New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-14
BATTLING WITH GALES AND SEAS.
STEAMERS REPORT HEAVY WEATHER

INCOMING STEAMERS REPORT HEAVY WEATHER.
on THE ATLANTIC.
Ocean steamers arriving at this port yc''e'u',
brought tales Of struggles with the "i"u anu
lce.laden waves and OF the suffering OF their crews
On December 81 the Belgenland steamed away from
Antwerp. and for the next five days oh'ueu VIII
north east and southeast gales and heavy seas linen
the wind moderated and changed to southwest pu'
occasional hail squalls and foggy weather made inc
passage anything but pleasant and on January
change for the worse took place. Heavy snow
SQUALLS and rain which froze rs It fell were driven
In the faces OF the crew. and the high seas struck
the steamer like battcring rams, throwing up TIE
spray and coating the vessel from STEM 10 eteh
with Icc The crew of the bark Beatrice. which came
into port covered with Ice. had experience on the
voyage which they will not soon forget. YES sci
left Gonalvcs IIayu. twenty.nne days ago. ana got
as far Cape lIattcraS when Succession OF
norhery md custeriy gales buifeted her for sixteen
DAYS and required the hardest kind OF work from
Captain Iiessc and the crew TO Keep her ahoat
The captain says that It was the toughest voyage
he ever made.
The steamer OLDHAM, which sailed from Rotterdam
on December 81 brought 1O2 cabin and 374 stccragc
passengers and was more fortunate than some OF
the other arrivals. In tho first part OF her voyage
fine weather cheered the hearts of her Officers ana
passengers. At the Banhs. however, the storm swept
down upon her. accompanied By heavy fog and the
heavy southwest and northwest gales With freezing
spray and binding snow. made things unpleasant
until she arrived. Tho Old Dominion came In from
Richmond and Norfolk yes erday and reported a heavy
passage. II took the five hours to break her
way through the thick ice that covered the James
River. The Rengorc head. British steamer which
sailed from ArdrOSSan December IL. and arrived
at tho Bar January IL. came up the harbor
Yesterday and reported a succession Of heavy south
west and northwest gales with high seas throughout
the entire passage. and on January L. the wind
shifted to the northeast and brought with it blind
ing snowsorm. which made navigation douby diilcnlt
The steamers Roanoke. City Of Columbia, Cherokee.
Norge from Copenhagen Horn Head from London
derry, Dunmore Head from Liverpool and FL Monte
all brought The same tale Of rough encounters with
wind and wave, and crew and passengers nllkc
were thankful 10 get inside Of the Narrows and 10
sec the clcar skies which greeted them on their
arrival
At City Island yesterday the Sound steamers We're
passing ~ usunl but were having difficulty with the
Ice. Tie steamer Huntington. with her propeller
disabled, passed In about o'clock In tow q the
tug Golden Rule. The. tngboais l.. ;. Grant with
two tnrgc, and the Abraham +. slhdmoc, with TWO
bargcs arrived about dark and come to anchor. The
schooner sowcr from II. John. y. H.. IS lying about
two miles Il Sands Point stack In the Ice with
another unknown lime laden schooner. There ar"
many vessel, anchored az the island waiting for u
favorable opportunity q move.