The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-13
A TERRIBLE TEMPEST
The Augusta Victoria is Almost
Swamped by Heavy Seas.
PASSENGERS BATTENED DOWN
Many Have Their Limbs Broken-Rough Elk
perience of the UmbrIa-1he Dew
onshire Abandoned at Sea.

New YORK, Oct. 12.-This is the season
of cyclones and life afioat is attended with
peril and much physical discomfort. The
Alaska is day overdue and has not yet
been heard Of and the Augusta Victoria
was not sighted until early this morning.
The Umbria, one of the best storm de-
hers OF the Cunard line, was due yesterday
morning but was not sighted off Sandy
Hook until last night. Two steamers re-
port having met a number Of cyclones.
The Augusta Victoria arrived at her dock
shortly before noon. Her officers report
that IRON October 10 9 she experienced
heavy westerly gales with tremendously
high seas. The steamer sustained no great
damage but several passengers were
thrown down and d number of them had
their arms or legs broken; eight or more
were severely cut about the head
The Umbris also reported bad weather
The steamer sustained no damage, but a
few Of her passengers were injured.
During tue greater part of the trip of the
Augusta Victoria not passenger was al
! lowed on deck. During the whole voyage
her commander never slept. He was on
! the bridge cay and night, and It was the
unanimous verdict o. all on board that 20
his wonderful seamanship and skill in
handling he great 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.
Don the 7th inst. series of
accidents happened that crippled
I many passengers. DR.. Lenburn and Au-
gust Trelelson, cabin passengers, both had
their arms broken. In the storage the
misery was great. The inmates were not
allowed on deck and were packed into
a donse mass. AT every lurch of the snip
they were thrown to the floor, and fire
quently in trying to rise as the vessel
righted were thrown back and not few
received painful Injuries. There were
eighteen members in the Eppe family and
not one of tnem escaped without bruises.
| On the Sth the storm was at its worst
and during the entire day the main deck
was under water and many more accidents
occurred. 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 suffered fractured limbs.
| In the steerage those who had ESCAPED
the day before came in for their share, anC
fully thirty suffered painful bruise:
and cuts and one or two had their arm'
disocated. All were attended to on boart
and were able 10 move to-day.
The officers and passengers of the Umb"it
also report d terrible voyage. October
Mrs G.. p. Norman, of Louisville, died o.
apoplexy. One of The passengers said tina
shortly after passing Fastnet light they
struck breeze which by noon on Monday
had become a hurricane. This weathE
continued throughout Tuesday, Du
Wednesday it moderated during the da.
and the passengers were able to go Oh
deck for the first time since Sunday
Wednesday evening, however, anoJhe
hurricane came on and the ship wa
speedily in the thick of it again. At II
O'Clock, with wind and sea laundering up
on the ship, pin in the machinery wa
discovered loose and the engines hat
to be stopped, this incident beinl
vaguely described by the engineer in repl.
to an anxious passengers query as, "Onl.
bug in the snifter." After four hours o
heavy rolling. the machinery was repair
and the voyage resumed. During the Who'll
of Thursday it continued TO blow wit
great severity, the ocean resem bling roll
ing hills. The weather moderated slight
Friday, but continued very nasty unit
they got in. Throughout the voyage tn
Umbria shipped immense quantities o
water. Two saloon passengers were pain
fully injured. and a number of seame
badly knocked about two sustaining fraC
tured bones