Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKgT,
UNDER TONS OF WATER.
The Germsuic's Giadissersai ssrusz's Witt
Tidas Wave.
New York Herald.i

tNUEa ONO VT As 1--WE
Tn. Germsuie's Giadissersai ssr~szis wiss
Tidss Wave.
New York Herald.l
Thank Heaven " exclaimed gray
haired gentleman yesterday morning -
he planted his feet on the solid bulk
head fronting Of the Barge office. ~
am in America at last; and IL ever
leave it again hope may be shut up
for life as dangerous lunatic. When
try the Atlantic again il will be AFTER
| have lost all my Senses
Seldom has more grateful party Of
ocean travellers been brought to shore
than that to which the speaker belong
ed. He was one Of 200 passengers,
cabin and steerage, who left Queenstown
on Good Friday on the Germanic, and
who had been obliged to add |, 800 miles
to their voyage before finally reaching
New York on another steamer OF the
same line. They brought with them
the story of an experience which has
few parallels in the frcquented track Of
the Anglo American steamship lines.
The story Of the Ceramics encoun-
ter with q watery giant on Easter San-
day has been partially told in the cable
dispatches Of the Herald. but many new
particulars were CLEANED in conversation
with Mr.. Arthur p. Silver. Of Halifax,
n. S., who took copious notes shortly
after reaching Liverpool.
Good Friday" said Mr.. Silver.
"saw the Germanic steaming gayly
out of Queenstown harbor, with all her
colors flying and nearly a thousand pas
sengers on board. Easter Sunday saw
her stripped like gladiator and con-
tending with angry seas. About 10
O'Clock in the morning passenger look
ing out Of smoking-room portfolio no.
ticed the faces of seamen on the deck
suddenly blanch with terror. A mo-
ment later great towering mass Of
light green water bore down upon the
ship from straight ahead, buryiDg
everything almost to the SUBMITS Of
the smoke-stacks out Of sight. There
was u crash, roar like thunder, hiss
of seething water, the crash Of tear
ing wood and iron-work, and then for
thirty seconds darkness and sense Of
despair too great for utterance. IL
seemed as if the vessel had gone to the
bottom OF the sea. Then, AZ the noble
steamer slowly struggled up out of the
overwhelming mass of water, shaking
herself, apparently, like a huge New
foundland dog, the fright ofthe passengers
in Storage aud cabin manifested itself
in a chorus of shrieks and cries. There
was but one circumstance to mitigate
the feeling that we were doomed-the
steady throb of the engines, which
never ceased for = moment, and those
who were not too frightened to think at
all felt that, whatever wounds the Ger
manic had received, above or below,
her heart was safe and sound.
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.
1.-The devastation on deck could not
well have been worse. That terrible
stroke Of water had torn up two steam
winches, weighing many tons each. had
carried away seven Of the boats. wrecked
the wheel-house and the bridge, torn
away most OF the ventilators, Quilted
the saloon, burst through the iron walls
of the chart-room and reading-room
and poured cataract of water into the
passengers quarters. One seaman
on deck was washed away to
instant death and three others were
badly hurt. The five passengers
in the reading-room were whirled
about like feathers in a mill-stream,
and one of them, Mr.. Hodson, was
found under a mass of debris with his
skull fractured. presume he is dead
before this. Passengers in the saloon
were hurled to and fro and badly
bruised, and one lady had two ribs
broken. A gentleman in one Of the
bathrooms rushed out with nothing on
but his shirt, having painful bruises on
his body. We were told that several
Storage passengers were hurt, and that
one went crazy from terror, aud that
Captain Kennedy was knocked sense
less in the chart-room, but | cannot
personally youch for this.
CAPTAIN KENNEDY ON DECK.
1.-The injuries to the ship proved TO be
so serious that the captain decided to
60 about and return to Queenstown.
This vas hazardous operation, for il
caught in the trough Of the sea the Ger
manic would probably have foundered.
But Captain kennedy's good Judgment
finally got us safely about in spite OF
disordcred steering gear and the heavy
sea, and at 5 p. NJ. we were scudding
before the gale at full speed. We
reached Queenstown on Tuesday, and
Liverpool on Wednesday"