Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-13
OLD OCEANS FURY.
PASSENGERS on Big Steamers
Have Rough Experience.
MANY HAVE BROKEN LIMBS
Result OF The Rolling OF Vessels
Crossing The Atlantic.

NEW YORK, Oct. l3.-A feet of beated
transatlantic steamships came into port
yesterday, after an expert ence with what
their officers say was some Of the most
tempestuous weather that ever prGyGiled
on the North Atlantic. All were more or
less overdue, the German steamer Augusta
Victoria being three days late. The
Cuuarder Umbria and La Bretagne Of the
French Transatlantic line were from
twelve to fifteen hours behind time. The
two former vessels were veritablc floating
hospitals when they steamed up to their
piers in North river.
The Augusta Victoria met q contpua-
tion of fierce hurricanes that lasted almost
from the hour of her departure from
Hamburg until she left quarantine for her
dock yesterday. She sailed from Ham
burg on Oct 2, carrying 327 cabin and $50
storage passengers. On the night Of Oct
2, the stcr ny conditions assumed the
character # milI hurricane. On the ith
the storm increased t. a Whole gale, that
drove the water over the steamer from all
quarters. Ga tue 9TH aEd G,h the weather
was equally bad, but on the 9Th il was
even worse. The wind
Blew with HurriCane Force,
a1d the seas were dashed up over the yes
sci, sweeping even tie promenade deck in
great volumes. The steamer rolled until
her main deck bulwarhs touched the
water and pitched until Ter bows were
submerged. At such times tie stern
would b. lifted 50 high out Of the water
that the twin screws were exposed and re-
yolvcd with frightlul rapidly. some Of
the officers, who have seen Gad weather
in their time, admitted that they were not
tf,to
proof against such a stCrn.
On the Tth a series ot.ccllehts happened
that crippled nearly do a pf tle pa,sen
gers. DIR. Lenburn, "A saloon passenger
was thrown against tie a.de OF "a cabin
and had his right arm broken. \ few
minutes later, Carl Chr stan, sailor, ,wgs
thrown to the deck by a monster wave and
had his collar bone. broken. August Tru-
elson, saloon passenger, was also
bruised. In the Storage compartment
Tho Misery Was Vcry Great.
The place was crowded tD suffocation. At
every lurch OF the ship they were thrown
to the floor and not few received rasty
bruises There were eighteen members Of
the Epp family in the stoeraSe. aud not
one of them escaped without a b"u.~s.
On the Sth the storm was at It's worst,
and during the entire day the .aaiu deck
was under water. The passengers were
not allowed on deck all that day, and many
more accidents occurred. a Mrs White,
n saloon passenger, and her daughter. n
young girl. Nathan Solomon, n steeragc
passenger. and Mr.. Schrcmer each had an
arm broken. Franz Rudolph. a steera2e
.pas,e -er, had a.s s.oD DIR dielocatrn.
The storm abat-l somewhat ol tay 2Lh,
but remained quite severe a. thc rest Of
The trip.
The Umbria had an expcr.e ce much
like that of the Augusta Victoria. she
LETT Queenstown OCT. 1 Oa the 9Th II
breeze and heavy gaze were met, BY the
9th there was whole -Rir Hgl hard
squall. Then followed moderate gale
with confused swell and squalls By the
10th the weather had moderated During
the passage Mrs. G. p Mooruan died rom
q stroke If apopiexy. Several passe gers
received slight injuries. The steamer was
not injured, but
Few of Her Passengers Escaped
some bruise. Mr. Harrison had lis arm
fractured. a stcerage passenger had his
head cut The oldest voyager among them
was seasck. On Tuesday, when the storm
was Mt it's height, the wind WAS blowing at
a fifty-knot rate. and the seas were sweep
ing her decks. The steamers machinery
was strained by its effort TO drive the ves-
eel against the adverse winds "a waves,
and on Wednesday night pi. n the ma
chnery was discovered to be loose.
1t was necessary 10 stop tie engines
while repairs were being made, the ship
meanwhile tossing about in the trough
Of the sea. This was at 10 O'Clock at night
and some hours were consumed in the
work of repairing the engines. The storm
did not moderate again until Friday. a
port opening into the saloon was smashed
by great wave, aud water poured in un-
til the break was repaired. Some If the
davits on the main deck were twisted
While La Bretagne experienced rough
weather, no damage was reported When
off the Newfoundland banks Ia BretElua
passed a fishing boat floating bottom up
and with two dories dragging along de.
The fate Of tue crew is not known, hut as
the small boats were empty, il is believed
that the boat went over while riding at all
chor aud while her crew were asleep.