New-York tribune., 1894-03-27
MANY STEAMERS OVERDUE
LARGE QUANTITIES OF ICE IN THE
NORTH ATLANTIC.
THE WHITE HORROR OF THE SEA" MEN
ACE TO NAvIGATION-NoT MUCH ANXIETY
FELT FOR LATE vEssELs-HEAD WINDS


FELT FOR LATE vEssELs-HEAD WINDS
AND HEAVY SEAS.
The story of ice on the North Atlantic still fills
a large part of the reports Of incoming vessels
The ship General Knox from Liverpool whiUI ar
rived here yesterday. sighted field ice and bergs
on March II in latitude 49, longitude 45O The next
day she ran through 120 miles of field ice. II was
loose. and the ship received no injury from H.
From the masthead the captain at one time on
March u able to count thirty-two bergs The
last ice sighted in latitude 43, longitude ol:i5
The steamer Venctia, from Stettin and Christian
sand. reported that on March ~. In latitude HAS
longitude 4s:42 a large iceberg and several small
pieces of ice sighted Afterward the Nenetia
passed close to large iceberg about 800 feet long
and 100 feet high.
The steamer Kansas City. from Bristol evidently
sighted the same ice. She struck it on March 49,
The captain put his ship on south-southWest
course and by midnight had reached open water
Before the steamer got into open water she passed
thirty-four icebergs most of them of considerable
size
The Hamburg-American steamer Gellert on March
% got into part of this same ice. She sighted six
bergs one of which was 500 feet long and 200 feet
high. None of the vessels received any damage
from the ice but is right in the track of ocean
Hafy all Is neomng vessels from Northern Europe
report heavy head seas and adverse WINDS; ~
this season Of the year and under these adverse
circumstances vessel may be said to be due when
she arrives in port. The fields and Dergs OF ice
floating about the ocean form a white horror 10 an
who do business the great deep. consideraDlc
fleet of steamers is due here from ports OF
Northern Europe. and most of them would, under
fordinary circumstances. have arrived here seVera
days ago Among these steamers is the lhlnS-
yalla line steamer Island She sailed from ChrlS-
tiansand on January 90 and encountered terrible
weather. Several great seas boarded her, ana she
was badly damaged that she put IN 10 lAnIash'
on the Scottish coast. She was repaired eXten-
svely and on March 10 sailed again Tor TINS port
She has not been heard from since. She carries no
passengers, and her agents say that they nave no
fears at all for her safety.
The steamer Essen, from Hamburg, has now DeeH
out twenty days. She is not fast vessel, but Is
generally reckoned a fourteen-day snip She hau
sixty-six steerage passengers on board ana gen.
eral cargo. -. o..
The steamer Sorrento sailed from Antwerp for
this port on March 4. She passed Prawle toNt
on March 6. Since then she has not been Slghted.
The British steamer Grecian. from GLASGOW,
sailed on March 10 for this port. She is making
an unusually long voyage. The steamer Bohemia,
which usually makes the passage in fourteen days,
sailed from Hamburg March =. and mas been
constantly expected TO arrive for several days
The Dutch steamer =. Caland. from Rotterdam'
and the British steamer Tower Hill from Lon
don. are about three days overdue, The steamer
State Of Georgia. from Aberdeen, Scotland has
been expected for the last five days The agents
of all these ships say that they are simply making
long passages owing TO the head winds and seas:
and they are confident that they Will come IN all
right Nearly all these vessels are slow, ana lew
of them carry passengers.