New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-06
VIOLENT STORMS AT SEA.
D1sAR1ED AND BELATED VESSELS
COME INTO PORT.
THE pApK RYDALMERE HELPLESS AND
MANY STEAMERS DAMAGED-THE I'M
nDr, COATED WITH ICE.


pRr, COATED WITH ICE.
po,o.od vessels came slowly struggling into port
Yesterday with tales OF hardship and suffering at
MT Intense cold and the westerly winds which
,,n. .,,b hurricane force made the westward pas
GOO ~ ocean steamers Of the hardest of the
winter.
THE British bark Rydamere. Captain Bernard.
came in in tow OF the British tramp steamer Lord
c.harler,ont The Rydalmere is forty days from Do
,,oraro win sugar; northeast and northwest gales
continued until January 80. When forty mleS
,,,,ha,s+ NJ Rarnegat on that day. a hurricane
sXyept down upon the bark from the west-northWeS'
tremendous cross swept the decks fore ana alt
and the vessel was hove TO under storm rysail
Late in the afternoon the main topmast broke OIL
carving the yards and sails with it. Eary the io-
Iov-in,, morning the foretopmast went by the board
.,d rho vreckage smashed and carried away the
only two ufcboats board. The waves bea'ins on
tho shin smashed the bulwarks and rails ana twisted
the deck fittings. The storm ragged FOR TWO days
but fortunately no one was injured.
4, about this time 1t was found that the pro-
visions were giving out. and this trying position was
aggravated by the fact that the vessel vas h'lp
less There wcre no spare spars on bolru' 80 the
,,r,ioc, of making repairs WAS given up. Early on
February 3 while 1g0 miles southeast OF SANDY
Hook the Lord Chariemont. answering the lNudi-
m.re's signals for help. hove 10 ana TOOK heT !"
tow The Charlemont was bound from Baltimore
viii put his vessel back TO Baltimore to-day. Inc
CARGO Of the Rvdalmere 10 almost total loss.
shortly after noon January y the BrItiSh
steamer ST Pancras encountered a fierce hurricane
and was struck by a terrible sea on the port bo"
The crest Of h,. wave swept over Nh" rail ana
rushed aft In its course IT broke the lCr"''p
cattle-pens and a part Of the bul"ark anu stilrnS
near the bridge. tore away part 81 t!c pii'Sr
rails =, - ,t.t.r
from I;remcn. which three days OVERDUE m't
a succession Of gales varied Dy nan SqudlI-. ne
wind ai times blew with hurricane force on S',uI
day tn. Meier passed the steamer Aspitrlt n""ihS
for Halifax In a disabled condition. The ruIi'r
was broken and the AspatTin asked 10 hr r"or t,'
and that a tug be- sent TO tow nor INTO ppr1. ''he
was hound 10 Hamburg from Newport News.
The steamship Newminster, from M-Ilt"rrahedH
ports was considerably damaged In a hurricane on
January 30 Several big seas came aboard curing
the hurricane and forced their way into the cabin
one OF the waves smashed two OF the HiebOats .
The steamship Charois from Amsterdam arriV'i
Yesterday She bad n hard tim" of II, the Venti.a-
tors and everything movable being washed OH the
decks. $50. ,. 49,.
Havana. came In with her hull and rSSing coated
with ice. \ heavy westerly gale OFT Cape llet"rn =
shook the steamer up considerably, bat did Httle
damage
The Cunardcr Umbria also came up tho Bay coat T.,
/ "a with ice she had been detained Off Fir" island
by snow and fog for eight hours The trip across
was "A stormy one. but tn" lmbria escaped the I'M
usually severe weather ~ taking southorly course"
! The t'mbril had strong westerly gales ana hlgn
head seas. on January 21 James STOREY. "a coal
trimmer was walking aft and big wave WASHING
over tho bow struck him. and In falling on the
boarl the Tmhria wsr" cecil and Thomas Earns,
j. Talbot Clifton and Mrs. Alfred Belas"o