New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-30
PANDEMONIUM IN THE GALE.
VESSELS DISMANTLED BY THE STORM


PASSENGERS on THE SPAARNDAM HufsLf>D
AGAINST A HOT RADIATOR.
Tho storm which tried to be blizzard as II s"ept
over New-York on Friday went out 10 sea after us
work done in Mr. Eeatte's department. an"
caught the great transatlantic liners coming GOWN U
coast from the Banks. All vessels WHICH cS'ho
in yesterday had tales to tell OF the fierce gales anu
laundering which impeded their prog'es' anu
tossed them about like playthings.
Captain Boyer. OF the steamship Spaarndah' vi u0
Netherlands American line, from Rotterdam, reports
that on December - his ship encountered heaNy
gale accompanied by tremendous seas. Inc VIII"
blew with such force and the seas we're so msh 'ha'
ne hove the ship 10, and for six hours lad WIFI 'o
vessels head 10 the wind, while great seas swept the
deck from stem TO stern. The steamer rOilea anu
pitched Iaboring heavily and Sleet and rain driven
across the sea binding squalls made 1t Impossible
for the officers to do than keep the veSseiS
head to the sea and hold Oh, praying for
An abatement of the storm. None OF the
passengers could come on deck. The 20 stecraeo
passengers in an agony Of terror. were gathered III
the steerage crowded about a steam radiator for it
was bitterly cold. The cabin passengers IN tho
saloon waited they knew not what as the ship rolled
and pitched as if every plunge would carry her down
into the lev waters one great mrch that the steamer
gave sent every from his feet and dashed twenty
peope in the Storage against the hot radiator with
a force which broke bones and dslocated limbs
The cries of the injured. the roar OF the waves
and winds, all mingled in pandemonum OK SOUNDS III
which the hoarse shouts Of the officers deck giving
commands and fighting for the life of the ship and
~ the Messengers committed to their charge. were
drovn.d soon after the ship hOvetO her mani
and mlzzen tOpmasts went by the board hiter Dix
hours the storm moderated, and the steamer was aDe
TO proceed her course.
When she arrived here yesterday she presented
storm tossed and bcdragged appearance. Her ISht-
I and mi
ma,ts gone and her standing and running rggn:
| twisted AS if it had been put through ropswak.
| The names of those most severely injured
hv hcinC thrown against the steeragc radiator weio
| Rcbecca soomenson, Pauline Soomenson, Israel Sol
| omcnson and MaSse Coey. Israel Solomenson SUD
fered fracture of the colarbone. and Pauline 500,
| menson had her arm broken The otherS suS'di"e"
| severe bruises and contusons.
The North German Lloyd steamship AlIer came III
Yesterday from Bremen badly battered by the storm
She had encountered Her stanchness ana sea"oru'i.
ness stood her good stead, and she was not ophseu
TO lie to during the storm. 1t caught hcr luSo poio
IN, Grand Banks on the day after Christmas ana sho
ploughed and forced her way through great seas anu
high winds until she ran out Of the storm Two-thru'
-, .,, rtire cr,ckerv ON board the ship smashed
hy nor nitching and rolling, and stoker VINO I'M
| nr,dcntIv went on deck wa, washed overheard ana
drowned. 49,
The steamship wcrkendam came into port from
/ Amsterdam yesterday after hard voyage H'e was
struck by the storm the same time a. tne o,ie
,c..cs storage passenger naInh stNol7t ho>" We"
iniu>d by being thrown down by the rolilne am u
piichlng Of the ship. FOR some reaIon rne mn NM III vas
td,vit that he was not injured much ana tha II vas
mn, IN. company, fault that -hc was injured ~ an,
The bark It Catherine. which put 10 >G'' from u'
MORT an December - encountered the gaze on HStut
tot' @ .br va, TOO far south - get the fuI lOT,o
Of H. bat got enough to carry away her ha sbe
main tnug.,llaut topma,t and mizzen topla>t' nnG
,,., :, 40 mile, ga Of sandy Hook when the Ee
rnr r,iuiuc from the northeast. leStcruas uc e ~,
} -, r.tttr med
nrocccf ing on her voyage to Melbourne. r.. .ho chin
ru.,, have been sent ont Ia look ior uno ,i rt
U,itnr II wilson which repOILcd OF flre Siam
,,iiin the storm was raging on FRIDAY aHu go nd
.mday She was from Calcutta for us r, poi r H.
,rry .he he, not come IN i a my Steiy lhc r On
,nS,,.hin Ia Brcagnc arrived yesterday. haVihs c'
Gained the worst Of the storm.