Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-09
SALT LAKE TO NEW YORK,
A Rough Time on the Water; Soas
Exciting Sccaes.
LAST PAPER.l

| Correspondence Of the DISSENT NEws
At the close Of my fourth paper I
had jus. reached the scenes to be
found In q few parts Of the Dismal
Swamp Of Virginia Arriving At
Norfolk. We discovered IL to be q
flourishing city, growing apace, and
one Of the largest cotton ports In the
world. 1t is in the way Of possess
ing Of natural advantages, by far the
foremost southern harbor on the At
lantic coast. The immense coal
beds Of Virginia that find outlets to
the sea board at Norfolk and New
port News seem to be destined at no
distant date to make these ports the
great coaling stations of the eastern
side Of the continent. Geographi-
cally, Norfolk Is situated twelve
miles from Fortress Monroe, on an
arm Of the Chesapeake Bay, and
known as the Elizabeth River.
Our train was late, but arrived at
the Old Dominion steamship dock
just In time to board the Roanoke,
before her time was up for lifting
anchor and setting sails to the wind.
Some time after being assigned our
berths, the large plank platform
which SPAWNED from the warehouse
to the steamer wss removed, and We
were OF. The Roanoke IL named
after the historical Roanoke leland,
on the shores Of which the first white
child is supposed TO have been born
| in America.
We had previously passed many
pleasant hours, but this part Of our
pilgrimage was anything but well
come; for perhaps no more gloomy
a crowd could have been selected
thon thato n theRodnoke. Fnraperiod
of sixty hours, We encountered prob
ably one Of the most severe equin.
octial storms ever experienced on
the Old Dominion steamship line
between Norfolk, Va, and New
York City. We Joined the vessel
on Monday afternoon, September
18th, expecting to reach New Yors
on the next afternoon or evening,
twenty-fcur hours being the usual
time TO make the voyage. But alas!
IL seemed that no such luck was in
store for us. The wind and waves
were so high on Monday evening
that the captain said he would not
risk his life by going out TO sea- We
ate supper, talked upon various top
irs. and Mt last retired 10 ur respec-
tive "rooms.''
On awaking early next morning
some Of their company LEFT their
hunks and made for the little win
dow, to See what the Atlantic looked
like. We were not then quite out
Of sight Of laud, for those who were
able to get up, could plainly distin-
guish Old Point Comfort. Soon the
land appeared as far OF rs the sky,
for neither could be seen. The
waves rolled almost mountain
high" Our position appeared TO be
a helpless one as the waves dashed
fiereely against the ship.
The following statement is from
the official organ ofthe southern sea-
ports. commencing Saturday
afternoon, with wind varying
from northwest to northeast there
has been such a storm rs has not
been experienced here in the last
twelve years, accompanied by n
wind of sixty-five miles an hour at
Cape Henry, and rain without in
Permission. The tide yesterday and
today flooded all the low places In
the city and some OF the wharves."
To say the least, the storm was
terrific. Along the very line We
were then sailing in, and in fact, all |
around us, ships were torn asunder |
and crews went TO the bottom of |
the sea. The coal laden schooner
Hattie Perry, went ashore one mile |
south OF the Cape Henry lif--saving
station, was broken in two,
and Immediately went to pieces. |
The schooners benjamin r. Pool,
n large ocean storm tug. the Storm |
kng, and many other vessels shared |
a like fate. Occasionally some Of |
our passengers became anxisus &c
land, and in such a case our
captain would hail the first re-
turning ship and transfer them. We
exchanged" passengers several
times.
A most impressive incident came
under our observation. The schoon-
er Ocedaus and crew Of six, which /
left Fort Jefferson, l.. L., the pre-
vious Saturday in command of
Captain J. b. Young (her owner,
would assure lily have had a watery
grave had not immediate help been
rendered them. They had given
the signal OF distress (which Is the
American flag upside down., were
espied by passing vessel and hailed
10 go to 1t, as the captain OF the lat
ter feared TO venture closer. Tue
tx brave seamen knew that this
was their only chance and there
lore hustled into small life-bost
which they cut loose from the side
,f their sinking schooner, ami
owed toward the waiting vessel,
which they reached in siiety; but
not n man who stood on deck had
that they would complete
he trip. A short time alter the res
;ue the Inflated schooner sank, and
With IL 400 tons Of coal.
In a conversation / had with ,
Captain Young afterwards, Utah ,
md her people was the main topic.
The captain Is literal minded ,
nan and felt friendly towards the
'Mormons." He said he was always
pen TO conviction and would con- /,
Iemn no man, or set of men, with. ;
ut cause.
AT length the Roanoke landed her
crew, and the rescued
nen at New York, and q happy
rowd We were on once again being
bic to set our feet on terra frna. 9
n less than an hour after our land !
ng the eight representatives Of Utah
7ere in various parts OF the great U
american city. Some were 10 re- !
lain there, some were going to
Philadelphia, and one to Cornell Z
University, where he now is. =
DYoLL. u
The MinstrelS. I