, and the Chinese later
| prefer reported some of them sick.
Holes We're therefore cut i'll the bulk
head of the cabin aft and also in that of
the second cabin to admit air aud allow
them sgress, Tue Condenser had been
| injured and the steam cooking apparatus
| rendered useless 80 that it became very
difficult to feed 81 many with the ship's
galley alone. The cabin skylight had
also been smashed, leaving it open to
the seas. Under these conditions it
WAS impossible for the vessel to pro-
ceed, and she finally arrived in Royal
Roars on Saturday night, and came into
Esquimalt on Sunday.