New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-17
SMASHED BY A GREAT WAVE.
THE ANCHOR LINE STEAMER ITALIA HAS
A HARD VOYAGE.
SHE AND OTHER VESSELS FELT THE FORCE
OF MR. DUNN's HURRICANE. WHICH PASSED
BY NEw-YoRK AND MADE THINGS
LIVELY on THE NORTH
ATLANTIC.


All steamers arriving yesterday from across
the North Atlantic reported heavy weather
That hurricane which Mr.. Dunn had discovered
brewing In the Gulf Stream seems to nave
gathered force as II went eastward and to
have made things lively for steamers oouno
across the western ocean"
The Anchor Line steamer Italia, from the
Mediterra mean. had rough experience oh
September g. latitude 1870 longitude 4l:oo sne
encountered a hurricane. The wind had begun
to blow the day before with force which gave
promise OF a storm but the officers Of the ship
were not anticipating such severe storm as
swept down upon the vessel. In the afternoon
of September the wind had so much force
and had stirred up such a heavy sea that 1t
was found necessary to heave the ship TO- y
couple of staysails set to keep her from
foundering as she rolled heavily in the sea. The
gale developed into hurricane at o o'clock
that night and to add to the anxiety of those
on board the rudder chains parted and the
steamer fell off into the trough or the sea
Before the hand steering apparatus aft could be
rugged a big sea boarded the steamer and swept
everything movable from her decks TWO HE
boats were smashed into kindng wood ny the
big wave. and one lifeboat was taken from
the davits and carried away. The doors OF the
smoking-ro were smashed and the copper
pipes which ran along the deck and supplied
steam to the donkey engines were broken ana
twisted into all sorts Of shapes
The engine-room skylight was broken by the
force Of the wave which poured down upon
1t. and salt water poured In IA cascade into the
depths OF the ship. \ considerable part OF the
North Atlantic Ocean found It's way INTO tne
saloon but the damage done was trinlhe AS
soon as the hand-stecring gear was flsseo 'he
ship was brought to and rode out the rest OF
the gale In safety w.t.,
The Wilson Line steamer Hindoo. from Hun.
encountered the same gale which made thines
go lively for the Italia. II was on september
S that the Hindoo encountered the gale The
storm was then at It's height. and the steamer
was in latitude i5:is longitude 3s49. Ihe
steamer made tremendous lurches ana pluhg"s
as she forged forward against the heavy sea
The Hindoo when she sails from this SIDE car
rios cattle and on her spar deck are 't'F''u
temporary cattle stalls These were all swept
away by the seas which dashed over her bows
In spite Of the fact that these cattle httings
had been built strongly they We're complet"Iy
cleared from the deck. and big beams ahc
stauchions We're hurled into the cir ana swept
away 10 .aEard. The covers OF the fore-hhtch
wore swept OF and little water got below
uowover the steamer. by slowing down man
aged TO ride on, the gale IN safety. ana cam"
into port little the worse I"r "'' ''"t"
ence. .-, A.,
Tho steamer Mannheim. from ROTTERDAM III
ballast also had a trying eNp"ri"nc" III Cr"sS
inc the North Atlantic. ON September Sn"
encountered the hurricane. IL lasted I"r 'isH'
bnurs .nd was accompanic 10y a tremendous
hoo1 sca Tho steamer lay 10 and set h"r sails
in order 10 steady herself in the s"away. the
fore-staysail storm-trysail and mnin-sthyShli !
,yare carried away but she came into port
without other serious damage