The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-13
STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC.
Experiences of the Passengers ON the Umbria
and Augusta Victoria.

New YORK, Oct 12.-The special CORES
pondent of the London Daily Chronicle Mr.
Alfred Kinnear, gives the following account
OF the extraordinary experiences Of the Um-
| bria upon her last voyage. Five hours after
passing astnet light we struck first-class
| gale, which, by noon on Monday, had at
| talned hurricane force. the wind velocity being
from forty-fiye TO fifty miles On Tues
day the gale having yeered TO northwest
blew with greater vehemence. and during the
ight the ship rolled heavily In terrific gale,
but about o'clock on Wednesday morning
We steamed into fine weather anu passengers
were able to go on deck Tor tho first time
since Sunday evening The glass, however,
tell all that day and about d o'clock we en-
tered another storm centre. through ridge
OF hurricane squalls. and were speedily
in the thick OF 1t all again. AZ 10
o'clock, wind aud sea laundering upon the
ship. q pin" III the engine room was dIscov-
cred to be loose and the machinery was
stopped this incident being vaguely described
by the engineer IN reply 10 an ANXIOUS passen-
ger AS only bug III the sniiter. ihs storm
increased, the Umbrla lying at the mercy Of
the waves and rolling with dull head-achIng
stolidity, but III four hours We were heartily
glad to he able 10 resume our dramatically
checkeTed voyage
during the whole Of Thursday it continued
to blow with severity from the northwest, the
ocean resembling 50 much mountain scenery
OF rolling hills precipltous crags and yawn-
ing chasms crested with snow and described
By one passenger "A finer sight than Niagara"
In the afternoon We passed schooner
laborlng under storm canvas and ap-
parentiy waiting Tor each moment
to lie her last, put she seemed snug aud to be
skillfully handled. albeit she made no signal
TO us whatever. A respite IN the night was
followed IN the morning, 1t being now Friday.
by a smart sou wester accompanied by rain.
Throughout We shipped immense quantities
of water. but beyond portion Of the saloon
being stove III and one of the davits sprang
the casualties have been almost paradoxlcally
few IN number, the ship behaving admirably
IN most trying circumstances.
Unfortunately the passengers suffered
acutely, Notwithstanding the unremttinR
eDorts made tor their comfort by the purser,
Mr.. tields. and the steward. Mr. Bond. aud
by those acting under the direction OF those
gentlemen Two saloon passengers (maie).
one Mr. Harrison. OF Sheffield. were some-
what seriously injured by falling. their inJu-
res necessitatIng surgical attention.
The voyage has proven the worst expert
enced by the mDrla for many months. and
has s,rikingiy illustrated the grim resources
o. the Atlantic.
-Four OF the passengers of the steamship
Augusta Victoria. which arrived this morning
from Hamburg. have broken limbs 10
y IttoiR VI luc StNcflty OL tn6 SOy~
age. Eight others were more or less injured
on the We sci.
The Augusta Victoria had similar expe-
rience TO that of the mbria. The vessel ran
into the gale on the 4th and could not shake
II od until the yth. he seas ran mountains
high and frequently broke over tho bows Of
the steamer washing everything movable
from the decks.
sudden roll of the vessel on the widest
day of the storm threw down many of the
passengers and when picked up four were
found 20 have broken arms and legs while
eight Others were severely bruised. Tho
French steamship La Bretagns also met tho
gale on the attn. Throughout the storm.
which lasted until the th. the sea was very
rough, and though the steamer labored
very heavily comparatively lew seas washed
aboard
Captain Collier, of the Bretsgne, reports
that some fishing vessel capsized IN the storm
aud that her crew took to the boats and per-
lshed.