New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
wEATHERING HEAVY GALES.

Tho Steamship Amy Dora which left Shields, Eng;
land on December Il. and the safety OF wioh hearJ
been daspaired of because she had not been ho.u
from since then. arrived in this port yes'siu n,aIn
is freight steamer, was COMMANDED ps ~. aoycn
WILLIAM smear an4 rn naa Rvcr Yesterday afternoon
near the Grand Street Ferry, where she W"
by q TRIBUNE reporter. A.. 49,, ,oors - soid
81 have been saiior for thiTty-tWo Hvnai, rcd IN
the FIRST mate John Sinclair. who was ehNt,"ou ~
huge oilskin coat, hut never i"0t Gor ieoyinc
weather we did on TINS voS+hII for about ten
Shields everything went siu0ol,nH l"' rbCn
Gays when We had completed nail me tIip LII
there came mp a terrific hurricane tl9nl ehr '. ~.
weqt and we spcnt the liVelest nine Gays you oNo5
cav In IL II wasn't a hurricane You couu oVp'it"
on foY after the wind had been blowing II"'n .iio
northweS; foy two or three hours an Ne t,n and
ming nicely before It. II w"ni suidenf lHl' "i,
bIow from the southwest. Wccouldh bcGi1 'oruh
in the face Of the wind. The waves WoHH coGc
Gown the deck like an ayaanGhe, S,A1t tn t 1o
steamer from stem to stem fInailN we nav y" 'ti
and run south. |; was simply 10 t1"e fT'l ,lmmSt
between gong south II gong down ana 1 i inU"S
a il was we were lost several umc,' III I"1''uuo
156 north tbc weather waS milder and we
turned and Stcered east until we arrived AT lnlg
tpdc Co west From tne" we yar T' cscape We
have been out now 'hirty-iour Gays, Wlne W." r
round trips do not take more thah eiP,hTtn -
twenty. About weeks ago, IN one OF me H Hf
est Gales We encountered, fireman, creek, NarN
Nicholas Nicolo stabbed the cook, AnIIcW JAM
son. had ordered the cook to Keep me G"IaS IA "a
his room under the bridge closed, because II nc ~
not the waves, which were sweeping Cieai over ~
slip would pit cut the fires and we should DC ieit
at tie OF tie sea. Nltt4o tii't "I
enginc-room with a painful OF aSh'S Wu'o hooL 0
yyiSLel 10 throw overheard. When he went back'
he did not shut the door, and jameson spoLc S'ai ~
T. HIM. Without saying word Nlco!" VEN 10 lis
hest and cot a dagger. Going up to jameson, VINO
was in his room. he stabbed him three tlmcS III llc
back Jameson fell on his hcrth h>'h>l
he and Nicnlo went down into the cngine,rGom
went down then with rcvOiyer ana coNeTeu nm,
while two of the men irnncd him. We thouShl AZ
frat at Jameson would die. because the oaS-'I
yvonnded him once near the bladder. He has grow
better however rapidly and in few DAYS VIII be
able 20 walk around Nlcoio IS sun " cit.i> '','.
the CAPTAIN has gon" up To the Bil'lTh CoiIS, %
10 see what had better be done with in' Inc SNIP
wss not injured AZ all By jhc waves
The bark J. W. Carbon, Captain carton, arrived
Yesterday from Plsagna which she left on October
o. Between the tropics and Cape HGth, sac tlc'
with series % terrible sonh ana southwest 49,
On sunday January %, she encounterci num-
cane which lasted eight il uTS. / then abaieh 10 q
str,rg gale with high sea, which hept h'I uS'hS
constantly full Of water and caused her 10 'o OLA uSli,
geTOusV. The weather then hccaihc c'id ai' Wv
ice formed about seven inches IN thickness Wu'l-
ever The spray fell Several Of the crew were 'loII-
bitten and all on board suffered greatly HoH INC
The shp wilma, Captain Lombard, arrived from
Iliola after voyage of 10 LAYS On November : :
ana 2S of the ape of GOOd Hope, she met win
gales mostly from the southwest. with fearful
cross sea The ship laborcd very heavily ana her
deck was covered with wa or, hut no serious "ai"'
The bark Abby Brown Captain Staples, arrived
from IIncla. which she left on Se?tem3cr-'' Oh
January rs she encountered Il heavy gale from me
northwest, which lasted SiXty-t"o houT' IN thS
her cargo was shifted and everything movable was
swept from her decks. -, A.,
TIA from London. both of which were several days
behind time, arrived yesterday.
AN ALLEGED ATTEMPT 70 WRECK A TRAIN.
Assistant SUPERINTENDENT Fife of the Ncw-York
Central Railroad scented the idea that an attempt
lad been made 10 wreck tram. as reported ny To-
lice Captain Yule to Superintendent WAVING
when questioned Yesterday by Tribune reporter
"WIy" said he no one with any common sense
1corld attcIpt 20 throw train from the track IN
such clumsy way. Look at that rotten piece OF
wood, which was the only thing louhd-a PlecF Hi
an old lie thai has been split That was The only
thing used" r,,
it VAST .-..;..- -. DIV
erdale where il was and think it may have fallen
from loaded truck or p rhaPs from an engine.
IIut was il not Wcdgrd III securely =
yes but that was undoubtedly done by one or
more tral.S paS,in. the spot The newspaper fast
g. mail undoubtedly passed over IT, but &c no' thnE
The engineer noticed anything, because ne wound
baco rcported the fact before thiS as the wood was
taken away early Friday morning. Then AGAIN
that mart of the road is paTollcd carefully ana reg
1Iarlv and II there hId been an org1&Hcd "ttclnp,
~ wreck a tla1 | think It would have been MS
covered before il too late o. course there WI
be an official Investigation made but 90 not INN
il will anoHut to anything
Airing uuon the report of Captain Iuc, SuHer-
mtei,dent Walliug yesterday placed me Inattci III
charge OF Inspector Dllh8. Lac yesterday alter
oItlincd which roth Cap. ain Iulc and hlnse!i con
sIGercd of mech Importance. The luNe>u, auoh
OF the police shows thai nnlnher o. lapHT'r3 iNlh@
i'm the vicinity of the SpGyten DuNNll disaster
worked all night helping to clear away me wreck.
II is said that these have moi been Paid for their
services by tie contrary, hd th2i 'n'S aIc very
much dissatisfied. The police lAtnnat" maj ihcF
have information which points TO the pr0hablIl y
that some of the Icu, III order TO lnJuIr the COM
panv. INSTRUCTED The trdcH 50 as 10 cause another
wreck As yet no positive evidence has been Sc