The morning news., 1894-09-29
OUT ON The STORMY SEAS
Capt. Fisher Has Seen Worse Storms
but Not Longer Ones.

Trip-Her Cargo Shifted Several
Times, and Badly Damaged by
Breakage and Water-The Purser's
Room Smashed in-The D. a. Mil
Ter Passes a Schooner in Distress,
but the Crew Refused to Leave.
Stories Of rough experiences, and per
haps disasters, will be looked for in the
track of the recent storm for some time
TO come
News from the Kansas City, the Des-
soug and the D. H. Miller has been anx-
iously awaited, for it was believed that
they would meet the cyclone, though no
fears were entertained with regard TO the
safety of these ships, which have been in
many a storm before.
The Kansas City rode the storm well,
and anchored at Tybee Thursday night
TO await the tide. The Dessoug, while
she did not fare so well, came out practi-
cally undamaged, and came up to the
wharf at t6o'clock yesterday morning. The
Miller arrived at the Baltimore wharf at
Z O'CLOCK, none the worse for her expert
ence.
THE KANSAS CITY's VOYAGE.
Capt. Fisher of the Kansas City re-
marked yesterday, that while he had
been in severer storms, he had never en-
countered one of larger area. He sailed,
he said, through aJout GOO miles of it,
passing through the storm center.
The Kansas City was not kept in port
by the storm warnings of the weather
bureaus. "if we stopped in port for every
warning, remarked Capt. Fisher, I'VE
would never get to sea. We left New
\ cub, IN Sc
and before midnight we met good north
eastwInd somewhere of Chesapeake. The
gale veered TO east northeast about Hat
teras, and passing Hatteras it Veered TO
east southeast, while down off Frying
Pan Shoals it yeered 10 southeast To
south.
In squalls the wind must have
blown as high as sixty miles an
hour and we had quite a heavy sea all
day Wednesday and Thursday. We were
dashed with spray but shipped very little
wa,er. We kept right on our course,
turning slightly out 10 sea when the gale
was at its hight, which was Wednesday
night. We made fairly hood headway
under the circumstances, however, run
ming 256 miles from Wednesday noon TO
Thursday noon.
MAY LOOK FOR WRECKS.
1--WE passed several vessels hove to, but
none that looked as if they were in dis
tress, and saw also a deck load of lumber
ahoat OF Frying Pan shoals. The blow
was pretty severe one, however, and
would not be surprised to hear reports of
wrecks. The barometer in the pilot
house did not go below 29.5, however.
The Martin Industry lightship was
gone and we could see no sign Of her when
we passed. The sea buoy and the north
breaker buoy at Tybee are both adrift,
though they can be easily replaced"
The Kansas City made an excellent trip
under the circumstances, and was only
six or eight hours late in arriving at Ty-
bee, though she did not come up to the
city until yesterday morning
JUDGE FALLIGANT ENJOYED 1T.
Judge Robert Falligant. who was re-
turning from trip to Halifax and ST.
Johns, was one of the few passengers who
did not suffer from sea sickness. Here
a ter NAL de mer will have no terrors for
him.
at was a glorious trip" he said, "that
is, in one sense of the word. Its magnfi-
cence was appreciated by those who
were not sick and who could enjoy the
grandeur of nature. The Kansas City, l
am convinced, is one of the best of sea-
going ships. She rode the storm well,
aud there was no cause for alarm what
ever during the entire storm, unless there
had been some accident. The captain
was cool as could be during the entire
trip, and he and his crew did all in their
power for the comfort and convenience
of their passengers, and endeavored in
every way to suppress any alarm.
THE gale struck US sometime Tuesday
night, and before it was over we had it
from all quarters First it blew
from the northeast, and, in or
der to keep upon its course and
round Hatteras was left for long time
in the trough of the sea. This caused
her to roll heavily until Hatteras was
passed, and we got the southeast gale and
got somewhat out of the trough While
the wind was from the northeast the
small sails helped the ship to some extent
and we made remarkably good time under
the circumstances. Most of the passen-
gers kept in their staterooms, but there
were several of us that took delight in
watching the effects of the storm on the
sea from the opposite side of the ship to
that against which the storm was blow
ing.'
WERE THEY BODIES.
Judge Falligant said some time Thurs
day morning he saw what he took to be a
life raft, to which were lashed two bodies.
as near as he could make out. He
called the attention of several of
the passengers TO it, and they
were OF the same opinion. All who looked
sad they could see what appeared to be
clothes, and believed that there were two
bodies upon the floating lumber. Large
quantities of lumber were passed on every
side, appearing to be the deck load of
some vessel, which had been thrown OF.
Mr.. Jacob Paulsen and Rev. Father p.
II. McMahon were among others of the
passengers who enjoyed the trip, and
were not annoyed by sickness. Mr. Paul
sen said Thursday there were not more
than dozen of the passengers at dinner,
and they all had to hold their soup plates
in their hands, TO prevent its being spilled
over the ioor. Father Mcmahon said he
was surprised yesterday morning when
the boat came up the river by the large
mum Der of strange faces that appeared
on every side, there being over 100 pas
sengers who had not appeared before
during the voyage.
About fifty who had engaged state
rooms on the Knasas City renamed in
New \ NorK, preferring not to make the
trip in the face OF the predictions of Sc
we're storm.
THE DEssoUG's ROUGH VOYAGE.
The Dessoug had perhaps a rougher
voyage than any of the steamships that
arrived yesterday She was yust twenty
four hours erdue when she came up the
river AT . O'Clock yesterday morning
She left Philadelphia at o'clock Mon
day afternoon and had pretty good blow