New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-29
SAFE FROM STORMY SEAS.
THE VEGAS EXPERIENCE WITH \ GALE.


TALES OF DISASTER BROUGHT by INCOMING
YES 'ELs-TIE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN \ FURY.
On December / 3 the Portuguese steamship Vega
two days out from Flores, in the Azores. was
popped" by great sea that broke over her
stern and smashed the after wall of the music
room, upsetting the grand plano and iniuring
young woman who was playing, and three Of the
crew. beside working general havoc That terrible
wave and two others which followed il, marked
the height of as dreadful and dangerous a winter
voyage as the ship has ever made. Though running
far to the southwark, the ship had not escaped
the furious storm which is raging on the ocean, ana
the voyage one OF terror from beginning 10
end When the big wave struck the ship II was
. o'clock in the morning. bat there was no sleep
en- board the storm-beaten, lurching craft mere
wore 1872 stcerage passengers on board ana they
were wild with fear They could hardly be con-
trolled and cried and prayed, or rushed apouo
hct,vcon decks in the panic Of despair. in the
musc-room were the four cabin passengers, one Oh
them playing the piano in the endravor TO encour-
ace the others The ship had been fighting her way
through terrible seas since she sailed from
Flores and until the vessel reached port yesterday
tbe ooIes never ceased Bat that ni2ht was Ire
worst in q trip which Captain A. +. Rosa sa'd
Yesterday was the most dangerous one ne h"'
ever made The Vega yesterday was all Dut
wreck aft big tarpaulin took me piac' Vi
what had been one of the sides OF tle ihu'''-
room. the after cabin companoh"aF was
smashed slvlights were damag"i anf big VEN
tilators were bent and torn
The MUSHROOM is n raised structure Oh '''o
nromenade deck, about IL 1eet hlSh' WIZ"
Hind side aft. Between the MUSHROOM and tho
stern are three sSylghts, slightly raised ABOVE
tbe dock about feet apart. \ winding stare
int, tha
and starboard The wave raced after the SNIP
which was running before the gale, ana swept |
over the stern with great roar IL carfpu a'ohs
fhc covers of the skylights and struck the all'r
side of the MUSHROOM with terrible force Inc
MUSHROOM was panclled with thick SLABS OF "hl'e
marble. and was strongly built. But 1t was as
nothing before the blow Of that mass Of water
and it gave way instantly. Tie piano was over |
turned and the player was struck and thrown
down. The second officer, Gabriel Nobrecosta,
the hoatswain, laasdccrusea, and the ships car
pcntcr Naasrodrigues, rushed aft rs fast a. they
conld They had hardly reached the MUSHROOM
when there rose over them another wave, larger
than the first, and the next instant they were
dashed into the wrecked place headirst. The
crew then came TO the spot and the injured people
were taken from the wreckage. The second OIL |
Ger was insensbe and bleeding freely. 1t WAS
found that his skull was severely injured, and
that his body was covered with bruises. The two !
other men had each broken a leg.
The VEGA continued 10 fight against wicked
weather. made worse by intense cold, until she
struck port. 4 sea captain who was OIL board
said that in t,1rty years he had never seen such
weather the Atlantic Ocean.
The steamship Manitoba came in last night
three days late having been delayed by the cN-
traorlinary weather For three days she battled
with mighty seas, breaking over her from all
quarters Of the compass, with the gale blowing
mostly from the south; for two days more sh"
fought gales shifting strangely from the north
northeast o the south, and then to noIll-nortl
west, and thence to port gales shifting from the
south to the northeast and then backing to the
northwest, made heavy weather for her.
The British steamship Hersche struck the
Christmas gale in the Gulf Stream which has been
reported 10y many other ships recently. She got
thorough washing and knocking about. and for
twcnty-four hours the ship was tossed by high
confused seas, while snow squalls hid the ocean
so that il was difficult to see many feet ahead.
On December - another gale struck the ship, and
she had TO fight her way into port against north
east blow which lasted almost until she arrived
in the harbor
The British steamship Jason sailed from Port
Maria on December 20. She had only one pas
ieIg'I aboard, bnt ne WAS kept suppiHu WIFI 81
fresh gale each day enough to satisfy hundred
passengers. I he winds blew from the north md
northeast with high head seas
The steamship Bracndaic, from Bremen, had
ne, share of bad weather also, although She came
ly a southern passage. She reported contirul-
tion Of southwcs' AID northwest gales and big
seas with snow and hail squalls. Tine Britsli
schooner Blanca, OF Windsor, y. >, INDUCED IN
thc practice usual to Nova >cotian schooners when
off Cape iIatteras. She stayed OF there Tor ten
DAYS during which there was continuation OF
noItn and northwest gales with hleh sels. Her
uec l,load shifted, and some OF /, Wh> l0sl. she
eis, las; sails and received other damage about
her decks , ,
I'm the Sound there was an accident Yesterday
which was partly due to the WIND me tug
Lmpcror struck the bow OF ;Ee New-i"diord
schooner MAZDA sascar while she las at anchor. HE
Emueror got the worst Of H. She split her
otrru carried away the pilot-hcusc ana her smoke
etack' and was towcA to New-i0rG. The NADIA
oscar had her hcadgcar partly DAMAGED.
or the lesser craft, IL is the tugboat lludson
whose deeds must he sung. On Su' day night she
look for a tow outside OF Sandy Hook. She got
ontside of sandy Hook. but she found no tow.
What she found was great, shaggy, Joyous winter
torn with ice and mighty seas And she tur' ei
tail and started back. But going outside OF the
Hook and getting inside Of the Hook were two
different things inst then and the tugboat DIDN'T
ce, home Ill yesterday and then sh" was
SIGHT 10 behold She didn't look lilt q tug
boat covered with ice she looked II "" llk"
, monster piece Of Ice. with a tugbOat irsidc OF
H. CAPTAIN Lvle says that he viii hate thr
thought Of iced drinks or icc"ream a. Iong aS
he lives.
s tremendous sea, heavy shower % rein and