The morning news., 1889-04-11
TWO DAYS IN A STORM.
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA IN TER
RIFIC GALE.

hIFIC GALE.
| AN abandoned Bark Picked Up Off
Cape Roman and Towed Into Port
The Steamers Bulwarks Carried
Away, and Her Cabin Windows
Smashed In-Oh Over the Ships Sides
Enables Her to Withstand the Storm
Experience of the Passengers.
The steamship City of Augusta arrived
at her dock at o'clock yesterday morning
forty-eight hours overdue, having encount-
cred one of the most terrific gales that has
ever been experienced on the coast. The
vessels bulwark gates were smashed in and
several of her cabin windows were broken
All Of her starboard upper works were
carried away, including her rail and bull
warks. The forward house was set in half
a foot by a tremendous sea which swept
over her.
The vessel was hove to for fourteen hours,
and at one time was on Ter beam ends, the
main saloon being three feet under water.
w bile she lay to Capt. Catharine usei oil
over the ships side with gratifying effect,
and she was enabled to ride out the storm.
The steamship company has provided
all of its vessels with oil, and is experiment
ing as to its usefulness in heavy gales.
Thus far it is meeting with satisfactory re-
suits
The Augusta had in tow the dismantled
German bark Albatross, which was picked
up about $50 miles northeast Of this port.
A TERRIFIC STORM,
Capt. Catharine was seen, bat he was as
cautious rs he is courteous, and was not
inclined to say much about the storm. 81
believe it was the severest of the season"
he said "but we rode it out with little
trouble"
The Augusta was in the storm forty
eight hours. For uhirty-six hours the wind
blew eighty miles an hour. She encountered
the first gale about midnight Saturday.
Sunday afternoon the vessel was hove to
and did not move until the next day. Mon
day night toward mldni ght the storm was
over. 1t was encountered in latitude 39',
and the vessel was in latitude 80 when it
ceased.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
There were only nine Passengers on
board. One of them was seen at the
Pulaski last night.
''It was the toughest gale that was ever
in" he said. my friend and l occupied
rooms near the main cabin, and during the
severest hours of the gale the bulwarks
were burst in aud forced us out of our
room. We secured rooms in another portion
Of the ship and remained there during the
storm without g wink of sleep. We left
New York about 80 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon. About midnight we were
aroused by an uncomfortable jostliug about
in our lOerths. Toward day the passengers
found it difficult to secure themselves from
being thrown from one side of the vessel to
the other, and there was general holding
on to something. Ill day Sunday we were
kept n our berths Sunday night we passed
through the same experience and Monday
the snip tossed on the waves like cork
The passengers we're confident that the cap
tain would bring them out all right and
dom believe there was scared man on the
ship"
THE AUGUSTUS PRIZE.
About 14O miles from Savannah and
thirty miles east of Cape Ro-
main, the steamer sighted the aban-
doned German bark Albatross. The YES
sol was unrigged and was slightly
damaged. The Augusta brought the bark
in, and reached Tybee roads at 12:30 O'clock
yesterday morning. She anchored for the
purpose of securing the bark alongside, and
afterward hove up anchor and came up to
the city.
The Albatross was being towed to Norfolk
from Wilmington by the tug Alexander
Jones, which left Southport Saturday. The
tug put back and reported that the Alba
tross broke adrift during a hurricane at
The steamer State of Texas, from New
York to Brunswick, picked up the
bark's crew off Frying Pan shoals
A store Of provisions was found in the AL
batross and the clothing of the crew was
scattered about in the cabin. There was
evidence of hasty abandonment of the
vessel.
THE JUNIATA STILL OUT.
The Juniata which was due here from
Philadelphia Tuesday morning, had not ar
rived up to o'clock this morning and had
not been sighted at Tybee, but it is very
probable that she will come up on this
mornings tide. She did not leave Phila-
delphia until Saturday at o'clock p. m.,
and it is thought likely that Capt. Christie
| anchored in the bay that night on account
of the gale, and passed out from the break
water after the storm was over The Ju-
niata being freight ship there was no
necessity for pushing her.