The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-26
THE RAGING DEEP.
EXPERIENCES OF A STEAMSHIP ON
TIE ATLANTIC.
Effect of Shipping II Monstrous Wave
Five Passengers Knocked SenseIess and
bleeding -Resening Ship
WI, tkel Crew.

New YoRE, Jaa. 26.-The Hamburg
American packet-steamer Suev:t arrived
Friday, incased in leo from stem to stern,
ani her starboard deck covered with tar
pauiin- cloths The deck under tile cloths
was a mass Cf wreckage. The steamer had
been through the toughest and most adj
venturous voyage she has made since
she has been afoat, and it will cost
good deal of money to put her in ship
shape order again. The steamer had Is cabin
and l76 storage passengers aboard, and a
big cargo Of miscellaneous merchandise in
the hold She struck bad weather almost
Immediately after she left port, and the pas
sengers had a rough time of it. Sunday
morning half dozen cabin passengers were
in the smoking-room watching the terrific
| gale when wave that looked twice
as big as the most tremendous
of its predecessors struck the steamer
| on the starboarl. 1t fell as
| if 50 much solid iron had been hurled at the
vessel The wave smashed all the starboard-
| deck doors to flinders in an instant The
| skylight of the engine-room was wrecked
| and deluge of water poured into the cabins
and rushed down all the staircases. The
| smokers were knocked down as if struck by
tornado, and five Of them were washed olt
On the deck like logs of wood. The kitchen
was destroyed and the cook and steward
| knocked sensaless
When the wave receded the officers and
crew hurried forward to study the damage
Five of the passengers were found jammeC
against the side of the smoking-cabm, sense
less and bleeding The ships doctor dressel
| !. ftsy,f,
atioat. The balustrade of the saloon wa
torn from its fastening, and th
floor of tie boiler-room was covered
with water Twisted bits of iron, shat
tered plate-glass, and splintered wood worl
were scattered everywhere The creV
nailed rough boards over the broken door
and stretched tarpaulins over the wrecket
skyight The storm lasted until Monda.
afternoon.
Ats o'clock in tie morning of We(lneS
day following the lookout shouted that II
saw flaming torches through the darkness
They were signals Of distress. Capt
Franz4n bore down toward ther
till he made out the outlln
If a dismantlel fishing schooner
| The life boat was lowered in jiffV. Eigh
sailor, and the coxswaln leapel into it an
lmtied tor the wre k Eleven hali-troze
sailors stood Epon the deck of the wreck an
shouted for joy as the boat saot mp alongsid
r The wreck proved TO be that Of a Gloucestt
fishing schooner Eleven members of Il
crew were safely rescued, but in a
exhausted condition. The schooner WI
wrecked by the same storm th'
damaged the Suevia. One man, Pet
Treasher, went overheard with the wreckas
and vas lost. The remaining eleven cluI
to the wreck for three days and nights wit
out food or water. Two steamers lasSt
hem without paying any attention to the
gnals of distress, AMI they had given up 6
= hope of rescue when the lights of the Suev
were seen bearing down upon them, II
rescued men We're kindly carei for by t
officers of tie Suevia, and they We're fe
warded to their homes in Gloucester, Ma