The Portland daily press., 1890-02-03
BROUGHT THE OCEAN IN WITH HER
After Many IN ours Spent In the At
tempt to Get Started.
Exciting Scenes on the Winter Sea
Reported at Halifax.
Icebergs Resembling Mountains and
Prairles of Field Ice.
rspecial to the Press. I

HALIFAX, N. S., February 2.-Steamer
Colina. Capt Jennings, of the Donaldson
line, arrived yesterday from Glasgow. She
left the latter port Il days ago and ex-
perienced bad weather. Shortly after leav-
ing, fierce gale was experienced, the waves
breaking over the ships deck. When seven
days out, regular hurricane was encounter
ed during which the steamers boats were
smashed.
Steamer Mineola, of Liverpool. Captain
Evans, from Hamburg, January 11th via
Queenstown. 10 days froml the latter port,
bound to Philadelphia. arrived on Saturday
afternoon short of COAL She encountered
heavy weather. Three Of the gales were
perfect hurricanes aud in one the barometer
fell below % degrees. January Goth In lati-
tude 44o "a, longitude 48o 28', she spoke the
bark Meteor Of Greenock from Cards for
ST. Johns, N. f. At the same time and
three quarters Of mile long, visible IA miles
off. Another berg eight miles north was
seen the same longitude. The steamer
lost her port life boat. and stove the upper
bridge. She has cargo Of 2S00 tons Of
The Dominion line steamer Washington
City, Caut. Randall, from Hamburg, Jan.
8, via Portland, Eng 25 days from the latter
port, put in at Portland short Of coal. On
the fist IL days out she met heavy northwest
gales, In which she smashed one boat and
had minor damage done. After the weather
moderated, the steamer got into field
ice and remained in it three days
and four nights. Several icebergs were seen.
When the steamer ran short OF coal she bore
for Sydney, but met as much Ice on the Cape
Breton coast, and proceeded for this port
Drift ice was encountered from Canso to
Beaver Island light. The Washington City
has cargo ofI2600 tons of sugar. The Dom
aldson linei steamer Circe, Capt. Creighton,
the steamer Ocean, Capt. Voge, from Rotter-
dam for New York, whose supply Of coal had
run out, has arrived Capt. Creighton of the
Circe reports that he left Glasgow ON the 18th
ult. for Baltimore with general cargo. Tre-
mendous weather was experienced all the
way. The deck was swept and ventilators
lost. Two b3ats and the deck were damag-
ed. The captein states 1t was the werst
weather over experienced. Field ice was
found east of the Banks, and he ran 120
miles south to clear 1t. On tho 29th at pm
he sighted steamer. showing signals short
of coal and wanting provisions" She prov
ed to be the Ocean. A boat put out and after
nine hours succeeded in passing two lines.
The Circe then commenced towing but both
tow lines, each a five inch wire hawser,
parted. twas blowing strong breeze
w. NV, with heavy sea. The boat put
out again and took hawser from the
Ocean, and at o'clock on the morning of the
3oth. they started again. At 4.30 the tow line
parted. The sea was running high at the
time and nothing could be done, so they con-
cluded to lay by until it moderated. After
five hours heavy work they got another
hawser passed at pm. Before the Circe took
the ship in tow, she sent her boat load of
provisions. On the 1st inst, they got an
other hawser fioated to the ship. Everything
went well until 10 o'clock Saturday night,
when the starboard hawser parted. After
that, the Circe towed the disabled steamer
with one hawser to this port, total distance
of 349 miles, which occupied four days and
two hurrs:- fss-ssrrcc-safis<smo morrow, after
taking coal. Capt. Voge of the.-an -an:eap re-
ports that he left Rotterdam, january @5sal
for New York. He had terrible weather
throughout the whole run. He states that
he never saw such continued heavy weather
In all his experience. Large quantities of
Ice were seen near the Banks. The Ocean
is OF 1872 tons register and is employed to car
~ oil in bulk between Rotterdam and New
York. The question Of salvage between the
steamers will be settled by arbitration.