New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-11
AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA.
EXCITING EXPERIENCES OF THE SAILORS
CoAsrwIsE STEAMERS BEGIN TO ARRIvE-
CAPTAIN REYNOLDS TELLS HOW THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON BEHAVED.

CITY OF WASHINGTON BEHAVED.
Tho first Of tho overdue Coast-wise steamships
to arrive yesterday was the City of Washington Of
the New-York and Cuba Line. Captain Reynolds
long experience as commander of vessels in the
coastwise trade availed him we'll, for he knew
how to make the best of tile weather for the
safety Of his vessel and the comfort Of his pas
sengers. The steamship Panama, of the Spanish
Transatlantic Company, which is running in
competition with the American line, sailed from
Havana six hours ahead Of the City OF Washing
ton, but had not arrived here at sundown last
night. Captain Reynolds said to a Tribune
reporter
never knew It TO blow harder, and have been in
some Of the heaviest OF weather northeaster will blow
Itself out; 80, too will Northwestern but when you &C:
a gale directly from the north II hangs like grim
death The latter Il what had OF the coast for three
or four days We caught It FIRST of Charleston "
Saturday, and It suck nasty dirty sea, that I
concluded TO haul In soundings On Sunday morning
/ hauled the ship out OF the Gulf Stream, weH
doing very lItde than bobb!ng up and down and
taking great heavy seas over US and about p. NJ on
Sunday in eighteen fahoms OF water between Cape Look
out and Frying Pan Shoals / concluded stop the
engines. The wind was blowing with such grca: forco
that We lay to without any canvas. At first the sea
humped hard under the counter, let little nShoi
out and then she laid to the sea as easy as a duck
then went ahead Cape Hattcras, which
We passed at midnight. We made better weather. but
the wind blow north till we reached
Sandy Hook, but did lose much as rope. yarn
The Clyde steamer Iroquos and the Chatta-
hoochec, of the Ocean Line, suffered more than
other steamers so far as heard from. The IrOquois
caught the bad weather about forty miles south
east Of Bodies Island on Saturday, and il was
such tempest that the vessel was hOvc-to for sey-
era hours. The first heavy sea 10 board the vessel
was on Saturday morning. 1t came over on the
Starboard side, giving the vessel such shock that
nearly all Of the passengers were thrown from their
feet 70 the deck. Seya raj seas bOared the vessel
during the day and night, and about noon on Sun
day one broke on the Starboard side, smashing in
the joiner work Of the social hall and dooding the
saloon. Two Of the staterOoms were also partly
demolished, and the passengers were not only
badly scared but several OF them were injured
more or loss. The st"arinG gear also became
slightly deranged, but was repaired without much
delay
The Chattahoochae met the storm about fifty
miles southeast Of Cape ltattcraS. About a. m
Saturday she passed within few hundred fc't OF
large watorspOut GA the same dav lnvi
hailstcrm occurred, tho halstoneS b"ing about an
inch In diameter upOu the authority OF the cap
tain The storm was so frightful that the va ssr
was hovc-to for sixteen hours. during which heavy
seas broke over on the port side. stove IN the cabin
bulwHrlIS tOrc away the cabin furniture, and did
other damage. The passengers could neither lie
IN their hunks nor sit In the cabin. Two Of the
women passengers were injured, and one Of the
mon also received severe injuries. Two disabled
STEAMERS were passed, and the Winter Quarters
ShOal Lightship was seen adrift
The steamer FL Dorado, Of the Morgan Line.
cancht the storm off Cape Hattcrns about s p. m.
Saturday. The captain said IL wns a viol Mt bu RI
cane, with very high sens Severe seas bon ri ad
the ship, broke the windows OF the upp,r-dccll
houses, sInPShed in the mdThip house. aud forward
and aft pilot-hOuses and two of the officers
staterooms. Olsen Anderson ~pe Of the sailors,
was swept across the ship and had his collar-bone
broken He was sent TO the Marine Hospital on
Staten Island