Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-12
THE ATLANTIC'S FURY.
Stories Of Storms Told by Arriving
Passengers.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN CALIFORNIA.
Falling Out Among St. Louis
Physicians.
A RAIN NJ AkER'S TASK.
A N-MAKER'S TASK.
STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC.
Experiences of the Passengers q the Cnlbrii
and Augusta Victoria.

Experiences of the Passengers the Unbria
and Augusta Victoria.
NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-All the transatlantic
steamers arriving ut this port report heavy
weather at sea. among the arrivals this morn
ing were the Hamburg -American line steamer
Augusta Victoria from Hamburg and South
ampton and the Cunard line steamer Umbril
from Liverpool and Queenstown.
The special correspondent of the London
Daily Chronicle, Mr.. Alfred Kinnear, gives the
following account of the extraordinary expert
cnces of the UmDria upon her last voyage: Five
hours after passing Fastnet Light we struck "a
first-class gale. which, by noon on Monday had
attained hurricane force, The wind velocity
being from fortyfye to fifty miles. On Tues
day the gale having veered to northwest
blew with greater vchemence and dur:ng the
night the ship rolled heavily in n terrific gale,
but about o'clock Wednesday morning we
steamed into fine weather and passengers we're
able to go on deck for the first time snce Sum
day evening. Tie glass, however, fell all that day
and about o clock We entered another storm
center, through ridge of hurricane squalls, and
were speedily in the thick of it all again. At
10 o'clock. wind and sea laundering upon the
ship, pin" in the engine room was discov-
cred TO be loose. and the machinery was
stopped; this incident being vaguely described
by the engineer in reply to an an xious passen-
ger as only bug in the shifter. The storm in
creased. tho Umbria lying at the mercy Of the
waves, and rolling with dull head-aching
stolidity; but in four hours we were heartily
glad to DO able to resume our dranaticall
che ckered voyage.
During the whole Of Thursday it continued
to blow with severity from the northwest, the
ocean resembling so much mountain scenery
OF rolling hills PERCEPTIONS crags and yawning
chasms. crested with snow. and described by
one passenger "a finer sight than
Niagara In the afternoon we passed a
schooner laborirg under storm canvas
and apparently waiting for each moment
to be her last, but she seemed snug and
to be skillfully handled. albeit she made no
signal to us whatever. A respite in the night
was followed in the morning. it being now
Friday. b. smart sou 'wester accompanied by
rain. Throughout we shipped immense guam
titles of water, but beyond a portion OF the
saloon being stove in and one Of the dav,ts
sprung the Casualties have beer almost CARA
doxicalIy few in number, the ship behaving ad-
mirably in most trying circumstances
Unfortunately the passengers suffered acutely
Notwithstanding the unremitting effvrtr made
for their comfort by the prrser, Mt. FL Ids,
end the steward, Mr.. Bond. and Nv thuse ACT
ing under the direction of these yortlemen
Two saloon passengers (male). one Mr. Herri-
son of Sheffield, were somewhat seriously in
jured by falling. their injuries necessita.ing
surgical attention.
A lady, Mrs. Norman, on her way home 20
Louisville. Ky, accompanied by her son, died
on Wednesday from apoplexy following sea-
sickness and the excitement inseparative from
the storm of the previous two days. The I'M
fortunate lady received every attention from
the ships surgeon, who exhausted his skill in
her behalf. Inc body was emhalmed and
housed during the remainder of the passage in
one of the life boats. The voyage has proven
the wcvst experienced by the Umbria for many
months, and has strikingly illustrated the grim
resources Of the Atlantic.
on THE AUGUSTA VICTORIA.
Four of the passengers of the steamship Au-
gusta Victoria, which arrived this morning from
Hamburg. have broken limbs to exhibit as q
record of the severity of the voyage. Eight
others were more or less injured on the vessel
The Augusta Victoria had similar expe-
rience to that of the Umbria. The vessel ran
into the gale on the 4th and could not shak it
off until the 9Th. The ran mountains high
and frequently broke over the bows of the
steamer, washing everything movable from the
decks.
A sudden roll Of the vessel on the widest day
of the storm threw down many Of the passen-
gers and when picked up four were found to
have broken arms and legs, while eight others
were severely bruised. The French steamship
La Bretagne also met the gale the fourth.
Throughout the storm, which lasted until the
Sth. the sea was very rough, and though the
steamer labored very heavily comparatively
few seas washed aboard.
Capt Collier Of the Bretagne reports that
some fishing vessel capsized in the storm and
that her crew took to the boats and persisted.