Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-01
AWFUL STORMS.
The Record of Two Months Upon the
acknowledgements Hurricanes.
New York Tribune, December Goth.

New York Tribune December Goth.
The ocean storms Oh November and De-
cember were terrific. We do not remember
when such a succession of hurricanes and
tempests has been reported. If the vessels
of Columbus had encountered such weather
the discovery of America would have been
indefinitely postponed. The average ships
of even a generation or two ago would have
sunk under such distress. The superior size
and strength of modern steamships saved
most OF those lately at sea, but list OF
steamers and sailing vessels reporting severe
suffering and heavy losses would fill a
column. The City of London seems to have
been delayed Indefinitely. The Bath City is
reported to have foundered; she sprang a
leak in stormy weather off Newfoundland
November l7th; lost her rudder aiterward
and labored in the seas until December 18Th,
when the captain and crew took TO two boats.
The captain and nine seamen are known to
have been drowned or to have died of ex-
posure. Seventeen men in one of the boats
were rescued by the bark Foley and
carried back to Liverpool. The Canada
met the bark Anna in distress in
hurricane. Her captain called for volun-
teers to attempt a rescue, and the crew and
officers of the Anna (dog and al) were safely
brought aboard the Canada, but the ifeboat
was swamped in endeavoripg to hoist it in.
One or two of the men were washed over
violence of the waves, from the Aragon, also
from the City of New York, the Coptic, the
Hibernian, the Malta, the Neckar, the
Switzerland, and Lake Winnipeg; the Scot
land lost her captain aud a seaman; and dam
gerou5 injuries were sustained by men OF the
Arizona, Labrador, Pollux, Somerset,
Waesland and Wisconsin. The boatswain of
the Gladiolus had narrow escape; wave
swept over the main deck and bore him away
struggling in the water. No assistance was
possible in the Storm but, at the moIneut,
the ship gave heavy roll, dipping her port
bulwarks under water, and counter wave
washed The man back and flung him on board,
giving him a chance to cling to the rigging.
He calls accounts square: Passengers died
of exposure, Of fear, or of disease, aggra-
waited by the weather on the Arizona, Celtic,
Labrador and the Pollux; but an item must
be put to the credit side for the Arizona, on
board which baby w-s frightened into being
born prematurelyl The waves which swept
the decks of the Anchoria, Arizona,
Celtic, Ccptic, Labrador, Marathon, Mis-.
souri,, Neckar, Pollux, Somerset, Waesland
and Winnipeg carried away boats, wheel
houses, cabooses, skylights, stairways, doors,
nay, everything movable, and deluged cabin
and steerage; and the Missouri lost overheard
one hundred and forty head of cattle. The
Allemania and the Waesland broke their
shafts, and the British King lost two blades
of her fan. The new mammoth steamship
Servia made her voyage in nine days and
twelve hours, suffering little, and exhibiting
excellent sea qualities. Two even three
weeks time was consumed in the trips be-
tween our coast and Europe of the Aus
tralia, Belgenland, Berlin, Brooklyn City,
Celtic, Circassia, City OF Montreal, Egypt,
Egyptian Monarch, General Werder, Hoi-
land, Lake Champlain, Lake Manitoba, Ma
rengo, Oder, Parthis, Persian Monarch, Pie
ter Coninck, AMI ST. Laurent, and they all
suffered serious inconvenience and grave
peril, though they accomplished their voy-
age without loss of life or positive disaster.
| The Daniel Steinman, Gellert Lessing, Ohio,
| State of Georgia, Suevia, and Vandalia were
compelled to turn aside to ports on their way
for suecor and repairs. Such is a resume of
what the December journals have chronioled
| iE detail of the voyages of steamships.