New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-21
SWEPT BY WtND AND WAVE.
ROUGH VOYAGE OF THE MiNEoLA.
DAMAGE DOME ~ SEA AND sroRM-vEssEIs
pr1Ayru NJ ADVERSE WEATHER.

DAMAGE DOME ~ SEA AND sroRM-vEssEIs
DELAYED n ADVERSE WEATHER.
While Wild storms cpd hurricanes have been
making themselves obnoxious In the North At
lsntic, the South Atlantic has been as calm as
mill-pohd, and sn ships taking the southern
passage or coming up from the tropics report
light airs and calms But circular storms have
been playing havoc on The dreary waste OF water
to the northward, and thick storm-blown logs are
lowering on the Grand Banks Of Newfoundiand
and the wreck-strewn shores OF Sable Island. Inc
steamship Mineola, Of the Arrow Line. which HlS
Dundee on October 8, arrived at the bar az
o'clock yesterday morning with tale OF despeE-
ate seuRgle with winds and seas, and long run
through thick fog She carried freight and three
passengers. Throughout the voyage sne en-
countered stfops southwest or northwest gales
Al she approached the Grand Banks, she en-
tered dense fog and for thirty hours it was almost
impossible to zee the ships length. On October
Ie, TIE ship being then in latitude Al degrees,
longitude sB, she encountered gale which went
IN to box the compass and blew first from one
quarter and then another. The result was
tremendous GROSS sea, which shook the ship IN It's
grasp as II 1t were a playthng. Great waves
boarded the Ship mostly In the starboard quarter
but when that was not handy, crashing down on
her decks with tons Of seething water from almost
any direction.
For eighteen hours the wind 'and sea ragged
with fury TINT threatened to send the vessci 10
the bottom. The matches were battened down. ana
the ship hove to for ten hours. The storm DeGan
In earnest on the night Of October H. and morning
broke over an angry sea, that grew stronger every
minute as the bowling tempest increased
Tho starboard lifeboat was smashed into kindling
wood by n Qreat green sea that came curling over
the quarter and In order TO eaualiEe things another
sea cane crashing aboard and carried away ninety
feet of the port bulwarks The sailors couiu
not stay ON the spardeck, and were gathered To-
pether on the turtleback amidships The DELL
ON the foreeastle was swept away. the compass
on the bridge was smashed, and the Dridge wea'her
cloth went sailing away In ribbons. oKyhshos
and gratings were stove In. and the enRlhe-room
flooded. The fremon had hard Time OIL L.
when not ON duty in the freroom. they slept in
the covered allcyways under the mldship 'ur''e
h,ck the doors to which were bolted. They
could not come on deck for fresh air, they would
have been swept overheard had they done So
An o,temnt was made to set some canvas to steady
the shin. hut the sails were blown from the bolt
ropcs almost Immediately After eighteen hours OF
this sort of thing the storm abated, and the snip
commander. Captain Evans, put her on her course
for Ncw-York. -, 4,
There ore two other ships whose arrival Is
onxiouslv awaited, which are delayed. it is sup
posed, by the storm, the new North German Loya
steamer Spree, and the National Line steamer
France. The Spree is on her maiden voyage anu
was expected to arrive Sunday The France Is d
National Line steamer and left London on oc'o-
her l. She generally makes the passage IN hi.eeil
davs She has on board Captain A. D. iiadiey
and EIGHTEEN men in her crew. The six perform
ing lions which were to have appeared IN the
spectacular drama of Nero" last night are pas
senrers on board Of her, as is also .another peg
in the g,ea. boathOgnd s Ind ans She Tdo
IT, Eronce hos sometimes been out as long as
this. this but her agents beginning to be a. trs has
anxious. 1t is thought, however, that sne mas mas
in e, all tight right, lions and all The France is ship
Of 2,42S tons, and is employed almost en- en'1re,y r
as freight steamer between tIhs poF' anu hoh-