The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-16
THE AUCUSTAN THESTORN
Passengers and Crew Shaken Up But
No Damage Done.

Eighteen Months of Gales-Two
Wrecks Passed Saturday. assen-
gers Adopt Resolutions Of Graft
tude.
From casual glance, as seen at her
dock yesterday, the Cityof Augusta bears
few signs of a contact with the storm
and the rough experiences through which
she has just passed.
Capt Daggett, that able seaman who
has weathered in safety perhaps more
gales than any other commander on the
Ocean steamship line, was in his state
room yesterday afternoon quietly COM
plotting his reports when a representative
of the MORNING News visited the snip
To all appearances he had not been near
a storm, but looked as if he had just com
pleted one of the calmest and quietest
trips of the season.
Had a rough time of it, captain77 he
was asked.
"Well yes" he replied, 1--WE had it
pretty bad for a while, and at one time
gave up all hope of ever getting into
port, " he added with a satircal smile as
he thought he was catering to the keen
newspaper SGISG lDL oOLl5tA LAOLldA lCNS
WENT TO SEA FRIDAY MORNING.
''But seriously" continued the genial
captain, while the storm was a pretty
rough one as long as it lasted, | have seen
far worse blows, and don't think under
the circumstances that we got the worst
part of that one The Macon and the
Chattahoochee are to come in behind me,
and while l don't think they will get it as
bad, / don't see how they can well avoid
getting into it.
1--WE had it pretty rough all the way
down, as there was good wind blowing
just after we left New York. The Angus
Ia struck the early part of the storm
Thursday afternoon about forty miles
north of Hatteras and it gradually in
creased in fury from there on. We kept
on our course until o'clock Friday morn
ing, making but very little Roadway, and
when in good position deviaUed from the
regular. My barometer kept falling
gradually by which judged that the YES
sci was approaching the center of the dis
turbance 1t went as low as 20 2S and
the center seeming right ahead of me, l
decided to turn out at that time TO avoid
it.
SIXTY MILES OUT OF HER COURSE.
Il brought the ship head to the sea and
made everything as comfortable as posi-
JIG VIC hCNldb0u rum Jul IOuIob III "a
circle about sixty miles or about thirty
miles in direct line. 1t was impossible
to make any Roadway and we didn't try
to, as the heavy sea and head winds kept
the ship rolling and tossing about like a
chip.
"AIl day Friday the storm lasted and
blew pretty heavy gale with wind
pretty steady at times from fifty to sixty
miles an hour. The wind was from east
TO south and came in gusts sometimes
heavier than that rate. There was a ire
mendous confused cross sea from all
quarters, showing no signs of moderation
until Friday at o'clock
Then the storm began to abate, but it
was 10 o'clock Friday night before we be-
gan to made any Roadway. We turned in
toward land then and resumed the regu-
lar course without any difficulty"
NEARLY THIRTY HOURS OVERDUE.
The Augusta reached her dock yester-
day morning about o'clock, nearly thirty
hours overdue. Some anxiety had been
felt tor her safety, of course, but it pro
ceeded more from the thought or feeling
that she would be safer with all her hui
man cargo in port than on the high seas
during such a gale, than from the thought
that she had been disabled or lost. Sew
eral people who had relatives on board
remained up all night waiting for news of
her arrival in safety and a number of
them were at the dock to greet her when
she came in. The passengers had hard
time Of it as nearly every one of them
suffered from seasickness during the en-
tire gale.
HAD EN- FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
Capt. Daggett was in the pilot house
during the gale but ordered that every
thing possible be done for the comfort of
his passengers. He said that he had a
pretty severe blow, but it lacked a great
deal OF being the worst he has ever ex-
perlenced. About three years ago dur
ing period of eighteen months the ele-
ments seemed to chase him from port TO
port as regularly as he sailed, and nearly
every time he went out he struck cy-
clone or storm of some other kind But
he came out of every one of them in good
condition, and has been known as a deep
water man ever since he has been on the
line.
The damage TO the Augusta and her
cargo was slight. The vessel on the port
SIDE showed some signs Of having passed
through severe gale and heavy sea.
her bulwarks being slightly stove, and
several Of the shutters on that side being
torn away. Beyond this there was no
material damage TO the ship. Some little
water got into the cabin and the hold.
but beyond little damage TO the cargo
% d result OF the QdInpQeSS there was no
loss TO speak of. The Augusta hardly got
as much of the storm as did the VIM
Lawrence of the Baltimore line. for as
shown by Capt Kirwan's barometer
which registered 2S.40 he passed much
nearer the center Of the disturbance.
PASSED TWO WRECKED sCHooNERs.
Saturday morning about 10 o'clock the
Augusta sigh ted the three masted schOnn-
er C. 9. Wehrum from Brunswick for
New York with her sails set and her col
ors set for assistance The Augusta
went up TO her and found her in good
condition. Capt. Daggett offered to take
the crew on board and bring them to land
but refused TO take the schooner in tow.
The captain and crew declined to leave
her.
AT noon the Augusta passed the schoon-
er Maggie Abbott loaded with iorwood
from Port de PaiX for New York totally
dlsmasted. Capt. Dagcett made the
same oler to the captain and crew that
ne had made TO those of the other schoon-
er, but they declined 10 leave the schoon-
er. The Abbott was sighted about fifty
miles east OF Cape Roman. The Wehrum
was seen about siXty-hye miles east Of the
Same point
RESOLUTIONS or THAMES AND GRATITUDE.
j he passengers Of the Augusta held a
meeting IN the cabin on Saturday and the