The sun., 1890-01-22
Fears that the Erin has
Foundered.
WRECKAGE AND DEAD CATTLE.
Seas Come Down the CataIOnia'S Fun.
ReIS and QuenCh the Fires.

Seventy Soula Aboard the Erin-The
Servia Three Days Overdue Horo-LA
GAscoEne and the Innan BoAt In IL.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 21.-The steamship
Catalonia, from Boston, reports her awful ex-
periences in succession OF tremendous seas.
She suffered serious damage. and the officers
say that 1t was a wonder she weathered 1t.
Last Saturday afternoon she steamed through
an immense mass Of wreckage Of a steamer.
The carcasses fifty cattle were floating about
1t is feared that some cattle steamer foundored
in the late heavy gale. Tho National Line
steamer Greece. Capt. jeffrey. which arrived
in the Thames to-day from New York. reports
that she saw nothing on the passage Of the
same lines cattle steamer Erin. Capt Tyson,
which sailed from New York Doc. 2s for Lon
don, and which has not yet arrived. 1t is feared
that the Erin is lost.
On the latter part OF her voyage the Catalonia
had hurricane. which lasted twenty hours.
and was accompanied by snow storms. The
storm eliminated at 8 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. The Catalonia's davits were twisted like
wires. and she lost four boats. Her bridge
ventilators. bulwarks, and deck houses were
badly battered. The, seas entered the
tunnels and Quenohed seven fires and
flooded tho intermediate cabin. Several
seamen and two STORAGE passengers were in
jured. steam pipe burst, the explosion kill
ing Firemen Calvin. Fear and Jones, who were
asleep in the forecastle. A fourth fireman.
named Fadlegh. was fearfully scalded. The
passengers say they never hoped to see land
again. They praise Capt. Atkins for his con-
duct during the storm.
The steamship Gallia from New York sight
ed a steamer bound east with only one mast
standing. but could not make out her name.
She was thought to be Of the Johnston line.
The Gallia lost FIVE boats, her saloon bulk
heads were stove in. and the staterooms were
flooded several feet deep. The engine room
skyliRht was burst In. and the sea nearly
swamped the machinery. Several iron stanch-
ions were carried away. Ventilators were
smashed. her mainmast and foreyard were
sprung. and the fore hatch was burst open.
The crew suffered great hardships, some mar
rowly escaped being washed overheard. Near
ly all the damage was done on Saturday morn
ing when 1t blew hurricane.
Capt. Murphy of the Gallia says that the
weather was the worst he ever experienced
On Friday last tremendous seas were shipped
which flooded the staterooms. Many OF the
occupants OF the rooms were asleep at the
time. and the sudden entrance OF the water
awoke them and caused panic. Her port
rail and part Of her starboard rail were carried
away. Five lifeboats were smashed. some Of
the davits were snapped Off, and others wore
twisted. and the steamer was much battered
generally.
Other steamers report awful weather on the
Atlantic. some Of them sustained much dam
age. A telegram from Moville reports that the
steamship Deerholme, from Liverpool to New
York. being twenty-five days at sea- had her
boats stove. sails split, and decks swept. She
was forced to put back to Moville.
1t Is regarded here as extremely probable
that the steamship that has succumbed to the
unexampled fury OF the January gales is the
National liner Erin. She was twenty-four
days out from New York yesterday. and had
not been spoken. She had deck load OF cat
tie in pens and a general cargo. including cot
ton. below decks. She carried no passengers.
She was commanded by Capt. Tyson. and had
q crew Of sixty or seventy men and about If
teen cattle men. She was one Of the swiftest
and stanchest Of the older vessels Of tho Ma
tional line.
Mr.. Frank W. ]. Hurst. the lines agent here
was sick in bed when reporter called at his
house last night to tell him Of the probable loss
OF the Erin. He sent down word that he be-
lieved that she was aloat. but had probably
broken down. disabled steamship would
seas that smashed the boats and rails and
flooded ne tH 9HtatfsrGoms frf% OF the GalIia The
same time on a voyage, about fourteen days in
summer and from fifteen to eighteen In winter.
The Greece left here six days after the Erin.
The Erin was once patroniZed. as a passen-
ger ship. by folks who now, cross the seas on
the palatial craft OF the !stxiday lines; She was
0q OF aeo when ~ ouTt dey b3S
considered something OF flyer; She has been
carrying cattle and other freight almost ex-
occasionally brought immigrants hero. She
was bark -rigged. was 4l6 feet long Al feet
tons, % gross, and 1910 net. She had one COM
pound engine and three boilers. She was orig
i1ay S%Sr VeTe Ru
Another OF the National Line shlps. the
Egypt, is overdue at this port FIVE days. She
has steersEe passengers. she LEFT London on
The weather on tho North Atlantic. always
sys so this Year. - The Hydrosrap6ic Once cannot
recall anything like IT, and the ship captains
unanimously pronounce y the worst they have
has been bowling of theB Banks OF Newfoundland
for the last five weeks. The nature and origin
essay, by the Hydrographc Ohice in Its next
report d,smostad stsamsb,n sean bv tba Go,lio
floating heIplessly In the high seas was, II
she belonged to the Johnston line. either the
tR9 or te
more ON Dec 2S. and the Rossmore on Jan. II.
Both are, good-sized ships. and carry freight
~ The g. Baltimore is only 800 feet long, so It
seems more likely that the dlsmasted ship is
tho Rossmore. as an Atlantic captain would
not be apt to call a 800 foot boat largo ship,
Among the feet long 90 0veJdpe MhT at this port Is
i,I87 ions, Capt. Mckenzie, which sailed from
Hamburg on Dec. 10 and English ports few
days later. She passed the Isle OF Wight bound
here on Dec rs. and is therefore twenty eight
days out
The City Of Chester OF the Inmen line tenn
porarily In command Of Capt Arthur W. Lewis
OF the CITY Of New York. spent three days moro
than usual battling with wind and seR. Capt
Lewis is a veteran but says he never saw any
thing like 1t, For two days, east OF the Banks
there was six inches OF Ice on the promenade
cIined tho Captains Invitation to come on deck
and take picture OF the crystal Tigged ship
The French line steamship La GascoRne
took a course more southerly than usual. and
made the longest voyage that Capt. Santelli
ever recorded, She was: two days late; Capt.
Nothing was heard from the Servia of the
Cunard line last night. In ordinary winter
about seven days. She is three days late. Hor