Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-13
SEASON OF CYCLONES
Life Afloat Attended by Per-
lis ON the Atlantic.
Steamships Arriving at New
York Overdue.
Terrible Voyages of the Umbria and
Augusta Victoria.
Many Passengers Severely Injured-The
British Ship DevOnshire Aban-
doned-The U. S. s. Dispatch
Broken Up.
Az. ociated Press Dispatches.

AG ociated Press Dispatches.
New York, Oct. 12.-This is the sea-
son of cyclones, and life ahoat is at
tended with peril and much physical
discomfort. The Alaska, day overdue,
has not been heard from, and the Au-
gusta Victoria was not sighted until
early this morning. The Umbria, one
of the best storm-defers of the Cunard
line, due yesterday morning, was not
sighted off Sandy Hook until last night.
The two steamers report having met a
number of cyclones.
The Augusta Victoria arrived at her
dock shortly before noon. Her officers
reported that from October 4th to the
9th she experienced heavy westerly
gales with tremendously high seas.
The steamer sustained no great dam
age, but several passengers were thrown
down, and number of them had arms
or legs broken. Eight or more were Sc
verely cut about the head.
ACCIDENTS ABOARD THE VICTORIA.
On the 9TH inst. series of accidents
happened that crippled many passen-
gers. DR.. Lenburn and Augusta Fruel-
son, cabin passengers, both had arms
broken. In the steerage the misery
was great. The inmates were not
allowed on deck, and were packed into
a dense mass. At every lurch of the
ship they were thrown to the floor,
and frequently in trying TO rise
as the vessel righted were thrown
back, and not few received painful
injuries. There are eighteen members
in the Eppa family, and not one OF them
escaped without bruises.
On the Sth the storm was at its worst,
and during the entire day the main deck
was under water. Many more acct
dents occurred. A Mrs. White and her
daughter were thrown across the cabin
by lurch of the ship, and both
had their right arms broken. Nathan
Solomon, Franz Rudolph and John
Schreiner, the latter of this city, also
suffer fractured limbs. In the steerage
those who had escaped the day before
came in for their share, and fully thirty
suffered painful bruises and cuts. One
or two had arms dislocated. All were
attended to on board, and were able to
move today.
THE vICToRIA's GALLANT COMMANDER.
During the greater part of the trip of
the Augusta Victoria not passenger
was allowed on deck. During the whole
voyage her commander never slept. He
was on the bridge day and night, and it
was the unanimous verdict OF all on
board that to his wonderful seamanship
and skill in handling the vessel was due
the safety of the ship and passengers.
During four days her decks were under
water most of the time. The seas were
like mountains, and the big vessel
pitched and plunged violently with
every shock.
THE UMBRIA's TERRIBLE VOYAGE.
The officers and passengers of the
Umbria also report terrible voyage. On
October 9TH Mrs. G. P. Norman, of
Louisville, died of apoplexy. One of the
ing Fastnet light they struck breeze,
which, by noon on Monday, had become
a hurricane, with bad weather through
out Tuesday but onWednesday it moder-
ated during the day and the passengers
were able to go on deck for the first time
since Sunday.
VA w CuhCoNbJ ONOdAhSf AAOWONSl,
another hurricane came on, and the
ship was speedily in the thick of it
again. At 10 O'Clock, with the wind and
sea laundering upon the ship, pin in
the machinery was discovered loose,
and the engines had to be stopped. |
this incident being vaguely described |
by the engineer in reply to an anxious
passengers query as "only
bug in the snifter." After four
hours heavy rolling the machinery was
repaired and the voyage was resumed.
During the whole of Thursday it con-
tinued to blow with great severity, the
ocean resembling rolling hills. The
weather moderated slightly Friday, but
continued very nasty until they got in.
Throughout the voyage the Umbria
shipped immense quantities of water.
Two saloon passengers were painfully |
injured and number OF seamen badly |
knocked about, two sustaining fractured |
bones.