New-York tribune., 1885-02-13
TOSSED ON THE ANGRY SEAS
NUMEROUS STORMY VOYAGES REPORTED.
ONE STORY TOLD BY INCOMING vEssEIs-suPyER-
ING FROM TKMPHsrs AND COLD.

ONE STORY TOLD BY INCOMING vEssEI4-sUPYER-
ING FROM TEMPEsrs AND COLD.
| Inc large and seawOrthy Cnnard steamship Gallia
| came into port yesterday, three days overdue and
heaviiy coated with ice from ocean sspray. The
| statements OF passengers-for under the iron-cad
rules OF the company the officers and crew are not
allowed to make any statements without special
| permission from the agents-show that from the
time the Gallia left Liverpool until she arrived at
SANDY Hook, withIthe exception of a.few hours she
was hghting gales and hurricanes With the in.
tense cold. the water-covered or icecovered decks
and the continuedptchng and rolling of the vessel
those on board suffered great discomfort. The
story OF her voyage was told by James Whitehead,
| one OF the passengers thus:
1--WE sailed from Liverpool on Saturday January
81, and before we got to Holyhead we experienced
bad weather, the great seas breaking over us
| almost the full length Of the vessel When this
occurs In the Channel you may assured that the
weather 10 pretty rough After we left Queenstown
well. l wished had stayed at home; but was in
Tor H. ana had lots of c0mDany-seyenty-eigh in
the cabin, and 173 in the steerage pitied the poor
fellows who had to watch on deck, no matter how
violent the weather As for u.s. evel had we
not been Obliged to stay below we would have done
so from choice. The fearfuly high. break
| ing over our starboard side and coming down on
tho deck in an unbroken volumes it seemed as if
they must break in the decks. We were not per-
mitted to go On deck an hour through the entire
voyage. and whom we peered through the hatchway
we could sec nothing but water, catching now and
then glimpse Of officer or sailor drcnched and
cold. There were no signs Of break in the weather
until Wednesday of last week, when there
a calming down Of the elements for about five
hours. This seemed prOvdential, a slight acci-
dent to the machinery had occurred. and the
engines were stopped in this interval to make
repairs.
"On that night 1t began blowing stiilly again. and
on Thursday had full hurricane, which con-
tinued without cessation for nearly two days. The
seas rose in their might and broke over both sides,
and meeting. would fall on the deck with cannon
like reports. Ii seemed as il were taking solid
masses of ice over u.s. The speed of the vessel was
reduced and the Galla, which usually makes
between 400 and 800 miles IN good weather, only
ran ls5 miles in the twenty-fouI hours. Our
longest run on any ono day was 800 miles. On
Tuesday aud yesterday we had series of sleet and
snow squalls. and the ropes and decks were thickiy
covered with Ice. making 1t dangerous for those on
deck in the management of the vessel, as well as
cansng. them TO suffer intensely from the cold"
The steamer Lake Huron which arrived from
Liverpool. had q tenpestuous voyage, with heavy
ana storms of sleet and snow. The barometer
fell to and ranged between 2s25 and 20 inches.
On February there was violent hurricane, with
q dangerous sea running. and heavy snow squalls.
In LATITUDE 40 north, longitude Az o2' west, the
vessel passed large iceberg and numerous smallet
bergs with heavy field of ice extending far to the
Dorthward. The. vessel ran twenty miles to the
southwark to clear the Ice.
The Anchor Line steamer Furnessia had rough
voyage from Glasgow. aud on the Banks of New
Foundland passed ten large iceberzs The Schie-
dam. from Amsterdam, had q similar voyage being
nineteen days coming TO New.lork lhe ship
Joseph II. Scammei was fifty days from Liverpool
and for the last twenty-five days had continuous
heavy weather. Twice sho was driven from the
coast to the Gulf Stream.
In af. Al
weather up 10 the Bermndas. AS soon rs she got
north OF the Bermudas she began to encounter
heavy weather and had strong northeast.and north
west gales up to the highlands The gales were
accompanied by frequent Fnow storms anu trench
dous seas. The weather was intensely cold aud the
asailors and officers suffered severely.
The tugboot Ocean Viking. which arrived from
the southwark. reports that on February y she
spoke the schooner Howard Williams anchored
about eight miles of Barnegat. The schooner had
been in collision and had lost her headgear, but
wanted no assistance ~,
Ls brig Ha on Tsbruary TO- was Twelve
dnvs north of Hatteras with strong northeast and
northwest gales. While in tow OF the High hands
on tho day of he. arrival the tow line parted and
she blown oil the coast hfty-hve miles. Her
sails frozen stifi a. boards and the ship was
badly iced up. Five of the crew were severy frost
bitten and IL was with the greatest difficulty that
she succeeded in getting into port.
The tugboat Young America started from Perth
Amboy for this city with tow OF twenty-fourc canal
boats loaded with coal. having the tug Innle
ahead as a pilot. When OF Fort Wadsworth, the
tow encountered large Ice Hoe, which caused one
OF the boats 10 strike tho bottom the fort She
was beachcd by the Winnie on tho staten Island
shore, Just north of the Quarantine boarding
station. where she now lies. She has $50 tons OF
coal OH board.
NARROW ESCAPE or THE SALISBURY.
The steamship Salisbury. from Baltimore to this
port which ran aground on the shoals abreast of
tho South IrigantIne Iife-saving station at $3.50
D. m., Wednesday. arrived here yesterday. She had
received no special injury and what might have
being OH shoro during the whole time she was
stranded. The story of Captain James Davidson,
VINO commanded her, is AS follows:
left Baltimore Tuesday morning with water
ballast. The n-draft OF the current from tue time
left the Delaware River WAS very strong. Tuesday
night aud Wednesday the wind was blowing strong
and the sea running high. The wind was oiishore |
and to obtain smooth water was keeping well into
the coast. knew Of the shoals ran aground on, |
but according 10 my map which IL an English one,
they only extend out about a mile from the shore |
aud was out over two Mills IL vas pleasant and |
bright when | struck and tho water was AS smooth |
as floor. Had the wind not been OH shore the con-
sequences might have been serious but then had IL
not been | should not have been III there. The
life Saving crew came to my aid promptly. l |
asked for a tug boat They said there was none in
tho immediate vicinity but they would send for
one. | then asked them to help me get out an
anchor. They rowed ashore, but said they would
return in the morning. and help NE with the anchor
Ii was then 4 2. m. ! told them woild be on Dy
hat time and got ont my own anchor. by man
Deuyring the engine and heaving on the anchor
got od at O'CLOCK this morning The Life Saving
81 ition had hoistei signal before struck .that
was standing into danger. but 1t being slgnai
peculiar to TIE SERVICE j did not undertaking ~
would have been o herwise. My crew consists OF
twenty five men. Only one suffered to any extent