Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-11
STORM. KINGS FURY.
Many Disabled Vessels
Have Just Arrived.
NONE SAW THE NARONIC
Snow, Ice and Heavy Gales Have
Caused Peril to Nsvigators.

NEW York, March i1.-An unusually
large number of vessels arrived at quar- an
tine yesterday. All Of them was asked for
news of the Nsronic, but none could give
any.
With hardly an exception they brought
stories of severe weather, and marks Of
injury were plainly visible. The logs Of
all the vessels showed that the prevailing
winds in that part Of the ocean where the
Naronic was supposed to have broken
down have been southwest, thus support
ing the theory that she is drifting some
where north Of the Azores or far from the
EAST coast of southern Europe.
The North German Lloyd steamer Havel
brought 1877 first cabin passengers, las sec
ond and All steerage. She left Southamp.
ton on Feb. %. All the way across she had
continuous southwesterly and westerly
gales with tremendous high seas On Sun.
day, when forging ahead In the teeth OF
the wind, one of the valves on IA high pres
sure cylinder gave out, and the vessel wa
hove TO five hours for repairs, proceeding
thereafter
Under Reduced Speed.
The British steamer Gardenis, which
sailed from Gibraltar on Feb. 10 for New
York, had q slow passage on account of
the thick weather. Heavy southeasterly
gales, with occasional hurricanes from the
northwest, prevailed during her "trip, and
caused the cargo to shift. On March 4
she was compelled to put into Bermuda
for coal, and after leaving the island en-
countered hurricane from the same
quarter as the preceding ones that threat
ened to swamp her.
A steamer that had still rougher ex-
perience was the Lamington, from Per.
nambuoo. Captain johnson reported fine
weather up to March 2, when the ship ran
into = heavy gale from the southwest,
with flaws from the northwest. The Lam.
ington weathered the first gale only to he
struck by hurricane, that was in turn
followed by second and third During
the storm one lifeboat was carried away
and two smashed. Part of the after port
and starboard rail was carried away, the
engine room skylights were broken and
other damage done about the decks.
The steamer Nareca sailed from Dundee
on Feb. 81. Captain Tate reports moder
ately fair weather up TO March 2, when
heavy snowfall began, driven by a strong
southeasterly wind While the storm was
upon the vessel she steamed into "a large
field Of Ice; when fairly surrounded by it
the weather cleared, and the wind veerel
around to the west.
Nothing but Ice
was seen on every hand. Some of the
ice mounds were quite high, but most of
the blocks were two or three feet thick and
the ship had to steer carefully among
them for 35 miles before striking clear
water During the rest of the trip the
vessel was buffeted by heavy seas and
high winds.
The Picqua, from Gibraltar, had a suc
cession of gales till March 4, when she was
struck by one of unusual severity. The
wind was from the northwest and the
steamer shipped two heavy seas that nearly
crippled her. Captain Brown was thrown
from his station on the bridge and bruised,
and two seamen were injured. The steer.
ing gear was jammed by the breaking OF
the wheel, the forecastle rail and ladders
were swept away, ventilators were smashed
and deck fittings torn from their lashings.
Two boats were also broken.
The German steamer Weinner had 423
second cabin and nine steerage passengers
on board She reported heavy weather
outside, with frequent rain squalls.
Passed q Wreck.
The steamer Lampasas, from Galveston,
reports that when off Hatteras on Wednes-
day she sighted sunken bark headed
south, with her mainmast gone ana her
rigging torn. She had evidently gone
ashore in q gale and after striking on the
shoals had slipped back into deep water.
Her position makes her a dangerous OBJ
stacle to navigators
The steamer Exeter City, from Swansea,
came in with the 4masted schooner
Agnes Manning In tow. She was aban-
doned on Feb. "A and was picked up in
that vicinity on March 3 by the Exeter
City.