New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25
CSTNG OIL TO STILL THE SEAS.
CAPTAINS or VESSELS MAKE REPORTS ABOUT
IT'S USE IN STORMS.

ITS USE IN STORMS
When the Nova Scotian bark Montreal worked her slow
way into harbor the other morning, with only Two sas
LETT the others having been ripped from her spars n
bowling gale. her skipper reported mat She wa Only
saved from being sw0mled by the use OF oil when was
,,ted though the forward closets after they had pre-
,lou,iy been stuffed with oakum 50 TIA, the OIL eouid
trcIdc slowly the sca The "'ect was descroHi a.
something wonderful In which particular the report TALES
with ali those collected by the Photographic once snco
la, Augu,t Big steamship, begun 10 use oil as a
matter II course now, but there are SIN some Ola
shclacks" who scon the notion ana believe more II
hauling and believing. They wouldn't use oil any more
than t;uIl,cr,s old captain the Adventure whose
method in "A storm weird. First he took IN MS
n-,,sau and stood by to hand the forcsan but making
foul weather he handed the milken Inc snip lay pFo'u
or so he thought 10 better spoonng before the sea a'
irving or huliug. lie rceied the forcsal fnl set him.
anu -, -, Oh. ,ora downha,l" And
then he hauled N upon the lanyard OF the whpsah ana
helped AZ the helm But mat wac oiS "So uiu
the poor captains who make nautc,I history now ""'
CT chance To reef even tie steam rcn or Delay inc
howscplrc. And when the storms Do bio" ty s'"'iay
90 below and seek The relief that bags Of oil huns over
the bows yield. 80, .,h
Inc list Of big steamships which have used oil with
success, d, getting longer with every month In tle
cas-, OF one ship the ii1 star steamship Noofdl'hu u
n..i tho crew % rescue men on uic sn~lns biIN
Kong Oscar II. Captain Nicke.,, OF the Nooiu."u' IT,
r.d october - latitude Il 30 north. longitude 40 l.
Midnight. .ttA Ntl.'h 'i'''"''''' ''N'
crow of the norwegian bark Kong oscar IL. Inc 80
y, HIGH and breaking at time. ana while lowering
IN. boat aud taking the snpwrccAcd ere" aboard we
st oil from botn SIDE, " the ship with much success
IN. Krtl,h steamship No-,noie, Captain Jop'oh iil
int, succession of heavy gales "lhc ship ran before
the ,- wa, reported. "usus oil from tho forward pipes
and from, .uars projecting ten feet over the rail- at the
fam, r.p-.ng. In this way the oil bags towed IN the
y.r ana spread oil tester than when close along
side. ON october 80. forenoon. with mountainous seas
following In our wake. oil bas WAS lowed over the
t,tr,u and proved great Success. ~ Tor Two ho"I'
,r.,lou-ly nearly every sea mad broken on board art
l,n, Good result wa, immediate; we shipped no more
water during gale. AZ hr't We used h'h OIL u'h
>tur, Of n>h and cola oils, The latter being much the
moro eicctNc.'
When the British steamship Francisco ran into
ho, ,., on No,cmbor g. In miioc,0n, ana was hove O.
lar four hours In tn trough sea Captain jenkins
od,r.d oobm stuffed into the pipes OF the forward and
rtsh closet, and nci them with oil. lie reported That
4, had , marvellous effect the Along the ships
sd. for a GOOD long range wlniwdrd the SEA became
,mootl the big seeming u nct Ia nothing. aud
mn, g, drop oil water came aboard after that.
The steamship WcIkcndam Of the Netherlands American
ttnc mn October 10 used OH for sixteen hours with good
rc,rs, She had been shipping large quantities Of water
uutl an oil bag hung over the weather sH', when
m norr va,c. came aboari. The Wac,land october
~ had the same eNpoIence Other ships which report d
,,, success, In the Of oil recently were the steam
china ,rcutouc virginia British Empire, Prodano, Thu
ni,oi, ohio Passey Lord ONcll. British King and III,
sailing ships Wilhclmine Lord Canning ReOecca NJ Wa'
and Ii. j. Libby.