New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
THE GERMANICS PASSENGERS.
EIGHT OF THEM ON THE BRITANNIA.


EXPERIENCE on TWO vEssELs-THE BRITANS1c ON
TINE IN SPITE OF STORMS AND ICE.
The White Star steamship Britannia was the only
transatlantic steamship which arrived YESTERDAY
on schedule time. In spite of the tempestuous
weather on the ocean she was only nine days, tnir-
10 Sandy Hook She encountered q heavy gaze
and confused sea on January "a, anu OILY
made 100 miles in the twenty-fonr nou tsroa 49,,
ming ON January 30 and continuing Tor three uay -
She battled with a fierce hurricane and hgh seas
On the 3lst when in latitude 40 AZ north: long,
tude 46o 40, west, she, passed through several eve
matches of field ice which increased in quantity as
Sic steamed along and made it necessary TO run at
at has been reported on the Banks of Newfound
land On the same day she passed the lnman steam,
ship City of Montreal, which sailed from hVerpool
for York two DAYS before the Brltannic.
The Britannia arrived at her pier at 1:2O p. m
When twelve hours out from Liverpool she met the
steamer Germanic OF me sane iinei a0Mea 10y Two
her shaft on January s, causing her to put back I'M
der sail for Liverpool. The Britannia brought
eight of the Gemanics passengers, who hired a
TUG and went ashore when the Gernanic was lying
atWaterford Bay, about sixty miles from Queens
town. and took the train for the latter place, where
this city; J. Butler of New Orleans; j. j. Deppler,
Mr.. Bamberger. of Salt Lake CITY Percy Bern
hard J. A. Patterson, OF Montreal John IhomP.
son and Mr.. Braker. Seven Others OF the Oernanic
passengers went ashore In the same tug anu re-
turned to London by rail- Among them were Henry my
f. Gilg aud Mr. Taylor NJ dhe ee aIer M pas
senSers will come by the Gallia or Republic.
Louis Meter said s on THs the
s aSd e WEE We're making very good pro,
aress until we broke our shaft at at 1 mI9t
$50 m January soyew5at T%sa at the time but
have seen it much rongher Most OF tne pasSeth en-
gers did not know of the accident until tod Py ohe
;ng an American port, as he was not sure where TO
steer for any INrt but New. York when
was, he thought, too far OFT. Most Oh snS
confidence in his judgment they were willing when
he turned the ship around to go back TO Liverpool,
We sailed along making TO miles .ne ,v ars' co%
Portable there being plenty of provisions and little
sickness On January ~ we ran INTO teIrnc gaze ne
waves and not little alarm was 1elt;;
The headlights were fastened down and
the interior of the ship was i'll darkness for twenty
seven hours On the Odd we met a steamer, WHO'D
offered TO tow us TO Queenstown but as we were 81
near port the captain refused the offer. Not long
after we took an Irish pilot aboard, and shortly ar
rived at Waterford Bay, from which a message
asking for tugs was sent to Scott a. Co., the agents
at Queenstown. Fifteen of the ;on pass sen
seas al the Cap s to let them 60 ashore which
after some delay he granted, after we released nm
from responsibility over our signatures. we hlre0
ting for f5 and got ashore on the 24th III llttlt
over an hour. Seven of the party returned e
Liverpool and the rest went on to Queenstown ano
were given excellent accommodations on The britain
mic. The agents also paid our expenses on 'Re tut
and railroad. We sailed from there at am. Satur
day, and had severe weather Tuesday and Wednes
day 1t was pretty rough all the way" o..o.,o,
The steamship st. Simon, which arrived yesterday
four days overdue from Hayre, also encounters
had n storm of snow and hail. The Somerset
eighteen DAYS from Bristol and the Jan Breydel
seventeen days from Antwerp, had similar weather
which retarded their speed.
The steamship Aene from Haytian ports. brough
among other passengers two officers, steward ant
four seamen formerly of the crew of the American
brirantne Goodwin owned by Swan Il Co., of No
SO South-st The Goodwin, with a cargo of cooper
age coal and locomotive, from Philadelphia TO
CienfuegOs was wrecked on Castle Island, Janu
6ry %,