Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08

Began to Burn the Ship for Fuel for the
Furnaces.

Began to Burn the Ship for Fuel for the
Furnaces.
The steamship City Of Belfast reached New
York late last night In . terrible condition after
battling with storms for two weeks. Her coal
gave out and Capt. MoAlpin had 70 burn Ill the
wood work about the decks In order 10 keep
steam up and enable the vessel to reach here.
The steamship left Colombo on August 36
with cargo Of sugar for Funch, Edye 4 Co.
OF this oity. She had favorable winds and
weather and reached Port Said ON September
20 and Gibralter on October r. After leaving
Gibralter she encountered terrific storms, which
blew with hurricane force. The seas washed
completely over her.
The hurricane struck her at times with such
force that she was whirled clear around
This heavy weather continued with but short
lntermlssions of fair weather for two weeks, and
her coal ran low as she got within Ave or six
days sail from this port She then ran into a
succession OF hail storms which have been
sweeping the Atlantic for the last few DAYS.
COAL ALL GONE.
Her coal finally gave out entirely four days
ago, and she was stripped Of everything in the
shape Of wood about her decks for fuel The
crews quarters were torn out and burned The
fore and main topmasts we're next sent down
and thrown into the furnace. The bowsprlt
and the derricks next went to feed the flames,
and with this fuel the steamship was finally en-
abled TO get into port.
The condition Of the City of Belfast may be
understood when 1t is known that she was from
Z O'Clock yesterday morning until 10 O'Clock
last night running from Fire Island to Quaran-
tine. In good trim she could easily make the
distance in two and a half hours.
She is single screw steel vessel Of 2,226 gross
tons. She was built at Sunderland, England,
Rrnf onIi 30 ~ nDx-
She is 292 feet long, Of 80 feet beam and is 19
feet in depth.
Storms, accompanied by hail, have been toss
ing up the waters Of the Atlantic in a lively
way, according to the reports of other incoming
steamships The rough weather has detained
all sorts Of craft, and several overdue.
AURANIA's ROUGH VOYAGE.
Capt Haines Of the steamship Aurania, which
reached quarantine late last night, reported
having met with rougher weather than on any
voyage he had made in recent years The seas
were tremendous and washed the decks of the
big liner.
The steamship made but 100 miles on Novem-
Der 3, which is the smallest days run she ever
made since she has been ahoat
Capt Collier Of the steamship lie Bretagne
gives an account in his log of the rough weather
encountered by his vessel On October 80 and
30 the steamship met with variable winds and a
swelling sea. She ran into a terrible storm on
October 81. The waves washed over the steam
ship necessarily for many hours
She encountered a hail storm on November 2,
which continued for two days. The wind blew
with hurricane force from the northwest and
prodigious seas boarded the vessel. She had
rough weather until she reached here.
The brig Towner, Capt Dayton, from St.
Crolx, which arrived yesterday. had heavy
weather from November to 6. She was blown
seventy-fve miles out Of her course.
The schooner Mosquito, Capt. Hansen, from
Porto Cabelo and the steamship Ocean, from
Amsterdam, both reported heavy storms.
Fears are entertained for the safety of the
freighter England of the National line, which
sailed from London on October l6 and is six
days overdue. She WAS sighted by the steamer
Montezuma in q disabled condition off Cape
Race last Thursday. but no other steamer has
since reported seeing hcY. though many OF
them arriving here travelled over the same
course
Agents of the line said that the England
could float for years if she did not strike rock.
They thought she had probably broken her
shaft and had been blown out of her course by
the tremendous storms raging on the Atlantic.
She is commanded by Capt. A. F. Healey.