New-York tribune., 1894-04-13
TALES OF TIE BIG STORM.
INCOMING VESSELS TOSSED AND BAT
TERED BY THE SEAS.
OCEAN LINERS FEARED TO ENTER THE HARBoR-
COAST STEAMERS PURSUED BY THE RE-
LENTLEss GALEs-ANXIETY FOR TIE

SAFETY OF THE FISHING FLEET.
The great April storm passed away with the golden
sunset which broke through the clouds yesterday
at nightfall and there is almost a surety OF good
weather for to-day. All day yesterday the reports
OF the ravages OF the storm Of the day before were
coming IN 1t tale OF destruction along the
shores and OF peril and fierce encounters with
wind and weather at The day was far from
pleasant or springlike yesterday but it was great
improvement the day that went before. All in
coming ships-and there were many OF them
brought story Of fierce combats with winds and
seas. heavy with snow. rain. hail and fog.
The White star steamer Majestic arrived off the
Sandy Hook lightship at 6:2i ,. m. on Wednesday.
but the night thick. the seas so high and
rain and sleet driven by fierce gusts so blinded
the eyes OF the officers watch and OF the pilot
that she lay with her head TO the storm until
morning came. daring to enter in the darkness
and the storm. Captain Parsen. Of the Majestic.
said: "In experience OF thirty years on this
coast have never sen such hurricane The
wind blowing at the rate OF from eighty 70
eighty-five miles hour. We kept near the Sandy
Hook lghtshp all night At times We were within
an eighth OF a mile OF the ghtship. There were
rain and hail and snow and little OF everything
This storm the only encountered
the voyage"
The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe arrived
outside the bar at about 73o o'clock yesterday morn
ing. and fierce the gale that she stood out
TO again until the afternoon, Whcn She ran H.
A BIG WAVE STRIKES TIE STRIDE.
The steamship Spree. OF the same line from the
same port. came in with the story Of stormy
voyage. She caught the bad weather on April .
The wind blew with terrific force, and was accom-
panied by tremendous sea one great wave came
curling the Sprees quarter. and fell thunder
| ing on her after turtleback. The turcback was
crushed part Of the rail carried away. and the deck
made to look like a wreck.
| FEARING TO VENTURE IT
| The steamer britannia was all day yesterday OF
| Sandy Hook. bat dared not venture In The Trim
| dad from Bermuda. was nearly a day late and the
Nigilancia of the Ward Line had her forccastle
! rail smashed 10y the high sea along the Jersey
coast she lay at her pier yesterday about thirty
| feet of her starboard rail seen to be gone.
| The height OF the could be judged when it
was seen that the broken rail stood about thirty
| five feet above her water line The Ngilancia had
n hard struggle Of 1t coming up the coast. and the
| night was night OF terror to the passengers and
| Of anxiety to the officers
| The old Dominion steamer city OF Columbia.
which arrived yesterday morning from Norfolk.
! showed the effects Of the gale. She got bad
| weather as soon she got ont OF the Chesapeake
| and had Il all the way to port. On Wednesday
night she was obliged to lay to for three hours of
| the Highlands The seas brok" over her bows con-
! tinually and wrecked the cargo Of produce on her
| main deck. when the steamer arrived At her pier
| s,nted "A sight seldom seen In II space 81 about
| ~ by ~ feet lamned together ln one confused
mass. barrels. ana crates OF vegetable.
crates OF live and dead fowls. barrels Of rsh and
crabs broken and scattered about the deck IN" heap
of ruins In some places reaching % the hcains OF
| the upper deck
| HEAVY BARRELS BREAK LOOSE
The vegetable and FISH barrels were torn apart
and their contents mixed together. Several crates
! Of fowls had been crushed under heavy casks
The rolling and the pitching ~ the ship hal broken
alriit several heavy barrels - turpen'ne which bad
gone crashing through the lighter cargo and these.
| damage. In the saloon also the water worked
| havoc.
| The Clyde Line steamer Iroquols from Charles
ton came In unlnture,i but only after hard s'rug-
| gl. All Wednesday she hattlei with ihc storm. ~
| times not being able 20 make any afCreclah" head
| way against ~. The steamer Crof from I'lth hal
| a succession Or gales all the way over ON Apfll
| che struck a blizzard. ani fnr twelve hours ih"
| vessel was unmauageabe. ON April she passed a
| huge iceberg
| The Circassa from Glasgow. arrived ~ the Sandy
| Hook Lightship a. $50 =. IN on wednesday bi'
| could not come in on account Of m" heavy weather
| and Law 10 until yesterday morning The steamer
| Rrlxam from the West Indies. caught the bad
weather as soon she got north of Hafi"r1s. Much
| anxiety was folt about Fulton Market yesterday
as 10 the fate Il the fishing fleet which was caught
! out I'm the storm II is feared that some % tn
boats have not been able 10 weather the gale -
pccia anxiety f. felt for the Maria Louis" from ~,
fact that lasf reported on the Long Island
shore in a periious position.