The morning news., 1888-12-20
TOSSED BY THE WAVES.
SAVANNAH STEAMERS IN A STORM
OFF HATTERAS.

OFF HATTERAS.
The Chattahoochee Arrives Thirty-six
Eours Late, Having Been Forty
Hours in a Ga1e-The Johns hopkins
Twenty-Four Hours Late-Her Bull
warks Stove in and One Passenger
Injured-The Juniata Still Out-The
storm Next to the November Hurri-
cane in Violence-Stories Of the Pas
sengers.
The New York steamship Chattahoochee
arrived at her wharf at 9 O'Clock last night
-thirty-six hours overdue, having encoun-
tered terrific storm off Cape Hatteras,
which lasted forty hours. The vessel came
through, though, without scratch Her
bulwark gates were secured during the
storm, and prevented any damage.
The Baltimore steamship Johns Hopkins
arrived at her wharf at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning twenty-four hours late. She en-
countered the storm on Sunday, the second
day of her trip. The gale was q south
easter and the steamer was in the teeth of
it during the whole time it was
raging. During the soverest part
of the storm, which was Monday
night lDS DQlhdTA EdltS Ol LUc ldl OJdl VI
side were broken in and one of the psSSeng-
ers was thrown against the railingS and
severely bruised about the face and mead.
THE PASSENGERS SHAKEN Up.
There were seventeen passengers on board
and the most of them were ladies. Among
the latter were Mrs. J. II. Grover and Mrs.
Semmes a niece of Admiral Semmes and
Miss Semmes of Cumberland, Nd, V no are
en- route to Florida to spend the
cas1 hot tha
terrific one. They expressed their adncTa-
tion Of the manner in which Capt. Foster
handled the vessel. Mr.. J. F. Cooper
Myers who is now representing S. p. Shot
ter 6, Co, north, was also passenger on
the Johns HOPKINS He said that the gale
was heavy one, and the barometer wen
lower than Capt. Foster had ever known it.
1--WE left Baltimore he said, 'about $3.50
D. M Saturday. Twenty-four hou later,
of Cape Hatteras, we encountered the
storm and were in 1t until Tuesday morn
ing The gale was severest Monday night.
The waves broke over the bulwarks and
flooded the decks. The water was about
six inches deep on deck, and had to be
bailed out OF the cabins. The carpets were
all taken up.
HURLED ACROSS THE CABIN.
''One of the passengers was asleep on a
sofa, and when tie vessel gave lurch he
was thrown across the cabin on bis face and
severely bruised. HIS nose, forehead and
lips were badly gashed and cut. a little girl
was sleeping on a pallet made on the floor,
and when the heavy waves struck the vessel
they entered the cabin and washei over her.
The ladies on board were very much fright
ened. As we came up the river they all
said that they prayed during the intervals
of the sea sickness" The vessel made only
about 100 miles in the thirty-six hours
while the storm was in progress
THE CHATTAHooCHEE's VOYAGE.
Capt. Dagge,t was seen last night by a
MORNING News reporter, to whom the
captain stated that the gales through which
the C3attahoochee had passed were almost
as severe as that which sic encountered
in November. The Chattahoochee left
New York Saturday afternoon and
had pleasant weather up to
Sunday night when it became threatening
The clouds were overcast and it was APP
parent that storm was brewing. The
barometer began to fall rapidly, and by
Monday morning heavy gale set in tAe
wind coming in from the southward and
shifting around to southwest and
back again. The weather con-
tinued heavy throughout Monday
and the ship was hove to for eighteen hours
with her head to the sea. After that she
made very slow progress against the terrific
head winds. Quantitei of water were
shipped on deck, put the vessel behaved ad-
rnlrdDly, ana no damage resulted.
GREW TO HURRICANE.
By 4 o'clock Monday afternoon the
weather had resolved itself into a terrific
hurricance. The vessel was tLeu
between Capes Hatteras and Lookout
The wind blew from the westward, veering
around from south to west All that night
heavy westerly gales continued. Tuesday
morning the storm began to moderate
Between Hatteras and Lookout the Chatta-
4.
Line steamer, and parted with her
Monday noon. She was also IL COM
pany with the Juniata until O'Clock Mon
day aftern aOn, when the Chattahoochee left
her. The Juniata was then apparently all
right and will be more than likely to get in
this morning.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
Mr.. B. P. Valentine OF Flushing N. Y,
who is en- route to Florida. was among the
passengers on the Chattab oochee.
''We left New York on Saturday" he
said, sat $50 o'clock, and encounter ell the
storm about midnight Sunday, Off Della
ware Breakwater. 1t was a soutAeaster and
the steamer had to keep head to the wind
We were in the gale until Tuesday morn
ing. IL was severest Monday night, throw
ing passengers out of their berths, and MAX
ing everybody uncomfort ble. 1t was the
most terrific storm that ever was in. One
of the passe gers, who had made several
voyages, pronounced it the most severe that
he had ever seen. During the wor t
stages of the gale, the waves broke
and dashed over the deck, causing consider
able alarm among those passengers VINO
were up. The freight shifted about as the
steamer lurched and two carriage horses
on their way to Thomasville were severely
injured.
CONFIDENCE IN THE CAPTAIN.
Although the alarm among the passenger
was great they were very com nosed a d
seemed to place every confidence in the
captain. We made in the thirty-sx
hours that we were in the
storm only about sixty miles.
When the gale broke we beaded toward
shore, and found Frying Pan Hghtship
about z o'clock Tuesday morning. From
there to Savannah we had pleasant trip,
although there was head wind ali the
way"
AT THE THEATER.